Enjoy a great outlook over the Island from Downlands, at Kingates, near Niton. Picture by Robin Crossley.
PROPERTY OF THE WEEK
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Location...Kingates, near Niton
Bedrooms...Four doubles
Price...£495,000
Agent...Hose Rhodes Dickson
tel...01983 855525
WITH panoramic countryside views outside and a wealth of gracious period features inside, there is plenty to please the eye at a handsome home in a rural hamlet.
Standing above Newport Road, at Kingates, not far from Niton, is imposing Downlands, a spacious detached house retaining many fine Edwardian details.
Among them is striking tiled flooring in the entrance hall, picture rail, fireplaces, some leaded-light windows and high ceilings, creating a sense of space.
Modern amenities added by the owners include a superb, well-appointed kitchen with quality limed-oak units and a luxurious Whirlpool bath in the upstairs bathroom.
Inviting accommodation includes a dining area adjoining the kitchen and a capacious separate dining room providing an impressive setting for formal occasions.
Glorious views across unspoilt countryside to downland can be enjoyed from the sitting and dining rooms and two of the four double bedrooms.
Mature gardens stretch around three sides of Downlands, setting it back from the road, and a driveway providing lots of parking space leads to a double garage.
The entrance areas to the distinctive-looking brick house with white pebbledashed and partly timbered upper elevations are sure to impress.
Through half-leaded, double, green-glazed entrance doors is the entrance lobby, with period black- and-white tiled flooring.
The entrance hall is a stunning area with front and rear windows, a 10ft-high ceiling, period tiled flooring, Delft ornament rack, fireplace with tiled surround and an attractive staircase lit by a huge green-glazed window on a half landing.
Also impressive is the spacious sitting room, with fine views through a front bow window and feature wooden over-mantle to a fireplace with tiled surround and hearth.
Original coving features here and in the 20ft by 13ft dining room, with a timber fireplace and rural outlook.
Also with an attractive fireplace is a study.
Along with appealing limed oak fitted units, the roomy kitchen has a fitted oven and hob with extractor canopy, an integrated fridge and freezer and an archway to a dining area — also with ceramic tiled flooring.
Patio windows link the dining area to a good-sized conservatory with windows on three sides and garden access.
A rear lobby leads to a storage room with plumbing for a washing machine and a separate WC, all with ceramic tiled flooring.
The spacious upstairs landing with large built-in cupboard leads to four bedrooms, each with a hand- basin, and a bathroom housing a corner Whirlpool bath, separate shower cubicle, a walk-in airing cupboard and access to a very large attic area.
Bedroom one and bedroom two, with an original cast-iron fireplace, look out over the garden to farmland and the downs.
The other bedrooms have a driveway and side-garden outlook.
Mostly lawned, the gardens include mature trees, shrubs and flower beds and an enclosed rear area.
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