4 bedroom house

Rookery Farm House is a beautiful period farmhouse extending to just under 4,000 sq ft which has recently been sympathetically renovated. The house benefits from classical proportions customary of the period, with high ceilings and large sash windows. The front of the house has a dolls house exterior of grey and red-brick construction and the rear is classical Hampshire brick and flint. The house is approached via the old farm yard which has been made into a driveway courtyard bordered by the period outbuildings providing an attractive and traditional parking area to the side of the house. In recent years the house has undergone significant refurbishment, and now presents as a comfortable and stylish family home. The kitchen is a traditional farmhouse kitchen benefitting from high ceilings, attractive exposed brickwork, original York stone flagstone floor and an oil fired AGA. There is a well-proportioned dining room which is conveniently located next to the kitchen and three further reception rooms including a study, drawing room and family sitting room. The Orangery, at the rear of the house, is a particular feature and overlooks the garden, glimpsing the lovely old garden walls, the paddock and Bourne stream when flowing. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms, the principal bedroom benefitting from an en-suite bathroom. There is plenty of scope on the ground floor to create independent annexe accommodation in the single storey brick and flint part of the farm house which is currently used as a large and spacious gym and games room.

Hurstbourne Tarrant is one of the Bourne Valley’s most delightful villages, having retained most of its original charm and character, and is set in an AONB. The village has good facilities including village stores, a 12th Century Church, and a pub. More comprehensive facilities can be found in Andover and Newbury respectively. Communication links from the village are very good, with access to main road networks and rail links from Andover and Newbury. The village has a thriving primary school whilst other popular schools in the area include Farleigh, Cheam, Marlborough College and Downe House.

The gardens and grounds at Rookery Farm House extend to over 2 acres and are laid mostly to lawn interspersed with mature trees. The house enjoys a southerly aspect to the rear and looks out over rolling farmland and across the Bourne, which gives its name to the popular Bourne Valley. There is an old walled garden of mellow brick which could be reinstated as a productive produce garden or would equally make a superb site for a tennis court or swimming pool, subject to the necessary consents. Flowing from the rear of the house and the orangery is a natural stone terrace, an area for relaxing and entertaining. There is also a well-stocked flower border with seasonal interest giving a delightful outlook from the house itself, and also the terrace. There is a pergola clothed by a mature wisteria. Like the main house, the courtyard of traditional outbuildings has also been restored and offers fantastic scope for a range of uses including party barns, storage and garaging. There is a delightful old square granary building which sits atop traditional saddlestones. Rookery Farm House has a pony paddock and also benefits from a useful rear access to the property which allows access to the paddock and property in addition to the courtyard driveway.

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