Hilltop position provides countryside views

Hazelwood sits in fabulous gardens of about a third of an acre, which includes a walled kitchen garden, and has an open aspect over fields at the rear. Its hilltop position provides countryside views and a glorious feeling of space at this semi-rural location on the outskirts of Wickham. Lying at the southern end of the Meon Valley there is a good road network and a nearby footpath leads directly into Wickham with its excellent local amenities.

Dating back to the 1920s the property was built to a pretty cottage design and with subsequent additions is now a spacious detached house of about 2,500 square feet.

The layout provides for relaxed family lifestyles as well as entertaining with the principal focus on a large open plan kitchen and the beautifully light drawing room which has French doors to the garden. There is also a sitting room and separate dining room which connects with the kitchen and a useful office or workshop off the kitchen which has a door to the garden.

Six double bedrooms, most with fitted wardrobes, are arranged over the first floor, together with two family bathrooms.

The house is approached off Titchfield Lane by a driveway with a parking area to the front of the detached double garage. This has a staircase up to useful loft storage. A brick pathway leads to the kitchen garden which is a delightful sun trap enclosed by high mellow brick walls. Gardens surround the house on all sides and at the rear is a large paved terrace with a charming outlook over mature shrubs and hedging to the fields and countryside beyond.

Ben Runciman of Byrne Runciman in Wickham Square recommends Hazelwood as a family home and says: "Built in 1920 as a chauffeur's cottage and considerably enlarged for a naval officer, Hazelwood is a stylish family home, complete with walled garden and a huge kitchen."

A price of £765,000 is quoted and appointments to view can be made by calling the office on 01329 834579.