5 rooms house of 218 m² in Winchester

The house has most recently been used by the Headmasters of The Pilgrims School but once administered the Bishop's laws governing the Soke outside the city walls. It is timber framed with leaded light windows above a brick and flint base.Winchester offers a range of excellent independent shops and restaurants, two theatres, a cinema, the City Museum, the Great Hall and King Arthur's Round Table as well as two military museums. There is a mainline railway station to London Waterloo with fastest train times of just over an hour. There are notable schools in and around Winchester, The Pilgrims School in the Cathedral Close, Winchester College, St Swithin’s, Princes Mead, Twyford as well as Peter Symonds, the sixth form college that also serves the Falkland Islands.The house offers spacious and flexible accommodation combining period charm with contemporary fixtures and fittings.Spacious entrance hall with wooden floor boards, large, grand dining room with feature (non-working) fireplace, wooden floors and views across the Close to the Deanery and the Cathedral. The kitchen is bespoke and has a range of wall and base level units, integrated fridge, freezer, dishwasher, electric ovens and induction hob with extractor and boiling water tap to the sink. The stone floors are laid in a herringbone pattern and there is a spacious area for a breakfast table. There is extensive boiler/utility room spaces off the kitchen suitable for bike, sport equipment storage with an external door to the Inner Close. There is a door to the garden from the back of the hall and access to the cellar. On the half landing there is a large shelved cupboard and a cloakroom on the half landing.The drawing room is on the first floor with two large bay windows looking over the garden to College Street. There is a feature (non-working) fireplace. There is a large bedroom with vaulted ceilings with views over the Inner Close to the Cathedral, two further bedrooms, a study, a bathroom with standalone bath and separate shower and a shower room. On the top floor there is an L shaped bedroom with views of the cathedral, a bathroom with standalone bath, separate shower and double sink and a further bedroom with some limited head height. There is a useful storage room.The landscaped garden is to the rear of the property with a terrace and lawns. There is parking allocated parking for two cars.Offered for a minimum term of 12 monthsHolding deposit of 1 week's rent = £1615Security deposit equivalent to 6 weeks' rent = £9592Mains water, electricity, gas and drainageCouncil Tax Band G - check with Winchester City Council for current ratesFor mobile and internet coverage check the Ofcom website