Property description
Affording lavish living space and the subject of substantial improvements during recent years, an individual detached chalet bungalow set back centrally within its own landscaped gardens in one of the village's finest locations.
Description
Believed to originate from circa 1962, South Lea has flexibly planned accommodation centred around a well proportioned reception hall with the potential to reinstate the property to its previous 3 bedroom format. Important characteristics include the triple aspect drawing room featuring a stove, double roomed refitted kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory and the upstairs master bedroom and shower room suite, which have a balcony and command views over neighbouring pastures to the rear. Additional facets include uPVC double glazing with fanlights to most of the rooms, cavity wall insulation, a gas heating system with radiators, several individual thermostatic controls and a replacement boiler, and a security alarm system. There are also white panelled internal doors, higher coved ceilings downstairs (except conservatory and bathroom), white sanitaryware, and uPVC replacement roofline products. The well stocked garden is complemented by a double garage and a range of outhouses.
Location
Enjoying a hedged road frontage exceeding 60', South Lea enjoys a gently elevated setting set back from Paice Lane, an highly regarded village lane bordering miles of rolling Hampshire countryside. Backing on to paddocks and a equestrian sand school, the property is towards the village's South Western rural perimeter in an area recognised for its network of footpaths, bridleways, byways and broad verged lanes. The traditional village of Medstead lists the Handy Store and Medstead Hardware/Post Office, the Castle of Comfort Inn, the parish church, primary school, village green and church hall, bowls club and tennis court, and local interest societies amongst its attributes. The village also has a doctor's surgery and the Lymington Barns mini retail square. Within 6.2 miles, Alton's High Street provides major shops, an M&S Store and regular street market events. This historic old town also has Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Aldi stores, a station (Waterloo line), senior and the Convent schools, Alton College, fitness clubs and a sports centre. Golf courses are found at Four Marks, Alresford and Alton with gliding at Lasham.
Ground Floor
Entrance Vestibule - 5' 7'' x 5' 5'' (1.70m x 1.65m)
Twin aspect. Via part leaded light arched and panelled composite multi-bolt locking front door. Travertine theme floor, lantern light. Further part glazed panelled wooden door with matching side screen to:-
Reception Hall - 17' 4'' x 6' 0'' (5.28m x 1.83m)
Main area excluding recessed stairway. Alarm control panel, telephone socket, radiator, thermostat.
Drawing Room - 23' 9'' x 11' 11'' (7.23m x 3.63m)
Triple aspect overlooking encompassing gardens. Recessed fireplace fitted with multi-fuel burner stove and wide granite hearth. 4 wall light points on dimmer, 2 radiators, TV aerial socket. Wood framed French door with matching windows either side opening to stone terrace/rear garden.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room - 19' 10'' x 10' 2'' (6.04m x 3.10m) overall
Twin aspect over front and via conservatory to rear. Limestone effect ceramic tiled floor. Consisting of 2 areas with wide central archway:-
Kitchen Area - 10' 2'' x 10' 0'' (3.10m x 3.05m)
Twin aspect. Bespoke refitted with maple fronted fitted furniture, granite worktops and upstands, and integrated appliances providing split level stainless steel Neff series of fan assisted electric oven and multi functional convection microwave, Neff touch control wide ceramic hob and concealed vented hood, concealed Neff dishwasher and concealed Neff fridge/freezer. Extensive units affording floor cupboards with pair of magic corners, space and plumbing for washing machine, soft closing top and pan drawers, and matching double pelmetted tall wall cabinets incorporating task lighting. Inset Franke one and a quarter bowl single drainer sink + swan neck mixer. Downlighting.
Breakfast Area - 9' 0'' x 8' 11'' (2.74m x 2.72m)
Rear aspect. Radiator. High level electric consumer unit. Archway to Dining Room/Bedroom 3. French door to:-
Conservatory - 16' 9'' x 11' 0'' (5.10m x 3.35m)
Triple aspect over rear garden. Of pitched roof Victorian style design. Electric underfloor heating with limestone effect ceramic tiled floor, radiator, multiple power points. Electric meter box. Pair of French doors to stone terrace/rear garden.
Bedroom Two/Study - 11' 5'' x 10' 11'' (3.48m x 3.32m)
Front aspect. Radiator. Pair of glazed panelled interconnecting doors to:-
Dining Room/Bedroom Three - 11' 5'' x 6' 11'' (3.48m x 2.11m)
Increasing to 9' 9'' wide at window end. Side aspect. Radiator. Built-in understairs store cupboard - recessed shelving, light.
Bathroom - 8' 5'' x 5' 10'' (2.56m x 1.78m)
Rear window. Presenting Heritage white suite with chrome finished fittings to panelled bath + separate Triton shower fitting and glazed screen, semi-countersunk wash basin + double vanity cupboard below, and WC + hideaway cistern and display top. Part tiled walls, oak effect laminated floor, downlighting, radiator. Fitted corner cupboard housing wall hung Glow-Worm Flexicom 15 gas boiler, digital programmer, hot water cylinder.
First Floor
Galleried Landing - 11' 3'' x 8' 0'' (3.43m x 2.44m)
Including stairwell. Velux wood framed window - front aspect with rooftop view including angled far reaching view over countryside. Approached from reception hall via spindle entry balustraded stairs to matching galleried landing. Downlight. Built-in eaves store cupboard. Built-in airing cupboard - recessed Harvey's block water softener, radiator.
Master Bedroom - 16' 6'' x 10' 11'' (5.03m x 3.32m)
Twin aspect - main rear view over own garden, paddocks and manege to Hattingley on horizon - front via Velux wood framed window. Full width fitted panelled range of multiple part shelved wardrobes. Downlighting, radiator, pair of bedside light points. Further built-in deeply recessed wardrobe. Pair of French doors opening to:-
Balcony
Overlooking rear garden to manege and paddocks beyond. Metalwork railings, quarry tiled floor.
En-suite Shower Room - 8' 9'' x 4' 5'' (2.66m x 1.35m)
Rear garden/country outlook. Presenting white suite with chrome finished fittings to corner glazed double entry enclosed shower enclosure + Thermostatic fitment, vanity wash basin + mono tap, utensil sill and double vanity cupboard, and dual flush WC + hideaway cistern. Chrome multiple heated towel rail, shaver socket, extractor fan. Glazed panelled entry door.
Outside
Detached Double Garage - 18' 6'' x 16' 6'' (5.63m x 5.03m)
Remote controlled up-and-over door, strip lighting, power, open loft area. Recessed and brick pierred 5 bar gate with peashingle driveway and turning.
Landscaped Gardens
The front garden has a backdrop of a rockery bordered pond with feeder pond and waterfall skirted by a lawn with borders and low height stone wall, beds stocked with a wide variety of plants, shrubs and decorative trees, and broad crazy paved front path and brick steps with outside and floodlighting. Also raised vegetable box beside garage and trelliswork screened kitchen garden extends to left side of property + tap and further outside lighting. Stone left hand side path. The far right hand side garden has further vegetable box with stone chipped borders, external gas meter box and cobbled style path leading via rustic pole rose archway to the level and lawned rear garden. A stone chipped terrace adjoins the drawing room French door and conservatory with 2nd outside tap. Skirting the rear lawn are stocked borders with climbers to further pole trelliswork with pergola and archway leading to paved sun terrace and greenhouse, and further vegetable area with smaller greenhouse, timber store and fruit area respectively. Adjoining and enjoying a South Westerly aspect across the garden is a detached chalet 13' 6'' x 8' 0'' (4.11m x 2.44m) externally excluding veranda:- twin aspect, strip light and power. Overall plot size 1/5th acre (0.083 hectare).
Directions
From Alton, take the A31 towards Winchester and enter Four Marks. After passing Four Marks shops, proceed to the bottom of the hill, and turn off the A31 towards Medstead on Lymington Bottom Road. After 0.9 mile turn left (just after United Reform Church) into Paice Lane. South Lea is on the right after 0.75 mile, being the 5th on the right before the junction with Goatacre Road.
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