5 bedroom house

THE PROPERTY Littlecroft is a charming country home privately positioned in its beautifully landscaped and well established garden and grounds. The house has evolved from a period lodge into a wonderful high quality family home with well proportioned living space forming a large L shaped ground floor area which affords views into different aspects of the garden and the more extensive grounds. The three main reception rooms are ideal for formal entertaining balanced by a brilliant kitchen breakfast room and conservatory for practical day to day living taking in the easterly views over unspoilt local farmland. Upstairs there is a generous master bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom, and three further double bedrooms and family bathroom. A fifth guest bedroom suite is downstairs off the library and has scope for creating a self-contained annexe if needed.

The house is not listed and has scope for further extension. Our clients have commissioned a specialist planning consultant to prepare a Planning and Development Appraisal which sets out local policy guidelines and what should be permitted under current policy. Essentially there are options for extending the breakfast room and the conservatory, erecting a substantial outbuilding, or as an alternative to the extensions, converting the attic space over the library wing for additional accommodation/home office. A copy of the report is available on request.  

LOCATION Set off a country lane in the heart of the South Downs National Park, Littlecroft is approached via a discreet private drive with electric gates which sweeps into an outer parking area with double garage. A gate opens into a stunning courtyard garden approach to the house. The house is set in an elevated position and has good mature boundary hedges and backs onto woodland which provide a sheltered private setting with a more open south easterly aspect over the local rolling landscape.

Privett is an active community with local village hall within and part of the Parish of Froxfield, forming a collection of rural hamlets with High Cross at its centre where there is a village primary school, larger Jubilee Hall with sports club, church and a shop/post office. A more local Budgens express store and petrol station is a handy 3 minute drive, and in West Meon is a doctor's surgery, butcher and further local shop and pub. The extensive network of local lanes provides amazing walks, cycling routes and access to footpaths ideal for any country/outdoor enthusiasts.

Petersfield and Winchester are both accessible via the A272 with their comprehensive range of facilities. The A3(M) provides good regional transport links to Guildford and Portsmouth (ferry services). At Winchester the M3 also links to Southampton and Eastleigh airport. There are well regarded state and private schools within the region, including Bedales and Churcher's in Petersfield, St Swithun's and Winchester College in Winchester, TPS in Petersfield and The Alton School in Alton. A local Montessori school operates from the Privett village hall nearby. There is also a station with train services to London Waterloo from Petersfield. 

OUTSIDE The garden is exceptional and has been established over the last 16 years by the current owners who have had a chemical free nature first approach to encourage insect/bird life. The private courtyard garden was created by an award winning Hampshire garden designer, and its colourful and scented planting scheme is complemented with subtle outdoor garden lighting providing an intimate area for outdoor entertaining. To the rear of the house is a larger expanse of croquet lawn with a wooded area underplanted with bluebells. The outer grounds provide further expanses of grass and ornamental trees with a gate from the lane, well established and productive vegetable garden and access to hidden areas, such as a small pond with Wendy house. Some beautiful trees and shrubs provide privacy, shelter and structural interest in a garden which is simply a joy for all generations to explore or enjoy. In all the garden and grounds extend to about of about 2.5 acres (1 ha).

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