Property description
A fine detached family home set just back from the picturesque coastline fronting Christchurch Bay.
Designed by the renowned Cheshire Robbins group and acquired as a newly built in late 2001, the property is constructed of traditional red brick featuring cream painted sash style double glazed casements, the whole surmounted by a characteristic steep pitched tiled roof with cropped hips, clay ridge and decorative finials. The Dutch influence is evident in its architecture, with the central ornamental gable featuring as it does a porthole casement at second floor level. Opening off a fine through reception hall with its associated cloaks lobby and cloakroom, the ground floor has exposed wooden floors, ornamental deep architraves and discrete recessed lighting, and provides for a total of 3 well proportioned reception rooms, a sizable study, separate utility room and pale wood kitchen that sits adjacent to the dining room. Overhead on the first floor, a total of 4 bedrooms are served by 2 bathrooms (1 en suite) and 2 en suite shower rooms. On the second floor, the principal suite has its own en suite bathroom with a useful walk-in loft style store room for storage. Externally, the property is accessed over a gated block paved driveway with a garaging complex. The gardens associated with the property extend in total to an area of approximately 0.32 acre being terraced, descending to the rear where they abut the protected woodland associated with the neighbouring Danestream Valley.
In all, an individual, sizable family home in a sought-after setting being so well sited for the village amenities and coastline.
5 bedrooms, 5 bath/shower rooms (4 en suite), drawing room, dining room, sitting room/snug, study, reception hall, kitchen, garage, gardens, just over 0.32 acre in totalMILFORD ON SEA The village of Milford on Sea offers comprehensive shopping facilities, mainly set around a triangular village green, public houses, restaurants, churches, a village school and country club. Delightful beach and clifftop walks may be enjoyed with spectacular views and a wide variety of sporting and recreational activities is offered within the New Forest which lies to the north. The Bournemouth to Southampton bus route via New Milton and Lymington passes through the village, and the mainline railway station at New Milton (approximately 3½ miles) provides a frequent fast train service to London/Waterloo.
ACCOMMODATION IN MORE DETAIL Part glazed panelled door opening through to:
RECEPTION HALL An elegant reception hall with exposed wood floor and turning stairs ascending to the first floor. Double doors opening to drawing room. To one side is a useful CLOAKS STORE and:
CLOAKROOM Incorporating a low-level suite with pedestal wash hand basin and tiled relief.
DRAWING ROOM A fine, triple aspect drawing room with casement doors to the rear affording a fine outlook across the paved seating terrace and gardens beyond, which descend towards the Danestream Valley. Contemporary style fire set in a cut stone surround with projecting polished wood capped plinth. Exposed wooden floor throughout.
SITTING ROOM/SNUG Opposite the hall is a useful sitting room/snug with exposed wooden floor.
STUDY A sizeable study situated to the fore with exposed wooden floor.
KITCHEN A well equipped natural wood kitchen with discrete surface downlighting under the surrounding wood capped marble effect worksurfaces with contrasting tiled relief. Inset appliances in the form of a single drainer stainless steel sink with purified water system to side. Four ring Neff halogen hob under a recirculatory canopy fan with oven and corresponding microwave overhead. The centre is a separate island unit providing further extensive store drawers and cupboards. Full height built-in concealed fridge/freezer.
DINING ROOM Exposed wooden floor covering. Glazed casement door and picture windows overlooking the gardens.
UTILITY ROOM Range of store cabinets to both base and high level. Space and plumbing for washing machine. Stainless steel single drainer sink set in a marble effect roll topped worksurface with contrasting tiled relief. Twin wall mounted Vaillant gas fired boiler for heating and hot water requirements, together with corresponding programme control panels. Tiled floor covering.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR Galleried style landing with stairs ascending to the second floor and access to 2 useful understairs store cupboards. A total of 4 well proportioned bedrooms are served by 2 independent en suite shower rooms and a separate family bathroom. The main bedroom has twin casements onto a paved seating terrace with a balustrade, affording a fine outlook across the gardens.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR A return landing providing access to a useful deep walk-in full standing loft with a fine bedroom occupying the majority of the top floor, with excellent ceiling height and classic port hole window to fore. This forms the principal suite which has it's own en suite shower room.
OUTSIDE The property is approached off the lane over a remote controlled twin solid wood gated driveway set in brick piers with ornamental brick walling, with brick wall retained ornamental beds and borders. Ample parking to fore suitable for a number of vehicles. The block paved driveway leads to:
GARAGE Remote controlled up-and-over doors. Power and light connected.
GARDENS A paved pathway leads around the property to a fine rear garden incorporating a paved seating terrace adjacent to the property accessed from the drawing room and dining room. The formal area of garden encompasses an area of lawn with a central paved terrace and timber style step descending to a lower garden featuring a brick capped paved circular seating terrace set under a creeper/rose clad pergola. Gravelled areas extending to a sizeable ornamental pond with a rockery surround which features a multi-tiered waterfall with the backdrop of ornamental shrubs providing seasonal colour and interest. Beyond the formal gardens, sleeper capped gravelled steps descend to a sizeable area of maintained lawn retained on all sides by close board fencing, having the backdrop of the Danestream Valley. In total the grounds extend to an area of just over 0.32 acre (Promap measurement).
SERVICES 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. On approaching Everton, bear left signed Milford on Sea onto the B3058. Continue through the village centre and on leaving the village on the coast road, take the turning on the right into Kivernell Road. Continue along Kivernell Road which runs into Whitby Road where the entrance serving the property will be seen on the right hand side more or less opposite the turning into Cornwallis Road.
VIEWING Strictly By Appointment through John D Wood & Co.
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