Location

Located off the City's Broadway just beyond King Alfred's Statue and overlooking the proposed open green park of ‘Saxon Gate', an idyllic situation in the historic heart of this once capital of England. The City affords a wealth of amenities on this property's doorstep, with its excellent variety of branded and independent retail stores, boutiques, recreational and cultural facilities such as the Chesil and Theatre Royal, local cinema as well as the many café's, restaurants and pubs. There are beautiful walks along the River Itchen and its water meadows leading to Cathedral Close, the world renowned Winchester College and St Catherine's Hill.

Communications are first class with Winchester main line station (0.7 miles) providing a regular train service to London Waterloo approximately 59 minutes). The M3 is nearby providing access to the south and the M27 coastal motorway with London to the north, the A34 to the Midlands and the A303 and A34 providing access to the west country. The New Forest is within easy reach, as is the south coast with its sailing on the Solent.
Southampton International Airport is nearby, approximately 10 miles, and provides an ever increasing service to both domestic and European destinations.

Description

This fine Grade II listed property offers a wealth of period charm, with its high ceilings and tall windows which allow for a wonderfully light and airy feel to the interior. The spacious accommodation is arranged over four floors. From a welcoming entrance hall the ground floor has a semi open plan kitchen dining room that feels particularly pleasant as there are double doors leading to the garden. The kitchen has a gas range cooker, space for a washing machine, fridge/freezer, floor and wall mounted units and wooden work surfaces. Facing west the charming garden/dining room features a continuation of the parquet flooring and is flooded with natural light from the lantern roof and double doors leading to the garden. To the front of the property is a particularly impressive living room with original features and generous proportions. There is a built in storage cupboard and WC completing the ground floor.

There are four bedrooms in total, two of which are on the first floor, with the option of a home office situated at the back of the house with a pleasant outlook over the city. There are a few stairs leading to the very well fitted family bathroom room
featuring a bath and separate shower. The principal suite is situated on the second floor and has characterful features, high ceilings, tall windows which are synonymous of the properties era. There is built in storage and cleverly hidden behind a ‘pocket door', an en suite shower room. The third bedroom is generous measuring 16 9' by 15 5' and enjoys the best of the views west, across ‘Saxon Gate' and the chimneypots of the city centre.

OUTSIDE
The attractive west facing garden is a combination of paved terrace and decking and surrounded by an original period wall, with shrubs and mature trees. There are two useful storage areas at the rear of the garden as well as rear access. Due to the westerly aspect, the garden is a particularly attractive feature of the property and allows for a brilliant place to sit, relax and entertain in the summer months.