4 bed detached house for sale Amport, Andover, Hampshire SP11

A substantial country house set in 15.68 acres on the edge of this peaceful beautiful hamlet.Keepers Farm House is set outside the picturesque village of Amport, with its large informal green, a popular primary school, The Hawk Inn and an early 14th century church. The village is located on a pretty chalk stream, the Pill Hill Brook, a carrier of the River Anton, which in turn discharges into the River Test. Amport is one a series of charming villages to the south of Andover and has the benefit of a village shop in the neighbouring village of Abbots Ann.With regard to schooling, there is the village school and a further primary school in the neighbouring village of Abbotts Ann. Prep schools such as Farleigh School, Pilgrims, Cheam and Horris Hilll are all easily accessible. Winchester College, Marlborough College, Radley College and Downe House are all within an easy reach as are Godolphin and Chafyn Grove School in Salisbury.The nearest shopping centre is found in Andover which has a wide variety of supermarkets, a cinema and offers a frequent rail service to London Waterloo. The Georgian market town of Stockbridge has a wonderful variety of boutique shops, restaurants, pubs, a doctor's surgery, dentist, delicatessen, butchers and a hair salon. Further afield are the Cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury.Road communications are excellent with the A303 being within a few miles giving access to the West Country and to the M3, A34 and the national motorway network. International Airports are within an easy reach, namely Southampton, Bournemouth, and London Heathrow. Direct train services run from Grateley and Andover to London Waterloo, taking from approximately 75 and 70 minutes, respectively.Fishing can be found on the River Test, the Anton and the Itchen, some of the finest chalk streams in the UK.