Stapleford Farmhouse is an attractive, completely refurbished Grade II listed property in Hampshire, with five bedrooms, one en-suite, a beautiful kitchen with period features, large dining and drawing rooms, sitting room and study. The property is approached from the village lane, which leads to the walled-off terrace and outdoor pool area. Spacious lawns lead down to the stream running through the middle of the land and good variety of shrubs, trees and flowers feature all through the gardens, which also house a delightful pond with a half bridge overlooking the stream and paddocks. To the left of the main house is a separate garden with heated outdoor pool and beyond this is a one bedroom lodge with a double bedroom and good sized bathroom overlooking the paddocks. The property also has impressive equestrian facilities, with stables, a ménage, jumping paddock stores and barns, as well as grazing paddocks over 34 acres. The property is located close to the villages of Durley, Bishops Waltham and Horton Heath which, between them, boast three primary schools, a grocery store, post offices village churches and a wealth of public houses. Winchester is just ten miles away and the service from the mainline station at Southampton gets to London Waterloo in just 70 minutes. The guide price for this property is £2.4m. For further information please contact Charlie Taylor on Knight Frank: +44 (0)1962 850 333 or visit www.knightfrank.com.
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