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An imposing five bedroom, three reception room detached character house which is, ideally located on the edge of Ringwood, nestled in a stunning countryside location and set in gardens and paddock amounting to just under two acres. Rooks Coppice has Georgian origins with later extensions and has been in the same family for over forty years. Whilst it requires modernisation, it offers and retains many of the original period features from when the house was built which also includes a lovely old oak framed period and listed barn. The formal gardens compliment this charming home with the adjoining paddocks and the New Forest is just a short walk from the house with convenient shopping at nearby Ringwood.

The property occupies a substantial plot which is located within the beautiful New Forest National Park, with nearby access onto the open forest offering thousands of acres of natural heath and woodland, ideal for riding, walking and cycling. The popular market town of Ringwood is approximately 1.3 miles away, providing an excellent range of high street and independent shops, boutiques, cafes and restaurants as well as supermarkets, two leisure centres and excellent state and private schooling. The easily accessible A31 offers routes to the large coastal towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch approximately 12 miles south via the A338 , and Southampton approximately 18 miles east via the M27 . London is approximately 1.5 2 hours drive via the M3 heading north east.

Locally, there are two of England s finest golf courses Ferndown and Remedy Oak and access to Yachting and Boating quays Lymington . Southampton Airport Parkway Railway Station is easily accessible via A31 M27 and provides access to Waterloo within 1 hour. Bournemouth International Airport is conveniently located just 10 miles south of the property.

Impressive entrance hall with original flagstone floors and period staircase to first floor accommodation with door to cellar

Original internal doors with leaded light detailing and some original door and window furniture

Generous double aspect dining room with Adam style fireplace and views of the garden

Main living room to rear aspect, featuring flagstone floors and open fireplace with woodburning stove on a brick herring bone hearth

Study to rear aspect with fireplace not used

Breakfast room to front aspect with fireplace not used

Farmhouse style kitchen with a range of built in base and wall units, work tops, range style cooker, space for fridge freezer space for dishwasher

Oil fired boiler kitchen which supplies domestic hot water and central heating system

Separate utility lobby off main hall space and plumbing for washing machine and drier as well as a cloakroom

Part three quarter galleried first floor landing leading to five first floor bedrooms

Master bedroom to front aspect with ensuite shower, cloakroom off landing most of the bedrooms have the original fireplaces and attractive views of the gardens and surrounding countryside

Family bathroom with a three piece suite

The property is accessed into a gravel parking forecourt which leads to the yard, outbuildings and a gate leading to the house via the kitchen

The charming and natural gardens surround the whole of the rear of the house and are partly walled, interspersed with paths leading into different parts of this stunning garden which are separated by attractive beech hedges

There is an abundance of specimen trees including oak, acer and many fruit trees with private sitting areas including a small cobblestone terrace with an adjacent pond, perfect for those late summer evenings

There is a separate and productive vegetable garden which also includes a greenhouse

A gate leads from the garden into the separate paddock

Outbuildings include a large oak framed barn with two side entrances, two stables, hay store, tack room, garage and garden storage