Built in 2008 to an exacting specification and occupying a commanding elevated position is Oaklands, a magnificent family home set in sumptuous grounds in the ever popular village of Whiteparish.The ground floor accommodation comprises a bright and spacious entrance hallway, which in turn leads to all the principal rooms, including a double aspect drawing room, sitting room and dining room. All of these rooms, including the reception hall benefit from feature fireplaces with the drawing room also boasting French doors opening onto the south facing rear terrace.The impressive, open plan kitchen/breakfast/family room is a particular feature of this wonderful home, forming the hub of the home and an ideal space for everyday living. The kitchen is fitted with a range of modern units and appliances and offers a light and good size space with French doors opening onto the south facing rear terrace.Adjoining the kitchen is a sizable pantry and a boot room, which provides access to a separate utility room and cloakroom. An additional cloakroom off the main entrance hall completes the ground floor layout.Stairs lead up to the first floor, with a beautiful full height feature window providing far-reaching views of the garden and adjoining parkland beyond.On the first floor there are five generous double bedrooms and four bathrooms. The principal bedroom suite benefits from a luxuriously appointed en-suite shower room, built-in wardrobes, a separate walk-in wardrobe. Double doors open out onto a private balcony offering the most wonderful elevated views of the garden and fields beyond. Bedrooms two and three also benefit from en-suite shower rooms, whilst the remaining bedrooms are facilitated by the family bathroom. Further stairs lead to the second floor where there is a substantial loft room currently used as a study and games room.Nb. The current owners are installing Velux windows to the second floor living accommodation of the main house.Adjoining the rear elevation of the house is a separate two-storey annexe with integral garage. The annexe comprises an open plan and double aspect kitchen/dining/family room with a staircase leading to a first floor bedroom and bathroom. This unique and most useful addition offers options for a number of uses, including staff accommodation, multi-generational living or a home office.OutsideAs you approach the property, electric gates open onto a driveway, which lead up to a large parking area with a triple car barn and separate integral garage.The grounds attributed to the property amount to approximately 2.5 acres and comprise a formal lawn garden that wraps around and extends out to the south of the property and a one acre walled garden, within which is an orchard of fruit trees. An attractive and historic red brick wall providing a high degree of both privacy and seclusion divides the gardens and orchard with an arched entrance set within the wall linking the two areas.Set between the dividing brick wall is a wonderful, two storey bothy providing a unique focal point and a wonderful addition to the main house. The bothy is currently used as a store, but offers potential for modernisation and options for other uses.Adjoining and extending across the rear of the property is a delightful, south facing terrace offering and ideal space for outdoor dining and entertaining.Oaklands really is a haven of peace and tranquillity and offers a truly unique opportunity to purchase arguably one of the finest properties in the area.SituationSet at the top of a private estate lane, in a wonderful elevated position, Oaklands enjoys unrivalled and uninterrupted views across open countryside to the distant horizon.Whiteparish is an active and thriving village, and its location midway between Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton make it one of the most sought after villages on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border. The village has a popular Primary school (rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted 2013), a shop/Post Office, doctor’s surgery with dispensing pharmacy and two pubs (The Parish Lantern and The King's Head). Proximity to Salisbury and Romsey mean more amenities and services are nearby.The area is well known for its excellent selection of schools at all levels. Whiteparish is within the catchment area for South Wilts and Bishops Wordsworth Grammar schools in Salisbury and private school options are a plenty and include Norman Court, Farleigh, Hampshire Collegiate School, as well as The Godolphin School, Chafyn Grove and The Cathedral School in Salisbury. Communication links are also excellent with good road access to Salisbury and Romsey. Whiteparish has a regular bus service to Salisbury and Southampton, and is further supported by a range of specialist school buses in the weekday, term time mornings and evenings.Easy access on to the A36 brings Southampton and the other business centres along the M27/M3 corridors within easy reach and Salisbury and Southampton Parkway have fast, regular trains into London Waterloo.Additional InformationLocal Authority - Wiltshire; Council Tax -Band H, Services - Mains water and electricity. Oil fired heating and private drainage. Tenure - Freehold

Alderbury Hill House offers over 10,000 sq. Ft of beautifully appointed accommodation behind handsome red brick, tiled and timbered elevations, and three beautifully converted outbuildings, which currently serve as holiday lets and return a good rental income.The property benefits from high ceilings and numerous attractive original details, while contemporary styling and modern fittings have been added, creating a stylish and spacious space for both living and entertaining. There are four reception rooms on the ground floor, as well as the stunning open-plan kitchen with electric aga, an extensive range of appliances including a Heatrae Sadia boiling water tap, dining area and snug to the rear with wood burning stove. The light and airy L-shaped room is the heart of the home and welcomes plenty of natural light through seven sets of French doors, which open onto the rear terrace. Additionally there is an elegant drawing room, a formal dining room, a useful study and a comfortable sitting room, all of which are beautifully finished and presented.On the first floor, the spacious principal bedroom has a Juliet balcony, its own dressing room and a large en-suite bathroom with dual washbasins, a freestanding bathtub and a separate rain shower. There are four further bedrooms, all of which are immaculate, all with their own en-suite bathrooms or shower rooms.The property has six outbuildings, three of which have been converted to create three stunning holiday cottages, with views across the beautiful grounds. Each of the cottages has a fully equipped kitchen, with three of them featuring two bedrooms. The pool house has one double bedroom and a wonderful entertaining area which opens onto a south facing terrace which consists of 215 sqm of tumbled sand stone.Alderbury Hill House is set in a rural position just outside Salisbury and close to the villages of Alderbury and Whaddon. Local amenities can be found in both villages, including a village store, a post office, a local pub and a primary school.Further facilities and amenities are found in Salisbury. With its historic centre and famous cathedral, Salisbury is a delightful city. There is a superb choice of shopping and leisure facilities, plus a fine selection of pubs, cafés and restaurants, as well as several excellent schools, including the outstanding rated Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School, South Wilts for Girls and the independent Godolphin Girls School and Salisbury Cathedral School. Preparatory schools include Chafyn Grove School. Other nearby preparatory schools include Sandroyd School and Twyford School, while public schools nearby include Marlborough College, Sherborne School, Bryanston, Winchester, King Edwards and St Swithuns.Salisbury’s mainline station offers regular services to London Waterloo, taking approximately 90 minutes, while the area is also well connected by road, with a network of a-roads nearby and the M27 12 miles away. Southampton airport is just over 20 miles away and Bournemouth airport 24 miles away.The house and outbuildings are set in extensive, rolling grounds with magnificent views across the surrounding countryside. The driveway leads to a large gravel parking area at the front of the house, and further parking can be found round to the rear of the property, where the cottages and further outbuildings are situated.The gardens and grounds, include extensive lawns and meadows, a large area of paved terracing of 250 sqm of limestone flagstones to the side and rear of the house, a swimming pool and a hard tennis court. The outbuildings include a large garage block with office facilities, a car barn and a stable block, with the grounds including paddocks for exercising horses.The gardens and grounds all benefit from an integrated watering system and specialist lighting has been installed to enhance the terracing and features of the property. In addition, there is a private bore hole which is not currently in use.

A handsome unlisted country house with Georgian origins offering breath-taking southerly views across the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyDescriptionThe West Chase Estate was originally part of The Wilton Estate prior to 1919. The estate comprises a handsome principal house with Georgian origins positioned centrally within its land, a wonderful walled garden and tennis court, an attractive courtyard, a secondary house, five estate cottages, equestrian facilities, a range of agricultural buildings and some 600 acres of land, much of which is productive arable land. Together, these elements form one of the best compact estates to come to the market in the region for many years. The estate completely surrounds the main house with a 1 1/2 mile drive from north to south. It is wonderfully rolling countryside, typical of this area, and creates an incredible setting, as well as an excellent shoot. It is thought to have only changed hands twice in nearly one hundred years.For more information, the full brochure, estate plans or to arrange a viewing - please contact Louise Harrison or Alex Lawson on .LocationWest Chase is situated in the heart of Cranborne Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and International Dark Sky Reserve. It is set amongst attractive and rolling countryside in an elevated position on the southern edge of the Chalke Valley with stunning far reaching views. The valley stretches from Salisbury in the east to Shaftesbury in the west.West Chase is within the parish of Bowerchalke, and it, as well as Ebbesbourne Wake, are the two closest villages to the north. Broadchalke is also in the Chalke Valley where the river Chalke flows into the River Ebble. The village sits on the banks of the River Ebble, which feeds the watercress beds for which it is renowned. The tranquil villages of the Chalke Valley offer a wealth of outdoor activities for everyone to enjoy, as well as some of the regions most interesting and beautiful topography.Broadchalke has a church, local primary school, village shop and public house. The village of Sixpenny Handley lies approximately two miles to the south of West Chase and benefits from a local village shop, butcher, cricket ground, church and primary school. The Cathedral City of Salisbury lies fifteen miles to the north east and offers a wide range of recreational, educational and cultural amenities as well as first class shopping and events in the market square. The New Forest is 15 miles to the east.West Chase has excellent communication links. The A303 lies approximately 12 miles to the north providing access to London, Exeter and the West Country. The A350 runs north from nearby Shaftesbury providing access to the City of Bath. There are a number of railway stations in the area, Salisbury and Tisbury being the nearest, with the former offering a direct route into London in approximately 90 minutes.The area is renowned for an excellent choice of schools including Bryanston, Clayesmore, Sandroyd, Canford, Knighton House, Hanford, Godolphin, Port Regis, Sherborne, King’s Bruton, Marlborough, Salisbury Cathedral School and many others. Salisbury has two well-regarded grammar schools. Broadchalke village has an Ofsted rated ‘outstanding’ primary school.West Chase offers its own private shoot and stalking. Local sporting facilities include horse racing at Salisbury, golf at Rushmore Park and water sports along the Dorset coastline. Local hunts include The Wilton, Portman, Blackmore and Sparkford Vale, South & West Wilts and Cattistock, among others. Surrounding estates all offer shooting on a commercial let-day basis, and the Chalke Valley is well known for its chalk stream fishing and annual History Festival.Agent's Note: We wish to inform prospective purchasers of this property that a relative of the owner is an employee of SavillsAcreage:600 AcresDirectionsWhat3Words: ///declines.verse.mend