Property description
A substantial elegant home in a beautiful and popular village.
Full of character features this Grade II listed 5 Bedroom property offers versatile accommodation. Set in the centre of Downton and dating back to 1720, Headlands House offers classical proportions with high ceilings, attractive tiled fireplaces, deep skirting and beautiful wooden windows that bring a feeling of space and light throughout.
There is the potential to create a fully self contained annex if required providing separate accommodation or home office/work space complete with its own patio garden.
The Drawing room is a particularly attractive reception room with its open fireplace and casement doors onto the garden. The second reception room currently used as a sitting room could be a dining room or study again with a beautiful blue and white tiled fireplace and wood burner.
The kitchen/dining room has ample cupboards and room for a large kitchen table. The additional store or pantry next door is a feature of this traditional Georgian home and provides excellent cold storage.
Behind the kitchen you will find the possible annex or work space. Used well as a sewing room, with plumbing and a separate shower room this opens out onto the garden and could be separated into its own dwelling. The second staircase leads from here up to the first floor and 5th bedroom.
The main staircase leads to an elegant open landing. From here you will find four good sized bedrooms each with its own character. The bedrooms at the rear of the property look out over its beautiful garden and beyond to what was once all part of a larger estate. Bedroom two benefits from a useful wash basin and pretty tiled fireplace. Bedroom one has en suite facilities and a further feature fireplace. There is also a family bathroom and separate cloakroom on this floor.
Outside, at the back of the property, you will find a large garage built by the current owners with additional parking for several cars. From here you enter the garden gate and cross the well maintained lawn and its mature boarders. The brick built Garden room is a substantial building nestled into the greenery of the garden. Once a greenhouse, this could be a further space to become a home office.
This elegant and welcoming home with its character, charm and solidity will only be fully appreciated as you wonder around its rooms and grounds and viewing is highly recommended.
The popular Avon Valley village of Downton is situated about 6 miles south of Salisbury just outside the New Forest National park. The area is renowned for its stunning countryside and there is an abundance of outdoor activities throughout the year both locally and in the near by villages including fabulous walks, water sports along the river and various annual events in cycling and horse riding. The village itself offers excellent amenities including shopping, doctors, dentist and vets along with good pubs and the leisure centre.
Schools in Downton include a highly regarded primary school being rated as Outstanding in the 2013 Ofsted report, a community pre-school and excellent secondary school. It is within the catchment are for Salisbury Grammar schools and also has regular busses to the nearby equally excellent Burgate School and Sixth Form Centre in Fordingbridge.
A regular bus service runs to Salisbury city which has a mainline rail station to London Waterloo and offers an excellent selection of both local and national shopping names, together with first rate leisure and restaurant facilities to suit most tastes as well as easy access to the A36, A338, A30, A345 and A354 trunk routes.
Grade II Listed
Exceptionall Versatile Character
South Facing West Garden
Gargae and Parking
Elegant Perio House| Entrance Hall | Dado and picture rails. Radiator. Wall lighting. Stairs to first floor landing with recess under. Multi-pane sash window to front.
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| Study | 13'3\" x 13'6\" (4.04m x 4.11m). Feature open grate fire place with marble surround. Radiator. Picture rail and cornice. Bay style recess with window to front.
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| Lounge | 20'10\" x 12'7\" (6.35m x 3.84m). Cast iron, open grate fire place with decorative surround. Shelved recess and floor to ceiling cupboard. Television point. Two radiators. Wall lighting. Picture rail. Multi-pane sash window and external multi-pane door opening to the rear garden.
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| Kitchen/Diner | 13'9\" x 12'9\" (4.2m x 3.89m). Fitted with a range of matching base, drawer and wall mounted cabinets to multiple walls. Hardtop work surfaces. Sink drainer. Space for cooker, fridge and freezer. Plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher. Radiator.
Character recesses and display shelving. Window to the rear over looking the patio.
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| Store Room | 13'4\" (4.06m)13'1\" (4m)aximum x 8'7\" (2.62m)23' (7m)aximum.
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| Downstairs WC | With coupled wc and window.
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| Rear Hallway | External door to rear patio. Internal multi-pane doors to kitchen and annexe room.
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| Bedroom One | 13'10\" x 13'5\" (4.22m x 4.1m). Cast iron fireplace with cupbaord built into side recess. Window over looking the rear garden.
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| En Suite | Comprises a paneled bath, wash hand basin and wc. Wall heater. Window.
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| Bedroom Two | 14'1\" x 14'1\" (4.3m x 4.3m). Built in cupboards. Radiator. Inset ceiling light. Multi-pane window overlooking the rear garden.
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| Bedroom Three | 12'8\" x 10'10\" (3.86m x 3.3m). Cast iron fire place with surround. Wash hand basin to corner with tiled splashback. Radiator. Built in cupboards. Window to front.
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| Bedroom Four | 11'7\" x 9'1\" (3.53m x 2.77m). Built in cupbaord. Radiator. Window to front.
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| Bathroom & Shower Room | Comprises a paneled bath, wash hand basin and double shower cubicle. Wall heater. Skylight window.
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| Separate WC | Comprises a high level wc. Window.
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| Annexe Bedroom | 16'6\" (5.03m)19'8\" (6m)aximum x 13'1\" (3.99m)3'3\" (1m)aximum. Feature fireplace with double aspect views into the rear garden. Stairs to lower annexe room.
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| Annexe Living Room | 14'5\" (4.4m) x 13'9\" (4.2m) irregular shape. Recess with oil fired boiler. Multi-pane window. Radiator. French style doors to the rea garden and second patio.
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| Annexe Ground Floor Shower Room | Recently fitted and comprising a corner cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin and coupled wc.
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| Rear Garden |
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| Summer House | 19'8\" x 9'6\" (6m x 2.9m).
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Image of house front
Image of front lawn
Image of landing