Property for sale: Halse Hill House

Estate agents Fulfords are marketing this five-bedroomed detached residence just off West Hill. Halse Hill House sits centrally within generous gardens, which enjoy a high degree of privacy, being well screened by numerous established trees and shrubs.

Designed by the respected Hatchard Smith Architects and of 1920s construction the house, described by the agents as a lovely family home, has rendered elevations under a Rosemary tiled clay roof with distinctive Oriel style bay windows to the Southern elevation. The external appearance is further enhanced with brick quoins around the latticed uPVC double glazed windows.

The principal rooms both on the ground and first floors are south facing, thereby taking full advantage of a wonderful aspect over the gardens, which are a real delight and comprise a number of secluded, landscaped areas in addition to an enclosed vegetable plot.

The accommodation briefly comprises of a fine dual aspect sitting room with an attractive fireplace, French doors opening onto the rear garden terrace and access to a cosy snug and separate study. There is also a South facing dining room and an up to date integrated kitchen/breakfast room comprehensively fitted with storage units and appliances.

From the kitchen/breakfast room there is access to a useful studio/office, ideal for those working from home. The first floor provides a master bedroom with dressing room and en-suite bathroom, 4 further bedrooms and a family bathroom. Halse Hill House still retains many original features including panelled doors, architraves and even some servant and bell call buttons. The property additionally benefits from a gas central heating system with individual thermostats and fitted wardrobes to all bedrooms.

Outside there is ample parking and a double garage with a remotely operated up and over door. A gravelled driveway leading to the garage provides ample off-road parking and a turning area. At the side of the driveway there are established shrub beds, well stocked with a variety of plants and a wrought iron gate leading to the South facing rear garden. Halse Hill House stands in particularly large gardens and grounds, which have been designed very much with ease of maintenance in mind, having shaped lawns with many mature trees and shrubs for privacy and seclusion.

A terrace extends across the rear elevation of the property, being a real sun trap and overlooking the rear garden, which additionally features an ornamental pond complemented with many evergreen shrubs. The garden continues on the Eastern side of the house, where there is an enclosed vegetable garden with raised beds and a further lawned area with an archway cut into a large evergreen hedge providing access to a small orchard and a wrought iron gate leading to West Hill Lane connecting to the town centre. There are also three timber storage sheds and a timber framed greenhouse within the vegetable plot.

A guide price of £750K is suggested. For further information, see the Fulfords website at
http://www.fulfords.co.uk/