Location

Snoddington Manor is in a rural position just outside the Hampshire village of Shipton Bellinger. The village provides several everyday amenities including a local shop, a village hall and a primary school, while further facilities can be accessed less than three miles away in Tidworth, including a range of shops and supermarkets. The communication links are excellent, with the A303 to the south providing easy access to the south-west and to London via the M3 to the east. London Waterloo is reached via Grateley (about 3.8 miles away) and Andover (about 9.5 miles away) in approximately 80 minutes and 70 minutes respectively. For international travel Southampton Airport is 29 miles away providing regular flights to Europe. Heathrow Airport is about 63 miles to the east.

The Cathedral Cities of Salisbury and Winchester are both within easy reach and have an extensive range of shops, restaurants and cultural attractions. The popular village of Stockbridge (11.8 miles) straddles the River Test and has a wide array of boutique shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants.

The area is known for its superb schooling with prep, state and public schools including Farleigh, Rookwood Prep School, Godolphin, South Wilts Grammar, Chafyn Grove, Bishop Wordsworth, Salisbury Cathedral School, Winchester College and Marlborough College.

The surrounding countryside provides for superb sporting opportunities including fishing on the Avon and the Test, some of the best chalk stream fishing in the country. Salisbury Plain offers extensive walking and riding out. There is both racing at Salisbury and golf at Tidworth. Tidworth and Druids Lodge Polo Clubs are within easy reach.

Description

Snoddington Manor is a fine period house with versatile accommodation of over 7,300 sq. ft. The house is presented in superb order, with some exceptional light-filled rooms across three floors. Whilst not listed, the beautifully appointed reception rooms are elegant and filled with various attractive original details.

The welcoming reception hall has an open fireplace and a sweeping staircase that leads to the first-floor accommodation. The ground floor reception rooms include the substantial formal drawing room, which was originally designed as a ballroom. This spectacular room features a circular nook in the corner tower and beautiful parquet flooring. There is wonderful sitting room, with a large arched picture window to the front, and a further reception room which is currently a bright family room but could be utilised as a dining room, if required. Set off the hallway is a comfortable study and the inner hallway leads you down to a fabulous kitchen and breakfast room. This lovely living space feels very much like the 'hub' of the house and features bi-fold doors that open to the garden. The kitchen area itself has a bespoke range of modern fitted units that incorporate a large corner fridge and an Everhot range. From the breakfast area, a door leads through to the practical space required to support a house like this, with a large walk-in larder, utility room and boot/log store, with access straight out to the gardens.

Upstairs, the rooms lend themselves to a range of uses which have changed as the owners' family have grown. Some work very well as study areas. There are six bedrooms on the first floor, including one with a balcony and the stunning and rather generous principal bedroom, with 'tower room' has its own en suite bathroom and dressing room. There are also two family bathrooms as well as a useful walk-in laundry/linen room. The second floor has a further two bedrooms and a shower room.

OUTBUILDINGS & GROUNDS

Snoddington Manor is approached through automated wrought iron gates and down a long tree-lined driveway that culminates at the front of the house where extensive parking can be found. There are some wonderful far reaching countryside views from the house and across the parkland-like grazing land belonging to the house. The immediate gardens are enclosed and feature a heated swimming pool and glass summer house, along with a newly re-surfaced hard tennis court.

Set to the side of the house is an Victorian stable block, which features original Victorian stalls with iron supports and railings, whilst an external staircase leads up to a significant first floor area, which is currently used as a hobbies room, although has potential to convert into a Gymnasium or other leisure facility. Situated to the side of the stables is a further storage room and the garaging. In total, Lot 1 extends to about 12.1 acres.

LOT 2
About 18.8 acres of grazing land, with separate road access.

LOT 3
Comprises 2 large agricultural barns and further paddock land can be found beyond, which are ideal for grazing livestock or serving as equine training and exercise grounds. There is also a small copse of trees and mature bushes that attract numerous species of animals and birds; a real haven for wildlife. At present the barns are accessed via Lot 1, but there is provision for road access through the woods. In total, Lot 3 extends to about 18.8 acres.

LOT 4
Located to the side of the front entrance gates stands a very attractive lodge house, which is ideal for use by family members, or as a rental home. It comprises more than 1,800 sq. ft of living space, including a sitting room, a study and a large kitchen and breakfast room. There is one ground-floor bedroom and upstairs, a further two bedrooms. Both the ground floor and first floor have family bathrooms. The lodge has its own vehicle entrance and a large garden as well as parking for numerous cars.

Directions

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