Allum Green, Lyndhurst, SO43

Dating back to 1898 and once the home to George and Constantia Fenwick, local benefactors of Lyndhurst, who built the Fenwick Cottage Hospital, is this beautifully appointed three bedroom equestrian home set in the most picturesque Victorian walled gardens and paddock land, reaching almost 9 acres and offering far reaching views, complete privacy and direct forest access from your grounds in all directions.

The property also comprises a separate self-contained unit which is currently used as a farm office, a selection of barns/outbuildings, timber barn on staddle stones and an incredibly high-quality stable yard featuring six brick-built stables with tack room and feed house.

This pretty country cottage is set in a prime position in the idyllic and highly sought after and secluded location of Allum Green, which has a popular local pub and a friendly community near by. Allum Green is 1.5 miles southwest of the village of Lyndhurst, the renowned capital of the New Forest. Situated on the open forest, The highly regarded Oak Inn pub is a short walk away and the nearby village of Brockenhurst (approximately 5 miles south) has a mainline rail connection to London Waterloo (journey time approximately 90 minutes). The Georgian market town of Lymington, renowned for its Saturday "Charter Market", river, marinas and yacht clubs is situated approximately 9 miles to the south. The M27 (4 miles) to the north of the hamlet provides easy access across the forest to serve Bournemouth, Southampton and the M3 motorway network to London.

The home itself is approached around the back where a front door leads you into a porch entrance with further secondary doorway and a downstairs bathroom immediately on your right-hand side. The hallway splits into both ends of the house where the main accommodation can be found.

To the right and up a few stairs is a stunning, bright and airy living room that allows space for two seating areas giving the room lovely versatility. To the front, surrounding a gas fireplace is one area of seating with the other at the end of the room in the orangery section all sat under a glass lantern ceiling making this a truly relaxing, atmospheric room.

At the other end of the hallway, you walk through and are met with two downstairs bedrooms which equally offer further versatile living for alternative use as a study space or playroom if required. A kitchen/dining room sits to the rear of the property and offers a range of storage units that flank the walls of the room, with inbuilt oven under a five-ring induction hob and a further Rayburn two ring cooker/oven. A door from the kitchen leads to an extremely useful, larger than average utility room that provides even more storage, worksurface and butler style sink and further rear door leading to the outside.

Stairs lead from the hallway up to the first floor where you enter a large vaulted ceiling secondary living room with French doors leading to a terrace. This room could be re utilised as a further bedroom if required. The principal bedrooms sits from this living area at the rear of the property and offers a useful walk in wardrobe and ensuite shower room.

The Annexe:

The Annexe sits separately within the courtyard of the property running adjacent to the car ports and stabling. A stable front door leads to an entrance hallway with a kitchen immediately on your left. The kitchen provides a small host of storage units all sat under a worksurface and space for seating.

Crittall doors on the other side of the hallway lead you into a fantastic, vaulted ceiling living room sat under a host of wood beams and lovely wood panelling along the walls.

A further room sits at the end through the living room and has the benefit of access to an en suite shower room.

Outbuildings:

The outbuildings predominantly centre around the stone floored courtyard. The buildings wrap around the courtyard well and provide six stables, four storerooms, a hay barn and further tack room and feed house within the haybarn. A lovely summer house sits within the formal gardens which provides electricity.

A double five barred wooden gate leads you into the main courtyard to the property where you are met with all your parking, outbuildings and path to the main home.

The property itself benefits from a lovely area just from the front door giving you great space for al fresco dining. A further metal fence leads you down a gravel track with a hold paddock immediately on your right and access to the main bulk of paddock land also.

An archway through the original brick wall leads you to the most stunning formal gardens which are mostly laid to lawn but also flanked by lovely hedging and flower bedding with an array of colours. A gravel pathway leads you around the formal gardens with sections of seating ideal to take in all the garden has to offer.

A summer house with electricity sits within the formal gardens with a lovely outside seating area under a wooden pergola wrapped in greenery. Two further fenced paddocks sit within the walled section of the garden with a gate leading out directly to the Forest. The largest section of the land sits to the east and offers a further 4.5 acres of land.

Additional Information:

Tenure: Freehold

Council Tax Band: F

Energy Performance Rating: E Current: 44 Potential: 71

Mains water, Calor gas for fireplaces, Oil fired worcester boiler

Private drainage

Commoners Rights of pasture and mast

Standard broadband with speeds of up to 5 Mbps is available at the property