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A rare coastal home with exceptional gardens has just gone on sale – and the views are extraordinary

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Lea House is an attractive Georgian style, coastal home set in one of the most enviable positions on the Hampshire coast line enjoying magnificent views of the ever-changing Solent, its own gardens and grounds and across to the Isle of Wight. Boasting elegant floor to ceiling sash windows and well-proportioned dual aspect rooms, the house is fabulously light even on a dull day. See our  news  section for more recent events The house is in an immaculate condition with high quality decorations and integrated sound system while maintaining a period charm with fine cornicing, traditional styled radiators and moulded roses on some of the windows. EXTERIOR There are two wrought iron electric gate entrances with separate gravelled drives that meander through the colourful gardens to the front door where there is ample parking, garaging and a smart turning circle with a sculptured box tree. The main drive is flanked by hornbeam ball trees and has a discrete turning allowing access to the multi
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Garden lighting ideas – to illuminate your outdoor space

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Looking for garden lighting ideas to make your outdoor space glow? Gone are the days when the last rays of evening sun signalled a quick retreat indoors as the garden descended into darkness. Today, there are legions of lighting options that allow us to transform what was formerly a foreboding black space into a magical landscape, complete with colour, beams and a variety of effects, whilst also providing safe passage down steps and through pathways. When our summers seem far too short, lighting extends the time we can spend outside on those precious warm days and a suitable scheme might include anything from well-placed lanterns of flickering candlelight to a state-of-the-art digital system controlled by your mobile phone; there is something for every budget and any garden, be it a small urban courtyard or large country property. No space is too small to light; even a window box can be given a nighttime makeover with a small spotlight or outdoor fairy lights woven through the planting
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