Picture perfect cottage in Bembridge would make the ideal bolt hole.
HOMEFILE
Location...Bembridge
Bedrooms...Three
Price...£299,950
Agent...Jenny Turnbull
Tel...01983 874777
EYEBROW windows beneath a thatched roof, gnarled ceiling beams, thick stone walls, pretty gardens and a wonderful atmosphere of antiquity all help make a picturesque home on the outskirts of Bembridge into the quintessential English period cottage.
Charm galore pervades Grade II listed Warren Cottage looking out from its Hillway Road location over countryside to scenic Culver Down and Bembridge Down.
Its quirky, unusually laid-out accommodation, with two staircases serving the three character-filled bedrooms, exudes a real sense of days gone by.
Stripped floorboards, toggle-latch doors, deep-set cottage-style windows and delightful decor, including rich colours and wooden-panelling in warm earthy tones, come togther with exposed beams throughout and uneven walls to create a welcoming feel.
As well as a new gas-fired Rayburn installed in a fireplace alcove with lovely traditional decorative tiles, the cottage was given a smart new reed thatch topping around a year ago.
A hardstanding provides off-road parking for two cars with steps rising to a gate opening to the mainly lawned cottage-style garden sweeping around the front and side of the home.
Next to the covered entrance door is a new patio with lovely views to the downs.
Original flagstone flooring and partly panelled walls feature in the entrance area, with the breakfast room to one side and the good-sized sitting room on the other.
Also with partly panelled walls, this inviting room is warmed by a gas stove in an exposed brick fireplace and has a heavily beamed ceiling, a rear window, a front window with fine views and stairs to the master bedroom.
A front window-seat in the breakfast room with exposed floorboards and partly panelled walls is ideal for perching on and admiring views to the downs.
This attractive room is open to the charming kitchen with rustic tiled flooring, fitted cupboards, wooden worksurfaces, a butler sink, a built-in gas hob and a pretty full-height cupboard painted duck egg blue with plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher.
Next door and providing an attractive setting for formal meals is the front and side-facing dining room with exposed floorboards, a cupboard beneath stairs to the first floor and part-height painted wooden panelling.
Sloping beamed ceilings create drama in the fabulous, spacious master bedroom with countryside views through a low window, a further window at the rear and built-in wardrobes along one wall.
A beamed sloping ceiling also adds character to its en-suite bathroom housing a roll-top, claw foot bath, a separate shower cubicle, a WC and a washbasin with cupboard under.
Turning stairs lead from the dining room to bedroom two — another wow-factor double-sized room with a high beamed apex ceiling and side views to the Earl of Yarborough Monument on Culver Down.
Between this room and bedroom three is a bathroom with partly-panelled walls and a white suite including a bath and shower cubicle.
Bright bedroom three, with front views to the downs and built-in cupboards, has space for two single beds.
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