This New Forest hidden gem has plenty of space for work and home life

East Hill Farm, Exbury

What: A beautiful Grade II Listed farmhouse with seven bedrooms, five bathrooms and six reception rooms.

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Inside: Internally, the main house offers a good configuration of flexible, well-appointed accommodation which is further enhanced by a number of converted outbuildings providing in total around 10,000 sq. ft. of exceptional living space. To the ground floor, the principle living rooms comprise a drawing room and adjoining snug, a sitting room and a playroom/dining room. The farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room forms the hub of the home with an impressive Minstrels gallery and open vaulted ceiling. Further rooms to this level include a utility room, pantry, games room, snug, boot room and wc. Adjoining the games room is a large workshop which in turn adjoins a fantastic two storey triple aspect annexe, currently arranged as a home office. To the first floor, the master bedroom features a dressing area and en-suite bathroom and there are a further four bedrooms to this level, two further bathrooms and a good size office. From the first floor landing a stairwell leads up to the second floor where there is an additional bedroom and bathroom.

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Outside: The property is approached by a long sweeping driveway leading to an expansive gravel driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles, with further parking available to the side. The property sits centrally in beautiful grounds comprising areas of formal lawn gardens, paddocks and woodland interspersed with a variety of planted borders and mature trees and shrubs providing year-round colour. A fantastic slate sun terrace adjoins and extends across the rear of the house. Also set to the rear is a walled garden containing a recently installed outdoor swimming pool. There is also a natural pond at the bottom of the garden. To the western elevation there are extensive outbuildings including a large barn, garage, stables and a further small barn. In total, the gardens and grounds extend to approximately 12.06 acres.

Price: £3,995,000

Contact: Spencers New Forest, Lymington, 01590 674222

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