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A stunning, five bedroom, detached family residence set in a prime and most sought-after cul-de-sac location, close to the centre of Lyndhurst. The property is set in beautiful, private grounds approaching half an acre and further benefits from an integral double garage and off road parking.

Pikes Hill Avenue is renowned as one of Lyndhurst’s most prestigious addresses, being located in the very heart of New Forest National Park, just a short distance from the open forest.

Lyndhurst High Street (0.7 miles) offers a diverse range of general and specialist shops, together with a popular primary school, historic church and visitor centre.

The neighbouring village of Brockenhurst offers additional facilities and a mainline rail connection to LondonWaterloo (approximately 90 minutes).

For the yachtsman, the Georgian market town of Lymington (10 miles) offers a range of sailing facilities and access to the open waters of the Solent, whilst the historic and much famed village of Beaulieu is only 7 miles away.

The M27 (Junction 1) at nearby Cadnam affords easy access to both Bournemouth, Southampton, Salisbury and the M3 Motorway network.

A solid wood front door with stained glass insert and side windows opens into a long entrance hall, which extends through the centre of the property.

Set off the hallway to one side is a triple aspect sitting room with double doors opening onto the front terrace, a double aspect dining room and a double aspect snugstudy.

To the other side of the hallway is an impressive kitchenbreakfast room fitted with a modern range of wall and base units, a complementing central island unit with built-in dishwasher and a double Rangemaster cooker set within a tiled recess. There are granite worksurfaces to all the base units as well as space for a tall fridge fridgefreezer.

From the kitchenbreakfast room, a couple of steps lead up to a superb, double aspect garden room with feature vaulted ceiling, skylight Velux windows and exposed wooden beams. Both the kitchenbreakfast room and garden room benefit from double doors opening out onto the terrace and views across the rear garden.

Set to the other side of the kitchenbreakfast room is a cloakroom and utility room with built-in double oven, storage cupboard and space and plumbing for appliances. From here, steps lead down to a useful boot room area, with a door opening into the integral double garage and another, onto the rear terrace.

The majority of the ground floor benefits from travertine tile or engineered oak flooring and underfloor heating.

At the far end of the hallway, a turning stairwell leads to the first-floor landing, which offers further storage and access to the bedroom accommodation.

The sumptuous principal bedroom suite features a vaulted ceiling and windows providing elevated views across the rear garden. This bedroom also offers a dedicated dressing area and a full en-suite bathroom comprising a freestanding bath with mixer taps over, a large walk-in shower with separate body attachment and glass screen, two wash basins and a WC. The bathroom also enjoys views across the garden.

There are three remaining double bedrooms to this part of the house and a family bathroom comprising a paneled bath with shower attachment, shower cubicle, wash basin and WC.

From the start of the hallway, a separate turning stairwell ascends to a small landing area, opening into a fantastic, double aspect media room to one side and a separate shower room with shower cubicle, wash basin and WC, to the other.

NB. This superb space offer options for a number of uses, including multi-generational living or guest accommodation.

To the front aspect, double five bar gates and a separate pedestrian gate open onto a graveled driveway providing off road parking and access to the integral double garage. Set to the side of the driveway and flanked to three sides by established hedge borders is an area of lawn garden with specimen trees including Magnolias and a Hawthorne.

The garden extends down the side of the house to the rear. The rear garden is an absolute delight, being apportioned into different areas of interest, dissected by a meandering gravel pathway.

The majority of the garden is laid to lawn, interspersed by stunning borders and planted beds. To one side of the garden is a delightful, free-form wildlife pond, where the owners have created a wonderful natural habitat for various forms of wildlife. This is further complemented by a lovely wild meadow area set towards the back of the plot.

Set in the far corner of the garden is a useful summer house, with a gate at the back of the garden providing access onto Pikes Hill Avenue.

All areas of the gardens enjoy a high degree of privacy and seclusion and can be enjoyed from the paved terrace which adjoins and wraps around the property to three sides, with the rear terrace providing an ideal space for outdoor dining.