There’s a real Arts and Crafts movement influence to four new houses being constructed just off the Romsey Road in Winchester.

The tile-hung gable ends, dormers, herringbone brick panels, front door canopies, and porthole windows, combined with stained wood front and garage doors, bring an apt natural tone to Cedar Close, perfectly named as a stunning cedar helps frame the extensive views from the rear of the houses across the Itchen Valley to the slopes of the South Downs.

But there’s much more to these houses than an apparent traditional style. They bristle with modern lifestyle features while their location little more than a mile from the city centre makes them conveniently placed for road and rail travel as well as putting them within the catchment of the highly-regarded Kings School.

In fact they are so appealing that a purchaser arrived for one of the four even before work had really started, a request happily accepted by developer Millgate (Winchester) Ltd. Three high specification homes now remain available, two semi-detached townhouses with five bedrooms, and a central terrace two bedroom home.

Accommodation is generous, with the houses making good use of the site to offer a lower ground floor which opens to the rear garden and the panoramic views. Integrated appliances in the superb kitchens include oven, microwave, hob, dishwasher and fridge freezer while the bathrooms are equipped to a similar high standard. Efficiency is assisted by low energy lighting throughout while the gas-fired central heating utilises underfloor heating to the lower ground floors. Very high insulation levels are employed throughout.

Each property has an integral garage and additional driveway parking. The five bedroom homes have a snug, kitchen / dining room, cloakroom, utility and walk-in larder on the lower ground floor, the latter with two glazed walls for plenty of natural light. The ground floor features a study / fifth bedroom with en-suite shower and living room with the first floor home to the master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and three further bedrooms served by a family bathroom.

In the two bedroom homes, the lower ground floor has the kitchen / dining room at the rear, opening to the garden terrace, with adaptable storage spaces at the front that could serve as a gym and separate study. On the ground floor is a cloakroom and living room while on the first floor are the en-suite master bedroom, second bedroom, and family bathroom.

Guide prices range from £585,000 to £995,000. For more information, contact Carter Jonas on 01962 842742 or email winchester@carterjonas.co.uk