Susan Payne Property

Welcome to High Lea

High Lea is a thoughtfully updated semi-detached home, beautifully styled to create a warm, characterful and highly individual coastal village residence. The current owners have introduced a cohesive interior scheme, using rich colour, bespoke cabinetry, quality finishes and carefully designed storage to enhance the original feel of the house while giving it a distinctly contemporary edge. The layout flows especially well for family life and entertaining, with the kitchen/dining room forming the natural heart of the home and opening through to a conservatory that draws in the garden. A separate sitting room with woodburner offers a quieter, more intimate retreat, while the first floor provides three bedrooms, a stylish bathroom and glimpses across rooftops towards Culver Down. Outside, the corner plot wraps around three sides, creating generous, private garden space, complemented by driveway parking and a substantial garage currently arranged as a home gym.

High Lea enjoys a quiet and desirable position within the ever-popular village of St Helens, a setting loved for its traditional village greens, coastal atmosphere and easy access to everyday amenities. The village centre is within comfortable reach, offering a pub, convenience store, post office, primary school and doctors’ surgery, while nearby Bembridge Harbour provides a wonderful maritime backdrop with fishing charters and waterside walks. St Helens Duver, cared for by the National Trust, is one of the area’s great lifestyle assets, with sandy beach, dunes, a seasonal beach café and beautiful spaces for dog walks, picnics and summer days by the sea. The village is well connected by bus to Ryde and Newport, with Ryde offering onward high-speed passenger links to the mainland, while a larger supermarket is within a short drive.

The Approach

Set back behind a gravelled frontage, High Lea has an inviting sense of arrival, with parking to the front and the detached garage positioned alongside. The soft cream façade, brick detailing, smart roofline, planted boundaries and distinctive green front door create an attractive first impression, while the quiet setting gives the home a calm, tucked-away feel from the outset.

On the Ground Floor

The ground floor has been arranged to feel both practical and sociable, with a welcoming entrance hall leading to the principal living spaces. The sitting room provides a calm and beautifully styled retreat, finished in rich tones with a woodburning stove as its focal point and windows overlooking the garden.

At the centre of the home is the kitchen/dining room, a superbly designed space with luxurious deep green cabinetry, warm timber worktops, integrated appliances, a breakfast bar and bespoke fitted storage around the dining area. It is a room with real personality, balancing everyday function with a strong sense of style. From here, French doors open into the conservatory, currently arranged as a snug, creating an additional garden-facing reception space with excellent natural light and direct access outside.

A rear lobby off the kitchen provides a useful everyday entrance from the garden and garage side, with access to a ground floor cloakroom and a neatly tucked-away utility area, keeping the practical elements of the home discreet and well organised.

On the First Floor

The first floor continues the home’s considered and individual style, with three bedrooms arranged around the landing and a spacious family bathroom. The principal bedroom enjoys a stylish, restful feel with deep blue walls, twin windows and views across neighbouring rooftops towards Culver Down. The second and third bedrooms are well presented, with both currently incorporating desk spaces, making them equally suitable as bedrooms, guest accommodation or home-working spaces, depending on a new owners requirements.

The family bathroom is generous and well appointed, featuring both a bath and separate shower enclosure, complemented by shutters, soft blue tones and contemporary tiling. The loft is a further useful space, with a Velux window, power, lighting and boarding.