House For Sale £1,750,000
Handsome, Grade II listed, Georgian Farmhouse in tranquil countryside setting.
Description
This attractive and substantial Georgian farmhouse, constructed of brick under a slate tiled roof, is believed to date from the 1730’s, with some later additions. A wonderful family home, it sits centrally within its charming gardens and grounds, with views across open farmland in all directions. Formerly part of the Somerley Estate, it was sold by the Earl of Normanton in the late 1970s.
A pretty pitched-roof entrance porch, with original tiled floor, opens into the wide entrance hall, offering access to the drawing room to one side and the dining room to the other. These well-proportioned, principal reception rooms benefit from high ceilings, original window shutters and are dual aspect. The drawing room has an open fireplace and a bay window with French doors opening onto the garden. The dining room has a wood-burning stove set into the fireplace. Adjacent to the drawing room, is a light and bright sitting room/snug with an open fireplace.
Again, it is dual-aspect and with French doors onto the terrace and lawns beyond. The kitchen/breakfast room, with a back door opening onto the drive, has bespoke, hand-made cabinetry under a combination of oak and granite worktops. It has a four-oven oil-fired aga, additional oven and hob, Belfast sink and integrated appliances, including a wine fridge and dishwasher. From the kitchen is a door opening onto the secondary staircase. An adjacent laundry room has fitted cupboards, sink and plumbing for a washing machine. The rear hall connects the kitchen to a walk-in pantry and through to a south-facing conservatory, with French doors onto the garden. Completing the ground floor is a study with a brick fireplace, a separate walk-in Butler’s Pantry and a cloakroom/WC. A door from the main hall opens onto brick steps, that lead down to a spacious cellar.
Upstairs, a wide galleried landing leads to the dual-aspect principal bedroom suite, with wonderful views over the gardens and farmland beyond.
The en suite dressing room and shower room also look out over the garden. The second bedroom has similarly impressive proportions and benefits from being dual-aspect. There are three further double bedrooms, a family bathroom, family shower room and separate WC, along with a walk-in airing
cupboard, storage room and secondary stairs from the rear landing back down into the kitchen.
Outside
The property benefits from extensive attractive, Grade II listed, brick outbuildings, that offer huge potential to develop, with the relevant consents. These include a garage, stable, hay barn and numerous additional buildings with a wealth of period features, currently used for storage.
The farmhouse is approached from the lane via an ‘In and Out’ gravel drive that sweeps round to the side of the house, offering plenty of parking.
The main gardens are predominantly laid to lawn, with deep herbaceous borders and stately mature trees including cedar, oak, copper beech, magnolia and a rare Indian bean tree. The lawns extend down to the southern boundary, which has ponds nestling amongst the planting and views across open farmland. A secluded ‘secret garden’ has been planted with various hydrangeas, hostas, honeysuckle, rhododendron, viburnum and aloe, with a central bed of scented roses.
The garden contains various fruit trees, including apple, pear, cherry, quince and medlar.
A separately fenced and well-established vegetable garden has fruit cages containing strawberries, raspberries, red currants and black currants; cutting flower beds of dahlias and gladioli; alongside pear, crab apple and walnut trees and a greenhouse.
The adjacent paddock (of approximately 1.5 acres) has a timber field shelter, separate vehicular access onto the lane and, to one end, an area of wildflower meadow has been created which, in the Spring/early Summer is a mass of chamomile, cornflowers, oxeye daisies and campion.
Location
North End Farmhouse is conveniently located in the small village of Harbridge, on the fringes of the sought-after New Forest National Park. It lies about 3 miles south of the small country town of Fordingbridge and a similar distance from the market town of Ringwood, both with a good range of
everyday amenities.
The beautiful Cathedral city of Salisbury, approximately 15 miles north, offers a wide selection of shops, restaurants, arts and recreational facilities. Trains from Salisbury to London Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 90 minutes.
Nearby Southampton and the coastal city of Bournemouth both have international airports. Trains from Southampton to London Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 70 minutes on the fastest routes.
Racing is available at Salisbury Racecourse and Wincanton and golf at Somerley Park, Crane Valley, Burley, Moors Valley and Parley Golf Courses.
This area is renowned for its fishing on the River Avon, Test and outlying chalk streams.
The A31/A35 provides access to the south west and London is reached via the A31/M27/M3.
There is a wide selection of both state and private schools in the area, including Canford, Clayesmore, Forres Sandle Manor, Moyles Court, Salisbury Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove and Godolphin, as well as Bishop Wordsworth and South Wilts Grammar Schools in Salisbury and the Grammar schools in Bournemouth/Poole.
All distances and travel times are approximate.
Square Footage: 4,171 sq ft
Acreage:
2.65 Acres
Directions
directions: BH24 3PT from Salisbury, take the A338 towards Ringwood. Proceed through Downton and by-pass Fordingbridge, staying on the A338. About three miles after Fordingbridge (just after the signpost signifying entry to “Ibsley”) take a right-hand turning, over a stone bridge, into Kent Lane. Follow this narrow road past the church and then turn right. After about one mile, North End Farmhouse can be found on the left-hand side (just around the left-hand bend after North End Farm).
All distances and travel times are approximate.
Additional Info
tenure: Freehold
services: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Water heated by aga in the Winter and immersion in the Summer.
Outgoings: The property is subject to Council Tax Band H
local authority: New Forest District Council fixtures and fittings: Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale.
Rights of way: Please note that there is a public right of way (footpath) crossing the paddock. Please speak to the agents for further details.
Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Savills.
Description
This attractive and substantial Georgian farmhouse, constructed of brick under a slate tiled roof, is believed to date from the 1730’s, with some later additions. A wonderful family home, it sits centrally within its charming gardens and grounds, with views across open farmland in all directions. Formerly part of the Somerley Estate, it was sold by the Earl of Normanton in the late 1970s.
A pretty pitched-roof entrance porch, with original tiled floor, opens into the wide entrance hall, offering access to the drawing room to one side and the dining room to the other. These well-proportioned, principal reception rooms benefit from high ceilings, original window shutters and are dual aspect. The drawing room has an open fireplace and a bay window with French doors opening onto the garden. The dining room has a wood-burning stove set into the fireplace. Adjacent to the drawing room, is a light and bright sitting room/snug with an open fireplace.
Again, it is dual-aspect and with French doors onto the terrace and lawns beyond. The kitchen/breakfast room, with a back door opening onto the drive, has bespoke, hand-made cabinetry under a combination of oak and granite worktops. It has a four-oven oil-fired aga, additional oven and hob, Belfast sink and integrated appliances, including a wine fridge and dishwasher. From the kitchen is a door opening onto the secondary staircase. An adjacent laundry room has fitted cupboards, sink and plumbing for a washing machine. The rear hall connects the kitchen to a walk-in pantry and through to a south-facing conservatory, with French doors onto the garden. Completing the ground floor is a study with a brick fireplace, a separate walk-in Butler’s Pantry and a cloakroom/WC. A door from the main hall opens onto brick steps, that lead down to a spacious cellar.
Upstairs, a wide galleried landing leads to the dual-aspect principal bedroom suite, with wonderful views over the gardens and farmland beyond.
The en suite dressing room and shower room also look out over the garden. The second bedroom has similarly impressive proportions and benefits from being dual-aspect. There are three further double bedrooms, a family bathroom, family shower room and separate WC, along with a walk-in airing
cupboard, storage room and secondary stairs from the rear landing back down into the kitchen.
Outside
The property benefits from extensive attractive, Grade II listed, brick outbuildings, that offer huge potential to develop, with the relevant consents. These include a garage, stable, hay barn and numerous additional buildings with a wealth of period features, currently used for storage.
The farmhouse is approached from the lane via an ‘In and Out’ gravel drive that sweeps round to the side of the house, offering plenty of parking.
The main gardens are predominantly laid to lawn, with deep herbaceous borders and stately mature trees including cedar, oak, copper beech, magnolia and a rare Indian bean tree. The lawns extend down to the southern boundary, which has ponds nestling amongst the planting and views across open farmland. A secluded ‘secret garden’ has been planted with various hydrangeas, hostas, honeysuckle, rhododendron, viburnum and aloe, with a central bed of scented roses.
The garden contains various fruit trees, including apple, pear, cherry, quince and medlar.
A separately fenced and well-established vegetable garden has fruit cages containing strawberries, raspberries, red currants and black currants; cutting flower beds of dahlias and gladioli; alongside pear, crab apple and walnut trees and a greenhouse.
The adjacent paddock (of approximately 1.5 acres) has a timber field shelter, separate vehicular access onto the lane and, to one end, an area of wildflower meadow has been created which, in the Spring/early Summer is a mass of chamomile, cornflowers, oxeye daisies and campion.
Location
North End Farmhouse is conveniently located in the small village of Harbridge, on the fringes of the sought-after New Forest National Park. It lies about 3 miles south of the small country town of Fordingbridge and a similar distance from the market town of Ringwood, both with a good range of
everyday amenities.
The beautiful Cathedral city of Salisbury, approximately 15 miles north, offers a wide selection of shops, restaurants, arts and recreational facilities. Trains from Salisbury to London Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 90 minutes.
Nearby Southampton and the coastal city of Bournemouth both have international airports. Trains from Southampton to London Waterloo have a journey time of approximately 70 minutes on the fastest routes.
Racing is available at Salisbury Racecourse and Wincanton and golf at Somerley Park, Crane Valley, Burley, Moors Valley and Parley Golf Courses.
This area is renowned for its fishing on the River Avon, Test and outlying chalk streams.
The A31/A35 provides access to the south west and London is reached via the A31/M27/M3.
There is a wide selection of both state and private schools in the area, including Canford, Clayesmore, Forres Sandle Manor, Moyles Court, Salisbury Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove and Godolphin, as well as Bishop Wordsworth and South Wilts Grammar Schools in Salisbury and the Grammar schools in Bournemouth/Poole.
All distances and travel times are approximate.
Square Footage: 4,171 sq ft
Acreage:
2.65 Acres
Directions
directions: BH24 3PT from Salisbury, take the A338 towards Ringwood. Proceed through Downton and by-pass Fordingbridge, staying on the A338. About three miles after Fordingbridge (just after the signpost signifying entry to “Ibsley”) take a right-hand turning, over a stone bridge, into Kent Lane. Follow this narrow road past the church and then turn right. After about one mile, North End Farmhouse can be found on the left-hand side (just around the left-hand bend after North End Farm).
All distances and travel times are approximate.
Additional Info
tenure: Freehold
services: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Water heated by aga in the Winter and immersion in the Summer.
Outgoings: The property is subject to Council Tax Band H
local authority: New Forest District Council fixtures and fittings: Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, all fixtures and fittings and garden ornaments are excluded from the sale.
Rights of way: Please note that there is a public right of way (footpath) crossing the paddock. Please speak to the agents for further details.
Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Savills.
