HORDLE NEAR PRICE GUIDE £950,000

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APPLE COURT HORDLE LANE, HORDLE, NEAR LYMINGTON, SO41 0HU

This exceptional business opportunity, combines the possibility of a rare lifestyle purchase with an enthusiasm for horticulture and an eye for innovation in business.

Currently arranged as very much a lifestyle business this unique proposition is likely to appeal to those with a serious passion for gardening but who are also looking to develop a commercial opportunity either on a full or part time basis, also suiting those looking to also accommodate dual or even multiple family occupancy.

Extending some 220 square miles encompassing the open forest and bordering the award wining waters of , the National Park provides the perfect backdrop to this rare and exciting multi-faceted opportunity. Its plethora of footpaths and bridleways provides some of the very best outriding, walking and cycling ideal for those into recreational and outdoor pursuits whilst being a haven for wildlife, flora and fauna also ensures this unique environment’s appeal to those purely with a love of nature and the great outdoors. Conveniently positioned betwixt and between the hamlet of Downton and the thriving village of Hordle, more widespread amenities can be found in the villages of Sway and both with their mainline railway stations and the market towns of and Lymington, the latter with its pretty water front.

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APPLE COURT HORDLE LANE, HORDLE, NEAR LYMINGTON, HAMPSHIRE SO41 0HU ______

DESCRIPTION Created since 1988 in the abandoned walled kitchen garden of Yeatton House by the distinguished writer, horticulturist and designer Roger Grounds and his wife Diana Grenfell, co-founder of the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society and life member of the American Hosta Society, the gardens extend to approximately one acre specialising in hostas, daylilies and grasses and are arguably some of the finest having been featured in national magazines and the National Garden Scheme as well as featuring on ITV with Alan Titchmarsh. The garden was designed as a series of interlocking areas, each of which was intended to create a distinct visual impression and to have a microclimate well suited to the particular plants intended to grow in each. The form of the garden was partly dictated by the need to break the force of the coastal winds, the sea being less than a mile away. The season starts with snow drops and hellebores, followed by pulmonaries and peonies. The Hosta Walk comes into its own in April and is followed by roses, tulips and the daylily garden which holds centre stage until the grasses take over through August and into winter. Further to this is the White Garden, hosta walk, exotic borders, fern walk, Japanese Garden, woodland borders and daylily gardens. The adjoining nursery extends to just over one acre specialising in the sale and export of rare plant varieties, particularly hosta and daylilies. In addition is a covered cultivation area, walled courtyard, gardener’s office and workshop and a large parking area.

A variety of derelict farm outbuildings provide for a variety of uses subject to obtaining the relevant consents, not least of which conversion into residential/holiday accommodation, also benefitting from separate vehicular access too. The property itself is currently arranged as a three bedroom family house with adjacent and interlinking two bedroom holiday cottage and which could either be utilised in the format of home and income, alternatively as one