A delightful farmhouse with wonderful gardens, swimming pool, paddock and two detached annexes.
Newton Farm is believed to date from the 17th Century with later additions. Formally part of the Trafalgar Estate, gifted to Lord Nelson's Family and built of pretty English bond brick elevations beneath a Welsh slate roof. The property is Grade II listed and has been greatly improved over the years while retaining many of the original features. The beautifully presented house on the edge of the New Forrest is set in grounds of circa 1.85 acres with formal gardens, paddock and a swimming pool with numerous sheds/workshops. There are two outbuildings, Little Newt and Owls Barn both utilized by the current vendors as holiday lets.
The main house was formally a bed and breakfast business and as such the rooms have the flexibility to be utilized as such. With this in mind the utility room is currently utilized as an office/boot room and there is a self-contained laundry in one of the outbuildings. Currently the main accommodation comprises of an entrance hall with a delightful Stone floor providing access to all four main reception/bedrooms and a WC. The drawing room is double aspect room with a large Inglenook fireplace and woodburning stove and bread oven and connects through to the kitchen and conservatory/ dining room. The Sitting Room, again double aspect with a woodburning stove setting an attractive fire surround. The entrance hall also leads to a double aspect Study/Bedroom 5 and Gym/Bedroom 6. The delightful and excellent quality conservatory provides the perfect space to relax with French doors leading out to the side and gardens. The Kitchen is fitted with a ranges of floor units and worksurfaces, Smeg gas fired range cooker, integral fridge freezer, plumbing for a dishwasher, stone flooring, built in cupboards and open through to the utility room, again fitted with range of floor and wall units.
Upstairs are four double bedrooms off the landing all of which have their own en suite facility and many being duel aspect with built in wardrobes. The principal bedroom suite leads through to a sizable en suite bathroom and separate WC.
Little Newt, located to the rear of the main house, is a recently refurbished self-contained 1 bedroom detached dwelling with bathroom, sitting room, dining room and kitchen with its own paved terrace to the rear.
Owl Barn, located to the front of the main house, is a converted, detached, brick and flint bar n and has again recently refurbished comprises of two self-contained studio style rooms each having a kitchenette and their own shower rooms. On the first floor and accessed via an external staircase is a useful studio space with bathroom which could be utilized to suit individual needs.
Outside
From the Moor Lane a tarmac driveway leads in passed the rear of the house and joining up to the second access to the front. There is ample parking to the rear and numerous outbuilding comprising of sheds/stores and workshops. One
of which is part utilized as a laundry for the letting business. A pool house housing filters and heater located adjacent to the swimming pool itself surrounded by a raised terrace providing the perfect spot to entertain outside. There is a delightful
gravel path leading up one side of the garden completely covered with climbing shrubs and sided by flowers and shrub borders and mature trees. To the side of which is the main lawn area and at the rear there is a greenhouse and vegetable
growing area to one side and a chicken pen to the other, this leads onto the rear paddock itself enclosed by mature trees and hedging with a gated access in the top far corner.
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I've driven past this house hundreds of times but had no idea how big it was. The space is really impressive and offers loads of scope to reconfigure to pretty much any use you would like - be it a home office, annexe, holiday lets!
James McKillopProperty agent