4 bedroom house

Set in a secluded plot of around 0.5 acres, it has excellent transport links and is a short distance to Shawford Station with its direct access to London Waterloo. There is space to extend to six bedrooms over the breakfast area, utility room and integral garage (subject to planning permission).

As you enter the house there is a generous dining hall with double doors opening out to the terrace and garden. Off the hall lies a variety of spacious reception rooms. The open plan kitchen has a central island unit, built in appliances and flows through to a breakfast room with doors leading out to the terrace. Adjacent to this lies a utility room, giving access to the integral garage, and a downstairs cloakroom. There is also a double aspect sitting room, with a fireplace and sliding doors out to the terrace, a study, further cloakroom and a double bedroom on the ground floor.

On the first floor there are three double bedrooms. The double aspect principal bedroom has a dressing room and an en suite shower room. There are two further bedrooms and a bathroom on this floor.

The house is approached through a five bar gate into a gravel driveway providing parking for numerous vehicles and there is an integral double garage.

To the rear of the house the garden is predominantly laid to lawn with a terrace directly behind the house. The garden is bordered by mature hedging providing a great deal of privacy and there are well-established trees, flower beds and a vegetable garden. Shawford Down sits alongside the garden line with wonderful walking opportunities. The plot totals approximately 0.5 acres.

Local Authority: Winchester City Council
Council Tax Band: G

Shawford 0.7 miles (London Waterloo 79 minutes). Winchester 4.2 miles (London Waterloo from 58 minutes). Southampton Airport 5.9 miles. (Times and distances approximate)

The house is located in Shawford, a sought after village to the south of Winchester in the Itchen Valley. It has a pub, a mainline railway station and a hairdresser. The nearby village of Twyford has a post office/store with adjoining restaurant, two pubs, a hairdresser, doctor's surgery and dental practice. The cathedral city of Winchester provides a more extensive range of amenities and there are direct trains to London Waterloo from both Shawford and Winchester railway stations.

Compton Primary and Kings' Secondary are the catchment area schools. There are a range of independent schools in the area including the renowned Twyford Prep School, Winchester College, St Swithun's, Prince's Mead and The Pilgrims' School, as well as Peter Symonds Sixth Form College in Winchester.

Council Tax Band: G

Property Reference: WIN012060044

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