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Hammoon House Hammoon, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 2DB

Sturminster Newton 3.5 miles, 7 miles, 8 miles Gillingham 9 miles ( Waterloo from 1hr 53 mins), 15 miles (all mileages and times are approximate)

A Handsome late 19th Century Country House, on the edge of the village with delightful gardens, paddocks and river frontage.

Accommodation Reception hall • Inner hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Kitchen/breakfast room Orangery • Utility/second kitchen • Boot room • Cloakroom Master bedroom suite comprising bedroom, bathroom and dressing room 7 Further bedrooms • 4 Bath/shower rooms Coach house with studio and games room Walled outdoor swimming pool and pool house • Attractive gardens • Water meadows/paddocks Approximately 850 yards of single bank fishing on the River Stour In all about 18.9 Acres

Savills Wimborne Savills Country Department House, Priors Walk 33 Margaret Street East Borough Wimborne London Dorset, BH21 1PB W1G 0JD Contact: Ashley Rawlings Contact: Camilla Elwell Tel: +44 (0) 1202 856 873 Tel: 020 7016 3718 [email protected] [email protected] savills.co.uk

YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE TEXT SITUATION Hammoon is a small hamlet located within the beautiful countryside of the . Local villages of note include , Manston, , and , all of which have a variety of facilities. The towns of Sturminster Newton, Blandford, Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Sherborne provide a good variety of shopping, educational, recreational and cultural facilities. There are mainline railway stations at Sherborne and Gillingham with a direct service to London Waterloo and the A303 is located to the north at providing a route towards London and the Home Counties. The area is well served by independent schools at , Shaftesbury, for Boys, Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne Preparatory School, Hanford, Knighton House, Clayesmore, Port Regis, Sandroyd and Canford. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Sherborne and Rushmore, horse racing at Wincanton, Exeter and Bath and water sports can be enjoyed to the south along the Dorset coastline at Harbour, West Bay and Weymouth.

DESCRIPTION Hammoon House was built in 1893 and has stuccoed elevations under a slate roof with mainly sash windows. In the 1890s the second Viscount Portman who built Bryanston also built three hunting lodges nearby, one of which is Hammoon House. The house was built to face down the valley rather than into the village to welcome and provide a lunch rest and opportunity for the family to change horses. It remained part of the Portman Estate until 1923 when it became part of a large lotted sale when the Portman Estate was broken up. For some 45 years after the Second World War the distinguished ornithologist, Angela Hughes lived in Hammoon House and she was involved in reintroducing the otter to the River Stour. Hammoon House provides beautifully proportioned accommodation with the high ceilings, attractive cornicing and open fireplaces expected in a house of this period. The front door opens into a porch which in turn opens through to the reception hall with the drawing room and dining room to either side with bay windows to the front of the house. The sitting room and breakfast room are beyond with the latter linking directly through to both the kitchen and dining room. An inner hall gives access to a superb orangery as well as linking through to the cloakroom, utility room, boot room and a large back hall which is used as the day-to- day entrance. The main landing leads to the master bedroom with its adjoining dressing room and bathroom and two further bedrooms. A half-staircase leads to the rear landing with three further bedrooms, two with en suite bath/shower rooms, a sixth bedroom and the family bathroom. On the second floor there are two further bedrooms and a shower room.

THE COACH HOUSE The Coach House has been converted to provide a ground floor garage and studio with kitchenette and space for a bath/shower room. On the first floor is a spacious games rooms. GARDENS AND GROUNDS The house is approached through double gates which open onto a gravel driveway, adjacent to the coach house and to the north west of the house. The gardens are mainly to the south and west of the house and are predominantly laid to lawn with well stocked herbaceous beds and borders and a paved terrace. There is a large garden store with loft space above it. A walled garden contains the heated swimming pool with pool house. To the front of the house is a ha-ha, separating the gardens from a series of three meadows which lead down to the River Stour. The river has single bank fishing over approximately 854 yards. HAMMOON HOUSE Approximate Gross Internal Area = House: 519 sq.m. / 5585 sq.ft. Coach House: 99 sq.m. / 1070 sq.ft. Outbuildings: 38 sq.m. / 410 sq.ft. Total: 634 sq.m. / 6835 sq.ft. For identification only. Not to scale.

Garden Store Pool House

Coach House

First Floor Second Floor Ground Floor DIRECTIONS From London take the M3 and head west onto the A303. About 2 miles beyond the village of Chicklade turn right and then left onto the A350 signposted Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum. Continue through Shaftesbury along the A350 and then follow signs for Sturminster Newton on the B3091. After about 5 miles you will reach the village of Manston and then turn left on a sharp right hand bend signposted Child Okeford. After a further half a mile turn right signed Hammoon and on entering the village the drive to Hammoon House is the first entrance on the left hand side. From take the A30 to Wilton and turn left at the roundabout onto the A30 through Wilton. Proceed to Shaftesbury and turn left at the first main roundabout by the Royal Chase Hotel onto the A305. Continue through Shaftesbury and follow signs for Sturminster Newton and the B3091. After about 5 miles you will reach the village of Manston and then turn left on a sharp right hand bend signposted to Child Okeford. After a further half a mile turn right signposted Hammoon and on entering the village the drive to Hammoon House is the first entrance on the left hand side. HAMMOON HOUSE

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908)

SERVICES Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating in the main house. LPG central heating in the Coach House. FIXTURES AND FITTINGS All fitted carpets, curtains and garden furniture/garden ornaments are excluded from the sale but could be made available by separate negotiation. 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 POST CODE DT10 2DB. 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 LOCAL AUTHORITY 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, District Council, Nordon, Salisbury Road, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 3. The reference to any Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7LL. Tel: 01258 454111. mechanical or electrical equipment or other facilities at the property shall not constitute a representation (unless otherwise stated) as to its state or condition or that it is capable of fulfilling its intended function, and prospective VIEWING purchasers/tenants should satisfy themselves as to the fitness of such equipment for their requirements. Strictly by appointment with Savills. Particulars produced April 2018. Photographs taken June 2015. 18/04/10 GC. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087.