Detached house for sale in Courtenay Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO23

Dating from the 1970’s 25 Courtenay Road is a
well-proportioned, detached family home which
has been in the same ownership since new and
whilst the house has been well looked after over
the years, it could now benefit from updating
and there is ample space to extend the house
if so desired subject to any relevant planning
permissions.

To the front of the house is a useful enclosed
porch, beyond which is a welcoming entrance
hall with parquet flooring which leads to the
double aspect siting room, where there is a
central gas fireplace, an exposed brick wall and
sliding doors out onto the garden. The parquet
flooring continues into a separate dining room
which leads into the kitchen where there are
plenty of wall and base units and gas range
style cooker, and an arch lead through into a
generous mulitpurpose room, currently used
as a breakfast room and utility room. Beyond
which is a boot room which provides access out
onto the garden and into the double garage.
There is a further study to the front of the house
along with a cloakroom which completes the
accommodation on this level.
The first floor comprises four bedrooms, two
of which have built in wardrobes, and there is a
bathroom, with a bath and separate shower.<br /><br />Outside to the front of the property, there is
a recently upgraded bonded resin driveway
which provides off-road parking for several
cars in front of the double garage. There is an
area laid to lawn with a mature weeping birch.
There is pedestrian side provides to the rear
garden. There is a paved patio area across the
width of the house providing ample space for
seating and dining areas, beyond which the
gardens extend to about 142 ft and are mainly
laid to lawn with mature shrub and herbaceous
borders.<br /><br />Courtenay Road is situated in a quiet and
sought-after residential area on the edge of
the beautiful cathedral city of Winchester.
The house backs onto open fields and from
Courtenay Road there is access into the Barton
Meadows Nature Reserve. The city centre
is approximately 1 mile away and provides
excellent shopping, recreational and cultural
facilities.

Winchester is noted for its excellent mix of
private and state schools. From Courtenay Road
there are lovely walks across the nearby Barton
Meadows Nature Reserve and the River Itchen
and two popular neighbourhood pubs are each
a short distance away.

Communications are excellent. The railway
station, with trains taking an hour to reach
Waterloo, is a 15 minute walk and Junction 9 of
the M3, which provides easy access to London,
Southampton and its airport, as well as the
Midlands and the North via the A34 is less than
2 miles away.