Location: Shanklin

Bedrooms: Four

Price: £475,000

Agent: Arthur Wheeler

Telephone: 01983 868333

The Old Coach House has been thoughtfully and sympathetically converted into a handsome home, combining period features with modern touches.

Built around 1876 of red bricks, with white windows, the slate roof has been renewed recently.

The quiet, wooded location is appealing; a corner plot on Priory Road in Shanklin. The Old Village and Rylstone Gardens are both close by, as are the steps that lead down to the sandy beaches below.

The cottage-style garden is an attractive feature, with borders of shrubs and flowers, surrounded by high walls, fencing and hedging. It has a sunny, southerly aspect. There are two gravelled areas and two timber garden chalets, one of which has power and light.

There is unrestricted parking immediately outside the property which has served the present owners very well, but if off-road parking were desired, one of the gravelled areas could be used to create an on-site parking space.

Inside you will find a well-presented home with four bedrooms on the first floor and well-proportioned reception rooms on the ground floor.   

With black-and-white tiled floor, the lobby provides a welcoming entrance. Doors lead to the kitchen and dining room and there are stairs up to the first floor.

The landing has an original gallery hand rail, fitted cupboards, a trap door to the loft and doors to the four bedrooms and bathroom.

The master bedroom has a lead-lined arched window and an en-suite shower room, with a corner cubicle.

The family bathroom has a white suite, with double-ended bath on ball-and-claw feet.

Downstairs the fitted kitchen/ breakfast room has cream units with oak worktops.

High-end appliances include a six-burner range cooker, high-level Neff electric oven and grill and an understairs store cupboard. There is also a door from the kitchen to the garden.

Beneath the stairs in the dining room, there is a recessed study area.

Polished wooden flooring continues through to the triple-aspect sitting room, which has a feature fireplace, containing a cast-iron woodburner.