Property description

A charming period property with delightful cottage garden, 3 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, feature open fireplaces and unusual for its age, a detached double garage with parking in front.

Description
We believe the main part of the cottage to be approximately 200 years old. In true cottage style it boasts lots of charateristics of its era including exposed brick and beams. It offers good accommodation comprising sitting room with working open fireplace, dining room also with working open fireplace. The kitchen has been well designed offering plenty of storage. The rear lobby gives access to the utility room, bathroom and drawing room. The drawing room is located to the rear of the building enjoying views over the lovely garden. On the first floor are two double bedrooms and a small third bedroom. Outside the rear garden is well maintained with two brick/paved seating areas and the rest being laid to lawn with various flower and shrub beds. There is also a personal door to the detached double garage.

Location
Kiln Cottage occupies an elevated setting east of the town centre. Wilsom Road leads not only to Alton Station via Paper Mill Lane but also to open countryside and the pretty hilltop village of East Worldham. Trains connect directly with London Waterloo - minimum journey time 67 minutes, whilst locally there is the open space of Kings Pond, a network of interesting town paths, St Mary's RC Church, a stationside Waitrose store, shops on Normandy Street, the Palace Cinema, Alton House Hotel and the start of Hangers Way, a 21 mile long scenic footpath. The historic old market town of Alton also provides High Street shops, stores such as Sainsbury's and M&S, weekly and specialist open air market events, a sports centre, fitness clubs, dance studio, local societies and two outlying golf courses including Worldham Park.


Solid wooden door opening into:-

Sitting Room
With double glazed windows to front and side aspect, tiled floor, feature working open fireplace with brick surround and exposed ceiling beams. Wooden display shelf, several built-in storage cupboards, wall mounted cupboard housing consumer unit, two radiators and walkway through to:-

Dining Room
Feature exposed brick wall and exposed ceiling beams, wooden staircase with recess beneath leading to the first floor. Feature open fireplace, double glazed window to front aspect, tiled floor, radiator, small coloured stain glass window looking through to kitchen and large archway leading to:-

Kitchen
A charming and well designed cottage style kitchen comprising a range of base and eye level units with under unit lighting and granite worktop with inset sink drainer with mixer tap. Built-in four ring Miele electric hob with extractor unit above and Miele oven below, built-in slimline Miele dishwasher. Built-in fridge, brick built wine rack, secondary glazed window with attached wooden shutters to rear aspect, down lighters, exposed wooden beam, part tiled walls, tiled floor and wooden door leading to:-

Rear Lobby
Stable door with coloured stained glass window leading out to the rear garden, loft access, cupboard housing Worcester boiler, radiator and doors to living room, utility room and bathroom.

Drawing Room
Triple aspect room enjoying views over the rear garden and courtyard patio, two of the windows with wooden shutters, two radiators, three down lighters, feature engineered oak flooring and stained glass window.

Utility Room
Comprising one eye level cupboard and a few base level cupboards with complementary roll edge worktop, inset sink drainer unit with mixer tap. Spaces for three appliances, part tiled walls, two down lighters, double glazed window to side aspect and feature laminate oak flooring, radiator.

Bathroom
Suite comprising panel enclosed bath with mixer tap and wall mounted shower controls with recessed tiled toiletries shelf, pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap and low level WC. Radiator, tiled floor, concealed air vent, discrete toiletries cabinet, four down lighters, built-in ceiling mounted speakers and patterned double glazed window to side aspect.

Stairs Leading to First Floor Landing
Loft access, exposed wooden beams and doors to all bedrooms.

Master Bedroom
Double glazed windows to front and side aspect, a range of built-in wardrobes with a mixture of hanging rails and shelving with the end cupboard housing the hot water cylinder. Double radiator, exposed wooden beams.

Bedroom Two
Exposed wooden beams, double glazed window to rear aspect, double radiator.

Bedroom Three
Exposed wooden beams, built-in single bed with clever storage beneath, double glazed window to front aspect.

Outside

Rear Garden
The established beautiful cottage garden is separated into several areas with the first area being laid to red brick patio with shaped and raised flower and shrub beds and brick built well with courtesy lighting. Steps lead down to an area laid to lawn again with surrounding flower and shrub beds, feature ornamental pond. At the bottom of the garden is a further area laid to patio with pergola above and gate leading to the rear of the garage for further storage area or compost area. The rear garden is enclosed by close board fencing, has an external water supply and has a personal door to:-

Detached Double Garage
Approached via a driveway providing off road parking for 1 - 2 vehicles depending on size, there is an electric up-and-over door, power and lighting and courtesy door to the garden.

Directions
From the M&S Simply Food store at the western end of High Street, Alton, proceed on Drayman's Way, the town's inner relief road passing straight ahead at the Sainsbury's mini-roundabout. At the next mini-roundabout turn right into Lower Turk Street. Continue on this road becoming Ashdell Road, passing Kings Pond on the left. At the crossroads, turn right onto the B3004 towards Kingsley (Wilsom Road). The cottage will be found on the left hand side just after The Kilns.

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