4 bedroom house

A spacious detached 4-bedroom house privately located at the far end of an unmade road with scope for modernisation set in established gardens of approximately 0.7 acre that may offer development potential (stpp).

Greenlea is a substantial detached house dating from the mid-1950s discreetly located at the foot of an unmade road on the semi-rural outskirts of Fordingbridge. The house was enlarged in the late1970s/early 1980s with the the addition of a two storey rear extension, which created a versatile family home with a choice of four reception rooms and four bedrooms, one that now offers scope for modernisation and alteration according to personal taste and requirement. The house sits to the front of a wonderful, established garden plot of approximately 0.7 acre that comprises formal lawned garden, vegetable garden and natural wooded garden and is being sold with the benefit of no forward chain.

PLANNING
The property has recently been the subject of a request for pre-application advice (Ref. No. ENQ/22/20141/ERES) relating to the proposed division of the plot and erection of a new dwelling house and garage with separate access. The informal opinion of the New Forest District Council is that such a proposal is supported in principle and could be submitted as a planning application.

Greenlea occupies a private setting at the far end of an unmade road on the very fringes of the Avonside town of Fordingbridge, a short distance from the village of Sandleheath. The position offers the convenience of proximity to the town's amenities (approx. 1 mile) coupled with access to a village shop/Post Office, village hall and a tennis club available in Sandleheath. Fordingbridge has a range of services for most everyday needs, including shops, a building society, an excellent medical centre, state and private sector schooling (Forres Sandle Manor is virtually on the doorstep), and sports facilities.

Communications in the area are excellent, with access to the main regional centres of Salisbury, Bournemouth and Southampton, all of which provide mainline rail links to London Waterloo. There are international airports at Bournemouth and Southampton.

The outdoor enthusiast has the choice between the open heath and woodland of the New Forest National Park to the east and the rolling Downland countryside of the Cranborne Chase AONB to the west, both of which provide ideal walking, cycling and riding country. The area also hosts a number of thriving cultural events, including The Chalke Valley History Festival, the Larmer Tree Festival and Salisbury International Arts Festival.

The house is approched through a set of wrought iron gates that open onto a gravelled driveway to the front that supplies parking and turning for several vehicles. To the side of the house is a CAR PORT with adjoining WORKSHOP and SHED. There is pedestrian access to the rear gardens from either side of the house.

The gardens are a most impressive feature of the property, surrounding the house predominantly on the southerly and easterly elevations and extending to approximately 0.7 acre. The gardens are divided into more formal sections of lawn with established shrub and flower beds and borders, contrasted with a more natural garden filled with mature shrubs and grasses, trees, and a pond, through which trails a brick paved path. There is also a vegetable garden with fruit cage and an elevated summerhouse that enjoys a westerly aspect for afternoon and evening sun.

New Forest District Council. Tax Band G.

All mains services are connected. Gas fired central heating.

Leave Fordingbridge High Street travelling in a westerly direction (sign posted Sandleheath/Damerham) and continue along Station Road. Pass the entrance to Forres Sandle Manor and over the short hill. The entrance to Mayfield Road is found after a short distance on the left hand side before the Sandleheath village sign, and the property is located at the far end of the unmade road.


















Marketed by: Woolley & Wallis, Fordingbridge