To be sold subject to the owner having the right to remain in occupation until her death.

Entrance hall, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting/dining room, sun room, cloakroom, study, playroom, utility room, 4 to 5 bedrooms, bathroom and WC. Brick outbuildings including workshop.

Farm buildings including 4 bay barn, 4 bay livestock barn, implement store, former livestock building. About 19 acres of pasture and arable farmland.

Providence Farm enjoys a quiet rural location well away from main roads as well as views over the surrounding countryside towards the downland to the south. There is excellent walking and riding throughout the surrounding countryside. There is a local shop and pub available in the nearby village of Shalfleet whilst the picturesque harbour town of Yarmouth, approximately 3.5 miles away has a range of restaurants, public houses, a yacht club, sailing club and frequent ferry services to Lymington taking approximately 35 minutes. The world renowned sailing centre of Cowes is approximately 8 miles away with a good range of shops, sailing facilities and yacht clubs as well as the high speed passenger ferry to Southampton taking approximately 20 minutes.

The farmhouse is believed to originate from the 1800’s and was built of brick elevations under a slate roof. It was subsequently extended in around 1960 under a part tiled and part flat roof providing a spacious addition to the accommodation. Parts of the house would now benefit from modernisation. The house is set in a mature largely west facing garden and has brick outbuildings including a workshop immediately to the south. There is a range of farm buildings to the south accessed separately. The land comprises some fields of pasture partly overlooked from the house as well as a larger arable field to the south. Please see the section o tenure concerning both the ability for the current elderly owner to remain in occupation of the farmhouse and garden, as well as the land and farm buildings being let on a Farm Business Tenancy.

The Farmhouse accommodation (see floor plan for dimensions):

Double wooden doors open to:

Entrance lobby with Parquet flooring and part glazed door with glazed side panels to:

Entrance hall with Parquet flooring and coats cupboard with hanging rail. Steps down to inner hall.

Kitchen/Breakfast room A double aspect room with wide windows providing views over the land and surrounding countryside. Comprising a kitchen area to one end fitted with a range of oak fronted base and wall cupboards with an electric double oven, four ring halogen hob, fitted Corium worksurface incorporating an inset sink unit with mixer tap. Ideal Mexico gas fired boiler serving hot water and central heating. The room incorporates a good sized area for a dining table from which views can be enjoyed. Adjacent to this is a further range of oak fronted cupboards matching those in the kitchen with further Corium shelving. Walk in shelved larder cupboard with electricity meters. Further walk in shelved storage cupboard.

Sitting room/Dining room A light and spacious reception space, comprising a sitting area with Parquet flooring and deep south and west facing windows overlooking the gardens. Display shelving and cupboard beneath. Open fireplace (currently sealed) set within a marble surround with hearth and book shelving. A wide opening leads to a dining area with the continuation of the Parquet flooring and a wide window to the northern elevation. Glazed sliding door opens to:

Sun room A triple aspect addition to the house with a largely glazed western elevation incorporating a large sliding patio door opening and outlook to the garden.

Secondary Entrance hall with part glazed door to eastern elevation. Tiled flooring and sink unit.

Cloakroom with WC and tiled flooring.

Study A cast iron fireplace with tiled and timber surround. Westerly outlook over the gardens.

Playroom Westerly outlook over the garden. Open fireplace with tiled surround. The original front door from the western elevation entered this room but has now been sealed off.

Utility room Originally a kitchen, with a recess with mantelshelf over and sink unit. Walk in laundry with space and plumbing for washing machine and dryer with fitted shelving. Staircase to first floor.

First Floor

Landing Two double cupboards.

Bedroom 1 A spacious double bedroom, triple aspect with views over the gardens. Wooden flooring and a wash hand basin.

Bathroom Fitted with a bath with thermostatic shower over and tiled surround and lower walls. Pedestal wash hand basin and WC. Airing cupboard housing insulated hot water tank with slatted shelving above.

Bedroom 2 An attractive double aspect room with good country views. Wooden floor boards and a double cupboard with hanging rail.

Separate WC

Bedroom 3 Westerly outlook over gardens and original wooden floor boards.

Bedroom 5/Potential bathroom With a range of fitted cupboards to one end. Doorway leading onto:

Bedroom 4 Outlook over the garden, original wooden floor boards.

Domestic Outbuildings
Adjoining the southern end of the house is a brick building that at one stage had a connecting door into the house, but currently forms a workshop 17’2” x 7’1” (5.23m x 2.16m) max incorporating staircase on the ground floor with windows to the east and west elevations with a wooden staircase leading to a small first floor room with wooden floor boards, sloping ceiling with tongue and groove panelling, lighting and a window to the southern elevation. A covered area links the house with the old dairy.

The Old Dairy is a brick built building under a slate roof, probably originally a brew house and now in need of maintenance. The building comprises two rooms:

Room 1 11’2” x 9’4” (3.40m x 2.84m) Concrete floor, sealed brick fireplace and sliding door to southern elevation. Lighting. Opening to:

Room 2 10’10” x 10’ (3.30m x 3.95m) Concrete flooring and two windows.

Outside A driveway leads to parking area the east of the farmhouse in front of the garage with a path leading to the front door. The principal garden lies to the west of the house and comprises lawns with a range of mature trees and shrubs including a fig tree, a range of fruit trees providing an attractive setting for the property. Beyond the timber garage is an old orchard with some fruit trees remaining. Greenhouse.

Farm buildings and Land

The farmyard, situated to the south of the house is accessed by two separate driveways off Warlands Lane and includes a range of buildings requiring some maintenance.

4 bay portal framed barn 24’7” x 60’7” (7.5m x 18.5m) under a corrugated metal roof.

4 bay concrete portal framed barn with corrugated sheeting to roof and 3 sides 59’65” x 45’93” (18.18m x 14m) with an adjacent concrete yard.

3 bay open fronted implement store 38’1” x 18’5” (11.6m x 5.6m) with block work walls to 3 sides and under a corrugated roof with an additional enclosed lean-to extension.

Former livestock building of brick and block work construction under a corrugated metal roof 41’0” x 26’11” (12.5m x 8.21m) subdivided into a range of stores/livestock cubicles.

Two basic block work buildings each with two stables in need of maintenance. Pigsties, Nissan hut.

The land comprises three fields of permanent pasture to the east of the house extending to about 6 acres together with a small paddock to the west of the farm buildings. In addition there is a field of about 13.75 acres to the south of the farm, which is arable.

Tenure The farm is sold subject to Mrs Deneuville, currently aged 97, having the right to remain in exclusive occupation of the house, domestic outbuildings and garden for the remainder of her living years. The farm is subject to a farm business tenancy to Messrs Priddle expiring on 3rd January 2011 for a rent of £625 per annum. The tenant has made various improvements to the land and buildings such as to erecting fencing and gates to both the fields and buildings and putting down hardcore, principally to the south of the farm buildings. These items are excluded from the sale but may be included by separate negotiation.

Services Mains water, electricity. Private drainage. Calor gas fired boiler serving central heating to the majority of the house and providing hot water, supplemented by night storage heating.

Directions From the village of Shalfleet, about 300m west of The New Inn, take the turning signed Warlands and village shop into Warlands Lane. Follow Warlands Lane for approximately 0.8 of a mile and Providence Farm is found on the left hand side.

Postcode PO30 4NH

Viewings All viewings of the house, buildings and land will be strictly by prior arrangement with the sole selling agents:

Christopher Scott, East Quay, Kite Hill, Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight, PO33 4LA
Tel: 01983 242121
E: sales@christopherscott.co.uk
F: 01983 241111
W: www.christopherscott.co.uk

MISDESCRIPTIONS ACT 1991
Christopher Scott for themselves and the vendor of this property whose agents they are give notice that:

i The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract.
ii All descriptions, references to condition, necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchaser should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact and must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness and accuracy of each of them.
iii No person in the employment of Christopher Scott has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property.