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"A charming Grade II listed thatched cottage with outbuildings and paddocks, in all around 2.65 acres.

Description

A Grade II listed cottage with tremendous character and sitting well within its plot of around 2.65 acres.

Excellent reception space is offered, with a generous dual aspect sitting room with a feature fireplace surround and views of the garden. There is also a separate dining room and a study which leads into a useful greenhouse to the rear. The country style kitchen offers space for informal dining and features an oil fired AGA Raeburn range which supplies the hot water and immersion heater. There is an adjoining sizeable pantry. There is also a shower room downstairs.

The first floor provides four double bedrooms, all of which are served by the family bathroom.
The cottage has been a much loved home, in the same family ownership for many years and presents an opportunity to upgrade and extend subject to the required consents .

The cottage is approached via a five bar gate to a large gravelled driveway, offering extensive parking, which extends up the side of the cottage to an area in front of the outbuilding.

The outbuilding has been utilised as garaging as well as workshop space and storage. In addition there is a shed at the southern end of the property with further access to the road.

The pretty lawned gardens together with the adjoining paddocks present a most appealing parcel of land and could accommodate a couple of ponies. There are also a couple of useful sheds.

Location

Baughurst is a village situated midway between Newbury and Basingstoke, close to the small town of Tadley. There are local shopping facilities, golf courses, a swimming pool and the excellent Wellington Arms gastro pub all nearby. Locally, the village of Kingsclere has a good selection of local shopping facilities including a Post Office, mini market and butchers, restaurants, a primary school and a doctor s surgery. Newbury and Basingstoke provide an extensive range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities, and independent schooling is well served, including the highly renowned Cheam School which is within 6 miles and the highly regarded Priory School in Pamber End.

Communication links are excellent, being within easy reach of the M3 J6 , M4 J12 and the A34, which provides access to the national motorway network. Commuting by train can be either from Basingstoke or Overton stations to Waterloo, or Newbury to Paddington. The countryside surrounding the property is well known as being exceptionally pretty and has many footpaths and bridleways to explore.

Square Footage 3,455 sq ft



Directions

RG16 5JZ

Additional Info

Mains electricity, water.
Private drainage.
No central heating
Electric night storage heaters."