A country cottage with character and history

OLD GROVE FARM Chinham Road, Bartley, Southampton SO40 2LF Private Sale

Guide price £415,000

Freehold

Detached cottage * 3 reception rooms * modern kitchen * dining area utility room * shower room * conservatory * 3 bedrooms bathroom * garage * workshop * gardens * mains gas and drainage central heating * tailor-made windows with sealed units

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ld Grove Farm is traditionally restored to feature oak timbers, a large eighteenth century inglenook and the converted village bakery. We’ve added a modern kitchen, a third bedroom, and a shower room. There is scope to convert rooms to a ‘granny flat’. The main 100-foot garden divides into wild flower, sunny and shady sections and is a riot of bluebells in spring. The tandem garage and workshop are linked, allowing space for 2 cars and lots of carpentry! Behind the house is a small poultry farm with grazing and 4 barns where day-old chicks are reared to 18 weeks. We enjoy excellent relations with the farm, and have right of access across the yard. The Forest is 200 metres from the front gate. Southampton is 15 minutes away, there are excellent local schools close-by, and railway stations and motorways are within easy reach. We have loved living in a comfortable house of character which has given us a warm and friendly family home. We hope you will like this lovely home in a handy location.

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PORCH 4’6” x 4’7” (1.67m x 1.70m) quarry tiled floor, opens through original low wooden door to: DINING AREA 16’0” x 7’3” (4.87m x 2.21m) oak floor, open stairs, exposed beams, window, bread oven (used as wine store). KITCHEN 10’4” x 7’2” (3.14m x 2.19m), slate floor, Shaker units, beech worktops, Belfast sink, gas cooker (not inc.), cooker hood, integral fridge, dishwasher (not inc.), large window onto farmyard. UTILITY ROOM 10’7” x 7’2” (3.24m x 2.19m) white Shaker units, sink, washing machine (not inc.), tumble drier (not inc.), vinyl floor, gas boiler, stable door to small yard and garden. LOUNGE 14’11” x 14’2” (4.55m x 4.32m) inglenook fireplace with brick hearth and wood burner, original oak beams, window to front garden, doorway with curtain leading to: ‘SNUG’ 10’1” x 9’11” (3.03m x 3.07m) sitting/ reading room with cast iron coal fire and slate hearth. Doors to conservatory, ‘bakery’ & shower. ‘BAKERY’ 11’10” x 11’9” (3.61m x 3.58m) airy beamed room (was village bakery) now office/music room (possible 4th bedroom). Windows to front and side gardens. Stable door to main garden. SHOWER ROOM 8’8” x 7’10” (2.64m x 2.40m) (was bakery oven!) shower, low-level WC, basin, two large built-in pine cupboards, window to garden. CONSERVATORY 12’1” x 8’10” (3.70m x 2.70m) custom-made wooden with polycarbonate roof, opening windows, double doors to front garden. Stairs lead from dining area to small landing and: BEDROOM 1 13’7” x 13’2” (4.15m x 4m) new pine floor, beamed ceiling, Victorian coal fire (working) with slate hearth, small built-in wardrobe, larger wardrobe in eaves, window onto front garden. BATHROOM 6’11” x 6’7” (2.10m x 2m) cast iron bath with mixer taps, toilet with traditional high level lever cistern, washbasin, sloping ceiling. BEDROOM 2 10’5” x 9’10” (3.18m x 3m) child’s room (currently dark blue!), window onto front garden, oak beam, door to bedroom 3, ladder to: BOARDED LOFT 23’ x 10’ (7m x 3m) electric light, Velux window. Above bedroom 2 used as play area suitable for conversion. Rest for storage. BEDROOM 3 10’10” x 8’7” (3.30m x 2.63m) extension into former hayloft with sink, window onto main garden and stepladder to bed platform (2.30m x 1.40m), with Velux. These particulars are a general guide only and do not form any part of any contract. All measurements are approximate.

Old Grove Farm Loosely scaled at: 1cm / 1m GROUND FLOOR

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SNUG

wardrobe

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inglenook + woodburner

CONSERVATORY

LOUNGE

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office/music room possible 4th bedroom

under stairs storage

bread oven

KITCHEN

cupboards

UTILITY ROOM

DINING AREA

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platform with bed + ladder

Central heating boiler

chimney flue

BEDROOM 2 BEDROOM 1 BEDROOM 3 (Hayloft)

open fire

BATHROOM

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wardrobe

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airing cupboard

NORTH OLD GROVE FARM, CHINHAM ROAD, BARTLEY, HAMPSHIRE SO40 2LF These particulars are a general guide only and do not form any part of any contract. All measurements are approximate.