Northbrook House MICHELDEVER • HAMPSHIRE

Micheldever Village 0.5 miles • Micheldever Station 1 mile (London Waterloo 55 minutes) A303 2 miles • M3 (Junction 8) 5 miles • Winchester 8 miles • Basingstoke 12 miles Southampton International Airport 19 miles • Heathrow Airport 48 miles, Central London 66 miles A very special Listed Georgian country house set in rolling countryside on the edge of the village

Reception Hall • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Sitting Room • Media/Playroom • Family Room Study • Kitchen/Breakfast/Family Room • Laundry Room • Boot Room • Cloakroom • Cellar Principal Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room and Bathroom • Five Further Bedrooms Three Further Bathrooms (two suites)

Northbrook Lodge Sitting Room • Kitchen/Dining Room • Two Bedrooms • Bathroom Thatched Former Dairy/Ice House in need of restoration

Coach House/Flat Two Double Garages • Former Stables, now Store Flat Over with Living Room, Kitchenette, Bedroom and Bathroom

Flagstone Courtyard, Store, Loose Box, Outbuildings, Swimming Pool, Jacuzzi, Barbecue Area, All Weather Tennis Court Mature Gardens and Grounds. Kitchen Garden. Woodland and Paddock.

In all about 14.656 acres (5.931 ha)

Country Houses and Estates Office Winchester Office 17c Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HU Wykeham House, 11a Southgate Street Telephone: 020 7664 6646 Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9DZ Fax: 020 7664 6645 Telephone: 01962 844299 [email protected] [email protected] www.jackson-stops.co.uk The Location national motorway network. Southampton International Airport is location about Northbrook House is located in some of Hampshire’s most attractive open countryside, 19 miles away, whereas London Heathrow is to the north of the picturesque village of approximately 48.5 miles away. Micheldever, although it should be noted that the Northbrook House is situated with access to main London railway line adjoins the western some of the county’s best schooling and the boundary of the property. village has its own first class primary school. Micheldever Village was formerly part of Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Stratton Park and provides excellent to day to day Test Valley Golf Club, Alresford, Basingstoke requirements, with a village shop and Post Office, and Winchester. There are several bridleways “The Half Moon and Spread Eagle” public and public footpaths in the immediate area that house and church. More extensive shopping provide excellent walking and hacking country, facilities are found in nearby Winchester and in particular “Coffin Walk” that runs between Basingstoke, together with recreational and Micheldever and East Stratton. It is worth noting business facilities. that there are no public Rights of Way across the property and its land. Fishing is possible on the Northbrook House is ideally located for easy access to major transport networks. Nearby nearby Hampshire chalk streams, the Micheldever Station (separate from the village Rivers Itchen and Test. of Micheldever) offers excellent commuter There is sailing on the Solent, with its many access to London Waterloo, with a journey time marinas, and racing at Salisbury, Newbury, of approximately 55 minutes. There are also Goodwood and Fontwell. Theatre can be mainline stations at Winchester, Basingstoke enjoyed at The Theatre Royal in Winchester and Overton (6.5 miles). There are good road and Southampton as well as opera at links and Northbrook House is within easy reach The Grange in Northington, near Alresford of the M3, M34 and A303 giving access to the (summer season only).

The Property Northbrook House is a most attractive Grade II rail, wall light points, polished stone fireplace, listed country house with the original part built in display cupboard to one side and large bay the early 18th century with later additions in the window. Study - panelled walls, downlighters, 19th century. coving, fireplace and exterior door. The house has colour washed, stuccoed and brick At the heart of the house lies a beautifully elevations with inset sash windows under a slate proportioned kitchen/breakfast/family room roof which has been re-roofed within the last fitted with bespoke units and polished granite year. Northbrook House has been extremely well work surfaces. It has a central island unit and maintained by the present owners, all its inherent numerous integrated appliances including a character has been very carefully retained and four oven Aga, two dishwashers, wine cooler, modern amenities have been cleverly and subtly double bowl sink and Insinkerator, double oven, incorporated to create what is now a very special microwave, induction hob and American-style country house. refrigerator/freezer. Within the kitchen are The principal reception rooms are south facing downlighters, speakers and coved ceiling. and each has a set of French windows opening The larder has slate shelves and within the out to the gardens to the front of the house and breakfast/family area there is a feature chimney take full advantage of the long views over the breast with raised open fire and log storage under. adjoining parkland and countryside beyond. French doors from the kitchen/family room lead The entrance to Northbrook House is through out to the terrace and pool and the entire room black electric metal gates and a long beech lined has limestone flooring with underfloor heating. drive leads up to the house culminating in a wide Off the kitchen is a boot room with door out into gravel sweep on the south side. the courtyard and from the rear hall is a back The front door opens into the reception hall, staircase and laundry room which has a double stone fireplace, pine boarded floor, window Belfast sink, cupboards and polished granite shutters, plaster detailing to the ceiling and worktops. There is also a small plant room cornicing and staircase rising to the first floor. housing the manifolds for the underfloor heating A door leads to the cellar with brick wine bins and electric fuse boxes. and separate area housing two Strebel boilers. The main original staircase leads up to the first The cloakroom has fitted cupboards, large safe, floor from the reception hall. The principal separate w.c., new suite but original washstand suite comprises a dressing room with extensive with marble top. Sitting room - exceptional Poliform furniture, a beautifully appointed plaster ceiling and cornicing, window shutters and bathroom which has limestone floor and polished stone fireplace. Media room (children’s underfloor heating, bath, twin basins, walk-in playroom) - fireplace, wood burning stove, shower, w.c., Poliform hardwood unit, television, bespoke built-in library bookcase, wired for sound speakers, downlighters and cornicing. The main system, television, built-in speakers, racks for cds bedroom has views down to the pool and over and dvds, recessed shelving and cupboards and the parkland to the south. There are five further French doors leading out to the pool side. Dining bedrooms and three further bathrooms, two room - cornicing, speakers, window shutters and of which are arranged as suites. On the inner polished stone fireplace. Family room with access landing there is an extensive range of linen into the kitchen, fitted shelving and cupboards, cupboards, a display alcove and access to the cornicing, speakers, window shutters and polished roof space and a useful back staircase leads stone fireplace. Drawing room - plaster detailing down to a rear hall situated by the laundry room to the partly vaulted ceiling and ceiling rose, dado off the kitchen.

Northbrook House Approx. Gross Internal Area: Main House (excluding ground floor level) = 4327 sq ft / 402 sq metres Garage / Workshop = 409 sq ft / 38 sq metres Total = 4736 sq ft / 440 sq metres (Of which 43 sq ft / 4 sq metres is Reduced Headroom)

First Floor

Cellar

Ground Floor

GROUND FLOOR

CELLAR

This plan is for illustrative purposes only and is not to scale. Measured and drawn in accordance with RICS guidelines. The size and placement of windows, doors and other features are approximate only Northbrook Lodge Northbrook Lodge lies at the head of the main drive, a single storey lodge house. It has rendered and colour washed brick elevations under a slate roof and comprises a sitting room, fitted kitchen/ dining room, two bedrooms and a bathroom. It has its own private parking and a small garden and built alongside is a thatched outbuilding, now Thatched Outbuilding in need of restoration, which is believed to have been a former dairy or possibly an ice house.

Courtyard, Outbuildings and Coach House up and over doors and former stables now used for Concealed behind the main house lies a storage but which was used by a previous owner as charming courtyard which is bordered by the a home office. To the rear of the building there is a majority of the outbuildings. The courtyard is hall and boiler room housing a separate boiler for accessed via a continuation of the main drive the flat above. The staircase rises up to a landing, which sweeps around between the house and there is a large living room, bedroom, bathroom, the coach house. The flagstone courtyard has separate cloakroom and a kitchenette. a central fountain and many of the walls are On the northern side of the courtyard is an covered in climbing roses. attractive single storey building of brick and flint Forming part of the west wing of the house is a under a slate roof arranged as a tool shed, coal store room and an original stable. The former store, wood store and a gardener’s w.c. Coach House has colour washed elevations and Various other outbuildings include a summer wood casement windows under a slate roof. house by the tennis court, a changing room for the It has on the ground floor two double garages with swimming pool and a grotto overlooking the pool. Coach House Ground Floor Northbrook Lodge

Outbuilding (Not Shown in Actual Location / Orientation)

Coach House First Floor The Gardens and Grounds To the east of the house, accessed from the is the all weather tennis court complete with a kitchen/sitting room is a large terraced barbecue free standing changing hut. Bordering this is a The gardens and grounds at Northbrook House area which leads to the swimming pool (new have been meticulously maintained. To the south large vegetable garden with greenhouse, to the automatic cover fitted Summer 2013) complete of the house across from the drive, there is a east is an orchard. with a Jacuzzi in the corner. large expanse of lawn which is interspersed with In addition there is an expanse of woodland with herbaceous borders, box hedging and a pond The majority of this land has been paved but is a children’s tree house with tractor store beyond. with fountain. interspersed with herbaceous borders and shrubs. A secondary drive continues past the tennis court, This avenue is bordered on both sides by mature Behind the courtyard, to the north of the house pony paddock and vegetable garden out to the trees giving the house a delightful setting. and accessed by a continuation of the drive, lane. GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS Tenure Freehold with vacant possession upon completion. Covenants On the section of arable land to the north of the property there is a “clawback/uplift” covenant in favour of two past landlords of Northbrook House. These amount to 35% in total and only become payable if planning permission is obtained and development takes place on the said land. For further information please refer to the selling agent. Fixtures and Fittings All fitted carpets, curtains, blinds, light fittings, garden ornaments and equipment are specifically excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation. Services Mains water and electricity to main house, flat and lodge. Private drainage. 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE Directions (SO21 3AJ) Jackson-Stops & Staff give notice that: From London, take the M3 and exit at Junction 1 They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. 8 on to the A303. Continue west and after about These particulars do not form any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or two miles exit signposted Micheldever Station and representations of fact. Overton. At the T-Junction, turn left and follow 2 Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for the road until you reach the crossroads crossing guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has straight over and Northbrook House is on the all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Jackson-Stops & Staff have not tested right hand side after approximately 1.4 miles soon any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. after the Micheldever village sign.