Bathingbourne, Isle Of Wight

Middle Barn Farm is an attractive residential holding situated in a rural yet accessible location including a farmhouse, two holiday cottages, a range of agricultural buildings, set within its own gardens and grounds, in all extending to 2.09 acres.

Characterful Farmhouse in a rural yet accessible location
Holiday cottages and additional agricultural buildings
Very pretty gardens and grounds extending to 2.09 acres
Ideal for multi-generational living (with the necessary permissions)
Already developed successful holiday-let business
Large outbuildings for car/boat storage or alternative uses

SITUATION
Middle Barn Farm is situated within the hamlet of Bathingbourne. The position of the property is off Bathingbourne Lane, positioned within its own private grounds and surrounded by glorious rural countryside. The Isle of Wight is celebrated as an international yachting and sailing venue, with the annual Cowes Week Regatta in August attracting competitors from all over the world. A full range of yacht and sailing clubs provide a social hub. There are nearby golf courses including Westridge, St Georges & Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club.

Ryde School with Upper Chine is the main independent (HMC) School on the Island, offering co-education from pre-school to sixth form on a daily, full or weekly boarding basis. Many Island children commute to mainland schools such as Portsmouth Grammar, St Edward’s and Hordle Walhampton Prep and there are good feeder links to conveniently located public schools such as Winchester College and St Swithuns’ in Winchester, Bryanston, Canford, and the Sherborne schools in Dorset and Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

The Island is blessed with a number of boutique hotels and restaurants, including The Duck, Ryde, The George, Yarmouth, The Royal, Ventnor, The Hut, Colwell Bay and The Smoking Lobster, Cowes and Ventnor.

HISTORY
Middle Barn Farm is believed to date back to 955. According to The Domesday Book, the first reference to the property was King Edwig 955 who gifted the property to Thegn Ethelgeard. Middle Barn Farm, over recent years, was part of an established Dairy Farm and subsequently split off to become Middle Barn Farm in the early 1980’s.

DESCRIPTION
A semi-detached, non-listed farmhouse with a charming homely feel and full of character, set within gardens and grounds of 2.09 acres, with potential (subject to internal remodelling) of creating a self-contained annexe.

GROUND FLOOR
The farmhouse is entered via a wonderful large terrace overlooking the grounds welcoming you into the entrance hall with original flagstone flooring. The hall leads you into the spacious kitchen boasting tiled flooring, Island, plenty of unit and worktop space and impressive beams restored from an historic shipwreck. The kitchen leads off to two family areas, the sunroom provides a delightful seating area with the comfort of a wood-burner with triple aspect windows filling the room with plenty of natural light. The living room, also accessed from the kitchen, perfect for entertaining, offers a second wood-burner and access onto the patio and garden via double doors, creating an al-fresco style experience. A useful utility and separate ironing room provide additional space for utility purposes. A good-sized double bedroom with en suite shower-room is set toward the front of the house and access to the garden – which could easily become a self-contained space utilising the existing floorspace whilst retaining the privacy of the main home.

FIRST FLOOR
The first floor is accessed from the staircase off the entrance hall and leads to a large & light landing area. The first floor provides three well-sized bedrooms. The master suite provides a spacious area with a modernised en suite shower-room. All bedrooms enjoy far reaching views of the grounds. The first floor also benefits from a large family bathroom.

HOLIDAY COTTAGES
Historically the Milking Parlour for Middle Barn Farm and currently used as holiday accommodation, was originally converted by the current owners in 1995. But with the correct permissions could possibly provide extended accommodation for family and friends.

ROBINS
A stunning barn conversion, complemented by its impressively designed interior and layout, oozing character and charm. Robins welcomes you into the open plan kitchen, dining and living room with wood-burner. Leading onto the spacious bedroom with generous dressing area and modernised en suite bathroom.

MALLARDS
Mallards provides further accommodation, a delightful two-bedroom barn conversion offering two generous sized bedrooms with large en suite bathrooms. Set across one floor, the property is built to a high standard and welcomes you into the spacious open plan kitchen, living and dining room, filled with plenty of natural light enhanced by double doors leading out onto the terrace.

Externally both cottages enjoy covered terraces and parking.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS
Approached over a gravel drive with parking for several vehicles, a stone-paved path leads to the farmhouse. The gardens and grounds extend to about 2.09 acres including an orchard, split levelled lawns, woodland, wildflower trails, treehouse, stream & a covered pergola area with an array of flora and fauna.

BUILDINGS
Set within close proximity to the holiday lets are a range of additional agricultural and domestic buildings including a large party barn with delightful vaulted ceilings, separate conservatory space and utility, a large agricultural building used on one half as a workshop and machinery space and the other side a boat/car store. This building benefits from concrete floors (in the boatstore) and access directly onto the public highway. Adjacent to the Party Barn, there is The Old Granary which still benefits from its staddlestones and is used for storage. All of the property has been well maintained by the current owners.