House For Sale £4,950,000
Upper Shalford is a handsome, light and spacious, detached family home with excellent leisure facilities and enjoying stunning views over Blackdown and beyond.
From the light and welcoming entrance hall, with feature tiled flooring and useful storage, the ground floor accommodation has a natural flow. The spacious drawing room has solid oak flooring, an attractive limestone fireplace with wood burning stove and double doors leading to the triple aspect conservatory; with French doors giving access to the garden. At the heart of the home is the kitchen/breakfast room with bespoke fitted kitchen, central island, stylish four oven Aga and integrated appliances. The triple aspect dining room has three sets of French doors, giving access to the garden, and boasts an impressive sunken spiral wine cellar.
The first floor provides a large principal bedroom with French doors to a private balcony overlooking the garden, built-in storage and an open en suite bathroom, a further spacious bedroom with a door to a private balcony, built-in storage, fitted dressing area and modern en suite bathroom, two additional double bedrooms with built-in storage and en suite bathrooms, one further double bedroom with built-in storage and a modern family bathroom. The second flooroffers an extensive L-shaped room which could be used as a bedroom.
A separate staircase rises from the inner hall to the first floor over the boot room and garage, where a landing gives access to a double bedroom with eaves storage and a modern double bedroom with a dedicated bathroom with access from the landing.
Upper Shalford occupies a convenient and private location within the South Downs National Park near to Fernhurst village which boasts an idyllic village green overlooked by a public house, parish church, pavilion, cricket green and primary school and provides shops for most day-to-day needs including a Post Office and chemist. More comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities are available in nearby Haslemere which offers extensive quality shopping facilities together with a good selection of restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars and excellent leisure amenities including a tennis club and a leisure centre.
Communications links are excellent: Haslemere station provides regular trains into London Waterloo and the M3 gives easy access both to the south coast and to connections with the M25 road network giving further access both to Heathrow and Gatwick Airports and to central London.
The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling together with a good selection of independent schools including Highfield and Brookham, St. Ives, Amesbury, The Royal and St. Edmund’s as well as King Edward’s, Aldro Prep and Charterhouse.
Occupying a plot extending to some 8.52 acres, the property is approached through twin electric, wooden gates over a block-paved driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the integral triple garage. The property’s attractive landscaped garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features numerous seating areas, a swimming pool with paved surround, an all-weather tennis court and a large wraparound paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The property and grounds are screened by mature trees and from the field enjoys far-reaching views over Blackdown and beyond.
From the light and welcoming entrance hall, with feature tiled flooring and useful storage, the ground floor accommodation has a natural flow. The spacious drawing room has solid oak flooring, an attractive limestone fireplace with wood burning stove and double doors leading to the triple aspect conservatory; with French doors giving access to the garden. At the heart of the home is the kitchen/breakfast room with bespoke fitted kitchen, central island, stylish four oven Aga and integrated appliances. The triple aspect dining room has three sets of French doors, giving access to the garden, and boasts an impressive sunken spiral wine cellar.
The first floor provides a large principal bedroom with French doors to a private balcony overlooking the garden, built-in storage and an open en suite bathroom, a further spacious bedroom with a door to a private balcony, built-in storage, fitted dressing area and modern en suite bathroom, two additional double bedrooms with built-in storage and en suite bathrooms, one further double bedroom with built-in storage and a modern family bathroom. The second flooroffers an extensive L-shaped room which could be used as a bedroom.
A separate staircase rises from the inner hall to the first floor over the boot room and garage, where a landing gives access to a double bedroom with eaves storage and a modern double bedroom with a dedicated bathroom with access from the landing.
Upper Shalford occupies a convenient and private location within the South Downs National Park near to Fernhurst village which boasts an idyllic village green overlooked by a public house, parish church, pavilion, cricket green and primary school and provides shops for most day-to-day needs including a Post Office and chemist. More comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities are available in nearby Haslemere which offers extensive quality shopping facilities together with a good selection of restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars and excellent leisure amenities including a tennis club and a leisure centre.
Communications links are excellent: Haslemere station provides regular trains into London Waterloo and the M3 gives easy access both to the south coast and to connections with the M25 road network giving further access both to Heathrow and Gatwick Airports and to central London.
The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling together with a good selection of independent schools including Highfield and Brookham, St. Ives, Amesbury, The Royal and St. Edmund’s as well as King Edward’s, Aldro Prep and Charterhouse.
Occupying a plot extending to some 8.52 acres, the property is approached through twin electric, wooden gates over a block-paved driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the integral triple garage. The property’s attractive landscaped garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features numerous seating areas, a swimming pool with paved surround, an all-weather tennis court and a large wraparound paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The property and grounds are screened by mature trees and from the field enjoys far-reaching views over Blackdown and beyond.
