Property description
Reputed to date back to the mid 18th Century, a beautifully restored, refurbished and enlarged Grade II Listed former farm cottage.
The accommodation, arranged over 2 floors, opens off a small flagstone hall to serve a characteristic sitting room (with Inglenook style fireplace) and a fine kitchen/breakfast room with an adjacent separate dining room. To one side a rear hall serves a ground floor guest suite with shower, an independent cloakroom and utility room. Overhead 2 well proportioned bedrooms share a sizable independent family bathroom. Externally, the cottage boasts a beautiful well stocked classic cottage style garden that affords a great sense of privacy and seclusion, backing onto open farmland that offers a fine open outlook. To the fore a large gravelled driveway provides ample areas of unobstructed parking suitable for a number of vehicles with the driveway linking the cottage to its attached garage/workshop.
3 bedrooms, family bathroom, cloakroom, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, utility room, attached garage/workshop, cottage style gardens backing onto farmland, off street parking.LYMINGTON The Georgian market town of Lymington has a wide range of shops and boutiques, as well as having the benefit of excellent sailing facilities including two large marinas, a number of chandleries and moorings on the river and at the Town Quay for visiting Yachtsmen. Every Saturday there is a Charter Market which runs the entire length of the High Street. Lymington offers a branch line link to the Forest village of Brockenhurst (approximately 15 minutes), which is some 5 miles to the north by road, which in turn offers a mainline fast link to London (Waterloo 90 minutes approximately). Junction 1 of the M27 lies 12 miles to the north, and links with the M3 for access to London. Miles of open forest suitable for riding and walking can be accessed at Bull Hill, Pilley or the nearby hamlets of Norleywood and East End.
ACCOMMODATION IN MORE DETAIL Traditional painted panelled wooden door opens through to:
ENTRANCE HALL Flag stone floor with stairs to side ascending to first floor. Cloaks hanging area. Panelled natural wood door through to:
SITTING ROOM A fine dual aspect room with characteristic sash style casements to fore. Feature open Inglenook style period fireplace incorporating a projecting flagstone hearth with an inset multifuel stove with a rustic beam over. Exposed ceiling beamwork. Return to study niche area. Further panelled door opens through to:
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM Tiled floor covering throughout. Recessed ceiling lights.
KITCHEN AREA Fitted with a comprehensive range of easy clean storage cabinets at both base and eye level with discrete surface downlighting over the surrounding woodblock natural wood work surface with contrasting mosaic tiled relief. Inset Belfast style sink with monobloc brass tap with space beside/under for concealed Hotpoint domestic dishwasher. Further built-in appliances comprising a fridge, oven and a 4 ring induction hob set under a steel canopy extractor fan. Wall mounted central heating programmer control panel. Part glazed stable door leads to paved seating terrace and gardens beyond.
BREAKFAST AREA Ample unobstructed breakfast seating area with window to rear affording a fine outlook across the gardens with a backdrop of farmland. Feature, painted wood panelled wall. Painted braced panelled door to:
DINING ROOM Feature open fireplace with projecting raised stone hearth and exposed brick surround surmounted by an inset wooden mantel. Painted braced door to:
REAR HALL Area of open display shelving. Cloaks hanging area. Further door leads to:
BEDROOM 2 Dual aspect room affording delightful views out across the gardens and backdrop of farmland. Tiled shower cubicle with etched glazed side screen.
CLOAKROOM Suite comprised of a low-level WC together with a pedestal wash hand basin. Tiled floor covering throughout.
UTILITY ROOM Incorporating a stack style system for a washing machine with condensing tumble dryer unit over. Space to side for full height fridge freezer.
FIRST FLOOR
BEDROOM 1 Dual aspect room featuring a vaulted cathedral style ceiling with extensive exposed ceiling beamwork. Access to a deep WALK-IN DRESSING ROOM/WARDROBE.
BEDROOM 3 Featuring a register grate in a projecting tiled hearth. Range of part shelved built in wardrobe store cupboards. Access to overhead roof void.
BATHROOM Situated to the rear of the property containing a white suite comprised of a wood clad panelled bath with an Edwardian style chromium shower mixer, matching pedestal wash hand basin and low-level WC. Walk-in tiled enclosed glazed shower cubicle. Access to a linin store cupboard incorporating a hot water cylinder to the side. Chromium ladder style towel rail. Half tiling throughout. Painted wood floor.
OUTSIDE The property is approached off the road over a gravel driveway with ample areas of unobstructed parking suitable for a number of vehicles. To the fore a conifer hedge screens the property from the road with areas of garden being laid essentially to lawn with a number of shrubs providing seasonal colour. Access is provided around the property leading to an enclosed sheltered garden to the rear that has the backdrop of farmland. The gardens to the rear are laid essentially to a sweeping area of well maintained lawn interspersed with a variety of well stocked, deep ornamental decorative borders housing a variety of shrubs. A broad brick edged paved seating terrace is accessed from the kitchen/breakfast room and rear hall which runs across the property, part of which is covered by a clematis clad PERGOLA. There is a part raised ornamental POND set in a rockery style surround with a dwarf stone wall and a raised timber edged gravel seating terrace abutting the farmland.
GARAGE/WORKSHOP Attached garage/workshop of roughcast rendered elevations surmounted by a pitched roof with light and power connected.
SERVICES Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired heating. The services and equipment remaining with the property have not been tested by John D Wood & Co. and we are unable to verify that they are in working order.
FIXTURES & FITTINGS All items usually denominated as fixtures and fittings, apart from those mentioned specifically in these particulars, are excluded from the sale.
DIRECTIONS From Lymington, continue west on the A337 in the direction of New Milton. Drive for a distance of approximately 3.5 miles where the property will be seen set back on the right hand side.
VIEWING Strictly By Appointment by John D Wood & Co.
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