A fine detached home with commanding stature, steeped with character and occupying a superb, private plot, enjoying far reaching views of the rustic coastline of the southwest coast of the Island and the English Channel.
Secluded from the road, at the end of its own private, gated driveway, this beautiful property retains an abundance of impressive features, to include wonderful high ceilings, delightful character fireplaces and an ornate pitched roof entrance porch which leads through to a beautiful stained glass, oak front door.
Within its current ownership, a large oak framed car port has been added, complemented by its attractive slate roof, providing parking for vehicles to one side, and a substantial workshop to the other, provided with power and light. The property is also fitted with solar thermal panels for heating the water, benefiting from the property’s southerly aspect.
On entering the ground floor of this substantial property through the impressive, tiled entrance porch, you are greeted into a sizable entrance hallway, with a beautifully crafted wooden staircase leading up to the galleried first floor landing. Original wooden doors lead off to the ground floor accommodation, which includes a dual aspect lounge, with a lovely ornate tiled fireplace and double doors accessing the south facing sun room which links through further double doors to the large formal dining room. The dining room also retains its original character fireplace and has an additional window facing to the west to optimise the setting sun.
A large breakfast room sits adjacent to the kitchen, providing views over the entrance of the property and retaining original, tall, fitted alcove storage cupboards and a traditional ‘Everhot’, finished in an attractive cream enamel. The kitchen has a range of fitted units and a walk-in pantry and a door leads out from the kitchen to a covered rear porch, accessing a ground floor cloakroom and leading off to two enclosed storerooms, one of which is currently used as a wood store.
The first-floor accommodation comprises of four bedrooms, three of which are good sized double bedrooms, the fourth bedroom, a generous single bedroom which has been used as an office by its occupier, with impressive far-reaching views across the open fields, across the English Channel and along the coastline, as far as Freshwater Bay on a clear day. Concluding the first-floor accommodation is a family bathroom and a separate cloakroom.
The grounds of the home wrap around the property, with a treelined driveway, screening it from the road, and lawned gardens with mature shrubs and plants providing a tranquil private setting in which to enjoy this enviable location.
Located within walking distance of an array of coastal and country walks, the position of the home for buyers seeking a family home, with nature on their doorstep, will be delighted with this character offering.
