Location

Kilham Lane is a quiet residential road on the edge of Winchester with excellent local amenities and open countryside close by. It’s also well located for excellent primary and secondary schools, and with easy access to the station and city centre. The city offers a wealth of shops, restaurants and recreational facilities including the Theatre Royal and local cinema.

Winchester is approximately 57 minutes by train direct from London Waterloo and the M3 motorway (J9, 10 and 11) is within easy reach, making both London and Southampton readily accessible. The interconnection with the M27 makes Southampton International Airport easily commutable and also opens up the South Coast and New Forest. The A34 to the north provides access to Oxford, the Midlands, the A303 and the West Country.

Schooling in Winchester is excellent with Winchester College & Pilgrims Prep School in easy reach. Twyford Preparatory School is at nearby Twyford, and there are various preparatory establishments close to the city including Prince’s Mead and St Swithun’s School for Girls is a short drive away, approximately 1.5 miles, there are a number of well regarded state assisted schools within a short distance including Peter Symonds, and Henry Beaufort School nearby.

Description

Pitt Manor Cottage, the former coach house to Pitt Manor is an exceptional detached family house of immense character situated in an enviable position on the edge of the city of Winchester within a quiet walled garden. The property extends to 3740 ft.² including the double garage offers significant scope for remodelling with the potential to integrate the garage to create a large kitchen/breakfast/sitting room. The stunning drawing room with its vaulted ceiling, large feature fireplace and arched windows with large wooden shutters evokes the previous use of the building. The dining room is perfect for entertaining with double doors leading through to the drawing room and into the kitchen/breakfast room and also out on to a south terrace. The kitchen/breakfast room has been beautifully fitted with a bespoke range of fitted furniture incorporating appliances and also creating a charming seating area, study bedroom five completes the ground floor reception accommodation. The property also benefits from a ground floor bathroom and utility room. First floor there are four bedrooms the principal suite with adjoining shower room, guest bedroom with adjoining bathroom and a further two bedrooms and a bathroom.

OUTSIDE
The gardens are beautiful, large areas of lawn boarded by mature trees and exquisite flower and shrub borders. The property benefits from a detached dovecot for entertaining, currently doubling as a potting shed this area is often used for entertaining in the evenings as an outdoor dining room. Subject to the necessary consents, it may be possible to create an outdoor kitchen or something similar. It also could be easily converted to office space if required, a gymnasium or any other similar use.