Impressive family home with a two bedroom attached cottage and a further detached cottage, all set within delightful gardens and grounds of about 7.14 acres.

Description

Bussells is a fine family house, situated on the outskirts of the popular village of Lockerley in grounds of approximately 7.14 acres. The property has extensive accommodation with Bussells itself divided into two properties, Bussells and Darcy cottage, there is also a further detached cottage known as Christmas Cottage. Bussells extends to just over 6700 ft.², including Darcy cottage, which is a two bedroom detached cottage with 2/3 reception rooms and a ground floor kitchen. Bussells itself offers four separate reception rooms all approached from a large, welcoming reception hall, there is a good size kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and ground floor cloakroom.

On the first floor in Bussells is an excellent principal bedroom suite with dressing room, separate shower room and a balcony overlooking immaculate lawns. There are three further bedrooms with one of the bedrooms having a large dressing room and adjoining shower room. A family bathroom completes the first floor accommodation, on the second floor there are three excellent loft rooms.

A double garage is located to the rear of Bussells. Christmas cottage is approached from a separate driveway, which leads up past the lake and beyond the open bay barn to a parking and turning area adjacent to the property. On the ground floor is a superb kitchen/dining room, a separate sitting room and a ground floor cloakroom, on the first floor are two good double bedrooms, one with an adjoining bathroom the other with an adjoining shower room.

The gardens and grounds at the property are extremely attractive. There are paddocks, formal lawns and areas of copse and superb outbuildings, including a large agricultural style open barn and a double garage with open bay. Attached is a barn which is located close to the agricultural building and the large parking area close to Christmas Cottage. As mentioned, there are two accesses to the property one that leads to the front of Bussells the other which leads up through the property towards Christmas Cottage.

The property offers significant scope for further development. In its current form it offers superbly presented accommodation that would work well for anyone working from home or a multigenerational family.

Location

Bussells is situated on the edge of the village of Lockerley, between the cathedral cities of Winchester to the east and Salisbury to the west with its idyllic rural outlook on the edge of the New Forest and the Test valley. The village is in an area renowned for its beautiful countryside which is crisscrossed with a wide selection of footpaths and bridleways providing peaceful riding and walking. The Georgian market town of Romsey is nearby, where there is a secondary school, a wide variety of boutique shops, pubs and restaurants as well as a renowned supermarket.

Access is excellent with fast and regular mainline train services to London Waterloo from Winchester (60 minutes) and nearby Grateley (70 minutes). There are many diverse recreational activities, racing at Salisbury, Newbury and Wincanton. Golf at nearby Bramshaw, Hamptworth Country Club and Royal Winchester. Excellent chalk stream fishing on the river Dun (which runs through Lockerley) and on the river Test. Sailing and marinas on the Solent. Theatres at Winchester, Southampton, Salisbury and Basingstoke.

Excellent local schools with the highly regarded Lockerley primary, secondary schools in Romsey, Stockbridge, Salisbury and Winchester. There are excellent grammar schools within the area which include Bishop Wordsworths for boys and South Wilts Grammar for girls, both in Salisbury.

Square Footage: 8,330 sq ft


Acreage: 7.14 Acres

Additional Info

Mains water and electrical. Private drainage (sewage treatment plant).
Council Tax Band H
Freehold