Property description

A splendid mid 1930s detached house of character and a fine stature set on a 0.25 acre garden plot with double garage only 0.4 mile of the High Street.

Description
Combining the best of town and country life, Clevelands commands views over the water meadows opposite being elevated above the road. The house has the benefit of a good sized garden incorporating outbuildings and a detached double garage approached from Princess Drive to the rear. The distinctive and attractive elevations are part timbered with an arched detail to the front and inside reveal 4 bedroom accommodation presented to a good standard with the ground floor space enjoying 4 twin aspect rooms and a strong relationship with the sheltered sandstone sun terrace and gardens to the rear. Although the property has been in the same family ownership since 1960, a careful programme of modernisation and enlargement has been completed during recent years in harmony with its origins. Noteworthy characteristics include wooden joinery with traditional panelled internal doors, architraves and deep skirting boards, uPVC double glazing with fanlight windows, majority smooth finished ceilings and a gas heating system with most radiators incorporating thermostatic valves. This represents a rare opportunity to acquire a character home within easy level walking distance of not only the town centre but also rolling Hampshire downland.

Location
Clevelands occupies a sought after setting opposite the Wey stream meandering through the water meadows and is proudly elevated above the road, which not only leads directly to the town centre and the Market Square via tree-fringed Lenten Street but also to major routes including the M3 junction 5 via the B3349. Revered for its historic connections with the English Civil War as well as Jane Austen, Alton is an old market town with High Street shops, stores such as Sainsbury's and M & S, primary and senior schools, Alton Convent, a further education college, station (Waterloo line), a busy programme of events and markets, Waitrose and Aldi stores and, on the outskirts, 2 golf courses and a sports centre. An interesting network of local footpaths traverse the town and lead also into the undulating North Downs countryside and Ackender Wood.

Ground Floor

Reception Hall - 16' 6'' x 5' 0'' (5.03m x 1.52m) including stairway
Oak front door with leaded light panel and matching pair of side windows with outside lantern light. Cherrywood effect laminated floor, part downlighting, radiator, open understairs storage.

Drawing Room - 18' 9'' x 11' 3'' (5.71m x 3.43m)
Twin aspect. Granite style decorative fireplace with wooden pillared mantelpiece, matching hearth and coal effect electric stove, pair of wall light points. Swan neck coving, 2 radiators, TV aerial and telephone sockets. Wide archway to:-

Dining Room - 13' 8'' x 11' 7'' (4.16m x 3.53m) including front bay window
Twin aspect - front to water meadows and Greenfields area opposite. Swan neck coving, radiator, phone socket. The drawing and dining room have an overall 23ft 8' length combined. From dining room, sliding patio door to:-

Garden Room - 11' 3'' x 7' 2'' (3.43m x 2.18m)
Twin aspect with pair of French doors opening to sunken sun terrace/rear garden. Terracotta style tiled floor, double power point.

Family Kitchen - 22' 5'' x 11' 4'' (6.83m x 3.45m)
Twin aspect. Designed and refitted to a country cottage style by Hampshire Kitchens of Alton with dedicated dining area enjoying front aspect, radiator and terracotta style tiled floor. Presenting granite worktops and upstands, and hand painted oak fronted units to cream colour scheme with brass finished ironmongery handles and soft closers. Integrated with Butler sink with brass effect mixers, and Neff series of electric oven, gas hob, vented chimney style hood with mosaic tiled splashback, and concealed slimline dishwasher and washing machine. Good range of floor cupboards, top and pan drawers, magic corner, slide out baskets in peninsula, and matching double pelmetted wall cabinets incorporating task lighting and display shelves. Matching oak topped dresser unit with part glazed illuminated top cabinet. Adjustable downlighting to kitchen area. Corner concealed wall hung Potterton Netaheat Profile gas boiler, digital programmer. From kitchen area, part glazed door to:-

Rear Hall - 8' 10'' x 3' 8'' (2.69m x 1.12m)
Twin aspect. Quarry tiled floor. Stable door with single glazed bulls eye to sun terrace/rear garden.

Cloakroom
Equipped with white suite and chrome finished fittings to corner hand basin, tiled splashback, and angled corner dual flush WC, quarry tiled floor, extractor fan with isolator, part glazed panelled entry door.

First Floor

Light & Airy Landing
17' 8\" (5.38m) long with 2 windows enjoying front views over water meadows opposite. Alighted from hall via natural wood spindle balustraded stairs returning to matching part galleried landing. Picture rails, part natural coving, radiator. Hinged hatch with fitted aluminium ladder to loft - light.

Master bedroom - 12' 10'' x 11' 3'' (3.91m x 3.43m)
Front aspect to water meadows and towards open countryside. Swan neck coving, TV aerial and phone sockets. Radiator.

En-suite Bathroom - 11' 2'' x 5' 6'' (3.40m x 1.68m)
White 4 piece suite with Victorian style chrome fittings to panelled bath, glazed and tiled separate shower cubicle with Aqualisa Aquastream fitment, pedestal wash basin and WC. Light marble effect tiling to visible walls, ceramic tiled floor, rear window, radiator, extractor fan with isolator.

Bedroom 2 - 11' 5'' x 10' 9'' (3.48m x 3.27m)
Front meadow aspect with angled view towards North Downs countryside. Picture rails, natural coving, radiator, TV aerial socket.

Bedroom 3 - 11' 8'' x 7' 10'' (3.55m x 2.39m)
Rear garden outlook. Picture rails, natural coving, radiator, TV aerial socket.

Bedroom 4 - 11' 3'' x 6' 1'' (3.43m x 1.85m)
including wooden louvered fitted cupboards incorporating hot water cylinder and immersion heater.Rear garden outlook. Radiator, phone socket.

2nd Bathroom - 8' 0'' x 4' 11'' (2.44m x 1.50m)
White suite with Victorian style chrome fittings to panelled bath with separate Triton shower fitting and glazed folding screen, pedestal wash basin and WC. Tiling to visible walls, ceramic tiled floor, radiator. Side window.

Outside

Large Garden
Overall plot size 0.25 acre (0.1 hectare). An attractively designed and graded sleeper style/stone path with stable theme edgings traverses the front garden which has lawns and flower/shrubbery borders with matching coloured stone terrace adjoining the house with random sandstone recess and sensor lighting. Wide side area with wooden gate and sandstone path/bin area leads to the Southerly facing rear garden with its focal sunken sandstone sun terrace ingeniously created and landscaped with raised sleeper style borders, coloured shingle surrounds, integral seat and recessed seating area also with sensor outside lights and far side recess. Timber garden store. Outside tap. Splayed steps lead to the rear lawn with 'stepping stones', Robinsons greenhouse 10ft 6' x 8ft 6', good sized kitchen garden and borders. There are several small scale trees and path with gate leading to:-

Detached Double Garage - 20' 9'' x 20' 6'' (6.32m x 6.24m)
Pair of separate metal entry doors, single glazed rear windows (power and strip light not connected). Internal steps to adjoining garden stores 10' 1\" x 6' 6\" plus 10' 1\" x 6' 5\". Further single glazed window, door to rear garden. Floodlight.

Directions
From the row of banks on High Street, Alton, turn right by Boots the Chemist up Market Street. At the Market Square, continue straight ahead towards Basingstoke on Lenten Street then becoming Basingstoke Road. The house is set up on the left about 100 yards before the B3349 Odiham Road mini-roundabout.

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