Essentially a brick and flint cottage with lattice windows, Cricket Close House has been a comfortable family home for many years but new owners may now want to update the property and, given its superb setting this is an amazing opportunity to create a lovely country home.

Approached over a cattle grid, the private driveway passes through a two acre paddock to arrive at the house which sits centrally within the gently sloping grounds which include a further acre and a half of gardens, a lavender field, tennis court and swimming pool. The house enjoys total privacy within this wonderful location on the fringes of Northington Down, about a fifteen minute drive from Winchester, and Alresford is within five miles.

From a generous reception hall, the living space opens in the form of a fine sitting room which extends into a study area, with a door to the dining room. The kitchen has a breakfast recess and links back to the reception hall via a utility room.

The accent on the first floor is firmly on the master bedroom which has a dressing area and its own bathroom, with three further bedrooms sharing the family bathroom. All the first floor rooms have extensive views over the grounds and countryside beyond.

Smiths Gore in Winchester says this is a genuinely rare opportunity to purchase an unmodernised four bedroom detached cottage with three and a half acres of grounds surrounded by open countryside.

A price of £1,750,000 is quoted and enquiries should be directed to Smiths Gore on 01962 857400.