Beauworth, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24

Orchard Cottage is a rare opportunity to purchase
a three bedroom character house which had
planning granted in 2014 to extend to a five
bedroom house with a garage. There is also a
thriving holiday let business which consists of
two cottages. There is also a residential cottage.
Alongside this there is a further agricultural
building which subject to planning could be
converted into a further holiday let enabling the purchaser to grow the already successful business.

Orchard Cottage itself had planning permission
granted in 2014 (SDNP/13/05670/HOUS) to
extend the cottage to create a large five bedroom
family home. On the ground floor would be a large
kitchen/dining/family room with doors that open
onto the garden and a dual aspect drawing room.
There would also be a study, utility and cloakroom. Currently the cottage has a lovely bright interior and well-proportioned rooms. The sitting room has a brick fireplace with a wood burning stove, large windows overlooking the front garden and French doors out to the terrace. The kitchen has neutral coloured fitted cupboards with wooden worktops, fitted Neff double oven, electric hob and Rayburn. There is also a utility and cloakroom.

Upstairs the master bedroom has fitted cupboards, balcony and ensuite bathroom. There are two further bedrooms and a shower room.

Holiday Lets, The Hay Barn and Agricultural Building

This consists of two holiday lets. The Stables is a three bedroom cottage and had an occupancy of 77% in 2019. The Dairy is a two bedroom holiday cottage that had an occupancy of 83% in 2019. Please speak to the Agent for further financial information. The cottages received the English Country Customers’ Choice Award in 2019 and are an Airbnb Superhost. The owners report that the holiday let sales for 2020 are currently 10% ahead of last year with returning clients. The Hay Barn is a one bedroom cottage which is currently rented out on a short term assured tenancy generating over £9,000 pa. There is the potential for this to be extended into a two bedroom cottage subject to the necessary planning permission.

The agricultural building includes an open hay store and a secure storage unit/garage with electricity and water. The current owners have spoken to planning consultants and believe there is potentially scope for conversion to create further holiday lets or for equestrian use, subject to all the necessary planning applications.

Prospective purchasers are advised that they should make their own enquiries of South Downs National Park.

Orchard Cottage is situated in the sought after hamlet of Beauworth and benefits from a church, village hall and Milburys pub. The property is set in the most beautiful countryside. Neighbouring Cheriton has an excellent primary school, pub, post office/village shop, a cricket club and tennis courts. The Georgian market town of Alresford is only a short distance away with an exceptional range of day to day shops and facilities. A network of footpaths and bridleways provide miles of walking and riding. Fishing can be found on the Rivers Itchen and Test, two of England’s premier chalk streams.

Beauworth is well-placed for communications by both road and rail. The A272 connects the M3 at Winchester and the A3 at Petersfield, both provide access to London northwards and Southampton and the M27 coastal motorway and ferry ports southwards. Both these centres have mainline stations to London Waterloo taking 57 minutes from Winchester and 63 minutes from Petersfield respectively.

Catchment schools are Cheriton Primary School, Perins School in Alresford and the well renowned Peter Symonds 6th Form College in Winchester. Independent schools include: Prince’s Mead, Pilgrim’s, Twyford, Winchester College, St Swithun’s, Churcher’s College and Bedales.

Orchard Cottage is approached via a gravel driveway from the village lane. Orchard Cottage is then accessed through a separate gate with a drive leading to the house with parking for several cars. The cottage sits in a lovely garden of about 1.5 acres, mainly laid to lawn with trees and hedging. There is a terrace to the rear and steps leading up to the lawned garden which adjoins the land.

There are about 30 acres of land suitable for horses, battle or leisure use with additional access from the South Downs Way. The land is currently used to graze sheep, has gated entrances to each field and features numerous oak trees, a pond and a disused water tower.