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A stunning, bright, and airy family home recently refurbished to
an extremely high specification, offering idyllic country living
coupled with all the luxuries of modern life, the property benefits
from six bedrooms and up to six reception rooms, configured to
offer flexible accommodation and would make the prefect
multi-generational living accommodation. Situated on the edge of
the open New Forest this charming property has numerous
outbuildings including a garage, stables, and further benefits from
approximately 1.25 acres of delightful gardens and paddock land.
Energy Performance Rating: E
Castle Hill House lies about a mile from the centre of,
arguably, one of the most beautiful and sought after villages in
The New Forest, ideally situated to make full use of all the
wonderful facilities the Forest has to offer. Whether it be sailing
at nearby Lymington (12 miles) or golf at one of the many courses
in the area including nearby Burley and Brockenhurst with its
mainline railway station (8 miles, Waterloo 90 minutes) The market
town of Ringwood is but a short drive away (5 miles). The larger
shopping towns of Southampton (20 miles) to the east and
Bournemouth (16 miles) to the west, both with their airports, are
easily accessible.
Castle Hill House offers generous, cleverly configured
accommodation, providing two very distinct living areas. The
principal residence is in the large part of the original house. The
front door opens into a large reception hall which provides access
to a downstairs cloakroom and the rear porch. Further to this the
reception hall leads through to the dining room, which has double
doors providing access to the terrace and features a cream gas
fired Aga and leads into the kitchen. The kitchen is fully fitted
with high and low level units and electric hob with extractor over,
windows to the front aspect and access through to the utility room
and a side door. From the dining area, a door leads through to the
light and spacious sitting room with a bay window and French style
doors to the rear gardens.
On the first floor are four double bedrooms, two of which
benefit from en suite facilities and built-in wardrobes, with the
principal bedroom benefiting from a balcony. All bedrooms enjoy a
splendid outlook over the grounds to the rear. On this level there
is a further shower room serving the other two bedrooms.
From the reception hall access is gained to a further family
room, with a staircase to the first floor accommodation which
boasts two further bedrooms and a bathroom. Additionally, on the
ground floor, there is a utility, cloakroom, a studybedroom seven
if required and a boot room with built in storage and space and
pluming for a washing machine leading to a side porch giving access
to the gardens.
The property is approached via an area of Forest track, which
provides overflow parking and leads to both a pedestrian access
gate and to an electrically operated vehicular access gate, which
leads to the side driveway providing ample parking and leads to the
garage beyond.
The double garage has an electrically operated up and over door.
At the rear of the garage is a recently renovated coach house which
could be used as overflow accommodation and benefits from a wooded
decked area looking over the gardens to the rear.
Directly to the rear of the property is a flagstone terrace
bordered by a low brick wall and complemented by outdoor lighting,
a perfect area for alfresco dining. Steps lead from the terrace to
a lawned area of garden incorporating a quite beautiful mature
magnolia tree and is interspersed with areas of mature plants and
shrubs.
This area enjoys delightful views over the paddock land beyond.
The paddock land is currently divided into two grazing paddocks
with natural wood post and rail fencing. In the far corner of the
paddock is a five bar gate allowing access directly on to the
Forest for ridingwalking.
Further to this is a stable complex which incorporates two
stables, a large enclosed barn and separate tack room. Access can
be gained from the yard to the main paddock which is enclosed by
post and rail fencing.
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