For Sale6 Bedroom Detached House in Petersfield Road, Ropley, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24.£2,950,000

A substantial Victorian family home in a secluded plot on the edge of the South Downs National Park. A well-proportioned Victorian house in an elevated position, with many original characteristics such as decorative fireplaces, bay windows and high ceilings. Set well back from the village road Lyewood House is found at the end of a long gravel drive. The ground floor accommodation in the main house comprises an entrance hall leading to a separate drawing room following to a snug (which can be opened up to the drawing room for entertaining) and dining room. The property has two separate staircases leading to the first floor of the house. The spacious family kitchen/breakfast room that has a large central island, a pantry and utility room which leads to a cloakroom and stairs down to a large cellar. From the back of the open-plan kitchen/breakfast room is a modern and light music studio, which could be alternatively used as a study or family room. On the first floor, there are six double bedrooms and two family bathrooms. Within the grounds is a walled garden where the current owners have put in an outdoor heated swimming pool and pool house creating a wonderful outdoor entertaining area. Along one wall, and facing south, is a large greenhouse and potting shed. A useful garden studio/office is located in the walled garden and there is a double garage. To the front of the house is a terrace leading to gently terraced lawned areas with mature trees, a flint folly and a summer house. Adjacent is a further, less formal area of lawn with specimen and fruit trees, and there is a further paddock to the west of the walled garden.