6 bedroom house

Hill House is an attractive Grade II listed period house, offering wonderful flexible family accommodation. On the ground floor there are four reception rooms, with the drawing and sitting rooms both with wood burners and double doors out to the terrace and garden beyond. There is also a separate dining room with open fireplace, a garden room/gym and a study. The kitchen/breakfast room, with Aga, is well-appointed, off which is the utility room. Completing the ground floor is a cloakroom, boiler room and cellar.

On the first floor is the master bedroom, with dressing room and en suite. There is a guest bedroom with en suite and four further bedrooms served by the family bathroom.

The property is approached through double five-bar gates onto a gravel driveway, with ample parking and turning and is screened from the road by hedging. The mature formal gardens to the rear are partly walled and face mainly south and east. The delightful private and secluded gardens are mainly laid to lawn, interspersed with mature shrubs, trees and flower borders. There is a terrace area immediately to the rear, ideal for al fresco dining, with steps down to an area of lawn and a further terrace area. Within the grounds is a kitchen garden, various outbuildings and garden stores.

Hartley Wintney 4 miles, Winchfield 5 miles, Basingstoke 10 miles, Reading 10 miles, M3(J5) 6.5 miles, M4(J11) 7 miles London Waterloo from Winchfield and Basingstoke Stations from 49 minutes and 44 minutes respectively. All distances and times are approximate.

Hill House is situated on the edge of the village of Heckfield, a lovely rural village surrounded by picturesque countryside. Within the village is a church, village hall, public house and the luxury hotel and spa Heckfield Place. Everyday shopping facilities can be found in the nearby villages of Hartley Wintney and Hook, with Basingstoke and Reading close by providing a broader range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities. Independent schools nearby, including St Neots, Daneshill, Sherfield School, Elstree, Wellington College and Lord Wandsworth.

Communication links are excellent with the M4 and M3 being equidistant and regular services to London Waterloo via Hook, Winchfield or Basingstoke Stations. From the property there are some delightful footpaths and bridleways to enjoy, together with the nearby Bramshill forest.

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Basingstoke