Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire | Guide price £1,150,000 | 4 bedroom Detached  

Hall, Drawing Room, Garden Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Dining Room, Study/Playroom, Boiler/Drying Room, Utility/Boot Room, Cloakroom, Four Bedrooms, Dressing Room, Two Shower Rooms (Two Suites), Bathroom, Double Garage and Ample Car Parking, Terrace with Hot Tub, Breeze House, Stable Block, Mature Gardens and Paddocks. In all about 2.847 acres (1.152 ha).The village of Hurstbourne Tarrant is situated in countryside at the north western end of the Bourne valley not far from the County boundary on the A343 between Andover and Newbury.

Willow Cottage is concealed behind a high dense beech hedge on the lane leading out to Ibthorpe and Upton. Village amenities include a shop/post office, public house, primary school and church. Local shopping is available in Whitchurch or the major towns of Andover and Newbury. Communications in the area are excellent with mainline stations for Waterloo at Andover and Whitchurch or Newbury for Paddington, M4 and the A34 northwards to the Midlands or south to the M27.

Willow Cottage is a most attractive village house, listed Grade II, late 17th century and timber framed, re-modelled in the 18th century and has colour washed brick and flint elevations with casement windows, double glazed on the first floor under a dormered slate roof.  Eight years ago the house was comprehensively restored. Works included re-roofing, dormer windows double glazed, an extension on the western end of the house, kitchen and bathrooms replaced, under floor heating throughout the whole of the ground floor with tiled floors, oak in the drawing room. New central heating was installed and the house was re-wired/re-plumbed. In undertaking these works the inherent character of the house has been carefully retained which includes many exposed timbers and fireplaces.

A brick paviour path leads to the entrance porch with settles on either side and an oak front door opens into the hall. Off which is a well-proportioned drawing room with oak floor and matching skirting boards, moulded cornicing, wall lights and speaker points. A wide archway opens into the garden room which has French doors opening out to the terrace and gardens.  At the end of the hall is a utility/boot room and cloakroom. The kitchen/breakfast room which has exposed beams is superbly fitted with bespoke Pippy Oak units with granite work surfaces and there are various integrated appliances. From the rear hallway is a boiler/drying room. The formal dining room and a study/playroom could be used as an occasional fifth bedroom.  On the first floor off a long landing are four bedrooms, dressing room, two shower rooms and a family bathroom arranged in two suites.

Outside
A brick paviour drive gives access to a detached double garage which has twin up and over doors and double doors to the rear providing easy access into the garden.

From the drive double solid gates open into the garden and also to an additional car parking area.

The Gardens
Surrounding the house are private established gardens, principally lawned. To the front of the house is a working well and the frontage is screened by tall beech hedging. Adjoining the house is a lean-to store and a terrace with a hot tub.  There are various trees including magnolia and a fine evergreen, under which is a breeze house. There are mature shrubs, raised vegetable beds and a potting shed/garden implement store.  Two bridges cross the River Swift to the paddocks and between the two is a stable yard with two loose boxes and a tack room. There are two water standpipes and electricity is also laid on. There is a separate gated entrance to the lane. The paddocks protect the property to the north and east with open fields on the valley to the west.  The gardens and paddocks extend in all to about 2.847 acres (1.152 ha).

NB. Footpaths – the paddocks are to the east and south. The Test Way is crossing the land north/south, partly concealed between hedging, and there is also a footpath over the main paddock to the south of the house. These are clearly marked on the land.