- Two bedrooms +
- Sitting room with feature fire place +
- Kitchen/breakfast room +
- Modern bathroom +
- Large front garden +
- Character features throughout +
- Pretty village location +
The date of this charming cottage is believed to be about 1740, and is on the Headley Enclosure Award Tithe Map of 1856. It has plenty of charm and character with a mixture of wall timbers and ceiling beams and an open fireplace in the living room.
The property has accommodation over three floors with the property approached by steps from the road to right of way pathway past “larkrise” to the front of the cottage with a porch and then the front door leading to the living room This is a charming room, with wall timbers and ceiling beams and a central open fireplace with wooden mantel over.
The kitchen is also on this floor, again with a mixture of ceiling beams and wall timbers with one wall of original timber cladding. The combi boiler has been hidden with custom made screening in sympathy with the Suffolk style doors in the cottage. On the first floor are two bedrooms. On the lower ground floor there is a useful utility room and bathroom with a modern safety door.
The property holds a central position, high up above the road, within walking distance to the Crown Public House including nearby shops, with a general store with a surgery and pharmacy close by. An internal inspection is highly recommended to appreciate the charm and character of this property.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Materials used in construction: Brick in the front / Bargate stone at the back
The cottage was renovated in 1982 by Balmoral Housing Services Ltd., Southsea
Renovations including:
Laying of concrete floor – living room
Installation of Damp Course
Re-plastering
Treatment of wood boring and rot (prevention), of original roof timbers and suspended floors (kitchen above basement) and bedrooms.
Tanking of basement (utility room and bathroom installed)
Loft insulation
Firewall (visible in loft) between No.2 and “Larkrise”.
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Pleasantly situated right in the heart of Arford which is within walking distance from the Crown public house. The village of Headley is about 0.5 mile distant and offers a church, village green, local shops, with a surgery and pharmacy nearyby. Nearby are the beauty spots of Waggoners Wells and Ludshott Common. More comprehensive facilities can be found in Haslemere, about 6 miles, with express trains to London Waterloo and at Liphook, about 4 miles, also with station on the Portsmouth/Waterloo main line. In addition, shops in Grayshott about 5 miles including COOP and Sainsburys supermarkets. Access to the A3 is about 3.5 miles at Hindhead providing an excellent route to Guildford, M25 and beyond to the north and to the coast to the south.