Snorscomb Mill Everdon • Nr •

Snorscomb Mill Everdon • Nr Daventry • Northamptonshire

Distances approximate: Daventry 6.3 miles • Towcester 10.5 miles 12.5 miles (London/Euston via rail from 1 hour) Milton Keynes 23 miles (London/Euston via rail from 35 minutes) M1 motorway (junction 16) 6.9 miles • M40 motorway (junction 11) 16.2 miles.

A substantial 19th century former mill house, extensively rebuilt in the 1960’s, occupying an enviable position surrounded by open fields.

Entrance hall and inner hall with cloakroom • Drawing room • Dining room • Kitchen/breakfast room Utility room • Playroom/office • First floor study Master bedroom with en-suite shower room & dressing room Three further bedrooms (one with en-suite shower room) • Family bathroom Guest wing with Sitting room, Bedroom & Shower room Garaging & Store Extensive landscaped gardens with mill race & stream frontage

In all approximately 1.5 acres

Savills 36 South Bar Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AE Tel: 01295 228000 [email protected] savills.co.uk Situation Everdon is a popular rural village in mid Northamptonshire amidst unspoilt rolling countryside. Daventry and Towcester are the local towns with the usual shopping and leisure facilities. Northampton, Banbury, Rugby and Milton Keynes are regional centres and provide train services to London and the North. The motorway network can be joined via junction 16 of the M1 motorway and junction 11 of the M4 motorway. State primary schools can be found at Newnham, and Weedon with secondary schools in Daventry and Towcester. There is a wide range of private schools in the locality including Maidford School, Bilton Grange at Dunchurch, Winchester House School at Brackley, , , Rugby, Stowe, Bloxham, Tudor Hall at Banbury, , Oundle, Northampton High School for Girls, Uppingham, Oakham and Kimbolton. Leisure facilities include golf at Staverton, and , hunting with the Grafton and Pytchley Hunts, motor-racing at Silverstone, flying at Sywell, sailing at Pitsford or Draycote Water, and horse-racing at Towcester, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. Description Snorscomb Mill occupies an enviable position surrounded by open countryside to the south of the popular village of Everdon. Once a medieval village, Snorscomb, meaning a ‘many toothed valley’, is mentioned in the Doomsday book. The land was enclosed by the Knightley family of in 1508 and the village reduced to just the mill, a cottage and a farmhouse, which is how it is today. Dating to 1821 but not listed, the mill is a substantial property with accommodation arranged over three floors, built of local ironstone under a slate tiled roof. To the ground floor there is a light and bright double height entrance hall with a spiral staircase that ascends to the first floor guest wing. The entrance hall leads on into an inner hall with a cloakroom and utility room off. The former garaging to the main house is a flexible space that could be converted into an office or playroom. There is a good size dining room with inglenook fireplace fitted with a multi fuel burning stove which leads onto the kitchen/breakfast room. This room incorporates parts of the original mill machinery and looks into the former wheel housing. From the kitchen, there are French doors that open onto the gardens. The main drawing room is located on the first floor of the property and is generous in its proportions. At the far end of the room there are French doors that open onto a balcony which gives fantastic views and access to the gardens to the south and west. This room also has a fireplace which is fitted with a multi fuel burning stove. An open stair case rises to the master bedroom on the second floor. Also on the first floor there is a generous study with built in work stations. The study and adjacent bedroom and shower room could be a self contained suite for a student or au-pair. There are three further bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room and a family bathroom. The master bedroom, located on the second floor of the property, has vaulted ceilings with exposed timbers and also has French doors that open onto the balcony offering views to the south and west. This room also has an en-suite shower room and a dressing room. (This space could also be used as a small study or nursery). The guest wing is accessed via the spiral staircase from the entrance hall. This space comprises a large vaulted sitting room with wood burning stove, a bedroom and shower room. There is also the option to install a kitchenette area at the far end of the room making this space ideal for a live in au-pair or relative. Externally the grounds which surround the property extend to approximately 1.5 acres. A mixture of landscaping, there are formal gardens with terraced seating areas as well as wooded gardens to the south of the plot. In winter the mill race tends to fill with water which flows either down the slipway or through the wheel house. First Floor Second Floor

Ground Floor

SNORSCOMBE MILL Approximate Gross Internal Area 416.5 sq.m. / 4483 sq.ft.

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Council Tax follow this road round to the right onto Stubbs Road. Proceed along Band G this road (over the bridge) for a short distance. Take the next right turn (signed Snorscombe Gated Road). Continue down this lane, opening Postcode the gate and Snorscomb Milll can be found on the right hand side. NN11 3BJ Viewings Tenure By appointment with Savills. Prior to making an appointment to Freehold with vacant possession upon completion. view, Savills strongly recommend that you discuss any particular points Approached via a gated county road, there is driveway parking for a which are likely to affect your interest in the property with a member number of vehicles as well as garaging and storage. Fixtures and Fittings of Savills’ staff who has seen the property in order that you do not Those items mentioned in these sale particulars are included in the make a wasted journey. Accommodation freehold sale. Other items are expressly excluded. Certain such items See floor plans. may be available by separate negotiation. Further information should Important Notice be obtained from the selling agents. Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: Services 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in Private water supply with UV filtration. Private drainage. Mains Directions relation to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or electricity. There is no mains gas in the village. The central heating From Banbury (or junction 11 of the M40 motorway) take the A361 contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. is provided by night storage heaters. A BT line with Broadband is towards Daventry. Continue on this road for approximately 11.5 miles connected. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs passing through the villages of Wardington, Chipping Warden, Byfield and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It and . Turn right on to the Fawsley Road (signed Fawsley & should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building Local Authority Fawsley Hall). Continue on this orad for approximately 3 miles passing regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, Council. Tel: 01327 871100 Fawsley Hall Hotel and through the village of Everdon. With the equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or

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