3 bedroom detached house for sale

An attractive 1930s 3-double-bedroom detached house on the edge of the town in established gardens being sold with the benefit of NO FORWARD CHAIN.

Located on the westerly outskirts of the town, 157 Station Road is an appealing detached family house believed to date from the early 1930s of traditional brick elevation under a colour washed render. The accommodation is varied and spacious, a combination of versatile living rooms and three generous bedrooms and the proportion of the rooms is uniformly excellent, with the original rooms in particular benefitting from an elegant ceiling height and original panelled doors. Externally, the house sits to the front of an established, private garden plot of approximately 0.12 acre that enjoys a south-westerly orientation, and there is ample driveway parking as well as an attached garage.

Station Road is located on the Western outskirts of Fordingbridge, approximately 1/2 mile from the town centre. Fordingbridge has an array of local services to cater for everyday needs including a range of shops, a cinema, a building society, a choice of pubs and restaurants, a library and a medical centre. There is reputable schooling at primary and secondary levels in the form of Fordingbridge Infants and Junior school and Burgate Secondary School and Sixth Form.

Fordingbridge is well placed for access to the regional centres of Salisbury, Bournemouth and Southampton. All provide main line rail links to London Waterloo and there are airports at the latter two. Fordingbridge sits within the Avon Valley with a wide variety of opportunities for leisure and recreational activities. The rolling Downland of Cranborne Chase can be found to the west, contrasting with the picturesque heath, moor and woodland of the New Forest National Park to the East. Excellent walking and riding abounds, as do many good opportunities for golf and fishing and there is a tennis club in the village of Sandleheath.

To the front of the house a driveway slopes down to the side of the property and supplies parking for 2 vehicles before leading to the SINGLE GARAGE with up-and-over door, power and light connected and personal door to rear. A path leads to the front porch, flanked by established shrub beds and hedging and there is pedestrian access to the side and rear.

The bulk of the garden is located to the rear of the house and enjoys a south-westerly orientation. Immediately adjoining the house and accessible from the rear lobby and sitting room is a flagstone patio with retaining wall and steps down to a central expanse of lawn flanked on either side by mature, established flower and shrub beds. To the rear of the garden are two garden sheds.

New Forest District Council. Tax Band E.

All mains services are connected. Gas fired central heating.

Leave Fordingbridge in a Westerly direction travelling on the road to Sandleheath/Damerham. Pass the Railway Hotel and proceed straight over the mini-roundabout. The house will be located after a short distance on the left hand side before the junction with Jubilee Road.