Location

Derwent House is set within a wonderful semi-rural village location, approximately 4 miles north of Winchester. For the commuter there are mainline rail links from Winchester and Micheldever, which then provide a service to London within the hour.

This popular village offers are a wide variety of local amenities, shops, a farm shop and services including an excellent school and a regular bus service connecting to the city or surrounding villages. For the family or those seeking outdoor activities, there are excellent recreational facilities including a golf centre and driving range, public footpaths, cycle routes and wonderful open countryside to explore.

Winchester is very well connected via road and rail with London Waterloo being around 58 minutes from the city’s railway station. The M3 allows easy access to London and the south coast connecting with the M27 and Southampton Airport, which serves a growing number of destinations worldwide. The A34 to the north provides access to Oxford, the Midlands and the A303 to the West Country.

Description

Derwent House is believed to date to around the mid 1930’s, with subsequent extensive re-design and enlargement over more recent years, now providing a highly versatile accommodation of around 3442 sq. ft. which includes a secondary living space that has the potential to become a ground floor annexe.

The property occupies a generous plot of about 0.9 acres, with secure mixed hedge/tree line boundaries to all sides, which then provide a lovely feeling of privacy. From the main road, the private driveway sweeps around central lawn to provide an area of ample parking. From a welcoming entrance, the ground floor accommodation flows from a spacious entrance hall, with doors leading to the main reception rooms and the annexed living space. The dining/family room is essentially the hub of the house, with an adjoining kitchen and separate utility beyond; whilst a set of doors lead into a spacious triple aspect sitting room with a focal point of the wood burning stove. The annexed living space incorporates a bedroom (currently used as an office), a cloakroom, separate shower room, a kitchen with adjoining living area. Furthermore, there is a covered link to a double garage which has been converted into a games room. The main bedrooms are arranged over a first and second floor. From a first floor galleried landing, there is a principal bedroom suite incorporating a dressing room and en suite, with three further double bedrooms and a family bathroom. Up on the second floor, there is a large double bedroom and bathroom suite.

Outside, to the rear of the house there is an extensive walled terrace surrounding a recently refurbished heated swimming pool (measuring 35ft x20ft). To the side of the terrace, there is a lovely pergola, six person sauna and the pump house (filtration unit/pool heater). The gardens that surrounds the house is mainly laid to lawn, with attractive mature trees and views across the adjacent farmland.