Characterful barn conversion in a superb setting. DescriptionSituated in a superb position on the outskirts of the villageof Compton, Meadow Barn is located in a secluded positionadjacent to open countryside with fine walking and goodviews. The house offers extensive accommodation ofapproximately 5284 ft.² and typical in the character offer edby a barn conversion, the property offers full height vaultedceilings with exposed beams, galleried landings and full heightwindows and doors.Approached through a large and welcoming reception/dining hall the room provides great theatre and a stunning sense of arrival. Large enough to be divided into a dining area, sitting area and entrance hall with steps leading down to a cloakroom. The kitchen/dining room is beautifully appointed with a range of modern units, a large central island, fitted Aga, second utility room and separate pantry. Double doors lead out to porch and through to the garden. On the ground floor there are three bedrooms, one with adjoining shower and a separate bathroom.On the first floor is a stunning sitting room with views out to the south over open countryside, the room features a large fireplace providing an excellent focal point. A galleried landing leads across to a principal bedroom suite with a large bathroom. From the galleried landing, a staircase leads up to a further galleried area providing the potential to create an office space.ANNEXEThe annexe building is separate to the main house and offers a large open plan kitchen/living room, cinema room and a further two bedrooms with en suite shower rooms. A staircase leads up to two large rooms and an attic. Attached to the annexe is a further bedroom studio with shower room.OUTSIDEThe gardens and grounds to the property are extensive extending to approximately 3.26 acres. The property is approached through a five bar gate into a gravel driveway which leads up to the front and side of the house. There is ample parking for a large number of vehicles. The gardens themselves are laid mainly to lawn dispersed with some mature, flowering shrubs and specimen trees. There are good views from the property out on to adjacent farmland and there is also a detached outbuilding with air-conditioning, which in the past has been used as a gym but would equally make an excellent office.LocationCompton Mount is set within one of the most sought after locations within the village of Compton at the very edge of the village, adjacent to open fields. This highly regarded village has a particularly well respected primary school and there are excellent sporting facilities with playing fields and tennis courts on Compton Down with its excellent pavilion which holds a number of community functions.The cathedral city of Winchester lies approximately 3 miles to the north, with its excellent range of shopping, cultural and recreational facilities, and most importantly a main line railway service to London Waterloo. The nearby village of Shawford also offers access to the main line railway network, again with a service through to London Waterloo.Schooling in the area is first class with a wide range of excellent private and state schooling opportunities including Twyford School, St Swithun's School for Girls, Winchester College, Pilgrims School, Prince's Mead, and Peter SymondsSixth Form College.The M3 motorway offers excellent access to London, the A34, A303 and the M27 to the south. Southampton Inter national Airport at Eastleigh is easily accessible and offers a wide range of national and international destinations.Square Footage: 5,574 sq ft Additional InfoMains water and electricity. Private drainage (septic tank). Oil gas.FreeholdCouncil Tax Band F For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_winchester-d196373/for-sale_i68913239
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A modern family home providing extensive accommodation of about 4400 sq. ft. and located in the sought after village of Shawford. DescriptionSituated at the end of a private driveway and approached through electric timber gates the property has a great sense of arrival. Built by Metis Homes in 2016 this superb family house offers extensive accommodation of the highest quality with beautifully proportioned rooms and the highest quality fixtures and fittings. The current owners have remodelled and re-finished the interior and also extended the property whichis now approaching 4400 sq. ft. overtwo floors.The house is approached through a welcoming reception hall, with beautiful glazed bronzed Crittle doors and glazing separating this area from the kitchen/breakfast/living room and also the library/snug. The kitchen area is beautifully appointed with a high quality modern kitchen with large island and a range of top quality appliances. The kitchen opens up into a large dining area and a sitting room with bi-fold doors that open on two sides to the large terrace. The library/snug has beautiful bespoke fitted furniture, a comfortable room which could also be a play room. The main drawing room is exceptional (24'10 x 24'5) this is the most wonderful entertaining space, perfect for large gatherings and comfortable with a delightful fitted fireplace, few modern houses benefit from rooms of this scale. In addition to these rooms is a study and a gym, the gym is accessed through the utility room, an addition by the current owners with double doors to the outside. This room would equally make an excellent ground floor bedroom, if required, as it has an adjoining shower room and access to outside through a door into the utility room creating an independent space.On the first floor is a large landing providing access to five bedrooms. The principal bedroom has a large bathroom with separate shower and a separate dressing room. This room is also air-conditioned. There are two bedroom suites each with adjoining shower rooms and two further bedrooms, one of which doubles as a dressing room, a family bathroom completes the first floor accommodation.OUTSIDEOutside the property is approached over a large brick paved drive, providing ample parking and situated in front of the double garage and carport. Access can be gained on either side of the property to the rear gardens. The rear gardens are laid predominantly to lawn with mature trees and shrubs, with a southerly aspect, this sunny and attractive private garden is the perfect setting for this beautiful home. With a large terrace adjacent to the kitchen providing excellent amenity.LocationLansdowne House is situated in the sought after residential area of Fairfield Road on the sought after Shawford estate. There are delightful walks to Shawford Down and easy access to the village. The cathedral city of Winchester lies about 4 miles to the west offering an extensive range of amenities including recreational, cultural and educational.Schools are well provided for, with both state and private schools, including, Twyford Prep, St Swithuns Girls School, Winchester College and Peter Symonds Sixth Form College. There are excellent primary schools within the area at Twyford, Compton and Otterbourne.There is good access to the cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury and easy access to Andover, Southampton and Romsey. The property is well placed for access to the A303 via the A343, which in turn links to the A34 to Winchester to the south and Oxford and beyond to the north. The A303 also leads to the M3 and M27 to the south and London to the north-east. The mainline railway at Grateley has a regular service to London Waterloo in approximately 75 minutes.This part of Hampshire is renowned for its attractive villages and countryside and the famous River Itchen is regarded as one of the best fly fishing rivers in the country.Square Footage: 4,391 sq ft Additional InfoAll mains services connectedFreeholdCouncil Tax Band H For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_winchester-d196373/for-sale_i68891783
A handsome Grade II listed family home with a swimming pool and detached cottage, all set in about 0.72 acres. DescriptionBindon house is situated in the heart of St Cross, in origin a fine late 18th Georgian farmhouse, located on an outstanding garden plot of 0.72 acres with a cottage located at the bottom of its long driveway adjacent to the St Cross Road. This handsome Grade II listed family home offers beautifully proportioned accommodation, so typical of a property of this era, with a wealth of character and period features. It is arguably one of Winchester finest private residential properties, and certainly one that enjoys one of the larger garden sites in the city.The property is approached via a portico leading to the front door; this in turn leads on to the beautiful and welcoming reception hall that provides access to the principal reception rooms and a fine turned staircase leading to the first floor. The Drawing Room is stunning with measurements approaching 30' x 20'. The room is ideal for entertaining with double doors leading out to the south facing side terrace and west facing pool terrace; there is a delightful fireplace with ornate surround, deep skirting boards and ceiling cornicing. The Sitting Room is equally attractive. A large walk-in bay offers views over the front gardens and St Catherine's Hill, an open fireplace provides a focal point, and both an arched window and arched double doors lead to the Garden Room. Continuing the theme of well-proportioned rooms, the Dining Room allows for large gatherings. It too boasts a walk-in bay window overlooking the garden to the front, but also benefits from an inglenook style fireplace with arched display alcoves to either flank. The Garden Room lies next to the south facing terrace with double doors leading to it. From the main hall, access leads through to an inner hallway from which there is a secondary staircase leading to the first floor, a door to a cloakroom, and a door that leads through to the kitchen/breakfast room, walk-in larder and, from the kitchen, a utility room. The kitchen/breakfast room has been beautifully appointed with a range of units with granite work-surfaces and built-in appliances, including a green Aga, separate gas hobs, and a built in electric oven. There is also a contrasting painted dresser and curved seating next to the breakfast table. Double doors lead to the pool terrace.On the first floor are six bedrooms. The principal suite has an adjoining, recently fitted shower room. Bedroom two, equally spacious, is currently used as an excellent office. Both r oomshave stunning views across to St Catherine's Hill. Bedroom three is a large room with beautiful views over the south facing lawns. The three other bedrooms are a good size and there are two further bathrooms. A spiral staircase leads from the landing to the attic rooms, again with splendid views to the east and south. These rooms could be utilised for further bedrooms, offices, or hobby rooms. There is good headroom in all the rooms, although each is affected by the sloping roof.THE POOL HOUSEDirectly to the rear of the house is a charming terrace with swimming pool, adjacent to which is the pool house, formerlythe stable in years gone by. This highly attractive brick and flint building under a clay tiled roof provides the perfect amenity for the pool area, with built-in kitchen/BBQ facilities open on one side to the pool, a door to a shower room/changing room, and a separate cloakroom. There is a separate storeroom to one side of the building and on the first floor a large room, approached from a separate staircase to the rear, which can serve as either a play area or an office.OUTSIDEThe property is approached through brick piers and over abrick paved apron that leads to the gravelled drive. PassingBindon Cottage and its own drive on your right, the drivewayleads up to a wide parking and turning area at the front of thehouse adjacent to the double garage. Protecting the propertyfrom the St Cross Road is a brick and flint wall with beautifulyew hedgerows providing further screening.The formal gardens to the front of the house are charming;lawns lead along the southern side of the drive with manicuredyew hedgerows that lie adjacent to a retaining wall that separates the front gardens from the southern gardens. On the northern side of the drive is a mature area of shrubs, trees, and hedgerows under planted with spring bulbs.The gardens immediately to the south are laid to lawn, being at a slightly lower level to that of the main house means that the views over them are exquisite. A large southern terrace and the Garden Room take full advantage of the views. The southern boundary hosts a largely wooded area of stunning specimen trees with a walkway through. To the rear of the main lawns, the garden gently slopes upwards.Directly to the rear of the house is the pool terrace. The poolitself is a good size, an irregular shape to maximise the area in which it sits. With a southerly and westerly aspect and sheltered nature, it is the perfect sun trap. Steps through a rockery and raised beds lead to a further area of walled gardens where a terrace in the far corner provides tremendous views over St Cross to St Catherine's Hill.BINDON COTTAGEBindon Cottage, formerly the lodge for Bindon House, is a charming Grade II listed, brick and flint detached two bedroom cottage offering well-proportioned accommodation over two floors, a sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and bathroom, two first floor bedrooms and a bathroom. The cottage has its own parking area. A small garden provides an outdoor space that is well protected from the main house.LocationBindon House is a notable property within the ever-desirable area of St Cross, south of the historic City centre and steeped in history being close to The Hospital of St Cross an iconic building so many are drawn to St. Cross to find.The location is within easy access to a wide range of amenities, excellent schools, and captivating walks through the water meadows passing St Catherine's Hill to the city centre. Walkers or cyclists can follow the Itchen Navigation south out of Winchester to local villages or back to the cathedral streets where there is a wide variety of shops, independent boutiques, cafes, and restaurants as well leisure facilities, such as the Theatre Royal or local cinema.Winchester is very well connected via rail, road and air. London Waterloo is around 60 minutes from the city's railway station from which there are also direct trains to the north. The M3 allows easy access to London and the South Coast connecting with the M27 and Southampton Airport, which serves a growing number of destinations in Europe. The A34 to the north provides access to Oxford, the Midlands and the A303 to the West Country.Bindon House is ideally located for state and private schooling. Winchester senior schools include the renowned Peter Symonds College, Winchester College, and St Swithun's School for Girls, all easily accessed, while slightly further afield is King Edward's VI in Southampton. St Faith's Primary School in St Cross is much sought after, as are the local prep schools, The Pilgrims' School, Twyford School and Princes Mead.Square Footage: 5,595 sq ft Acreage: 0.72 Acres Additional InfoFreeholdBindon House Council Tax Band HBindon Cottage - Council Tax Band CAll mains services connected For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_winchester-d196373/for-sale_i70622304
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