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A very well presented barn conversion that is full of character set amongst rolling fields in a semi-rural position yet close to Lymington‘s wide range of facilities. The house offers ample private parking, a garage & car port and a versatile detached garden room. The accommodation extends to nearly 2,000 sq ft offering spacious, light-filled rooms with exposed bricks and beams as well as carefully maintained south west facing gardens. EPR - D

The property is located on the north west side of Lymington overlooking farm land. Whilst the property enjoys a rural setting, Lymington High Street is only one mile from the property which is famed for its Saturday market, river, marinas and yacht clubs, offers a diverse range of shops, educational and leisure amenities. A little over three miles due north is the similarly popular New Forest village of Brockenhurst that offers a tertiary college, village shops, a popular golf club and mainline rail station with direct connections to London Waterloo (journey time approximately 90 minutes).

The front door opens to a welcoming entrance hall which provides access to all principal reception rooms, all of which display the character and traditional materials one associates with a rural period property. The main living room is very well proportioned and features a wood burning stove and French windows opening onto the south west facing garden.

The kitchen has a range of fitted cupboards as well as a central island and Everhot range. The tiled floor flows through to a bright dining room which, like the kitchen, has French windows opening onto the garden. Also on the ground floor is a study, utility room with sink and back door to the outside and a cloakroom with WC.

Upstairs there is a central landing and the vast majority of upstairs rooms are open to roof height with attractive exposed roof timbers. The master bedroom has a large built in wardrobe and an en suite bathroom complete with bath and separate shower. The guest bedroom also features a dressing room and en suite shower room.

The two further bedrooms share the family bathroom which has a bath and separate shower. 

A covered entrance porch with a wooden front door with glazed panels to the sides leads to the entrance hall with exposed pine floorboards throughout the hall and principal reception rooms. A door leads to the cloakroom with W.C., wash hand basin and a front aspect window. A further glazed door leads to the drawing room. A feature of the drawing room is the inglenook fireplace that houses the cast iron log burner and there is a range of fitted storage units to the side, front aspect window and glazed double, wooden doors leading out to the rear terrace and garden. A further door leads from the hall into the study with front aspect windows. From the hall double doors lead into the dining room with glazed doors leading out to the terrace and garden and an opening leads through to the large kitchenbreakfast room. The kitchen is comprehensively fitted with oak eye and base level storage units with tiled work surface space over with an inset ceramic sink and glass double doors lead to the rear garden. There is space and plumbing for a dishwasher, fitted fridge and a Stanley range with two hot plates and two ovens with an attractive extractor hood with covered wooden detail over. A door leads from the kitchen into the utility room. The utility room has a half glazed door which gives access to the side of the property, tiled floor, space and plumbing for a washing machine, sink unit, space for a fridgefreezer and a range of eye and base level storage units.

An attractive, balustrade, turning staircase leads to the first floor landing with a Velux window over the stairwell. The landing has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and a high storage area. The airing cupboard houses the Megaflo pressurised hot water tank. The master bedroom suite is a large double room with a large feature window affording delightful views over the garden and paddocks beyond. The property benefits from a beamed, vaulted ceiling and triple fitted wardrobes with storage above. A door leads to the en-suite bathroom with a separate, curved walk in shower with five jets and glass curved screen. There is a separate vanity unit with storage cupboard under and a contemporary circular sink set on a wooden plinth over, low level W.C., ladder style heated rail and Velux window. A door off the landing leads to the guest bedroom suite. This is a spacious room with an attractive vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and a double, fitted wardrobe. A rear aspect window affords views over the rear garden and adjacent paddocks and woodland. An opening from the guest bedroom leads to the studydressing area and en-suite bathroom. The en-suite bathroom has a large Velux window which affords views over the adjacent farmland, ceramic floor, bath with shower over, shower screen, a contemporary vanity unit with a wash hand basin set on a separate wooden plinth over and low level W.C. Bedroom three is a double room with two large Velux windows affording wonderful views over the adjacent paddocks and woodland. Again, the ceiling is vaulted and beamed. Bedroom four has Velux windows to the front of the property with a vaulted and beamed ceiling. The family bathroom comprises a panel enclosed bath, low level W.C., vanity unit with a wash hand basin set on a separate wooden plinth and a corner shower.

The property is approached via a gravel track that proceeds from Cowley Road past Cowley Farm. The track passes meadows and paddocks and leads to three barn conversions. Orchard Barn has a generous gravel driveway and attached oak barn car port as well as an adjoining garage.

There is a large, lawn area to the front of the property with mature hedges to the boundary and a shared track leading to the three barn conversions. The track then divides with the gravel driveway of Orchard Barn providing ample parking and the open fronted car port which is constructed with oak beams and a tiled roof and has a gate leading to the rear garden. Behind the garage is a wooden storage shed, log store and oil tank set on blocks. The boundaries are defined by a high brick wall, wooden panel fencing and hedging. There is a pathway meandering round the rear garden from the entertaining area which is adjacent to the rear of the property and passes an attractive pergola with honeysuckle and roses. There is a large wooden workshopstudio which is fully insulated and has a wood burner, workbenches, light, power and glazed, double entrance doors with covered wood store to the rear.