Dining hall, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, wet room/shower room, games room/office, principal bedroom with shower room en suite and large balcony, 3 further bedrooms, 2 further shower/bathrooms. Integral garage, store/workshop and garden.

This period cottage has been extended and modernised sympathetically by the current owners to provide a comfortable and characterful family home. Particular features include the superb kitchen/breakfast room with hand built units, an Aga and a largely glazed extension overlooking the garden. There are country views from the first floor where there is a balcony and ample parking to the front of the property in addition to the garage.

Harts Cottage is well located in Rew Street, providing easy access to the sea at Gurnard (about 1 mile), with its sailing club as well as Cowes (approximately 2 miles) with its high speed ferry links to Southampton, shops, restaurants and more extensive sailing facilities. From Rew Street there is also good access for walking and riding in the surrounding countryside.

Accommodation (rooms sizes are approximate)

Front door with glazed panels above opening to:

Porch tiled flooring and coat hooks. Inner door to:

Dining hall 6.64m x 3.15m (21’10" x 10’4") with original arched brick fireplace housing a gas fired stove. Tiled floor and staircase off to First Floor. Arched doorways to sitting room and kitchen.

Sitting room 4.08m x 6m (13’5" x 19’8") A double aspect room with wooden flooring and adjustable spotlighting. Door to integral garage.

Kitchen/Breakfast room 6m x 4.72m (19’8" x 15’6") max Fitted with a range of hand built shaker style units including a butler sink, integral dishwasher, gas fired two oven Aga. Hardwood work surfaces and space and plumbing for American style refrigerator. To one end of the room there are a series of glazed windows to two aspects together with French doors leading to terrace which provide an outlook over the garden. There is a pitched roof to the kitchen area and a glazed roof light above the breakfast area. Tiled flooring and built in cupboards.

Shower room/Utility 3.2m x 1.6m (10’6" x 5’3") with a utility area to one end with space and plumbing for a washing machine with a cupboard housing a Vaillant gas fired combi boiler above. The remainder of the room provides a wet room with tiled flooring and walls into a vaulted ceiling. Shower, WC and wash hand basin. Halogen spot lighting and window to garden.

Integral garage 5.84m x 3.42m (19’2" x 11’3") with electrically operated up and over door, built in cupboards, power and lighting. Door to:

Games room/Gym An L shaped room 4.4m x 3.45m (14’5" x 11’4") widening to 6.25m (20’6") with windows to two aspects and French doors leading to the garden. The room has wooden flooring, halogen spotlighting and would also be ideal as a large home office, and having water supply could also provide an annexe, subject to the necessary consents.

First Floor

Landing Cupboards.

Bedroom 1 6.21m x 3.42m (20’5" x 11’3") with a vaulted ceiling providing a particularly light and spacious feel to this characterful room which has painted wooden floor boards. French doors lead to a balcony 6.35m x 2.45m (20’10" x 8’1") with wooden decking providing an attractive outdoor seating area from which there are views over the surrounding countryside.

Bathroom en Suite with roll top bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, WC and pedestal wash hand basin. Window shutters.

Bedroom 2 4.8m x 2.82m (15’9" x 9’3") max Outlook over the garden and countryside beyond.

Shower room en suite Tiled shower enclosure, WC and wash hand basin. Tiled floor and walls. Extractor.

Family Bathroom Fully tiled floor and walls, bath with mixer tap and shower attachment and shower screen, WC and pedestal wash hand basin.

Bedroom 3 2.23m x 3.6m (7’4" x 11’10") Incorporating built in bed with storage below.

Bedroom 4 3.7m x 3.2m (12’2" x 10’6") Double aspect room with some country views.

Outside To the rear of the property is an attractive garden incorporating a large sandstone paved terrace to the south of the house enclosed by brick walling with wide steps leading down a lawn to the rear of the house. To the northern end of the garden there is a further paved terrace beyond which is a garden store/workshop constructed of a modern timber frame under a slate roof (3.7m / 12’2"). There is a brick surround to a well with the old water pump.

To the front of the property there is a gravelled driveway with parking for a number of cars. There is pedestrian access to either side to the rear garden.

Services Mains water, electricity, drainage and gas. Gas fired central heating and Aga.

Directions From Gurnard proceed through Gurnard marsh into Rew Street. Proceed along Rew Street for approximately 0.7 of a mile and Harts Cottage will be found on the left hand side.