Snoddington Lane, Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire

The Old Dairy is a splendid six-bedroom property, which forms part of a collection of former farm buildings. It provides more than 4,000 square feet of beautifully presented accommodation, while outside there are immaculate gardens, a swimming pool, stables and paddocks.

The main reception room is the well proportioned, triple aspect drawing room, which welcomes plenty of natural light and features a fireplace with a woodburning stove. Further reception rooms include the formal dining room and the comfortable family room with its stove and two sets of French doors opening onto the garden. The large kitchen and breakfast room has bi-fold doors onto the garden, shaker-style units, a central island and a range cooker, as well as space for a breakfast table. A spacious boot room and utility complete the ground floor.

There are two staircases serving separate areas of the first floor, with one staircase leading to two double en suite bedrooms, including the generous principal with its dressing area. The other staircase leads to a further four first-floor bedrooms, two of which are en suite. There is also a first-floor shower room.

The property enjoys beautiful grounds with fenced paddocks and stables. There is a gravel driveway at the front of the property, with parking space for several vehicles and access to the double garage. The garden is mostly laid to lawn with paved pathways and terracing, well maintained hedgerows and colourful border flowerbeds, plus a kidney-shaped swimming pool and a storage shed. Accessed from the kitchen/breakfast room is a sheltered courtyard garden with a loggia.

There are also two grassy paddocks enclosed by post and rail fencing, with a timber-framed stables block that includes three stalls and a tack room

The Old Dairy 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.

Historic Salisbury, 12 miles to the south, provides an excellent choice of shops, restaurants, cafés and leisure facilities, as well as further schooling including the outstanding-rated Bishop’s Wordsworth CofE Grammar School for boys and South Wilts for girls along with the independent Salisbury Cathedral School and Godolphin.

The area is well connected by road with the A303 passing nearby, while mainline rail can be accessed at Grately which runs regular services to London Waterloo (approximately 1 hour 20 minutes).