Hale Purlieu, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6

A handsome 4-bedroom house dating from the 1930s occupying a discreet position along the sought-after Hale Purlieu with a wonderful forest outlook and direct forest access.

Folly Hill is a handsome house believed to date from the early 1930s with later additions occupying a discreet position along the sought-after Hale Purlieu with a wonderful forest outlook and direct forest access. The accommodation is presented in extremely comfortable, welcoming condition yet there remains scope for an incoming purchaser to change and adapt according to personal taste and there is an excellent balance between versatile living rooms on the ground floor and the bedrooms on the upper level.

The house sits in a private, mature plot of approximately 2.8 acres that is a mixture of garden, former paddock and light woodland, which combine to offer a high level of privacy. Within the grounds are several useful buildings including a double garage, tractor store and an excellent, generous workshop.

A derivative from the Old English word 'halh' - meaning corner or nook - Hale certainly lives up to its name, being located in the uppermost Western corner of the New Forest, within the Western Escarpement Conservation Area of the New Forest National Park. The village itself has a thriving, well respected primary school, whilst the neighbouring village of Woodgreen has a further range of amenities extending to a Post Office and community run village shop, public house and Village Hall. The Avonside town of Fordingbridge (about 4 miles) has a range of services sufficient to cater for most everyday needs, including shops, excellent primary and secondary schools and sports facilities.

Communications in the area are good and the regional centres of Salisbury, Bournemouth and Southampton are all within convenient driving distance. All can offer mainline rail services to London Waterloo and there are international airports at the latter two.

For the outdoor enthusiast the open heathland and forest of Hale Purlieu National Trust Common is quite literally on the doorstep, its thousands of acres of heath and wood land providing glorious walking, riding and cycling country. There are reputable golf courses at Bramshaw, Hamptworth and Salisbury and water sports opportunities in abundance on the south coast.

The house is approached over a cattle grid that opens to a forked gravel driveway that leads to the house and DOUBLE GARAGE with twin up-and-over doors and power and light connected. The right hand fork leads to the rear of the property where there is ample further parking and access to a detached WORKSHOP and TRACTOR STORE with twin doors and power and light connected.

The house sits discreetly to the front of a mature garden plot that comprises various sections of well-maintained lawn with mature, established colourful shrub beds and planting. An area of lawn surrounds the house on two elevations and runs into a lightly wooded area to the south of the property with a gated access point onto Hale Purlieu. The lawn continues on a gentle gradient to the west of the house and runs into deep rhododendron and shrub bushes. The gardens as a whole offer a high degree of privacy and various aspects capture the natural light and sunshine afforded by the southerly and westerly orientations.

New Forest District Council. Band G.

Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Leave Fordingbridge travelling in a Northerly direction on the A338. Upon entering the village of Breamore turn right (signposted Woodgreen). Follow the road into Woodgreen, passing the Horse & Groom public house and turn immediately right. Follow along this road with the common on your right hand side and continue. At Densome Corner follow the road to the sharp left and continue onto Hale Purlieu. Folly Hill is located after about 1/4 mile on the left hand side.