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BURY HOUSE ODIHAM • HAMPSHIRE BURY HOUSE ODIHAM • HAMPSHIRE Quintessential Georgian village house in the heart of Odiham Hook & Winchfield 3 miles (London Waterloo from 49/53 minutes), Basingstoke 8 miles (London Waterloo 45 minutes), Farnham 8 miles, Alton 8.5 miles, M3 (Junction 5) 2 miles (all mileages and times are approximate) Entrance hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Family room • Dining room Study • Kitchen/breakfast room • Conservatory • 2 Cloakrooms Utility area • Larder • Cellar with 3 rooms • Garage/Games room with cloakroom Main bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom • Second bedroom with roll top bath and washbasin Guest bedroom (3) with en suite bathroom 2 further double bedrooms • Family bathroom • Wet room 4 attic rooms arranged as bedrooms/playroom/store • Bathroom • Plant Room Walled garden • Swimming pool with pool house/changing room • Courtyard parking for 2 cars Stable Flat: Separate access from The Bury • Sitting room • Kitchen • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom Approximately 0.6 acres Savills Farnham Savills Country Department 39 Downing Street, 33 Margaret Street Farnham, Surrey London GU9 7PH W1G 0JD Contact: Rory McKenzie Contact: Lottie Geaves Tel: 01252 729 000 Tel: 020 7409 8869 [email protected] [email protected] savills.co.uk YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE TEXT BURY HOUSE Bury House is a Grade II listed Georgian village house with a rich history. The house dates as far back as the late 1600’s but most of what we see today as ‘Bury House’, was built in the 1800’s. The house was home to the sisters of Neville Chamberlain around the time of WW2. In the last 10 years, the property has been subject to a comprehensive refurbishment program, which has seen the creation of an elegant and well-proportioned family house, arranged over three floors. Bury House combines a wealth of typical Georgian features and is well equipped for modern living, with ceiling speakers connected to Sonos, under floor heating in the kitchen, conservatory and 1st floor bathrooms. Character firmly remains in abundance in the form of cornicing, 18th century sash windows and wooden shutters and early 19th century frieze-work on the landing level of the main hall. The previous owners also undertook major works including a new roof, new swimming pool, kitchen and a new zinc roof installed on the veranda running the width of the main house. The current owners have maintained the house well, the whole house was externally repainted in 2017. The current owners also rebuilt the wall within the garden having obtained Listed Buildings Consent to do so. Inside is as you would expect with a house of this period, the rooms are light and airy, most of the principal reception rooms enjoy views over the walled garden and feature high ceilings and large sash windows. There is a spacious dual aspect drawing room with open fireplace, bay window and double doors opening to the morning room. The hub of the house is arguably the open plan kitchen and breakfast room, with painted wooden units under black granite work surfaces, a central island unit and well-appointed integrated appliances. There is also access into the kitchen through the back door off the courtyard and there is a useful traditional pantry and a door leading through to the laundry room. The current owners have applied for Listed Buildings Consent to create an additional utility room off the kitchen. On the first floor, the impressive master bedroom has an There is a family bathroom and a further wet room on the This is currently used for storage and has previously been attractive stone fireplace, separate dressing room with built in first floor, servicing the two further double bedrooms. On the used as a stables and a garage and is subject to an application wardrobes and a well-appointed en suite bathroom including second floor, the attic space is highly flexible, and is currently by the present owners for Listed Buildings Consent to return a walk in shower. Bedroom number two features a fireplace arranged as two bedrooms, a bathroom and a lounge area it to garaging. With its own separate access off The Bury, is and open plan bathroom, with a roll top bath on a raised with a generous storage room in addition. the Stable Flat, converted from part of the original stables. plinth. On the eastern side of the house, with its own landing Whilst there is private parking for two cars in the courtyard The accommodation comprises a sitting room, kitchen, two and secondary staircase is a newly renovated guest suite. at the front of the house, there is also a large games room. bedrooms and a bathroom and is currently let out. Bury House Gross Internal Area (approx) = 597.2 sq m / 6428 sq ft Cellar = 44.5 sq m / 479 sq ft Stable Flat = 72.6 sq m / 781 sq ft Garage/Games Room = 63.1 sq m / 679 sq ft Pool House = 21.7 sq m / 233 sq ft Total = 799.1 sq m / 8600 sq ft Including Limited Use Area (47.8 sq m / 514 sq ft) For identification only. Not to scale. Stable Flat: Stable Flat: Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) First Floor Cellar Ground Floor GARDEN, GROUNDS AND OUTBUILDINGS Bury House is approached via electric gates giving access The rear walled garden of Bury House is worthy of particular The garden is predominantly laid to lawn with well-stocked into a generous two car courtyard driveway. There is also note, with a south westerly aspect and an attractive landscape, borders and flower beds, mature shrubs and trees and a an ornate iron gate providing access to the classical pillared this space is a tranquil and secluded environment, flanked magnificent Holm Oak to the corner of the garden. There is a Georgian entrance, flanked by zinc lanterns. by views to the church and to the back of the house with its raised flagstone terrace adjacent to the conservatory, perfect handsome symmetry and pretty Regency canopy veranda, for outdoor dining and gravel path leading to the pedestrian covering the Portland stone terrace. gate. SWIMMING POOL The beautifully landscaped sunken swimming pool (approx. 12m x 5m) sits within a tiered and extremely private Victorian walled garden and is accessed via a wrought iron gate. The pool is set within a multi-level paved terrace with raised flower beds, a pool house/ changing room and an area of shaped lawn with gravelled pathways. SITUATION Bury House is situated in the heart of Odiham in The Bury, a Odiham has a series of footpaths which expand from not far away. Goodwood, Fontwell Park and Epsom Downs quiet residential square, within the village Conservation area. the village, and provide excellent walks into the nearby are all within 75 minutes. There is a wide selection of independent shops, together countryside and the northern edge of the village along Train, planes and cars are all within easy reach with mainline with sought after primary and secondary schools. Public and the Basingstoke Canal and the towpath walks. For more Prep schools in the area include Daneshill, Edgeborough, mainstream and comprehensive retail and leisure, facilities train stations of Basingstoke, Hook and Winchfield for access Cheam, Lord Wandsworth College, Winchester College and St can be found in the regional centres of Fleet, Basingstoke, into London Waterloo. Southampton Airport is 36 miles away, Swithun’s. Farnham and Reading, with Guildford and Winchester also whilst Heathrow is 40 miles away. Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2019. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. NOT TO SCALE. GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS Services: Connected to all mains services. There are solar panels on the roof which work in synergy with the hot water system. Council tax: Band H. Postcode: The postcode of the property is RG29 1LZ Local authority: Hart District Council. Civic Offices, Harlington Way, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 4AE. Tel: 01252 622122 Fixtures and fittings:Only those items known as fixtures and fittings will be included in the sale. Certain items such as garden ornaments, carpets and curtains may be available by separate negotiation. Wayleaves, rights of way and easements: The property will be sold subject to and with the benefit of all wayleaves, easements and rights of way, whether mentioned in these particulars or not. BURY HOUSE DIRECTIONS From Roehampton Vale coming out of London on the A3 for 25.2 miles, continue past Guildford on the Guildford and Godalming bypass, staying in the left lane to merge onto the slip road for 7 miles on the Farnham Road/A31. Following the A31 all the way down to the Shepherd and Block roundabout, take the third exit onto the A325 and in 0.4 miles then taking the Upper Hale Road/A3016 to Church Street in Odiham. Follow the road for 0.3 miles taking second exit at the following roundabout, and in another 0.3 miles, take the second exit at the next roundabout onto the Hale Road/A325. Drive 1.4 miles to then turn left onto Upper Hale Road/A3016 and continue onto Odiham Road/ A287, then in 0.6 miles take the roundabout leaving at the first exit and stay on Odiham Road/A287 for 0.6 miles. You will come to another roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Odiham Road/A287. Follow this road for a further 4.7 miles and at the Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not next roundabout take the 1st exit onto Farnham Road, continuing onto to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office High Street, turn left in 0.3 miles onto Church Street, where Bury House © Crown copyright (100041908) will be on your right hand side in 269 ft IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: They are not authorised 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.