Home Farm

Little , South Iconic country house in a spectacular private setting with just under 4 acres, separate cottage, offices and a wonderful landscaped garden designed by Dan Pearson

Home Farm, , South Northamptonshire NN11 3BG

Daventry 5 miles, Towcester 9 miles, 12 miles, Milton Keynes 20 miles (London Euston about 38 minutes), M1 motorway (junction 16) 6 miles

Features: Entrance hall, Drawing room, Dining hall, Sitting room, Study, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloakroom, Utility/boot room, Large cellar (accessed down stairs from entrance hall), Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, Four further bedrooms, Bathroom, Shower room, Garage, Studio/office, Open barn, Large enclosed garden, Stables, Tack room, Storage/feed barn, Lake, Paddock

Just under 4 acres Situation A quiet and totally unspoilt secluded location Good commuter services with regular trains on the edge of the hamlet of Little Everdon. from Milton Keynes and Northampton to London Euston in 38 and 47 minutes Little Everdon and the adjoining village of respectively and easy access to both M1 and Everdon have a Church and a Public House. M40 motorways.

Excellent local facilities are available in the nearby centres of and Towcester which provide a wide range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities.

Excellent schooling in the area with good state primary schools in nearby villages. Little Everdon is well placed for a number of preparatory schools, including, Winchester HIGH RES REQUIRED House and Bilton Grange. Nearby public schools include Tudor Hall, Rugby and Stowe. Home Farm The Cottages Grade II listed, Home Farm is Excellent conversion of a located at the end of a ‘no through Northamptonshire stone barn to road’ on the edge of the hamlet set provide 2 self-contained cottages. in its own gardens and grounds with One 2 bedroom cottage with an fine views over open countryside. open plan kitchen/diner, study, The property has benefited from a bathroom and a separate shower full and sympathetic restoration room / wc. It has a quiet terrace over recent years and is constructed space overlooking the beautiful of local stone and brick under a slate easterly view over the fields. The roof providing excellent and flexible second cottage is a studio/ office. family accommodation over three It has a small shower room, wc and floors. The house dates back to the kitchenette so it is self contained. 17th Century and was originally It backs on to the beautiful barn built as the Home Farm to the garden. Both cottages make a adjoining Estate. It was then rental income. extended in Victorian times and completely modernised and A further barn provides useful renovated in recent years. A wealth storage space for garden tools and of original period features have been machinery. The barn has great retained including fireplaces, potential for conversion to a exposed beams, flag stone floors and variety of further uses. oak floor boards. The Drawing Room is a spacious double storey Outside room overlooking the garden. It has Home Farm’s totally secluded a feature fireplace and beautiful gardens are famed as the earliest antique doors. The kitchen/breakfast major design project of room to the rear of the property has internationally acclaimed garden a distinctly Mediterranean feel with designer and 2015 Chelsea Garden glass doors out to the terrace with Show grand prize winner, Dan stunning views beyond and a cream Pearson. Planted in the 1980s Dan colour Total Control Aga. The Pearson’s work at Home Farm was ground floor also comprises a dining the subject of a TV series and hall, study, sitting room, large book. Now in established glorious utility/boot room and cloakroom. maturity the garden is faithful to There is a large cellar (running its original design with the newer length of the house). addition of a Crabtree Apple walk, and a bank of traditional roses. The feature oak staircase leads to The garden is laid out in rooms, the first floor comprising a master with the avenue of Lime trees, the bedroom with en suite bathroom, Barn garden, and lake with two further bedrooms and glorious fringe planting and water bathroom. lilies all being special features. There is also a productive orchard The second attic floor has been of apples and plums and a well converted to provide two further stocked vegetable garden. The large double bedrooms and a shower terrace of the kitchen of the main room and separate wc. house, perfect for entertaining, looks out to the gardens and the HIGH RES REQUIRED

Floorplans for Home Farm

Approx gross internal area*: Main House = 2,545 sq ft / 235 sq m (Not including cellar, attic, cottage and outbuildings) Stables & Garage Cottage = 1,215 sq ft / 113 sq m (Not including wood store)

Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale.

*As defined by RICS – Code of Second Floor Barn Measuring Practice.

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General beautiful surrounding countryside. Services: Mains water, electricity Local authority: before reaching the pub. In Little across cattle grids to a crossroads A haven of tranquillity Home Farm and drainage are connected to all Council, Church Walk, Daventry, Everdon follow road right through and continue straight over to garden is profuse with wildlife, properties. Oil fired boiler. Northamptonshire the village and just before Everdon Everdon. Proceed into village; turn butterflies and bees. NN11 5AF. Tel: 01327 871100. Hall turn right down the drive to left at the pub and left again to Council tax: The property is in Home Farm. Little Everdon. In Little Everdon There is also a stone built stable Tax Band H. The cottage is in Directions to view From M40 (junction 11) take A361 follow road right through the block with three stables, secure tax band D. From the M1 (junction 16) follow towards Daventry. Pass through village and just before Everdon tack room, barn/feed store. A45 towards Daventry. Pass over villages of Wardington, Chipping Hall turn right down the drive to Paddock. Postcode: The postcode of the the Weedon crossroads and after Warden, Byfield and . Home Farm. property is NN11 3BG. about one mile turn left to Approximately 1.2 mile north of Stone garage also containing oil Everdon. Proceed into village and Charwelton turn right to . tank. Ample car parking. take turn to right to Little Everdon, Follow this road through the park, Strutt & Parker London 13 Hill Street, London W1J 5LQ

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