7 bedroom house

Believed to date back to 1762 and constructed on the site of a larger building, today The Old Manor offers fine family accommodation over three floors above a large cellar. The property is approached through electric gates along a drive which ends at the eastern end of the property with a spur leading down to the coach house/garage block. The property is Grade II* listed of architectural merit and was substantially extended by the current owner in 2004.

Over the first floor are five bedrooms with three bathrooms (1 adjoining) and a further two bedrooms with a separate shower room on the second floor. In all the residential accommodation amounts to 5,640 square foot of living space. The cellars are an amazing feature of the property and clearly formed part of a much larger house in the past.

Our client currently uses the courtyard as his main point of entry to the house which was part of the 2004 extension. The ground floor offers four reception rooms all with a southerly aspect and a well-equipped kitchen with a separate breakfast area. The house was completely refurbished by our client, to the highest of standards with great attention to detail.

The garage/coach house has been constructed to an extremely high standard and offers two generous garages with a further single garage or machinery store. In addition, there is a boiler room for the swimming pool, changing room with a shower, kitchenette and separate WC. There is also a separate entrance leading up to a flat which comprises of two double bedrooms and a large family bathroom.

Beyond the garage is the swimming pool with pool house which benefits from the sun throughout the day. This area is both private and secluded. From the pool a gate leads to a less formal area of garden which is classified as wildflower meadow, attracting much wildlife and insects. There is also a large potting shed with a vegetable and fruit garden, whilst nearer the house are the formal gardens and lawns.

There is also a mature herbaceous border and a large terrace off the sitting room and kitchen. In all the garden and grounds extend to approximately 2.60 acres, all within a fine walled garden.

The Old Manor sits within a wonderful walled garden offering privacy and seclusion, within this Conservation Area in the pretty village of Abbotts Ann. The surrounding area, at the head of the Test Valley, offers beautiful rolling countryside.

Abbotts Ann provides good local facilities including a public house, church, shop/ post office and a well-regarded village primary and nursery school. The independent pre-prep and Prep school, Farleigh School at Red Rice, is less than 2 miles away and further afield other schools such as those in and around Winchester and Salisbury are also very accessible.

These include Prince's Mead, Twyford, Pilgrim's, St Swithun's and secondary schooling such as Winchester College, Marlborough College, Downe House and Peter Symonds Sixth Form College in Winchester, to name but a few. The nearby town of Andover and the Cathedral Cities of Winchester and Salisbury provide a more comprehensive range of shopping, restaurants and leisure facilities.

The property is also well located for easy access to the A303, which provides access to the West Country, London via the M3 and to the North or South via the A34. Mainline stations can be found at Andover or Grateley with trains to London Waterloo taking from 69 minutes and 74 minutes respectively.

Recreational facilities in the area are first class and include fishing on the chalk streams of the River Test and Anton, together with excellent walking and riding in the surrounding countryside. Sailing and water sports can be found on the Solent and south coast. For golf, there is The Hampshire, Leckford and Tidworth golf courses, all within easy reach.

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