Property description

An individual mid-1950s built detached chalet bungalow affording 3 double bedroom accommodation and commanding a glorious 0.58 acre garden plot with over 100 ft frontage to a prestigious village lane.

Description
The property enjoys a South Easterly rear aspect over its own sweeping lawned gardens from both reception rooms, the kitchen and main bedroom suite, whilst the front facade is to a symmetrical twin gabled design featuring dogtooth brickwork built by a well respected firm of Medstead builders in circa 1955. Characteristics range from the parquet flooring found to most of the ground floor, and a working fireplace, to a profusion of built-in cupboards, several quarry tiled window sills and beaded internal doors. However, there is still undoubted scope for the incoming purchaser. Another primary feature is the distinctive reception hall with independent access to all the downstairs rooms. Comfort facets include double glazing, a gas heating system with thermostatic valves to the majority of the radiators, and cavity wall insulation.

Location
Commanding a road frontage exceeding 100', the property is set back and lies towards the South Western rural outskirts of Medstead, a traditional Hampshire village. It is screened by a hedge being located at the Eastern/village end of Paice Lane opposite a bluebell copse. This revered location is recognised for its network of footpaths, bridleways and broad verged country lanes. Among the village's attributes are the Handy Store and hardware shop/post office, Castle of Comfort Inn, St Andrew's and United Reform churches, primary school, village hall and green with a projected pond, bowls club and tennis court, and local interest clubs. Medstead also has a doctors surgery and family businesses including Reads Butchers in a miniature retail park. Within 5.5 miles, Alton's High Street provides major shops, an M&S store and regular open air market events. This historic old town also has Waitrose, Sainsbury's and Aldi stores, a station (Waterloo line), senior schools, Alton Convent, Alton College and a sports centre. Golf courses are located at Four Marks and Alton with gliding at Lasham.

Ground Floor

Covered Porch
Quarry tiled threshold, courtesy light. Single glazed panelled front door with matching pair of single glazed side windows to:-

Reception Hall - Overall 26'11\" (8.20m), main area 13' 7'' x 9' 9'' (4.14m x 2.97m)
including natural wooden stairway naturally lit by large Velux style front window. Parquet floor, 2 radiators - one with latticework cover, thermostat, part downlighting. Built-in understairs cupboard. Walk-in part shelved store/coats cupboards - light, electric consumer unit. Single glazed panelled door to side porch with quarry tiled threshold and courtesy light. Built-in cleaning cupboard. Built-in automatically lit airing cupboard + drying rail, digital heating programmer, light, raised and recessed hot water cylinder.

Sitting Room - 18' 10'' x 12' 0'' (5.74m x 3.65m) excluding door recess
Twin aspect - main via sliding patio door onto adjoining sun terrace and rear garden. Secondary side window. Fireplace fitted with Stovax log burner stove with marble hearth. Parquet floor, corniced ceiling, 2 radiators, dimmer switch for independent lighting, TV socket.

Dining Room - 14' 5'' x 12' 11'' (4.39m x 3.93m)
Rear garden aspect via sliding patio door opening to sun terrace. Parquet floor, corniced ceiling, recessed lighting + pair of wall light points - both on dimmers, radiator, telephone point, serving hatch to kitchen.

Kitchen - 13' 11'' x 8' 11'' (4.24m x 2.72m)
Rear garden aspect. Fitted with maple fronts integrated with Blomberg white electric oven with space for electric cooker. Providing extensive range of floor cupboards, multiple drawers, shelved double cupboard with glass fronted displays and eye level units with Vent-Axia fan and glazed double book unit. Worktops with inset Franke stainless steel twin bowl single drainer sink and tiled splashback. Fitted angled pot shelves, plumbing for dishwasher and washing machine. Fluorescent lighting, cork tiled floor. Double cupboard in former fireplace with wall hung Keston Celsius 25 gas boiler. Walk-in larder - single glazed rear window, light, power.

Bedroom Two - 14' 11'' x 12' 0'' (4.54m x 3.65m)
Front aspect. Parquet floor, downlighting in corniced ceiling on dimmer, radiator, telephone point.

Bedroom Three - L-shaped 11' 11'' x 10' 3'' (3.63m x 3.12m) + 6' 1'' x 2' 5'' (1.85m x 0.74m)
Overall 12'8\" (3.86m). Plus walk-in wide built-in cupboard + recessed shelving, light. Front aspect. Parquet floor, downlighting on dimmer in coved ceiling, radiator.

Shower Room - 6' 9'' x 5' 10'' (2.06m x 1.78m)
Rear aspect. White suite with chrome fittings to glazed and tiled shower enclosure and Howie pedestal wash basin. Part tiled walls, display sill, tiled floor, radiator, extractor fan.

Separate Cloakroom
Single glazed side window. White suite of corner hand basin and WC with Royal Doulton cistern, part tiled walls, cork tiled floor, radiator.

First Floor

Galleried Landing
Via natural wooden stairs from hall with spindle ballustrades and half landings to landing. Front aspect. Beech effect laminated floor, recessed light. Built-in two-way linen cupboard. 2 useful built-in store cupboards. Door to eaves/loft.

Principal Bedroom - 13' 11'' x 11' 5'' (4.24m x 3.48m)
Including 2 fitted double wardrobes. Overlooking rear garden to paddocks beyond. Radiator. Double doored walk-in part shelved wardrobe + light.

En-suite Bathroom - 10' 8'' x 6' 4'' (3.25m x 1.93m)
Overlooking rear garden. White suite with chrome fittings to panelled bath with tiled splashbacks, wash basin in wide vanity unit with cupboards and drawers, and WC. Recessed lighting, Travertine effect vinyl floor, radiator. Door to two-way linen cupboard.

Main Loft
Via door on landing. Part floored, lighting, power.

Outside
Pair of metalwork gates with progressively widening shingle drive and floodlit parking to:-

Attached Garage - 15' 9'' x 8' 6'' (4.80m x 2.59m)
Pair of ledged and braced pine doors, strip lighting, power points, single glazed side window, electric meter. Half single glazed personal door to side porch.

The Lovely Gardens
command a long road frontage and are mainly level lawn flanked by established boundaries with several trees. Importantly the gardens are mainly at the rear, the Southerly side. The front lawn has Spring gardens and a wooded corner. To the sides are a useful series of outbuildings consisting of:-Workshop 14' 0'' x 10' 0'' (4.26m x 3.05m). Light and power.Implement Store 20' 0'' x 10' 0'' (6.09m x 3.05m). Light and power. Single and double entry doors. Also log store - power; and garden shed.Trelliswork fence with path, floodlight and paved area lead to the superb rear garden. A paved sun terrace adjoins the 2 reception rooms and merges with the large lawn beyond which features, on the perimeters, a coppice, orchard, kitchen garden and soft fruit cage with flower and shrubbery borders. Backing onto paddocks.

Overall Plot Size 0.58 acre (0.23 hectare)

Local Authority
East Hampshire District Council, Penns Place, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4EX www.easthants.gov.uk Tel: 01730 266551

Directions
Leave Alton on the A339 Basingstoke Road. Shortly turn left through Beech to Medstead village. At the village green, turn second left into South Town Road. After 0.6 mile, turn right into Paice Lane. The property is around the bend being second on the left.

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