Bridgecourt at Godshill, exudes quality and has three spacious stone barns and three acres of grounds.
HOMEFILE
Location...Godshill
Bedrooms...Four/five
Price...£1,250,000
Agents...Creasey Biles and King and 01 Estate Agency
Tel...01983 527744 or 01983 855101
JUST like a beautiful swan, a small country estate with lovely wooded grounds and a beautiful, mellow stone house has emerged from ugly-duckling beginnings.
Bridgecourt, on the outskirts of Godshill and with glorious rural views, offers country living at its best with an airy house exuding quality, three spacious stone barns providing office, storage and garage space and around three acres of gardens and grounds.
The substantial home and barns stand around a pretty, gravelled courtyard with stone terraces to sit out on and a magnificent central weeping willow.
Lawned grounds with trees at the front and one side are park-like, while nearer to the house are well-planted gardens with a raised pond and fountain next to a climber-hung pergola with paved terrace beneath.
Behind the largest barn, a lofty, two-storey structure housing comfortable offices, a kitchen and WCs, is a lawned area with trees that is ideal for children to play in.
Beyond is delightful "Swallow and Amazons"-style deciduous woodland and a lake, a superb place to commune with nature and watch resident red squirrels and birds.
The rural idyll that Bridgecourt has become is the work of owners James and Steph Toogood. Winding back nearly 30 years would reveal the daunting scenario of four derelict barns around a quagmire where the house, barns and courtyard are today and fields in place of the wonderful grounds.
It was builder James’s initial vision and perfectionist ethos, plus the couple’s high standards when maintaining and improving Bridge-court, that have made it into the exceptional property it is today.
The barns provide scope for running a business or creating holiday accommodation and Newport, Shanklin and Ryde are all within an easy drive.
Close by are many lovely walks and bridleways.
Built largely from reclaimed stone from the demolished barn, the detached house has insulated, 15-inch-thick walls and iroko sills and frames to leaded light double-glazed windows.
Other quality features include Hans Grohe taps, underfloor heating to Italian floor tiles in the attractive kitchen and top-notch fitted bedroom furniture. The layout has been carefully planned so the kitchen gets the sun in the morning and sunlight streams into the superb, solid-ceilinged sun room for the rest of the day.
Bright and with mostly neutral decor throughout, the house is entered via a large reception hall. The 24ft by 17ft sitting room off has a solid fuel stove and French doors to a large front stone terrace, which can also be reached from the sun room.
A formal dining room looks over the front gardens, while there is a charming courtyard outlook from the well-appointed 23ft-long kitchen with buttermilk-coloured units, granite worktops, a Rangemaster cooker and extractor and integrated dishwasher.
Also downstairs is a shower room.
In addition to the large master bedroom, with countryside and garden views, and an en-suite with a bath and shower cubicle, the first-floor houses three more double bedrooms, a study and a bathroom.
An attached double garage has an electric door.
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