HAMPSHIRE
When you invest in this property you are preserving a little slice of history.
Branksmere House SOUTHSEA HAMPSHIRE guide price £950,000 When it comes to property descriptions, words like magnificent, outstanding and impressive are often over used, however when it comes to Brankesmere House they are words that can only be used to describe what is both a notable property with an interesting history and a rather grand local landmark. Features that over our directors career (the last thirty years locally), he has not seen in any single home and at any single time. The interesting and impressive façade is matched internally with some truly outstanding wooden carvings, coving, woodwork, windows, architraves and doorways. Brankesmere House, is aptly therefore the current home of one of the city’s highest regarded
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Fine & Country South East Hampshire 141 Havant Road, Drayton, Hampshire PO6 2AA
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architects, PLC Architects. With a duty to maintain and retain the character the current tenants have not disrupted any of the original property or features, all of the desks, units and chairs are removable without causing any serious embellishments. Describing a property like this is always difficult as there are an abundance of features and clearly the former owners had both the quality and desire to impress when designing and building this home, it also has a sense of character with a number of wooden carvings on both the staircase and the coving depicting character faces. Currently arranged as office premises, the property benefits from planning permission for conversion, without disrupting the
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current character, to form an impressive three bedroom family home. Situated in the heart of the oldest conservation area in Southsea, the house is tucked away behind high walls, a gateway and mature trees yet it has the convenience of being within easy access of local amenities. When you invest in this property you are buying more than a family home in an enviable location, you are also preserving a little slice of history for the next generation. It has Grade II Listing, which protects a traditional way of living for the future generation and being in a conservation area, your surroundings are protected.
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