WEST END HOUSE UPPER FROYLE •

WEST END HOUSE UPPER FROYLE • HAMPSHIRE

Rural Family living in style Eco-Friendly Period Farmhouse with Land, Cottage and Distant Views

Alton 3.3 miles (5km) • Bentley 3 miles (4.8km) • Farnham 6.8 miles (11km) • 16 miles (25km) Guildford 17 miles (27km) • 20 miles (32km) • M25/Wisley 25 miles (40km) London 47 miles (75km) (Distances are approximate)

4 principal bedrooms • 4 bath/shower rooms (all en suite) • 3 further bedrooms • Family bathroom Reception Hall • Cloaks/WC • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room Farmhouse kitchen / breakfast room • Walk-in larder • rear lobby • Utility / boot room • Second staircase Cottage • 2 bay barn • ‘Well House’ loggia Heated swimming pool • Party room • Equipment room Large studio / work room Solar array • Heat pumps Astro-turf tennis court Landscaped gardens • Lake • Meadows Amounting in all to about 25.6 acres (10.4ha)

Savills Farnham 39 Downing Street Farnham, Surrey GU9 7PH Contact: Rory McKenzie Tel: 01252 729000 savills.co.uk [email protected] Directions From London, follow A3 to Guildford and then A31 to Farnham. Continue on A31 towards Winchester and after about 6 miles turn right off the dual carriageway at signs for Upper Froyle and ‘Hen and Chicken’ public house. Turn immediately left along the service road for about 350 yards where the tree lined drive to West End House will be found on the right hand side. From Farnham, leave the town via A325 West Street and at the roundabout take the third exit onto A31. Continue for 5.2 miles then turn right to Upper Froyle and continue as above.

Situation West End House occupies what can truly be described as an outstanding and enviable location. Surrounded by its own extensive elevated grounds at the end of a beautiful tree-lined private drive the property enjoys distant panoramic south-westerly views over its surrounding gardens, lake and adjoining farmland. Upper and Lower Froyle is an ancient settlement mentioned in Domesday when it was known as Froli but there is also evidence of Bronze and Iron Age activity here as well as the remains of a Roman Villa nearby. They lie on the edge of the North Downs above the valley of the and close to the ancient Pilgrims Way between Winchester and . Today the village supports a vibrant and active community as can be seen from the Froyle website - http://www.froyle.com Just 3 miles away the village of Bentley and Alton town offer a range of local services for daily needs whilst a broader range of amenities is available at Farnham, Guildford, Winchester and Petersfield. Communications are good with the main A31 trunk route providing ready access to London and the south- west and linking via the A3 at Wisley with the M25 for the airports and the national motorway network. There is also access to the M3 via the A331. Main line train services are available at Alton, Bentley and Farnham with journey times to London from around one hour.

There is a wide choice of good schools in the area including Alton Convent, Lord Wandsworth, Frensham Heights, Highfield, Edgeborough, Amesbury and St Edmunds among many others (https://www.schoolguide.co.uk ) Recreational opportunities include golf at a number of clubs within reach including Farnham Park, Alton and among others. There are also multi-activity sport and leisure centres at Alton and Farnham, sailing at Frensham, racing at Sandown, Ascot and Newbury. In addition, the surrounding countryside provides ample opportunity for walking and riding in some outstandingly beautiful countryside. Description Understood to date from 1905, West End House has been in the same family for more than 100 years and in the occupation of the present owners for the last 50 years. This is a handsome and impressive family home in the Edwardian country house tradition with its brick and tile-hung elevations, tall chimneys and gabled roof. Internally the style continues with generously proportioned reception rooms and high corniced ceilings. Other aspect of the Arts and Crafts tradition are found in the beautifully crafted oak staircase and other joinery, leaded light windows and feature brick and stone fireplaces. Key elements of the property include the wonderfully bright and spacious double aspect drawing room with its carved stone ‘Tudor arch’ fireplace, French doors to the garden terrace and lovely distant views. Two further reception rooms provide an elegant and spacious dining room and a cosy sitting room both with fitted wood-burning stoves. The hub of this family home must surely be the very spacious ‘farmhouse’ kitchen / breakfast room with its range of pitch pine furniture and china ‘butler’ style double sink under granite surfaces. A recently installed electric 3-oven AGA provides the warm heart. Just off the kitchen an enormous walk-in larder provides ample storage while the former scullery adjoining the back porch serves as today’s utility / boot room. Cottage First floor accommodation is no less impressive. Four principal bedrooms all benefit from en suite bath and shower facilities as well as superb distant countryside views. There are three further rooms and a family bathroom on the second floor which would be ideal as either family or staff accommodation in whatever configuration was required.

Cottage The property has the added benefit of a detached cottage created by the conversion of a former stable block. It now provides a kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, bedroom and two bathrooms. It is currently utilised as self-catering rental accommodation but could well suit a number of purposes according to individual needs and any required consents. WEST END HOUSE Approximate Gross Internal Area Main House: 4,312 sq ft / 400 sq m Garages: 558 sq ft / 52 sq m Stable Cottage: 664 sq ft / 62 sq m Outbuilding: 650 sq ft / 60 sq m Store: 145 sq ft / 13 sq m Total: 6,329 sq ft / 587 sq m Denotes restricted head height

Second Floor

First Floor Outbuilding Stable Cottage (Annexe)

Ground Floor Gardens and Grounds West End House is approached via a long (0.2 miles) private tree-lined drive leading to an extensive gravelled forecourt. A spur leads past the cottage and pool house to a two bay timber framed barn. The gardens are an absolutely key feature of this beautiful property having been lovingly set out and tended by the present owners over many years. Surrounding the house on all sides, the gardens are laid largely to lawn with numerous beds and borders planted with a wide variety of shrubs and flowers. The upper level of lawn adjoining the house includes a terrace with French doors from the drawing room. Steps lead down from here to a croquet lawn beyond which further lawns interspersed with a variety of fruit and other mature trees slope gently down towards the lake. Behind the house a path leads to the pool area with paved surround and adjoining pool house and garden room. The pool house also includes a large room currently arranged as a work room or studio. A path leads from the pool area to a pretty timber framed loggia overlooking the recently re-surfaced ‘astro-turf’ tennis court. The remainder of the land is laid out as meadows and also includes a large lake. In all about 25.6 acres (10.4ha).

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Services Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil- Office © Crown copyright (100041908) fired heating for the cottage and pool. Air source heat pumps also heat the pool and domestic hot water. A large solar array behind the tennis court contributes to the domestic electricity consumption

Postal Address West End House, Upper Froyle, Hampshire, GU34 4JG

Local Authority WEST END HOUSE East Hants District Council

Fixtures & Fittings Certain fixtures & fittings such as light fittings and garden statuary are specifically excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills and their clients give notice that: 1.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. 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. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Ref: 615091 16/06/02 RM