5 bedroom house for sale

Overview

The garden room links perfectly with the kitchen/breakfast room, which together with the dining hall provides a fantastic entertaining space with views across the terrace and grounds

Riverside CottageFormed from what was once three farmer's cottages and further extended by the current owners, Riverside Cottage is now a wonderful, family home offering an elegant fusion of modern fittings and character features including exposed timber beams and three Inglenook fireplaces in the hallway, sitting room and snug. The garden room links perfectly with the kitchen/breakfast room, which together with the dining hall provides a fantastic entertaining space with views across the terrace and grounds.To the first floor, there are four bedrooms, two of which are served by en-suite bathrooms, and a separate family bathroom.Riverside LodgeThe lodge is an impressive, contemporary styled chalet set to the far end of the plot.The ground floor accommodation comprises a double aspect, open plan sitting room with vaulted ceiling, wood burning stove and bi-fold doors opening onto a covered terrace. The adjoining kitchen/dining area opens via bi-fold doors onto a private swimming pool area with surrounding terrace.The main bedroom is downstairs with the opportunity to use the loft space off the mezzanine floor for extra bedroom accommodation. A modern shower room on the ground floor completes the setting.The Lodge benefits from underfloor heating as well as a private, gated driveway providing off road parking.The StudioThe Studio is a stunning and substantial outbuilding featuring vaulted ceilings with exposed timber beams and a full-length glass elevation overlooking the garden area and river.The studio features a kitchenette area, shower room and a large versatile space with wood burning stove offering options for numerous uses. The Studio also benefits from a private, gated driveway providing off road parking.OutsideThe property is set off a charming, country lane with private driveways leading to Riverside Cottage and Riverside Lodge to one side of the lane and The Studio to the other.The majority of the gardens and grounds are formed around Riverside Cottage and Riverside Lodge and are apportioned into areas of garden and paddocks, with various outbuildings and a stable.The Studio features a private garden that leads down to the River Dever, where there are fishing rights.The grounds extend to a bank situated directly across the lane from the cottage. In total, the grounds attributed to the whole extend to approximately 5.5 acres.SituationBransbury is a small picturesque hamlet close to the village of Barton Stacey in the stunning Test Valley, famous for its chalk stream fishing and some of the finest Hampshire countryside. Within the village of Barton Stacey there is a church, pub, post office and well regarded primary school and pre-school. There are many lovely walks in the area including Bransbury Common along with an abundance of bridleways and excellent hacking. The property also benefits from private fishing rights on the River Dever.The Georgian market town of Stockbridge, south west of Bransbury, offers a wide range of boutique shops, restaurants and pubs. The larger centres of Andover, Basingstoke and the Cathedral city of Winchester are easily accessible and offer excellent amenities together with mainline railway stations with regular train services to London Waterloo.Road communication links within the area are very good with the M3 to the east connecting London to the south coast, the A34 heading north to the M4 and the Midlands and the A303 connecting to the west country.There is a good selection of state and independent schools in the area, with the local catchment schools being Barton Stacey CE Primary School and at secondary level, Testbourne Community School. Independent schools include Farleigh, Rookwood, Prince's Mead, Twyford, Pilgrims', St. Swithun's, Winchester College and Peter Symonds Sixth Form College.Additional InformationServices: Mains electricity, private drainage, water borehole.Cottage Oil fired heating.Lodge House Air sourced heat pump.Studio Gas cylinder.Local Authority: Test ValleyCouncil Tax: TBC