3 bed cottage for sale

Forton, Andover, Hampshire SP11

A well-presented family home welcomes you into the entrance hall, where double doors lead to a spacious drawing room featuring a period fireplace. A dual-aspect sitting room, creating a bright and light space with an additional fireplace and built-in storage. An impressive and generous kitchen/dining room, featuring a country-style kitchen and aga, with double doors and floor-to-ceiling windows out to the garden and a step down to a large utility room. The ground floor of the property also has a cloakroom and an additional hallway locating the stairs.

The first floor of the property includes a large principal bedroom with built-in wardrobes, two further bedrooms, and two well-appointed family bathrooms.

To the front of the property is a private driveway with space for several vehicles, a front garden mainly laid to lawn and a single garage. To the rear of the property, there is a patio area with doors leading from the kitchen, ideal for outside entertaining, a large garden mainly laid to lawn with mature trees and bushes creating a private border, an additional seating area, a garden shed and a greenhouse.

The house is located in the Hamlet of Forton within the Test Valley. Forton is 1 mile from Longparish; Longparish sits along the River Test, offering two pubs, a primary school, a shop and a church. Longparish Primary and Testbourne Secondary are excellent local catchment area schools. Independent education is provided by Farleigh School, Rookwood School, Winchester College, St Swithun's in Winchester and Godolphin in Salisbury. The nearby market town of Stockbridge from 9 miles and the Cathedral city of Winchester from 12 miles provides a more comprehensive range of amenities. Mainline railway stations at Andover, Whitchurch and Winchester provide regular trains to London Waterloo from 58 minutes. (Distances and times approximate)