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" A little slice of "Olde England" in semi rural North Hampshire, this gorgeous, Grade 2 Listed, detached, chocolate box cottage offers a wealth of character features combined with spectacular views and a stunning cottage garden of approximately 0.3acre. The cottage would benefit from some renovation and updating, although was fully re-thatched 3 years ago.
Accommodation inside includes 2/3 bedrooms, upstairs bathroom, downstairs shower room/toilet, kitchen, utility room, dining room and drawing room. Outside there is a detached single garage and a brick build storage shed. Exposed beams, magnificent fireplaces, low door frames, red tiled floors and thick walls, are on display in this superb example of a 17th Century timber framed cottage.
Set at right angles to the lane, in an elongated plot with fields surrounding, the gardens are a particular feature, with seating areas, red brickwork sunken patio, paths, expanses of lawn and traditional cottage planting in individual well stocked borders.
The cottage is located in Herriard, a semi rural village to the north of Alton and is surrounded by farmland and benefits from an excellent pub with restaurant called The Fur and Feathers.

Porch
Brick built enclosed porch with, timber front door, pitch roof and window, giving access to original front door.

Drawing Room
Triple aspect, surprisingly light, drawing room with two windows to each side and glass door to the end, giving access to sunken red brick patio garden. Chevron, solid woodblock flooring, latch door to staircase to first floor, exposed beams throughout, enormous red brick inglenook fireplace with bread oven, inset built in cupboard with light to side.

Dining Room
Combined with the kitchen, a dual aspect room with windows to each side. Large redbrick inglenook fireplace with wood burner, solid woodblock flooring and exposed beams.

Kitchen
Dual aspect with windows to each side, red tiled floor, latch doors to staircase to first floor and to utility room. Fitted kitchen with breakfast bar separating kitchen from dining room. Space for dishwasher, fridge and freezer below tiled work surface. One and a half bowl stainless steel sink and drainer, electric hob and Neff double oven. Range of cupboards and drawers. Exposed beams throughout.

Utility Room
Stable door from entrance pathway. Red tiled floor, exposed beams, latch doors to shower room and kitchen. Oil fired floor standing boiler. Space and plumbing for washing machine.

Shower Room
Red tiled floor, window, tiled and enclosed shower cubicle with electric shower, white suite comprising wc and wash handbasin and Dimplex electric wall heater.

Master Bedroom
Vaulted dual aspect double bedroom with built in wardrobe, exposed beams and latch doors to bathrooms and study/bed 3 respectively.

Bedroom 2
Dual aspect, vaulted, twin bedroom with exposed beams and stairs down to drawing room.

Study/Bedroom 3
Rear aspect with vaulted ceiling and exposed beams currently used as study, but could make a single bedroom.

Bathroom/Dressing Room
Dual aspect, large, vaulted bathroom with coloured suite, exposed beams. Large built in double wardrobe. Ancient wooden latch door to large storage space/wardrobe behind chimney breast.

Gardens
The gardens are a particular feature of the property, with a lovely gravelled seating area as you arrive, a raised lawn area with borders and a brick build storage shed (former privy) to the side of a wooden arbour, leading through to the main garden. This is in three areas, a formal lawn with borders and a summerhouse, siding onto the field views, further more meadow like garden with central magnolia tree, also with views and lastly, a sunken red brick patio area with retaining walls around leading to door to drawing room. There is a narrow strip of garden running round the rear of the cottage with gorgeous views over the fields.

Detached Garage
Single garage and gravelled off street parking for 3/4 cars.

Herriard
The parish of Herriard, one of 51 parishes in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane, sits midway between Basingstoke and Alton and enjoys a quiet, rural feel in one of the most attractive areas of north Hampshire. Much of the village is owned by The Herriard Estates , and the beautiful beech woods and parkland which are visible as you drive along the A339 form part of the Estates.

Being only a few miles south of Basingstoke and the M3 and with good road rail and air links, itn++s a great place to live and there is a diverse range of businesses in the parish including joiners, builders, a sawmill, architects and surveyors, software and high tech electronics companies, all creating local employment and maintaining the vitality of the village.

Supported by the Estate, the parish council has provided affordable housing both for families and retired people. This, along with the Estaten++s policy to give preference to local people when houses are available to rent, has enabled many families to stay in the area and resulted in many families having long term links to the village. This, combined with the additional enthusiasm and ideas of those moving in, has maintained a friendly traditional and close knit village community.