Hatton Turnor House, Shedfield, Hampshire

The Georgian and southern half of an important early 17th century Grade II listed country house situated in fine old grounds within the Meon valley

POTENTIAL ACCOMMODATION

Features Potential Accommodation Approximately 5315 sq ft (493.8 sq m)

• Entrance Vestibule • 6 Bedrooms • Reception Hall • Bathroom • Sitting Room • Long Carriage Driveway • Dining Room • Space for Garaging, subject to planning • Kitchen • Mature Grounds and Woodland • Cloakroom • Cellar In all about 1.48 acres (0.60 ha) Lotting Plan

Location

Shedfield lies in countryside 13 miles south of Winchester and ten miles north east of Southampton between the villages of Botley, Curdridge, Waltham Chase and Wickham on the western side of the Meon valley. It adjoins the grounds and golf course of the Marriott Meon Valley Country Club. The village has two public houses, a village hall, and a recreation ground. There are good local amenities in Bishops Waltham and Wickham and a wide range of large shops and superstores at Hedge End (Junction 7 of the M27). There are railway stations for London Waterloo at Botley, Southampton Parkway and Winchester and excellent road links with the A32 and M27 both nearby. The surrounding countryside provides many walks, bicycle tracks and bridleways and it is very close to marinas along the south coast for first class yachting and other watersports.

Property Information

Services: Mains water, electricity, drainage - currently shared septic tank. The purchaser will be required to install their own private drainage system within four months of completion. Oil fired central heating.

Local Authority: Winchester City Council 01962 840222.

Viewing: By appointment through the agents Jackson-Stops & Staff, Wykeham House, 11a Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9DZ Telephone: 01962 844299.

Winchester 01962 844299 [email protected] jackson-stops.co.uk Wykeham House 11a Southgate Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 9DZ

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The Property Outside Hatton Turnor House is the first release of the estate which is being sold in three individual residences. It has The house is approached through tall wrought iron gates and a long carriage driveway a particularly fine symmetrical Georgian façade and forms the southern half of a major Grade II listed country continues up through the grounds owned by the house, terminating in a wide sweep on th th house. It has a fascinating history, there was a farmhouse on the site in the 13 century and in the early 17 the western side. Shedfield House, the northern half of the property, has full rights of century the house was rebuilt and from that date expanded by successive owners. The Manor House and its way over this driveway. It should also be noted that Stable Cottage is accessed from a Estate passed to the Phillimore family in 1868, the majority of which excluding the house remains in the separate drive and has no rights over the main driveway. The formal gardens lie on the family today. The house was purchased by the current owners some eleven years ago who have subsequently eastern side of the house. In one corner is a very special Victorian half-moon shaped carried out an extensive programme of restoration. Listed Building Consent has just been granted to divide the terrace and clay tiled walkway. main house into two. Hatton Turnor House being coloured pink on the Site Plan. Prior to completion of a sale, the vendors will be carrying out certain works to form the division, a list of these works are available with their solicitors, architects and selling agents. The Gardens The majority of the grounds sweep away to the south, and situated within a small The house has a particularly fine Georgian façade but with earlier origins. The elevations are of beautiful arboretum is the ‘Peace Garden’ laid out after World War I by the Phillimore Family. mellow brick with arched sash and small pane casement windows under a multi-pitched, tiled and dormered There are some fine specimen trees including a monkey puzzle tree. roof. Currently the accommodation is laid out over three floors plus a cellar, but please see the floor plans which shows the proposed layout as per the listed building consent. The lead faced front door opens into an In all extending to about 1.48 acres (0.60 ha). entrance vestibule, beyond which is a particularly fine and interesting panelled reception hall which is attributed to Christopher Hatton Turnor, at the time an apprentice to Lutyens. The room has an Arts & Crafts feel, recessed nooks, a glazed tiled fireplace and a plaster frieze decorated with inset Portuguese plates and blue and white Delft tiles. The current drawing room, which is proposed to be converted into the kitchen/breakfast/family room, has a feature fireplace and a listed Regency-style chandelier. The dining room includes a large amount of decorative fretwork and pillars. This along with the Arts & Crafts fireplace is where Turnor was given an almost free hand. There is a sitting room, cloakroom and cellar, situated under the dining room, includes an extensive wine cellar, boiler room and strong room.

The first floor is approached by a rather fine and original staircase, it rises up to a grand hallway added in 1820 which has decorative archways. At this level are three principal bedrooms and a bathroom, and on the second floor there are three further bedrooms and an additional room which could be converted into a further bathroom, subject to the necessary consents.

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