Farm for sale

West Hamstead Farm is available to the market for the first time in over two decades and is immaculately presented.

Offering a new owner a unique lifestyle package with the benefits of significant land (with a registered farm holding) – currently laid to permanent pasture with a large private garden of well-manicured lawns, a heated outdoor swimming pool and quality outbuildings.

Due to the linear footprint of the house, almost all of the rooms benefit from a superb sea view to the north. Furthermore, to the south there are fine views across the garden and in the winter towards The Downs. The ground floor offers a high level of flexibility with numerous reception rooms, and a wonderful drawing room with a focal fireplace. The house has a high level of natural light with plenty of windows, in addition there are multiple doors to the secluded garden. A spacious kitchen/diner with a modern electric Everhot cooker is at the heart of the house, which again, delivers magnificent views from all windows.

There are 5 double bedrooms on the first floor (two of which have en-suite facilities), with a useful ground floor annex bedroom with its own sitting room area and wood burner. There are two staircases with wonderful lofty stairwells with windows above; a south facing dining room, snug, drawing room.

Outside : There are fields either side of the sweeping driveway with a wonderful backdrop of mature oak trees and mixed hedgerows. The drive passes through the fields into the entrance of the house and garden. There is a coastal foot path running across the fields – outside of the garden boundary. This footpath offers a wonderful walk to nearby Newtown Creek (Newtown Nature Reserve, the Islands only National Nature Reserve). There is ample graveled parking alongside the house and there are well cared for lawns with a nature pond to the south.

Land West Hamstead farm is a registered farm holding; number:- SBI number is 107694610.

Heated Outdoor Swimming Pool

Outbuildings: An oak framed triple garage is positioned on the west side of the house. Two of the bays are open fronted and one is enclosed behind timber double doors. It has light, electric and water. Adjacent to this is an implement barn, which has timber hanger style doors and a concrete floor. Plenty of internal ceiling height and it is perfect for storing tractors and agricultural-implements for land management. There is a greenhouse and timber shed.

It is located in a beautiful coastal area amongst mature woodland and majestic oak trees, it is designated as Isle of Wight National Landscape - IWNL (formally Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty). Although rural, it is accessible, just 4 miles east of the historic harbour town of Yarmouth and 10-15 minutes drive from Cowes.