5 bedroom detached house for sale

A First Class Opportunity To Put Your Stamp On This Substantial Former Post Office. Full of light, character and with room to style things your way. With a self-contained annexe, it’s your chance to create a unique family home that’s worth writing home about.

Once the beating heart of village life, The Old Post Office holds the kind of story most homes simply can’t offer. From its Victorian beginnings to its more recent transformation into a family home, this 1901 building has seen decades of comings and goings, conversations and community.

And now, with so much of the hard work already done, it’s ready for someone to write its next chapter.

Because while the essentials are in place - new sash windows, original floors restored, modern heating installed and a separate one-bedroom annexe extension - what’s most exciting is what’s still left to do. The opportunity to design your own sociable kitchen-diner. To enhance the garden. To complete those final touches that turn a great house into your home.

This is a home with history, heart and a layout that still leaves room for you to make your mark - full of light, character and right in the centre of a welcoming village that genuinely feels like a place to belong.

Inside the main house, original sash windows, stripped floorboards, and beautiful period doors with traditional ironmongery give every room warmth and charm. The 10.5 metre (34 ft) sitting/dining room wraps the corner of the home and fills with natural light from acoustic-glazed windows - a superb space for both daily life and entertaining.

A separate snug/office, fitted kitchen and utility room offer a flexible footprint that could easily be reimagined into a more open, sociable layout, with structural calculations already in place.

Upstairs, four bedrooms (one with an ensuite), sit alongside a large four-piece family bathroom.

Over recent years, key updates have already been completed - from new radiators and upgraded electrics to freshly plastered walls and redecorated spaces.

In several rooms the original floorboards have been stripped back, new lighting fitted, and thoughtful improvements made to comfort and energy efficiency, including acoustic glazing throughout all road-facing windows (bar one).

The largest bedroom even features stylish new shutters and carpets.

There’s a large cellar below the lounge for added storage or future use, accessed via a hatch. And upstairs, a practical loft space that’s partially boarded and best suited for lighter storage, accessible via a hatch in the landing.

Outside, the back garden is surprisingly private for a property right in the centre of the village and is as full of promise as the home itself.

There’s gated parking for three cars, a grassed area, a 12-metre raised flower bed, vegetable patch, greenhouse, mature magnolia tree, and a handy outdoor storage cupboard.

The self-contained annexe sits to the side of the main house, with its own private access. Inside you’ll find a light-filled living/kitchen area, a double bedroom and an ensuite bathroom. It has its own council tax and electricity supply, five brand new UPVC double-glazed windows, and is currently let at £700 per month – but it can be offered with vacant possession if preferred.

Lower Farringdon is the kind of village people talk excitedly about finding - warm, welcoming, and properly active. From coffee mornings and open gardens to wreath-making at the pub, there’s always something going on.

You’ll find a village WhatsApp group, a community garden, an outdoor gym, garden club, and regular social events that make you feel part of something special. There are two brilliant pubs, fantastic walks in every direction, and even Jane Austen’s former home in neighbouring Chawton for literary Sunday strolls.

The Old Post Office gives you history, heart and a whole lot of future for your family. All that’s left is to put your own stamp on it.