Burghclere HAMPSHIRE

Offers Over £ 1,000,000

Key Features

● A Spacious Four Bedroom Detached Lifestyle Home
● Equestrian Facilities Include Six Stables, c. 40m x 20m Manège and Paddocks
● Swim Spa
● Handy Home Office
● Wide Selection of Local State and Private Schools
● Desirable Location with Excellent Road and Rail Links
● Just Under 2.5 Acres In All  

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A spacious four bedroom family home with excellent equestrian facilities, set in just under 2.5 acres, in a highly desirable location and with excellent road and rail links.

This stunning lifestyle property has a good range of equestrian facilities which include a manège, stables and good quality paddocks, with a beautiful outlook over the Watership Downs, within an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 

Cornfield is situated just to the south of Burghclere and to the north of the North Wessex Downs, close to the well known and loved areas of Beacon Hill and Watership Down.

The village of Burghclere offers a church, a pub and primary and secondary schools. Newbury and Basingstoke, which are only a stone’s throw away, offer an array of shops, schools and recreational facilities. There are excellent train services, with a speedy service to Paddington from Newbury and to Waterloo from Basingstoke. The A34, M4 and M3 give excellent road access to Heathrow Airport, London, the West Midlands and the West Country.

There are a fabulous selection of local footpaths, byways and bridlepaths for hacking and dog-walking. Horse racing is held regularly at nearby Newbury racecourse, and also slightly further afield at Salisbury and Bath.

Residence

The main house provides copious amounts of space and light offering a very comfortable living. Well- presented, with oil-fired central heating and double glazing, the accommodation in brief is as follows, please refer to the floor plan for approximate room sizes:

The Main Entrance leads into a Reception Hall with a large Sitting Room to the left  with a wood-burning stove, and a Downstairs WC next door. There is a lovely Garden Room with underfloor heating and external double doors that are perfect left open on a British summer's day. 

Leading through the house there is a separate Family Room which opens up to the Kitchen, with bi-fold doors. The Kitchen is open plan with integrated appliances, Rayburn, quartz worktops, a large kitchen island and a Dining Area. Bi-folding doors open to the Garden. Tucked away is a handy Utility Room with its own entrance. 

There are Two Double Bedrooms on the ground floor, both with fitted wardrobes, and a Family Bathroom with a shower and bath. There is a handy Boot Room, perfect for taking off muddy wellies or washing off dirty dogs. 

Moving on upstairs there are a further Two Bedrooms, the larger of which has an Ensuite Bathroom with a walk-in wardrobe and doors leading to a Large Balcony with a glass balustrade, from where there is a perfect view of the paddocks, garden, manège and wildflower meadow. The second bedroom also has a generous wardrobe space.

Land & Buildings

The property is entered along a private, gated driveway making it feel very secure, and there are ample parking areas for both cars and horseboxes.

There are attractive, landscaped gardens to the front and rear of the property, which are enclosed by a variety of mature trees and shrubs, giving a high degree of privacy, with lawns, a gravelled Outdoor Seating Area and a raised timber deck next to the fantastic Swim Spa. The gardens are particular feature of the property and are delightful in the spring. The combination of the gardens and open paddock land is a real treat.

Within the gardens, Outbuildings include a Home Office/Art Studio, Sheds and Log Stores.

There are Two Sets of Stables providing a total of Six Loose Boxes.

Stable Block One is set within the paddocks and comprises Four Stables, recently constructed and built of timber with an overhang, set on a on a concrete base, with power and water supplies, with Three Standard Loose Boxes and One Corner/Foaling Box.

Stable Block Two is set to the front of the house and is built of timber on a concrete base and comprises Two Stables and a Store Room.

Manège c. 40m x 20m post and railed with a well-maintained rubber and sand surface, making it very usable all year round for all disciplines, whether that is dressage, show jumping or schooling. Positioned directly to the front of the house, whether you are in the kitchen or sitting on the balcony off the master bedroom, you have a great view.

The good quality, mainly level Paddocks are fenced by post and rail, with a tall hedge and timber fencing along the main boundaries, providing a high degree of privacy and security for grazing horses or livestock. There is a timber Field Shelter in one corner. 

The land surrounding the property is part of the Watership Downs, which is an area of outstanding a natural beauty. In summer the area is covered in wildflowers, giving the property a beautiful outlook when the flowers are in full bloom.

In All Just Under 2.5 Acres (About 1 Hectare)

 

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