6 bed detached house for sale

Thruxton, Andover SP11

Truly unique and combining period character with modern living, May Cottage, along with its detached thatched annexe, offers spacious and substantial accommodation throughout within a desirable village location. The property has been fully refurbished over the last five years and benefits from generous driveway parking split between both the front and rear of the plot, whilst the location provides excellent proximity to the transport network. The well presented accommodation comprises two entrance hallways, a living room, an expansive open-plan kitchen/dining room, cloakroom, ground floor double guest suite, master bedroom suite, an additional ensuite bedroom along with two further bedrooms serviced by a family shower room. The detached annexe, a thatched bungalow, comprises an open-plan kitchen/living room, double bedroom and a shower room. In addition, set within a practical rear garden including its own stream, is a summerhouse complete with its own shower room.

The front of the property has gated access from Village Street with a limestone chipped driveway providing generous parking alongside an area of lawn bordered by mature hedging and shrubs. The front door opens into an entrance hallway that provides access to the ground floor guest suite and then the impressive open-plan kitchen/dining room. The kitchen includes carrera quartz worksurfaces with a matching island style dining table the centrepiece of the dining space. The second and main hallway is located off the dining space and leads to the cloakroom, front aspect living room, complete with wood burning stove and then external access to both the rear garden and the side of the property. The first floor offers impressive bedroom and bathroom space, the dual-aspect master suite is light and airy with a stunning ensuite bathroom, whilst there is another ensuite bedroom plus two further double bedrooms serviced by a modern family shower room.

The annexe follows the impressive theme with French doors opening out to a decked area and providing access into a good-sized open-plan living room that flows into a kitchen with doors leading on to a modern shower room and double bedroom beyond.

May Cottage is located within the heart of the village of Thruxton, between Village Street and Lambourne Close. Nearby is the White Horse Inn, a fifteenth century thatched Inn, and just along Amesbury Road to the east of the village is Hillier Garden Centre complete with restaurant and food hall. Andover itself offers a range of shopping, educational and recreational facilities, including a college of further education, a cinema, theatre and leisure centre. The mainline railway station runs a direct route to London's Waterloo in just over an hour with the property location offering two mainline station options in both Grateley (2.5 miles) and Andover (6 miles). The nearby A303 offers excellent road access to both London and the West Country.