Location:Rich in history, it’s easy to fall in love with Romsey and its laid back, relaxed feel. You will walk the same streets as the likes of Florence Nightingale, Lord Mountbatten and Wilbert Awdry whilst enjoying the modern-day conveniences that make it one of the most sought-after places to live in Hampshire. This picturesque town sits on the River Test, one of the finest trout and salmon rivers in Europe. It is home to a multitude of small independent retailers as well as larger established brands.
With charming Victorian terraces peppered between grand Georgian architecture and medieval cottages all centred around Romsey Abbey, founded in 907. Located on the beautiful Test Way walking and cycling trail, it is an excellent base for touring the pretty villages of the Test Valley and nearby attractions such as Broadlands, the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Mottisfont Abbey, home to the National Rose Collection. Romsey is well-connected, boasting its own main line train station, a bus station, with the M27 and M3 both within easy reach.
Accommodation:
The sitting room and conservatory are spacious yet charming, centred around a wood burning stove, benefitting from a double aspect with views across the rear garden and onto the countryside beyond. In addition, there is a family room/study with an orangery style roof light, leading into a third reception room, currently used as a formal dining room. Doors open out onto a sheltered west-facing walled garden with a terraced seating area with far-reaching views across the attractive front gardens. The cosy kitchen and a generous utility room (with cloakroom) are situated at the front aspect of the property and are divided by a large welcoming entrance hall.
Upstairs there is a spacious landing which gives access to the three double bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes and a modern family bathroom. The master bedroom has a generously sized en-suite shower room and stunning views across the lovely rear garden and the fields behind.
The gardens and pretty driveway are a particular feature of the property, being well-stocked with a range of attractive planting and established mature trees, the attractive Victorian wall to the front really evokes a nostalgic country cottage garden feel. Patio terraced seating areas both to the front and rear, ensure those fond of entertaining have a choice of setting, looking out over open countryside or enjoying the more formal walled garden. The beech-tree lined driveway, which measures in excess of fifty meters and sides on to further open fields, would once have led to the coach house and stables of Halterworth House, reputed to have connections to Admiral Lord Nelson.
Halterworth Cottage offers an exciting and unique opportunity that will be of interest to a wide range of buyers, appealing to anyone who is excited by period buildings and architecture, those downsizing but wishing to retain a sense of space and openness and to families looking for a property to extend and create something spectacular from what is already a special and much-loved family home.
Test Valley Council Tax:
Band: E, Price: £2,568.04 for the year 2024/25
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