The court House East Street, Hambledon, Hampshire A gracious and elegant Grade II Listed village house with wonderful gardens of approximately 2.29 acres and further land of about 6.5 acres available by separate negotiation.
Distances - Petersfield 11 miles (London Waterloo from 1 hr 6 mins), Portsmouth 13 miles, Winchester 16 miles, Southampton Airport 20 miles, London Heathrow 57 miles. Lot 1: The Court House Accommodation The Main House Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Study, Morning Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Cloakroom, Pantry/Utility Room, Cellar. Master Suite of:, Dressing Room and Bathroom, Four Further s, Family Bathroom. Annex Hall, Sitting Room, Kitchen,, Bathroom. Gardens and Outbuildings Stabling, Garden Room, Two Garages, Three Garden Stores, Sun Terraces, Extensive Lawns, Carriage Driveway, Courtyard with Additional Parking. In all about 2.29 acres (0.928 ha). LOT 2: Further paddock land is available by separate negotiation and amounts to about 6.7 acres (2.7 ha). See plan later in this brochure. History The Court House is believed to have origins in the 17th Century and is Grade II Listed. Later additions in the early and mid 19th Century have contributed to the house as it stands today providing balanced accommodation ideal for family living, once renovated. As the name of the house implies it was indeed a court house and it is believed that the cellar was used to contain offenders before they were then summoned up a staircase to the court reception area and subsequently to the court room itself which is now the drawing room. This is the first time that the house has been marketed for sale for over 80 years as the ownership has been held by the same family since 1934. Over this period, but mostly during the war, many distinguished guests have been entertained at the house and most notably Lord Mountbatten of Burma and Sir Winston Churchill. Our client s grandfather was a Vice Admiral and the Commander in Chief, Portsmouth in The Royal Navy and it was during these roles that he hosted such visitors at The Court House.
The House Ground Floor Approached between wrought iron gate posts across the gravel carriage driveway, the house stands proudly on East Street. Georgian style sash windows, many of which have the original working shutters, allow ample natural light into the house. Most rooms feature open fireplaces and mantelpieces giving each of these rooms a focal point. On entering the house, the stairs, with mahogany handrail, are ahead and to the right there is a generous and wonderfully light reception hall that extends the full depth of the house giving a welcoming introduction. A stone mantelpiece, with oak mantel shelf, is a feature of this room together with a floor to ceiling sash window that provides a delightful sight line into and up the garden. This reception hall continues to an inner hall and to the elegant drawing room, which enjoys south facing views of the garden and is situated at the back of the house. French doors provide access to the garden. The room has appealing proportions and a good ceiling height. A study, with two sets of French doors, is an ideal environment in which to work and is situated across the hall from the drawing room. To the left of the hall, by the front door, is a dining room which is capable of accommodating numerous guests of almost banquet proportions. Sash windows to the front of the house provide good natural light and there is a door and serving hatch to the morning room which is beside the kitchen. The kitchen has good proportions and so moving around it is done with ease although the cabinets are dated and a buyer would almost certainly choose to update and personalise to suit. From here there is covered access to the courtyard alongside the house, and there is a pantry/utility room.
First Floor Shallow stairs lead to the first floor landing which has an elegant window overlooking the garden. To the right the wide landing leads up to the master bedroom suite which comprises a lovely bedroom at the back of the house facing south over the garden, with a dressing room/sitting room that could become a further bedroom and a bathroom. There are three further double bedrooms, a smaller beamed bedroom and a family shower room at the eastern end of the house. A staircase leads to a small loft room ideal for storage. This completes the accommodation in the main part of the house. There is scope to bring the Annex first floor bedroom and bathroom accommodation into the main house with some creative design and any required consents. The Annex Attached to the eastern end of the house and accessible from the gated courtyard, is an Annex. Arranged over ground and first floors, the Annex comprises a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. There is a doorway from the bedroom to one of the bedrooms in the main house. Outbuildings Beyond the Annex a single storey outbuilding provides a garden room with a bay window looking up the garden, two garages, a garden store and a tool shed. There is a also stabling, with a hay loft above, two further garden stores and a green house in the courtyard. Location The Court House is a handsome landmark house in the heart of Hambledon. The village, famous for its history and strong association with cricket, is a pretty rural village surrounded by the South Downs National Park and National Trust Downland. There is an infant and primary school which is classified OUTSTANDING by Ofsted, two village shops, church, pub, vineyard and well known cricket club. The surrounding countryside provides many wonderful opportunities to walk, cycle and ride. Both Winchester and Petersfield are easily accessible, each with mainline stations, shopping and leisure facilities. The A3 provides a direct link to London, the South Coast and the M27 network to Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton Airport.
The Gardens The gardens at The Court House are delightful. Extending to over 2.2 acres, the gardens stretch south from the house up towards Speltham Down. Mainly laid to lawn but with meadow grasses, mature shrubs, trees and hedgerows this is an oasis of tranquillity and highly unusual for a house so centrally positioned within a village. There is space for a tennis court and a swimming pool. A paved terrace offers an area immediately accessible from the house from which to enjoy warmer months. Parts of the garden have brick and flint walling. To the front and to the side of the house is both a carriage driveway and courtyard for a number of vehicles. Lot 2 Further paddock land is available by separate negotiation and amounts to about 6.7 acres (2.7 ha). See plan later in this brochure. Easements and Rights Of Way - The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements, quasi easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed way leaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not. Tenure - Freehold. Postcode - PO7 4RX Services - Mains electricity, water and drainage and oil fired central heating. Outgoings - Council Tax Band H Local Authority - Winchester City Council. Important Notice - The Country House Company and their clients give notice that: 1. They are not authorized to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. 3. The text, photographs, distances, times and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulations or other consents and The Country House Company have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 4. All fixtures and fittings, curtains/blinds, carpeting, kitchen equipment whether fixed or not are deemed removable by the vendor unless specifically itemised within these particulars.
6 1 Oldfi 4.84 x 3.62 15'11 x 11'10 Cellar 6.39 x 3.53 21'0 x 11'7 Cloakroom 3.20 x 2.68 10'6 x 8'10 Drawing Room 6.07 x 5.64 19'11 x 18'6 Study 4.88 x 3.91 16'0 x 12'10 Reception Hall 6.24 x 3.65 20'6 x 12'0 To Cellar IN Morning Room 3.88 x 3.67 12'9 x 12'0 Dining Room 8.23 x 5.48 27'0 x 18'0 Kitchen / Breakfast Room 5.46 x 4.78 17'11 x 15'8 Pantry / Utility 2.95 x 2.31 9'8 x 7'7 Annex Kitchen 2.71 x 2.43 8'11 x 8'0 Annex Hall 4.12 x 3.07 13'6 x 10'1 Annex Sitting Room 3.27 x 3.11 10'9 x 10'2 Designed & produced by Captiv8 Design T: 01603 766626 Ground Floor = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5'0 Store 4.25 x 2.80 13'11 x 9'2 Master 7.41 x 6.00 24'4 x 19'8 Dressing Room / 4.88 x 3.92 16'0 x 12'10 4.07 x 3.72 13'4 x 12'2 Dn 4.19 x 3.74 13'9 x 12'3 4.51 x 3.86 14'10 x 12'8 4.78 x 4.03 15'8 x 13'3 Annex 4.48 x 4.12 14'8 x 13'6 Dn Garage 5.36 x 4.07 17'7 x 13'4 Tool Shed 4.35 x 2.49 14'3 x 8'2 Garage 4.37 x 4.05 14'4 x 13'4 First Floor Garden Room 3.52 x 3.46 11'7 x 11'4 Stable 3.58 x 2.90 11'9 x 9'6 Stable 6.13 x 4.43 20'1 x 14'6 Approximate Gross Internal Area: House - 493 sq m (5,307 sq ft) Cellar - 54.2 sq m (583 sq ft) Garages, Stables, Stores and Tool Shed - 89.9 sq m (968 sq ft) Total - 637.1 sq m (6,858 sq ft) 3.73 x 3.09 12'3 x 10'2 Dn Second Floor Attic 3.67 x 3.09 12'0 x 10'2 2 Banting Cott Old House St Margarets Timbered St Agatha Forge The House Verney 10 12 The Court House Little Hanger 6a 7 Blenheim White Gables Fields Green 5 George cottages 1 2 The Paddock House Cartref Japonica Approximate area: 2.29 acres (0.928 ha) George House The Hayloft The Stables Hambledon House Approximate area: 6.7acres (2.711 ha) The Granary, Whitedale Farm East Street, Hambledon Hampshire PO7 4RZ 57.9m Tel: +44 (0) 23 9263 2275 Spinningfield Contact: Patrick Glynn-Jones Little Hanger patrick@countryhousecompany.co.uk Hill House www.countryhousecompany.co.uk El b Sta The Coach House Speltham 74.1m SPELTHAM HILL Shrub The Tanglewood 0m 25m 50m 75m Highbank Benchmark Arcanum White 90.8m Jubilee Rose NOT TO SCALE - FOR REFERENCE PURPOSE ONLY Orange boundary line = The Court House Blue boundary line = Lot 2 The paddock land Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:2128