Large period family house with 0.6-acre garden in AONB — scope to update.
Substantial Victorian home with up to eight bedrooms and five reception rooms
Milton House is a substantial Victorian country home arranged over three floors with flexible living for an extended family. The house offers up to eight bedrooms, five reception rooms and a large farmhouse kitchen, laid out to allow separate family and secondary accommodation via a secondary staircase. Set in about 0.6 acres, the gardens are beautifully designed with terraces, pergola, vegetable beds, lawns and a children’s play area — a private, sheltered setting overlooking open fields in the North Wessex Downs AONB.
Practical strengths include off-street parking, a timber double garage and fast fibre-to-premises broadband (up to 1600 Mbps). The property has traditional features such as sash windows and fireplaces and has been redecorated and extended in parts, so it presents as largely well-maintained while retaining period character. Local amenities, strong state and independent schools, and rail links to London from nearby stations make this a convenient country family base.
Buyers should note a number of material facts: heating is oil-fired to radiators and mains services include private water and drainage; the walls are solid brick with no modern insulation (assumed); the EPC is E (46) and council tax is Band G. A 0.4-acre paddock adjoining the property is currently rented and may be offered separately. Some internal areas are dated and could benefit from updating or energy-improvement works, which presents scope for investment and tailoring the house to modern running costs and standards.
This house will suit a family seeking generous, characterful accommodation and mature gardens in a quiet hamlet, or buyers wanting a renovation/refurbishment project with significant room for flexible use. Viewings will appeal to those who value privacy, landscape views and proximity to strong schools and transport links but who accept the upkeep and potential improvement costs of an older, solid-wall country house.