An attractive barn conversion set on the fringes of the New Forest, with a paddock and grounds of 1.8 acres.
Timber-framed, under a clay tiled roof, this historic barn was converted in the mid 1990's into a striking family home of extremely generous proportions. The accommodation is eminently flexible, benefitting from contemporary features sitting comfortably alongside attractive period architecture.
A newly built, oak-framed entrance porch opens into the hall, from which the main living accommodation and bedrooms are accessed. A spacious open-plan kitchen/breakfast/sitting room, with a flagstone floor and a wood-burning stove, has French doors onto the garden. This triple-aspect room benefits from shaker-style fitted cupboards, granite work-surfaces, an oil-fired AGA and a Butlers sink. The adjacent drawing/dining room is a stunning open space, created from the main part of the original barn. This beautiful double-height room, with vaulted ceilings, has a majestic fireplace housing a wood-burning stove, flagstone floors, a wealth of oak beams and French doors onto the garden. Above is a galleried mezzanine level, currently used as a games/music room. The utility room, again with flagstone floors, also has a door accessing the garden.
The principal bedroom has two sets of French doors to the garden/front courtyard and an en suite shower room. There are three further bedrooms, two of which are en suite and two with sets of French doors. A fifth bedroom/home office, with vaulted ceilings, is located up its own staircase, in the former hayloft of the original barn complex.
Outside
Approached from the lane into a spacious gravel courtyard, with parking for numerous cars, Greens Farm has gardens and a paddock wrapping around the property. The gardens, laid predominantly to lawn, have a wildlife pond to the front of the house and a koi pond to the rear. There are a multitude of both mature trees, such as a magnificent horse chestnut, magnolia, tulip and eucalyptus, as well as younger saplings planted in the paddock, such as oak, ash, willow and beech, alongside an area of wildflower meadow. A small orchard has apple, plum and cherry trees. The vegetable garden sits alongside some garden storage sheds and a new timber workshop.
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This is a superb barn conversion that has been stylishly designed to create some great living space and I absolutely love the huge drawing room with its mezzanine games area.
Paul CadgeProperty agent