Property description

Owners Comments
\"Shearwood House has been a wonderful family home to us over the last 7 years.  We have loved its peaceful village location and having the New Forest on our doorstep. Salisbury is within 15 mins and Southampton within 20 mins, so it has been really convenient getting children to school and my husband has been able to commute to London.\"

\"The house comes into its own in the summer.  We will miss the heated pool and we will be sad to end our annual camping parties and rearing chickens, ducks, geese and pigs in the paddocks!\"

Introduction
Having been originally two estate cottages for 'New House' and with origins dating back to 1750, this impressive home has been the subject of considered improvement over recent years to provide a stylish country residence offering particularly bright and attractive accommodation in excess of 3500 sq.ft. Supplementing the elegant main house is a double garage, enclosed outdoor heated swimming pool and L-shaped stable block and tack room with planning consent to be converted into a self contained bungalow annex offering the possibility of dual occupancy. The privacy and seclusion of this home, situated on this quiet country lane, can only be described as idyllic. Its setting is complemented by its surrounding network of footpaths and bridleways facilitating attractive scenic short walks into the New Forest National Park or to the villages of Lover, Redlynch and Downton with their traditional amenities and country pubs.

The accommodation offers a wonderful period styling, fused with a contemporary charm. The stunning hub of the home features a beautifully crafted kitchen dining room with French doors overlooking the fabulous sun terrace and patio.

Lover is a rural village offering good access to nearby commuter links in addition to local amenities with excellent local schooling for all ages, in the state and private sector.

Description
The solid wood panelled front door leads to an elegant hallway with stylish oak wide board flooring providing access to a contemporary cloakroom and extending to the main staircase with understairs storage.  Shearwood House has been designed to suit a large family's requirements with three generous reception rooms, all affording much natural light, a theme evident throughout the living space, with many rooms boasting a multiple aspect and views over open countryside. The undoubted hub of the home is the remodelled kitchen dining room overlooking the patio terrace via French doors which features an extensive range of base level units with complementary limestone worktops and Mandarin tiled flooring. Integrated appliances include a dishwasher and Mercury range style oven and cooker hood. The dining area with a window seat, can comfortably host a large family table and is an ideal venue for entertaining family and friends. The kitchen is supplemented by a super utility/boot room with additional eye and base level units, doors to the front and rear garden and to the substantial dual aspect study, whilst hosting the second staircase. The drawing room is another impressive room, generous in dimensions, featuring an Inglenook fireplace with contemporary woodburing stove with access to the original porch and front door. The exposed ceiling beams are an attractive feature with further French doors providing natural light and access to the patio terrace.

The main staircase divides to each wing of the home with right access to the most stunning master suite with multiple aspect views over the gardens and open countryside beyond. There is a delightful dressing area with substantial wardrobes and an impressive contemporary ensuite bath/shower room with walk in shower, his and her wash hand basin and vanity unit and free standing roll top bath with claw feet and electric under floor heating. Four further bedrooms, all of generous proportions and two with wash hand basins, are served by the fitted family bathroom with matching white suite. The guest suite which could easily be divided from the main house, making it ideal rental or nanny quarters and is reached via the second staircase and boasts a dual aspect bedroom and its very own well fitted ensuite shower room.

Outside
The property is approached from the country lane via a five bar gate with a driveway to the double garage which hosts power, lighting and automated up and over doors. The gardens encompass the property with neat lawns interspersed with an orchard, chicken and duck run. To the rear, with a backdrop of woodland, is the paddock area. The central garden hosts the enclosed heated swimming pool and pool house surrounded by lawns abutting the patio terrace offering an ideal relaxation or entertainment venue. There is a two box stable with sizeable hay/tack room and loft storage accessed via a separate driveway with wooden five bar gate. The stables have granted planning permission to be converted into a separate bungalow dwelling ideal as a granny flat or for a lodger.

Location
Vicarage Road is a peaceful and sought after address on the fringes of the village of Lover, lying on the edge of the New Forest National Park. Lover is one of a cluster of small villages that include Woodfalls, Morgans Vale and Redlynch. Together they provide the immediate local amenities including a Post Office/village shop, churches, primary schooling and selection of public houses. More wide ranging facilities are found in the village of Downton, which include shops, doctors, dentist, tennis club, the 'Borough Cafe', churches, schools, and public houses, as well as the famous Cuckoo Fair held each May. There is easy access to the main regional centres of Salisbury with the B3078 providing access to the A36 and M27, thus a quick entry to Southampton and the M3 corridor. The wide ranging opportunities of the New Forest are only two miles from the village. There is excellent local schooling nearby, both state and private, Salisbury has retained the grammar schools (Bishops for boys and South Wilts for girls) which score very highly in the national league tables.

Agents Notes
This stunning home offers one of the most idyllic peaceful locations on the outskirts of the New Forest National Park yet convenient for commuters. Heating to the house is oil fired (including the underfloor heating in the ensuite) with bottled LPG serving the kitchen Mercury oven. The pool is heated via air source heat pump. The property benefits from private drainage and there is granted planning consent to convert the stables into the most perfect bungalow annexe. The rateable value for Shearwood House is Band H amounting to £3,068.90 in 2015/16

Directions
From our office in Wellow follow the A36 to the village of Plaitford and Landford turning left into Lyndhurst Road. At the village hall turn right into Hamptworth Road, following this road past the country club on the right and after approximately 2 miles, Vicarage Road can be found on your left hand side, Shearwood House is located after about 100 metres on the right hand side.

Property Features :

• Beautiful, peaceful setting amidst extensive open farmland
• Immaculate six bedroom country residence with period features
• Impressive decoration and styling throughout the bright accommodation
• Excellent stabling with granted planning permission to be converted into a separate bungalow annexe
• Delightful gardens and paddocks extending to 2.5 acres including a pond and orchard