Charming and spacious period family home ideally situated on a generous plot in the sought after Meon Valley on the outskirts of West Meon. This period home was previously owned by Edward Austen (brother of the famous author Jane Austen) in the 19th century and has been the current family's home for approaching 25 years. The home offers great potential and versatility for a character property and is ideally suited to a family. Steps and a flagstone path lead up to the front door, which opens into a dining room with exposed wooden flooring, open chimney with log burning stove and a connecting door through to the sizable sitting room, which has a feature fireplace and windows to the front and side elevations helping to flood the room with natural light. The kitchen/breakfast room sits to the rear of the home and opens into a side, top of the range, Amdega conservatory that opens on to a rear patio area. The downstairs accommodation also boasts a front aspect snug, a study and playroom/potential 6th bedroom, plus a cloakroom and utility room. The first floor continues to impress with five well-proportioned bedrooms, a wet room and family bathroom, plus another cloakroom. Outside, the property is enclosed with mature hedging offering great privacy and the rear garden is the ideal space for al fresco dining and entertaining, on from the main garden further area of grounds with a disused outbuilding and second access to Marlands Lane which in turn backs on to fields. Additionally, there is a walled vegetable garden with a Victorian style glass house, a further lawned garden enclosed by beach hedging that offers great scope for a tennis court. The property is accessed via gated entrance that opens into a spacious gravelled area of parking, that is adjacent to a stable/garaging block consisting of two garages, carport, four stables, tack room and feed store which offers fantastic spoke for further development subject to planning.

Council Tax Band: G

Tenure: Freehold
Disclaimer; please note, this property has oil-fired central heating and has private drainage in the form of a septic tank (a compliance certificate has not been seen)
These details are to be confirmed by the vendor's solicitor and must be verified by a buyer's solicitor.

Located near West Meon village and offering fantastic commuter access to Petersfield and Winchester, both having direct rail links to London and a wider selection of shops, supermarkets and education. More locally West Meon village offers an array of immediate facilities, including a traditional butcher, post office, store and the ever popular ‘Thomas Lord’ public house. Schooling in the area is highly regarded with a host of independent and state schools within easy reach. The Meon Valley is in the South Downs National Park and is famous for its meandering streams and rivers and undulating downland. The area boasts numerous footpaths and walks and links to the South Downs Way.

The nearby market town of Alresford, home of the ‘Watercress steam railway’ offers an array of independent shopping facilities, boutique fashion outlets and convenience stores in addition to a selection of bars, eateries and coffee shops.