4 bedroom detached house for sale

Description A four bedroom family home within the northern boundary of the New Forest National Park, with a double garage, separate annexe, heated swimming pool and numerous outbuildings, all situated in around 8 acres of rolling Wiltshire countryside. We understand that Highfield Farm has been in the same family since the 1920s and, for many years, was the source of a highly successful and locally renowned market garden business and farm shop. Its sale therefore presents a genuinely rare and exciting opportunity.

 

Accommodation The main house was built as a replacement to the original farmhouse in 1995, but cleverly retains the look and feel of something much older. The main entrance opens into a vestibule which in turn opens into a spacious reception hall, from which radiate all the ground floor rooms. Double doors open into the sitting room which features a large brick fireplace with inset wood burner, and adjoining the sitting room is a conservatory with tiled floor and double doors to the garden. There is a separate double aspect dining room with a feature fireplace gas fired log-effect wood burner, a study, and cloakroom with WC.

The kitchen/breakfast room is a particular feature of Highfield Farm as it has an extensive range of fitted cupboards on three sides and space for a good size breakfast table. There is an integrated dishwasher and dual microwave oven, with further space for a range style oven and American style fridge/freezer. The separate utility room leads to the rear lobby which provides access to the outside and an interconnecting door to the double garage.

On the first floor is a spacious landing with access to the loft space and the airing cupboard. The master bedroom has a range of built-in wardrobes, a well-equipped en-suite bathroom, and double doors opening onto a large balcony terrace. There are three additional bedrooms, two of which are double rooms with built-in wardrobes, and the family bathroom which has a bath and separate shower cubicle.
 

Annexe This is situated away from the main house and completely self-contained with its own oil-fired central heating system, so is ideal for dependant relatives, guests etc. The front door opens into a small lobby which in turn opens into the sitting room. Adjoining this is a fitted kitchen with door to the side, two bedrooms, and a bathroom with bath and separate shower cubicle.

 

Outside Highfield Farm is set well back from the road in a slightly elevated position, approached through wrought iron gates and via a long driveway that sweeps along the side of the main house to an expansive parking area, and leading to the double garage which has a remotely controlled up-and-over door, power, light, door to the rear lobby, personal door to the rear, and also houses the gas fired central heating boiler. There are formal gardens to the front, side and rear of the house which are mainly laid to lawn interspersed with trees and shrubs. The heated swimming pool has a maximum depth of about seven feet and is inset into a paved south and west facing sun terrace with adjoining summer house.

There is an extensive range of very useful outbuildings, the first of which is an alarmed high store/workshop of around 1600 square feet. Beyond here, through a five bar gate, are the remaining outbuildings which include a large open barn of around 1200 square feet, former cow and pig sheds, an equipment/machinery store, and Nissen hut. In total, the outbuildings provide over 7200 square feet of significant working storage space. Beyond the outbuildings is a seven-acre field that gently rolls down to the property’s border with the Blackwater River.

 

Situation Highfield Farm is situated in Landford, a small village just inside Wiltshire’s border with Hampshire and on the northern edge of the New Forest National Park. The local primary school, which received an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted grade in 2010, serves the neighbouring villages of Nomansland and Hamptworth, whilst The Trafalgar School at Downton is the catchment senior school. There are, in addition, a number of excellent schools in the private sector nearby including Stroud, Hampshire Collegiate, and Stansbridge Earls at Romsey, King Edward VI School in Southampton, and the Godolphin School for Girls and Leehurst Swan School in Salisbury.

The property is surrounded by some of the region’s loveliest countryside which, of course, includes the New Forest National Park, over 200 square miles of historic unspoilt land that contains a richly diverse landscape. With its miles of footpaths, bridleways and cycle paths, along with sailing on The Solent, there is something for everyone.

Highfield Farm is also well placed for access to Romsey (8 miles), Salisbury (11 miles), Southampton (13 miles), and Winchester (20 miles). Southampton International Airport (14 miles) offers an expanding choice of destinations whilst the adjacent Parkway station provides a direct link to London Waterloo in around 70 minutes.
 

Directions From Romsey leave the town centre along the A3090 and continue to the Ower roundabout. Take the third exit onto the A36 towards Salisbury and continue for approximately five miles through the villages of Wellow and Plaitford. Turn left onto the B3079 Lyndhurst Road and Highfield Farm will be found a short distance along on the right hand side indicated by our For Sale board. 

Tenure – Freehold
Services – All main services connected (annexe and pool heating is oil fired)
Local Authority – Salisbury District Council
Council Tax – Band F
Viewing – Strictly by appointment with Jonathan Rees Property Services