Sunnymount, near Alverstone, has a sand school as well as stables. Picture by Jennifer Burton.
HOMEFILE
Location...Near Alverstone
Bedrooms...Four/five
Price...Guide £565,000
Agent...Christopher Scott
Tel...01983 242121
WHILE Sunnymount’s superb elevated position and south-facing aspect delivers 'what it says on the tin’, there are also wonderful, panoramic views, gorgeous gardens and a lot more to the top-notch home.
Set in a secluded spot down a quiet lane behind ancient Borthwood Copse, the four/five-bedroom house looking out to Culver Cliffs comes with bonuses which will delight horse owners and car enthusiasts.
Around a smartly-paved entrance courtyard is a substantial three-car garage with maintenance pit and electric door and a separate stable block with a car port and store at the rear.
Both high-quality buildings have been carefully matched to the cream-colourwashed main house, standing higher up on the beautifully-landscaped one-acre site.
Equine amenities also include a fenced sand school but, if a buyer prefers, the current owners will return it to garden.
Further along little-used Borthwood Lane and with pretty woodland to two sides are just over ten and a half acres of paddocks, with their own water supply and a fenced area with spring-fed pond.
This is available as a separate lot with a guide price of £125,000 or it can be purchased with the house, grounds and outbuildings with a guide price of £690,000.
Lushly-planted, immaculately-kept landscaped gardens enjoying lots of peace and privacy surround the house, with a front terrace and a side deck area perfect for relaxing while admiring far-reaching views over sheep-dotted fields and wooded countryside to Culver Cliffs, Bembridge Down and Sandown.
Set out from Sunnymount on foot and you will find many scenic walks as the property is in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Electrically-operated gates lead to the courtyard and beyond the stable block — housing three stables, a tack room and feed store — is a gravelled turning/parking area.
The stable block could have scope, subject to planning, for conversion to an annexe, office or holiday lets.
Planning permission already exists to further extend the main house, which has been extended and modernised by the owners.
Smartly decorated throughout, it has stylish wooden flooring in the entrance hallway flowing into the superbly airy L-shaped sitting/dining room.
This spacious room enjoys wonderful wide southerly and easterly views through windows and patio doors to the front terrace and side deck.
Also with wooden flooring is the front-facing kitchen, fitted with a good range of units and with space for a range cooker. The same smart units are fitted in the utility room, with heating beneath attractive travertine flooring and a rear door.
An inner hall, with neutral carpeting, leads to the four bedrooms and a well-appointed fully-tiled shower room.
Similarly well-fitted out is the en-suite shower room to bedroom one, which looks out to the copse and over the well-stocked front garden.
Bedroom three also has a front garden outlook, while bedroom two has views to Culver Down.
Upstairs from bedroom five/playroom are sea and panoramic views through a large Velux window, which opens to create a small balcony.
This room has a tile-floored en-suite bathroom.
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