Property description

A unique cottage style property built in 1903 which has been lovingly renovated, whilst retaining a wealth of original charm and features including exposed brickwork, engineered oak flooring, beamed ceilings, feature chimney breast and wood burning stove.

Entrance/dining hall, ground floor wet room, kitchen, Sitting Room, master bedroom with potential for en-suite, two further bedrooms, family bathroom, cottage style, low maintenance and self sustaining designed garden.

From our office in Bransgore, proceed towards The Crown, and turn right onto Burley Road. Continue to the end of Burley Road, and turn left onto Salisbury Road. Turn left again to remain on Salisbury Road. Turn right onto Martins Hill Lane, and then right again into Martins Hill Close, where the property can be found on  your left. 

End Cottage, a former Foresters cottage built circa 1903, was rebuilt and extended by the current owner,in 2009. The property has been redesigned to a high architectural specification and sustainability, using recycled bricks and materials from the original property and incorporating them into the landscape of the house and garden. The original cottage and newer extension have been seamlessly/structurally combined with wide-span Glulam beams and a wealth of character features throughout including exposed brickwork, engineered wide oak flooring and a feature chimney breast with wood-burning stove.  The unique open-span design of the cottage allows for any of the internal stud walls to be removed, providing flexibility in the layout, if required; there is also potential to add an en-suite to the attic master bedroom.  The property boasts a kitchen garden to the front and cottage style walled-garden to the rear, designed to be low maintenance and sustainable with raised dry walled beds for ease of maintenance and sloping brick edges to channel any rainfall back into the soil. Such attention to detail has created a unique and charming family home. 

Entrance
Solid Oak stable door with obscure glazed window, opens over flush coir/sunken threshold, and leads to:

Reception/Dining Hall
16'2\" x 8'4\" (4.93m x 2.54m)
Two UPVC double glazed sash style windows to the front aspect, vaulted ceiling with two Velux windows. Two radiators, electric points, engineered wide Oak flooring (which is continued throughout the ground floor,) three wall light points, smooth finished ceiling, ceiling light point, Two, full height, built in Utility storage cupboards, one with space and plumbing for washing machine, the other housing the boiler; with ‘hidden’ double dresser crockery cupboards between, with push-to-open painted timber lap doors and floating shelf above. Square arch to kitchen, square arch to inner hallway. 

Wet Room
Fitted with a w.c. with dual flush and concealed cistern, wall mounted wash hand basin, limestone flooring, radiator, wall light point, smooth finished vaulted ceiling, ceiling spotlights, ceiling extractor fan. Electric shower, with timber cladding surround,locally sourced & milled, to design specification.

Kitchen 
11'2\" x 9'9\" (3.4m x 2.97m)
Two eye level UPVC double glazed windows to the side aspect. Fitted with a range of modern base and drawer units with integrated fridge, freezer and slimline dishwasher. All  units are ergonomically designed with pull out drawers and shelves, and soft close system. Attractive split butler style sink with mixer tap over,  painted timber lap splash back (to match dining room cupboards);range style cooker with five burner gas hob, electric oven and grill with fan over, staggered white brick-tile splash back, and features original exposed brickwork, returning glulam beam and continued wide oak flooring, ceiling spotlights, two ceiling light points. 

Inner Hallway
Stairs to first floor, under-stairs recess, electric points, radiator, wide Oak flooring, wall light point, smooth finished ceiling, ceiling light point, feature original exposed brickwork with lighting over. 

Sitting Room
16'4\" x 19'7\" of L shape (4.98m x 5.97m of L shape)
Narrowing to 10'10\" x 9'4\"  (3.3m x 2.84m) A dual aspect room with two UPCV double glazed sash style windows to the rear aspect, double glazed sash style window to the side, and eye level UPVC double glazed window to the side. double glazed modern oak french doors to the Terrace and Rear Garden. 
Two radiators, electric points, telephone point, wide Oak flooring, four wall light points, lamps controlled from gang switch, painted brick built chimney breast with inset stovax 8KW wood burning stove, full span feature Glulam beam (returning through Kitchen partition) with shadow gap detail and flexibility to create a further opening or doors into the kitchen area.
Feature reading area with cladded shelving wall created from recycled timber joists.

From the Inner Hallway, stairs rise to:
A large landing with UPVC double glazed sash style window to the front aspect, radiator, smooth finished ceiling, ceiling spot lights, Glulam beam (which continues through out the first floor.)

Bedroom Two
15'7\" Between Wardrobes x 10'1\" max (4.75m Between Wardrobes x 3.07m max)
Two UPVC double glazed sash style windows to the rear aspect, two radiators, electric points, recess suitable for super king sized bed, two wall lights, smooth finished ceiling, ceiling spotlights, built in wardrobe with hanging rail, shelving and sliding doors, further built in mirror fronted wardrobe with hanging rail and shelving. (lights and lamps are all controlled though gang switches next to the door and bed.) 

Bedroom Three
8'5\" x 10'9\" plus recess. (2.57m x 3.28m plus recess.)
UPVC double glazed sash style window to the front aspect, radiator, electric points, smooth finished ceiling, ceiling spotlights, feature original exposed brickwork (to illustrate the union between the original cottage and the newer extension.) (Lights and lamps are all controlled through gang switches next to the door and bed)

Bathroom
UPVC obscure double glazed window to the side aspect, Glulam beam, part tongue and groove walls, lass mosaic tiling around the bath, Italian burnt cork flooring, large pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap over, panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, push to open panel provides storage under the bath, low level w.c. with dual flush, smooth finished ceiling, ceiling spotlights, ceiling extractor, radiator, wall light points, electric shaver socket. 

Master Bedroom 
19'7\" x 14'1\" (5.97m x 4.29m) Measurements exclude open eaves storage.
Two velux style windows to the front aspect, sloping ceilings, ceiling spots radiator, floor inset power points, features full span Glulam Purlin beams with open eaves storage underneath. 

Out Side
Front Garden
The front of the property is approached by a five bar gate. A gravel driveway provides off road parking, and leads in turn to an area of attractive shaped dry brick wall raised flowerbeds, before stepping down to the front door and outside sensor lighting. There is also a herb and useful, ship-lap bike/log store with dry potting area and water-butt collection; the gravel feature extends to the side of the property, where thereis an outside tap and bulkhead lighting, leading to the rear garden
Rear Garden
The rear garden enjoys a southerly aspect and a good degree of privacy.  A large sunken terrace abutts the rear of the property, with built in trellis bench-seating, outside lighting and dry walled garden surround and raised beds to the sides; Brick pillars and steps up, separate the terrace from the further cottage garden area to Summerhouse and pergola; Stepping-stones through the lawn lead to a studdedpedestrian gate, onto the rear tended verge on Shorts Close, which is set in anattractive capped brick wall with pillar & arch detail.  Various shaped shrub and tree borders andbeds with sloping perimeter brick path access to channel rainwater into thesoil

Access

The readopted turning circle in Martins Hill Close and the access from Martins Hill Close to both End Cottage and the neighboring property are deeds owned by End Cottage, though there is a right of way over this land to allow access to the neighboring property.

Architectural Design
The property has been architecturally designed so that none of the internal walls are load bearing. The property is supported by the external walls and Glulam beams that run throughout. This allows for any of the internal walls to be removed in order for the layout to be changed in the future. 

 

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