Pound Farm Barns, Chawton, GU34

A very welcoming attached village home carefully converted from a range of former period barns by HA and DB Kitchen. Features of note include a stunning vaulted sitting room with exposed beams together with a ‘Minstrels’ gallery’. This is a magnificent room extending to 25’5/7.7m with a beautiful Inglenook fireplace, perfect for both entertaining and relaxation. The dining hall is a wonderful and very flexible open plan space with a fine outlook over the terrace to the garden beyond. The bespoke kitchen/breakfast room (with an adjoining utility room) has a range of cabinets, sink, integrated dishwasher and a gas/electric range by Aga. The living accommodation is complemented by four bedrooms with en-suites to the principal and guest bedroom as well as a separate family bathroom. Of note, there is lovely ‘Minstrels’ gallery’ set above the sitting room. This space has been used as an occasional additional bedroom and study. There are areas of garden to the front and rear with external doors from the dining hall, utility room and one of the bedrooms. The overall flexibility of the accommodation has been enhanced with the addition of several very useful additional outbuildings including a studio (ideal for guests and or home office/hobby room) and also a very well positioned summer house and garden room. Importantly, the overall efficiency of the house is also improved with solar panels for power generation.

Outside

The garden is a very special feature of the property with several areas of interest and a principally south aspect to the rear. A paved terrace adjoins the dining hall and provides an ideal and very attractive outside seating area. The garden has been landscaped to take full advantage of the setting with areas of lawn, flower and shrub borders and a variety of young and mature trees. Of special note, there is a lovely enclosed ‘Mediterranean garden’ to the rear providing a beautiful outside seating area with a central fountain and a pergola walkway. For practicality, the property is complemented by a double car barn to the front together with a studio barn with a shower room and kitchenette. The shingle driveway is approached via a 5-bar gate providing ample space for parking and access to the double car barn. There is a further area of garden to the opposite side of the driveway with areas of lawn and several flowering cherries. There is an ideally positioned summer house and an area of decking within this area of the garden, providing a further outdoor entertaining area, and garden room. A pergola adorned by climbing plants anchors this area of the garden together with a paved pathway to a further gated area with a 20’5/6.2m mower shed and compost area.

Situation

Chawton is one of the most attractive villages in Hampshire and is set within the northern borders of the South Downs National Park. There is an active community with a church, primary school, ‘The Greyfriars’ public house and cafe. The village is home to Jane Austen’s House and Museum, a Grade I listed building, with a lovely landscaped garden. The surrounding countryside provides ample opportunity for a number of country pursuits. The thriving market town of Alton has a good range of individual shops, Waitrose food shop, M&S Simply Food, cinema, sports centre, two secondary schools, 6th form college and railway station to London Waterloo. The A31 provides a link to the A3 and M3 with routes to London, the south west and beyond.

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