£2,450,000 /Sale price

Occupying a superb rural setting of just over an acre of landscaped lawns and light woodland an impressive country house extending to approximately 3885 sq.ft. (including garage). Originally constructed as a pair of Beaulieu Estate cottages in the early 20th century but subsequently renovated and extended over the years to now provide a singular four double bedroom detached family home of character with spacious well-proportioned accommodation throughout, a variety of outbuildings, solar panels, double integral garage and a swimming pool. Located in Bucklers Hard on the periphery of the famed Manorial village of Beaulieu, arguably one the most sought-after coastal locations in Southern England.The property is accessed along a well-maintained private road that leads to a handful of exclusive waterside and country homes. The property is accessed across a pea shingled in and out driveway that leads to the house and the adjoining double garage.The generous accommodation consists of a welcoming entrance hall, a fine open plan sitting room is centred around a feature brick fireplace with inset woodburning stove. Double doors open into a formal dining room with wall light points, parquet flooring and a bay window to the side. A part glazed garden room with twin sliding doors give access to the rear terrace with triple Velux style roof lights. A triple aspect spacious open plan kitchen / breakfast room with vaulted ceiling, integrated appliances and a freestanding woodburning stove. A convenient cloakroom W/C and an internal lobby area that provides access to the utility / laundry room, a study and to the integral double garage with electric doors, wine store and workshop area.The spacious accommodation on the first floor provides for a total of four double bedrooms and three bath / shower rooms. The triple aspect principal suite benefits from a wide range of fitted wardrobes and cupboards and is served by an en suite bathroom. The guest suite, bedroom two also benefits from fitted furniture and en suite bathroom whist the remaining two bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes are served by an independent shower room.Externally the stunning parkland setting includes tracts of well-maintained lawn interspersed with a colourful array of mature shrubs and trees including beautiful Acers and Rhododendrons.The paved terrace immediately adjacent to the rear of the property leads to a swimming pool and an Oak framed barn with garage, garden store, workshop and summer / pool house with WC and shower.For Sale for the first time in over 40 years the property would benefit from a program of modernisation and refurbishment throughout. BUCKLERS HARD : Situated within the New Forest National Park , Bucklers Hard is an historic maritime hamlet which, at the start of the 18th Century, was a landing place on the BeaulieuRiver in the ownership of the Montagu Estate. There still remain the rows of Georgian cottages which housed the shipwrights who built warships for the Battle of Trafalgar. The renownedfacilities afforded by the Georgian market town of Lymington, famed for its river, marinas and yacht clubs, lies some 5 miles south across the open forest of Beaulieu Heath. The neighbouring forest village of Brockenhurst (approximately 4 miles west) affords a diverse range of shops and educational establishments, together with a useful mainline rail connection to London (Waterloo approximately 90 minutes).