Property description

Of great intrigue and much charm, an individual older style detached house offering true family sized accommodation and 4 car spaces handily placed for the town centre, water meadows and both pedestrian and road routes.

Description
The roll call of accommodation includes 4 bedrooms, 2 bath/shower rooms and 3 reception rooms centred on an impressive and versatile 26' long kitchen. A utility room, cloakroom, hall and porch, invaluable on-site parking and a good sized garden complete the complement. Believed to date from the early part of the Twentieth Century, this multiple gabled house has been enlarged, enhanced and improved over the years. Notable also for its sheer size, characteristics include exposed floorboards, a bay window, open fireplace, stripped pine doors consistent with the era of the house and 6 rooms enjoying at least two aspects. The present owners improvement programme has included the refitting of the kitchen, bathroom and shower room, together with the creation of the family room. Heating is via a gas system with radiators and there is also part double glazing. This represents a marvellous opportunity to acquire a family home also ideal for entertaining with its garden offering privacy unusual for a home so easily accessible to the town's major facilities.

Location
Ackender Road lies immediately to the West of Alton's historic town centre, the Market Square being within 0.3 mile, and consists of mainly Victorian and Edwardian properties of varying designs, sizes and appearances. The highly regarded neighbourhood has a network of footpaths, the water meadows, the unspoilt Lenten Street area, All Saints Church, Westbrooke Gardens and access to major routes including the M3 via the B3349 Odiham Road. Proudly maintaining its historic connections with the English Civil War, Jane Austen and hop cultivaton, Alton has High Street shops and stores such as M&S, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Boots and Iceland, a station (London Waterloo line), weekly open air markets and specialist events such as farmers markets and beer festivals, further churches, a museum and gallery, primary and senior schools, Alton Convent, Alton FE College, a library, fitness clubs, a sports centre and, on the outskirts, 2 golf courses and several retail stores.

Ground Floor

Wisteria Porch
Lantern light. Recessed brick archway, quarry tiled threshold. Part glazed panelled wooden front door with side screen and transom window to:-

Reception Hall - 14' 6'' x 5' 5'' (4.42m x 1.65m)
Including stairway. Side aspect. Exposed pine floorboards, radiator, thermostat, phone point. Electric services area + meter and gas meter.

Sitting Room - 17' 3'' x 11' 11'' (5.25m x 3.63m)
Triple aspect. Recessed open fireplace with raised hearth and mantelpiece. Exposed pine floorboards, coved ceiling, radiator, TV socket.

Dining Room - 17' 10'' x 12' 2'' (5.43m x 3.71m) overall
Twin aspect - rear and side. Travertine floor, downlighting on dimmers. 2 radiators, 3 TV points. Fitted cream multiple storage unit with cupboards, drawers, beechblock top and double tall cupboard. Phone socket. Opening to:-

Family Kitchen - 26' 2'' x 9' 9'' (7.97m x 2.97m)
Including bay window. Twin aspect - rear via sliding patio door to patio/rear garden. Travertine floor, 4 phase downlighting. Bespoke refitted kitchen to cream scheme with brushed chrome cupped drawer handles, granite worktops with peninsular countersunk Villeroy & Boch deep white sink + swan neck mixer, beechblock worktop and Britannia range cooker (6 burner gas hob, double electric oven) with matching back and chimney style hood Also matching fronted fridge freezer with water dispenser and concealed Neff dishwasher. Affording extensive series of cupboards, drawers and tall wall cabinets with double pelmets, task lighting, open shelves and part tiled splashbacks with matching upstands. Dedicated dining and seating areas. 2 radiators, phone and TV points. Glazed panelled door to:-

Family Room - 23' 8'' x 7' 11'' (7.21m x 2.41m)
Twin aspect. Engineered oak floor, skylight, downlighting, 3 TV points. Pair of French doors to patio/rear garden.

Utility Room - 9' 4'' x 8' 11'' (2.84m x 2.72m)
Rear garden aspect. Vaulted ceiling, downlighting. Fitted in white panelled units incorporating laminated worktops, floor cupboards and drawers, inset Franke stainless steel single drainer sink, tiled splashbacks, tall shelved cupboard, wall cabinet and open shelving. Plumbing for washing machine, space for condenser dryer, further appliance space. Worktop lighting, tiled splashbacks, extractor fan, wall hung Potterton Suprima gas boiler, digital programmer. Part glazed stable door to patio/rear garden. Ledged and braced latch door to:-

Cloakroom
Rear window. White suite with chrome fittings to WC and vanity wash basin, double cupboard below. Downlighting, radiator, ceramic tiled floor, extractor fan + isolator.

First Floor

Galleried Landing
Overall 22' 5'' (6.83m) long including stairwell. Side aspect. Alighted from hall via spindle balustraded wooden staircase turning to galleried landing. Exposed pine floorboards, archway. Hinged pine hatch to loft - light.

Bedroom One - 14' 2'' x 11' 6'' (4.31m x 3.50m)
Front aspect over hedged gardens opposite towards Queens Road. Exposed pine floorboards. Radiator.

Bedroom Two - 12' 1'' x 11' 7'' (3.68m x 3.53m)
Rear garden aspect. Exposed pine floorboards. Radiator.

Bedroom Three - 11' 7'' x 9' 11'' (3.53m x 3.02m)
Twin aspect - rear and side. Exposed pine floorboards. Radiator.

Bedroom Four - 11' 11'' x 8' 9'' (3.63m x 2.66m) overall
Twin aspect - front and side - treed view towards Brick Kiln Lane. Exposed pine floorboards. Radiator, hatch to further loft.

Bathroom
Refitted with white suite and Victorian chrome style fittings affording tongued and grooved effect panelled deep bath, pedestal wash stand basin and WC, Travertine theme splashbacks. Stone floor, white ladder multiple heated towel rail. Front window.

Shower Room
White suite with chrome fittings presenting glazed and Travertine theme shower enclosure + Aqualisa fitment, pedestal wash basin + matching splashback, and dual flush WC. Travertine style tiled floor, rear window, downlighting, extractor fan + isolator, white ladder multiple heated towel rail. Angled double doored airing cupboard - hot water cylinder, immersion heater.

Outside

On-site Parking
4 car wide bay at front with roses, shrubs and silver birch tree. Left hand side path with outside tap, light and gate with bin area leads to:-

Rear Garden
A patio area with further tap, floodlight, wisteria and elevated timber garden shed adjoins the kitchen and family room external doors. The lawn beyond is bordered by low height curved brick walls and square rose border with further patio, children's swings and several trees. The good sized lawn is bisected by a brick walkway dressed with creeper clad series of metal archways progressing to boardwalk and vegetable garden screened by hurdles occupying the far section of the garden. A spiral Yew Tree creates a central feature with fruit trees, brick seating area and 2 further large garden sheds. Also lighting. Rear garden measures 113' 0'' x 36' 0'' (34.42m x 10.96m) including patio area.

Directions
From the row of banks on High Street, Alton, turn right beside Boots the Chemist up Market Street and continue straight ahead by the Market Square off the one way system towards Basingstoke on Lenten Street. Then turn 3rd left into Ackender Road. The house is 4th on the left.

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