House, Budbridge Lane, Merstone, Newport, Isle Of Wight

The house retains a wide array of period features including many flagstone floors and a particularly impressive fireplace in the dining room. The majority of rooms enjoy the light with large windows taking in the views over the delightful gardens and grounds. The property benefits from a good range of traditional outbuildings including an impressive tithe barn, stables, adjacent coach house and extensive organic glasshouse site. A useful and substantial farm office building, historically serving the adjacent organic tomato growing site, is situated next to the secondary drive.

Accommodation
GROUND FLOOR
A carved stone arched entrance, dated 1668, leads into a PORCH with bench seating and front door opening to the ENTRANCE HALL with flagstone flooring and staircase rising to the first floor. A series of formal reception rooms to the front of the house overlook the gardens.

The DRAWING ROOM, a light dual aspect room with lovely views and access to the gardens has oak flooring whilst the impressively proportioned DINING ROOM with a high ceiling, exposed beams, an impressive large open fireplace along with flagstone flooring and large window seat overlooking the front gardens and ponds. The MUSIC ROOM has a bay window, timber flooring and sealed fireplace.

A spacious KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM overlooks the gardens and is fitted with a good range of units with worksurfaces, an oil fired Aga and separate electric hob. There is a shelved larder cupboard, flagstone flooring and a bread oven. Adjacent is the CONSERVATORY, a largely glazed structure overlooking the gardens.

A useful BOOT ROOM and LAUNDRY ROOM with stainless steel sink and space for washing machine have access to rear lobby with a door to COURTYARD on western elevation, whilst there is also a BATHROOM, STUDY and SECONDARY KITCHEN with an oil-fired Aga, with an adjacent GARDEN ROOM.

FIRST FLOOR
A PRINCIPAL BEDROOM with an ornate fireplace and fabulous views over the grounds and an adjacent DRESSING ROOM. In addition, there are SIX FURTHER BEDROOMS and TWO BATHROOMS all with varying characteristics and charm with diverse country views over the grounds along with a READING ROOM.

SECOND FLOOR
A series of characterful, versatile ATTIC ROOMS which include a BEDROOM, STUDIO and PLAY AREA.