Lymington, Hampshire

An attractive and spacious four-bedroom character home offering versatile accommodation over three floors, with a delightful established gardens, parking and a garage, enjoying an enviable position overlooking the reed beds towards The Solent, just moments from Lymington Yacht Haven, the Royal Lymington Yacht Club and the Sea Wall.
Southerley Cottage is a charming and deceptively spacious character property offering an excellent balance of flexible and well-proportioned accommodation, with four double bedrooms arranged over three floors. The house has traditional character with comfortable modern living, including a particularly attractive garden room overlooking the established rear garden. The property also benefits from driveway parking, a single garage and a delightful, established rear garden with attractive walled boundary.
The property is approached across a block-paved driveway, with steps leading to a spacious entrance porch which opens into a generous reception hallway, with stairs rising to the first floor. The kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of floor-standing and wall-mounted cupboards and drawers, complemented by attractive butcher’s block work surfaces. There is a sink unit and a range-style cooker with extractor canopy above. An adjoining utility room provides valuable additional storage and appliance space together with a door providing useful side access. The kitchen opens directly into a fabulous garden room with vaulted ceiling and excellent natural light, this lovely room is currently arranged with a sitting and dining area. Glazed double doors also connect with the adjoining study or snug featuring a small fireplace and sliding doors returning to the reception hallway. Also on the ground floor is a double bedroom with an attractive bay window overlooking the front of the property and an exposed colour-washed ceiling beam adding to its character. Conveniently positioned adjacent to the ground floor shower room and cloakroom, this room offers excellent flexibility for guests or those wishing to have bedroom accommodation on the ground floor.
Stairs rise to the first-floor landing, with a further staircase leading to the second floor. The principal reception room is a particularly light and airy space with a lovely box bay window with fitted window seat enjoys views across the adjoining reed beds towards The Solent, providing a wonderful outlook over this protected landscape. There are two further double bedrooms on this floor. Bedroom two has a rear aspect and features a cast-iron fireplace, while bedroom four, currently utilised as a second study, also overlooks the rear garden. Serving these bedrooms is a well-appointed shower room with a generous shower enclosure, vanity wash basin, heated towel rail and useful airing cupboard.
The second-floor landing provides access to useful eaves storage and leads to the impressive principal bedroom suite. This is a particularly attractive and spacious double bedroom, featuring a vaulted ceiling with exposed structural beams, creating a wonderful sense of space. The elevated position affords delightful views across the adjoining reed beds, The Solent and the Isle of Wight. The adjoining en-suite bathroom is generously proportioned, with a bath, wash basin, WC and radiator, together with a vaulted ceiling and exposed beams continuing the character of the bedroom.
To the front of the property is a block-paved driveway providing valuable off-road parking and access to the single garage, with up-and-over door and power supply. Steps lead to the main entrance, while an attractive private terrace provides an ideal setting for a bistro table and chairs, enjoying the afternoon and evening sunshine. The rear garden is a particularly appealing feature of Southerley Cottage, being a good size and enjoying a high degree of privacy. Principally laid to lawn, the garden is intersected by a central brick pathway and bordered by established flower beds. An attractive character high wall forms one boundary, with established hedging along the opposite side with a mature oak tree providing the backdrop to the garden, useful sunroom and garden shed.
Southerley Cottage occupies a particularly desirable position on the south side of Lymington, opposite the reed beds which forms part of the New Forest National Park. The property is exceptionally well placed for enjoying the area’s outstanding coastal scenery, with Lymington Yacht Haven within approximately 100 yards and the Royal Lymington Yacht Club, marinas and Sea Wall all close at hand. The nearby Sea Wall provides delightful walks towards Keyhaven, with far-reaching views across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Lymington’s historic Georgian High Street is within easy reach and offers an excellent selection of independent boutiques, shops, cafés, restaurants and traditional public houses, together with the popular Saturday street market. To the north lies the New Forest National Park, offering miles of beautiful open heathland, ancient woodland and picturesque villages, with extensive opportunities for walking, cycling and riding and access to Brockenhurst which provides a mainline railway station with direct services to London Waterloo, while the M27 and M3 offer convenient motorway access. Southampton and Bournemouth airports are also within easy travelling distance.