6 bedroom house

A rare opportunity to purchase a former Rectory built, with later additions, by the Herriard Estate in 1870. The property is available with a converted two bedroom former coach house and stables and paddocks.

Elderfield House is a charming character home situated in substantial gardens with views across farm land and its own stables and paddocks.

The principal reception rooms lead off the impressive entrance hall and include a magnificent drawing room (with planning to add an Adam Architects designed Orangery) with many original features, a sitting room, beautiful formal dining room and a family room.

A corridor leads to the very generous kitchen/breakfast room, fully fitted and with Aga, with views across the gardens. There are further rooms including a utility room, office and cellars. A boot room/rear entrance hall leads to a run of outbuildings, currently used for storage.
The four main bedrooms, including the main suite are accessed from the wide landing. A long corridor leads to two further bedrooms, one with en-suite, a family bathroom, a disused shower room, in need of renovation, and plentiful storage cupboards. A staircase leads back down to the secondary entrance near the kitchen.

Elderfield House has been subject to an extensive upgrade and renovation; the current owners have replaced the original sash windows with traditional double-glazed casement windows, the heating system has been updated and extensive works have been carried out to re-face and re-point the external brickwork. The gardens are mainly laid to lawn, with mature shrubs and trees. The property is accessed via a gravel drive and has plentiful off-road parking on gravel. Agent’s Note: Not all the property, grounds and land shown in the pictures will be included in the sale of Elderfield House. Plans are available upon request.

The Coach House has been regularly tenanted on an assured shorthold tenancy basis and is a potential source of valuable income.

Planning Consent (with a Certificate of Lawfulness) has been granted to add an Orangery leading off the Drawing Room, a 7th bedroom and the opportunity to create a larger main bedroom suite. In addition there is consent to rebuild the extensive range of outbuildings to create modern flexible living or ancillary accommodation. The Coach House also has planning permission to create a new property consisting of a double garage with living accommodation over and a two bedroom dwelling following demolition of existing.

The Parish of Herriard has several thousand acres of farms and woodland full of fauna and flora. Its nearest towns are Basingstoke at 4.6 miles and Alton at 5.9 miles.
Herriard is a traditional and close-knit village community. It hosts a wide range of businesses; from traditional joiners and builders, food producers, architects and surveyors to software and high-tech electronics companies, all creating local employment and maintaining the vitality of the village. The community has a village hall run by the Royal British Legion.
Elderfield House is located just a short distance from the well-known, award-winning Fur & Feathers country pub, a superb place to relax and unwind.
Also, in the village is Herriard Green, a community project providing a sports pavilion, cricket and football pitches, two tennis courts, a children's play area and most importantly Little Crickets Nursery School.
The village is situated just off the A339 offering superb links for road, rail and air communications - a great location both to live and work.
The area provides great access to the outdoors including numerous paths and walks and rides. The Hampshire Hunt Pony Club is a firm favourite with riders of all abilities.

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