House For Sale £255,000
The property is set in around 1/3 acre of grounds with much privacy and seclusion. The accommodation comprises a sitting room and kitchen breakfast room to the ground floor together with a cloakroom and to the first floor are two good double bedrooms and a bathroom. The windows are UPVC double glazed replacements and the property is heated by a mixture of individual electric heaters and a wood burning stove. There is ample off road parking, a variety of useful outbuildings and access to miles of country and downland walks via footpaths and bridleways close by.
The rural aspect of this cottage is part of its charm and appeal, yet it is within a short drive of the Island's capital town of Newport with its range of shops, services and amenities, making this property an ideal rural retreat, yet with a degree of convenience when required.
Entrance hall with tiled floor and under stairs storage cupboard.
Cloakroom with WC, pedestal wash basin and tiled floor.
Sitting room 17' 0" x 10' 11" (5.204m x 3.351m) A good sized double aspect room with an open fireplace incorporating a decorative timber surround and fitted wood burning stove as it main focal point.
Kitchen/breakfast room 14' 3" x 9' 7" (4.344m x 2.929m) A pleasant room with wall and base cupboards, drawers and display cupboard. Fitted solid wood work surfaces with an inset one and half bowl stainless steel sink unit. Feature brick chimney breast with integral cooker hood and recess below housing a 'Rangemaster Classic' electric range style cooker with two ovens, grill, hob and griddle plate. Space and plumbing for dishwasher, tiled floor and window and external door leading to an enclosed courtyard patio area.
First floor landing with a pleasant outlook over the garden.
Bedroom 1 14' 6" x 9' 5" (4.424m x 2.879m) A good double bedroom with and outlook over the courtyard patio. Access to the loft and a recessed airing cupboard housing the hot water tank with fitted immersion heater.
Bedroom 2 11' 11" max x 10' 10" max (3.637m x 3.306m) Another double bedroom offering pleasant views over surrounding farmland.
Bathroom Fitted with a white suite comprising WC, wash basin and bath with a shower tap attachment and part siled surround.
Outside The gardens are a particular feature of the property and offer much privacy and seclusion. The gardens are around 1/3 acre and are enclosed by a mixture of fencing and hedging. To the front is an area of lawn and a double five-bar gated vehicular access onto the driveway providing off road parking and turning space. There is further vehicular access onto the courtyard patio area which can provide ample additional parking for cars, caravans, motorhomes etc.
The main area of garden is of a parkland style which a variety of mature trees and is well stocked with a wide range of established plants and shrubs. There is a variety of extremely useful outbuildings including two greenhouses, timber garden shed and a timber workshop/store. There is a large enclosed courtyard area of garden which is laid to paving and with a very useful utility/store room 11' 0" x 13' 6" (3.360m x 4.139m) with plumbing for washing machine, a stone butler sink and an adjoining wood store (formerly the pig sty).
Council tax band D
EPC rating F
directions The property can be accessed from three directions, but is best accessed off the Calbourne Road B3401. When travelling from Carisbrooke along the B3401 take a right hand turning down the main driveway to Swainston Manor. Then take the right hand fork along the driveway which passes Swainston Nursery Cottages and Swainston Lodge. Keep going along the unmade lane and then take the next right hand turning. This will take you past Watchingwell Manor on your left and then the old Watchingwell Station. At the end of the lane with Watchingwell Station on the corner, turn left onto another unmade lane. Keep going passing a barn conversion on the left hand side and then South Cottages will be the next properties on the left. The first driveway is for cottage number one, carry on past this and take the next left hand turning which brings you around the back off the cottages and to 2 South Cottages.
Viewing Strictly by appointment with the sole selling agent Spence Willard.
Important notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Spence Willard in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing ("information") as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Spence Willard nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s).
2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only.
3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct.
4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice.
The rural aspect of this cottage is part of its charm and appeal, yet it is within a short drive of the Island's capital town of Newport with its range of shops, services and amenities, making this property an ideal rural retreat, yet with a degree of convenience when required.
Entrance hall with tiled floor and under stairs storage cupboard.
Cloakroom with WC, pedestal wash basin and tiled floor.
Sitting room 17' 0" x 10' 11" (5.204m x 3.351m) A good sized double aspect room with an open fireplace incorporating a decorative timber surround and fitted wood burning stove as it main focal point.
Kitchen/breakfast room 14' 3" x 9' 7" (4.344m x 2.929m) A pleasant room with wall and base cupboards, drawers and display cupboard. Fitted solid wood work surfaces with an inset one and half bowl stainless steel sink unit. Feature brick chimney breast with integral cooker hood and recess below housing a 'Rangemaster Classic' electric range style cooker with two ovens, grill, hob and griddle plate. Space and plumbing for dishwasher, tiled floor and window and external door leading to an enclosed courtyard patio area.
First floor landing with a pleasant outlook over the garden.
Bedroom 1 14' 6" x 9' 5" (4.424m x 2.879m) A good double bedroom with and outlook over the courtyard patio. Access to the loft and a recessed airing cupboard housing the hot water tank with fitted immersion heater.
Bedroom 2 11' 11" max x 10' 10" max (3.637m x 3.306m) Another double bedroom offering pleasant views over surrounding farmland.
Bathroom Fitted with a white suite comprising WC, wash basin and bath with a shower tap attachment and part siled surround.
Outside The gardens are a particular feature of the property and offer much privacy and seclusion. The gardens are around 1/3 acre and are enclosed by a mixture of fencing and hedging. To the front is an area of lawn and a double five-bar gated vehicular access onto the driveway providing off road parking and turning space. There is further vehicular access onto the courtyard patio area which can provide ample additional parking for cars, caravans, motorhomes etc.
The main area of garden is of a parkland style which a variety of mature trees and is well stocked with a wide range of established plants and shrubs. There is a variety of extremely useful outbuildings including two greenhouses, timber garden shed and a timber workshop/store. There is a large enclosed courtyard area of garden which is laid to paving and with a very useful utility/store room 11' 0" x 13' 6" (3.360m x 4.139m) with plumbing for washing machine, a stone butler sink and an adjoining wood store (formerly the pig sty).
Council tax band D
EPC rating F
directions The property can be accessed from three directions, but is best accessed off the Calbourne Road B3401. When travelling from Carisbrooke along the B3401 take a right hand turning down the main driveway to Swainston Manor. Then take the right hand fork along the driveway which passes Swainston Nursery Cottages and Swainston Lodge. Keep going along the unmade lane and then take the next right hand turning. This will take you past Watchingwell Manor on your left and then the old Watchingwell Station. At the end of the lane with Watchingwell Station on the corner, turn left onto another unmade lane. Keep going passing a barn conversion on the left hand side and then South Cottages will be the next properties on the left. The first driveway is for cottage number one, carry on past this and take the next left hand turning which brings you around the back off the cottages and to 2 South Cottages.
Viewing Strictly by appointment with the sole selling agent Spence Willard.
Important notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Spence Willard in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing ("information") as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Spence Willard nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s).
2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only.
3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct.
4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice.
