4 bed detached house for sale

The Dell, Vernham Dean SP11

Description
Benefitting from an elevated position on the edge of the village of Vernham Dean, this substantial four-double-bedroomed detached home offers almost 2,500 square feet of accommodation with a layout that flows intelligently. Very well presented throughout, the property comprises a ground floor with a practical entrance porch, a hallway, a generous dual-aspect sitting room, an equally generous dining room, a kitchen with open plan access into a utility room, a separate family room/snug, a cloakroom and an integral garage. The first floor has a split landing with three of the double bedrooms enjoying scenic views back across the village and to open countryside beyond. The fourth bedroom has a dual aspect with views over open countryside to the rear of the property. The first floor also provides two separate bathrooms. Outside, there are attractive gardens, with the front garden including a south-facing terrace accessed from the sitting room.

Location
The Dell is a quiet cul-de-sac, rising gently from the centre of the village of Vernham Dean in the heart of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. The location benefits from several nearby local amenities, including, The George Inn, The Millennium Hall, which is a state of the art, modern community venue, schools for both Primary and Pre-school ages, a church, a sports field with pavilion and a wealth of open countryside and footpaths literally on the doorstep. The location lends itself perfectly for those who might need to commute into London with a choice of available mainline stations within a maximum ten-mile radius (Great Bedwyn and Hungerford into Paddington in less than an hour or Andover into Waterloo in just over an hour).

Outside
Set back behind mature, manicured, evergreen and beech hedging, a tarmac driveway leads to the front of the integral garage with to one side, a practical, mature front garden which includes an ornamental fish pond surrounded by lawn with mature shrub and flower borders. Steps lead up to the south-facing terrace whilst the front door to the property is accessed from the driveway, next to the garage.

Entrance porch & hallway
The front door leads into an entrance porch with clay tiled flooring and shelving. The porch is glazed to both sides and to the front with an internal glazed door leading into the hallway which includes attractive parquet flooring, stairs to the first floor and doors to generous built-in cloaks storage cupboards. Doors to:

Cloakroom
Window to the front. Close coupled WC and a vanity hand wash basin with cupboard storage below.

Sitting room
Expansive, dual-aspect sitting room with a window to one side and French doors leading to the terrace overlooking the front garden. Open fireplace with a granite hearth, timber mantle and surround. Radiators. Internal glazed door to:

Dining room
Generous, triple-aspect dining room with windows to the rear and to one side, plus French doors opening to one side, accessing the rear garden. Radiators. Internal glazed door into:

Kitchen & utility room
The kitchen has a rear aspect and comprises a range of eye and base level cupboards and drawers, worksurfaces over and subway tiled splash-backs. Inset composite sink and drainer, inset Neff induction hob with an extractor over and built-in, eye-level, Neff double oven and grill. Space and plumbing for a washing machine and a tumble dryer, space for an under-counter fridge and a door to a built-in understairs storage cupboard. Internal glazed door to the rear-aspect utility room which features eye and base level cupboards and drawers including wine storage. Inset ceramic sink with a tiled splashback. Internal door accessing the garage and an internal glazed door to:

Family room/snug
Window to the rear and a sliding patio door accessing the rear garden. Radiator.

Landing
Window to one side. Door to a built-in airing cupboard housing a hot water cylinder. Access to a partially boarded loft. Doors to:

Bedroom one
Window to the front with far-reaching views across the village to open countryside at the head of the Bourne Valley. Doors to extensive fitted wardrobe storage and an arched recess with a dressing table and drawer storage. Radiator.

Bedroom two
Front aspect double bedroom with views across the village. Extensive fitted wardrobe storage. Radiator.

Bedroom three
Window to the front with views across the village. Double doors to a built-in, shelved storage cupboard. Radiator. Currently used as an office.

Bedroom four
Dual aspect double bedroom with windows to the rear and to one side with views over open countryside. Double doors to built-in wardrobe storage. Radiator.

Bathrooms
The larger family bathroom has a window to the rear and includes a panelled bath and a separate recessed shower enclosure, a concealed cistern WC and a vanity hand wash basin with cupboard storage below and to the sides, under a vanity counter top. Two heated towel rails. The second bathroom also has a rear aspect and comprises a panelled bath with a shower over, a concealed cistern WC, a vanity hand wash basin with cupboard storage below and a heated towel rail.

Rear garden
A patio area, centrally adjacent to the rear of the property, extends to one side, providing access to the front garden and then to the opposite side leading to a personal door into the garage. Retaining walls and steps up to an area of lawn with decorative gravelled borders alongside mature shrub and herbaceous borders. Garden shed and oil tank.

Tenure & services
Freehold. Mains water, gas and electricity are connected. Private drainage. Gas central heating to radiators.