Ripido, Hampshire

Soal Farm is a remarkable private estate, approached over a long private drive and set back from a country lane, ring-fenced by its own extensive pasture and woodland. The house is Grade II Listed, described as 16th and early 20th Century and an Arts and Crafts style. The house has a large open-plan kitchen/breakfast and living room which provides a wonderful day to day living space with a practical boot room for country life and a utility room. For more formal entertaining there are two well-proportioned reception rooms with exposed timbers and a study. Upstairs there are four double bedrooms, three with ensuite bathrooms and two further staircases, one leading to two additional attic bedrooms with a bathroom and the other a separately accessed attic bedroom. The house has plenty of character from the period and a light interior with the many windows taking full advantage of the views over the adjoining garden and grounds. The two lodge cottages are currently uninhabitable but sit at the head of the main drive and could be renovated and used for staff or family. Alternatively, they could be let out, or subject to planning permission (STPP) replaced. The farmyard has a secondary drive and approach from Ridge Common Lane, which bisects open pasture and is ideal for anyone wanting to separate the farming or any future equestrian activities from the domestic approach.