5 bedroom house

The Dell is located within the prestigious Durford Wood Estate, specifically the Lower Wood, within the South Downs National Park. The estate, initially established in the late 1920s, consists of individually built country houses in extensive and mature woodland of about 300 acres, of which about 30 acres are given over to the residents for communal use.

The nearest town of Petersfield caters for day-to-day needs with numerous independent shops, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, and station.

Communications are excellent, with the A3 being just under 2 miles away, providing access to London and the south coast, as well as the M25 and the international airports of Heathrow and Gatwick. Southampton Airport, within 28 miles, is also conveniently located to the south west. There are excellent schools in the area including Bedales at Steep and Churcher's College at Petersfield, as well as St Edmund's and Amesbury preparatory schools in Hindhead and Highfield and Brookham Schools in Liphook.

Benefiting greatly from its southerly aspect, The Dell presents as an abundantly light and well-proportioned family home, offering a number of versatile reception rooms, all positioned to make-most of the wonderful views across the terraces and gardens towards the South Downs.

The kitchen/breakfast room is a real highlight of the principal house, with a Stephen Anthony kitchen, built-in seating, large kitchen island and a connecting orangery which could be utilised as an additional sitting/garden room or a dining room, enjoying direct sun-terrace access. In addition are a well-proportioned drawing room with open fire, again enjoying direct terrace access, a formal dining room which could be used a playroom or gym if required, a study, snug, and a media room with built-in projector. Of note, given the position of this room, adjacent to a second front access and to the annexe, could form a living room for the latter.

To the first floor of the principal house are five bedrooms, two of which are en suite, and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom is particularly well-appointed with an en suite bathroom, a separate dressing room (which enjoys direct access onto a balcony, which also services an adjacent bedroom), and has the added benefit of air conditioning.

The annexe is a superb addition to the property. Added by our clients in 2011, it offers excellent guest or staff accommodation integral to the principal house but with the feel of being self-contained with its own access. Of note our clients have laid the required pipework to enable to a current reception room to be converted to a kitchen. If required, the annexe can also enjoy its own fenced garden area to the west of the property. The double garage is also located in this wing of the house.

The formal gardens are a truly outstanding element of The Dell. Meticulously maintained by our clients, they benefit from an automatic irrigation system, as well as some mature trees and plentiful terracing. The immediate gardens are dog-proofed by fencing, and besides the terraces immediately off the rear of the house, there are numerous locations across the gardens for seating and entertaining. To the east and south-east of the gardens are more informal lawns and woodland giving further privacy.

The property is entered via wrought-iron electric gates onto a circular driveway with a lawn at its centre, giving further parking and providing a stunning formal approach.

Petersfield 2.4 miles (London Waterloo 66 minutes), Liss 2.5 miles (London Waterloo 66 minutes), Liphook 6 miles (London Waterloo 64 minutes), Midhurst 9 miles, Haslemere 10 miles (London Waterloo 56 minutes), Chichester 17 miles, Guildford 24 miles, London 55 miles.

(Distances and times are approximate)

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