FLINT HILL PARK WINWICK | NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Flint Hill Park, Winwick, Northamptonshire, NN6 7PA Junction 18 of M1 2.5 miles, Rugby 8.5 miles (HST London Euston 50 minutes) Northampton 12 miles, Milton Keynes 36 miles Market Harborough 16 miles (HST London St Pancras International Birmingham Airport 35 miles, Birmingham 42 miles, Central London 79 miles (All distances approximate) A rare opportunity to acquire a country estate, surrounded by splendid gardens and parkland of about 28 acres. Flint Hill House • Grand Entrance Hall, 3 Reception Rooms, Family Room/Office • Kitchen Breakfast Room, Pantry, Larder, Computer Room, Cloakroom • Master Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room & Bathroom • 6 further Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Laundry Room • South Wing - 2 Bedrooms • West Wing - 3-4 Bedrooms • Coach House - 2 Bedrooms • Orchard Cottage - 3 Bedrooms • Garaging, Stabling, Greenhouse • Swimming Pool • Parkland Style Gardens • Paddock Land In all about 28 acres 10 Church Square, Market Harborough Country Department Leicestershire, LE16 7NB 55 Baker Street, London, WIU 8AN Tel: 01858 435970 Tel: 020 7861 1549 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Land & Estate Agents • Commercial Town Planning & Development Consultants Offices – Market Harborough • Stamford These particulars are intended as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of facts. Your attention is drawn to the important notice at the back of this brochure. The Situation Flint Hill Park benefits from a charming, rural location, well surrounded and protected by its own land and gardens, yet with all the conveniences of a superbly accessible position, including outstanding road links to the North and South via the M1. Situated on the edge of the hamlet of Winwick, the local villages of Yelvertoft, Crick, Long Buckby and West Haddon provide a range of day to day shops and facilities including several very good restaurants – Kilworth House at North Kilworth, White Swan at Shawell, The Althorp Coaching Inn at Althorp and an excellent local butcher at South Kilworth. Rugby (under 9 miles away), Northampton (12 miles), Milton Keynes (36 miles) and Market Harborough (16 miles) are all very useful regional centres which provide a good source of local shops and facilities. Rugby offers the nearest main line station to London Euston every hour with a journey time of 50 minutes. Trains also run very regularly from Market Harborough to London St Pancras International in under an hour. Schools in the surrounding area are very well thought of and include Rugby School, less than 9 miles away, Bilton Grange in Dunchurch and Spratton Hall some 6 miles distant. The local Yelvertoft primary school is well regarded. Recreational and sporting facilities nearby include golf at a number of good local courses including Chapel Brampton, Kilworth Springs and Cold Ashby. The adjacent countryside has been designated by the District Council as a special landscape area, and also provides good riding. Description Flint Hill House is Georgian. Interesting residents over the years have included Sir Geoffrey Bates, former Chairman of Cunard. Sir Geoffrey owned Flint Hill Park from 1940-50 prior to inheriting Gyrn Castle, Flintshire. The present owners have lived here since 1964. Set in the middle of its own grounds, which extend to include majestic parkland gardens and banks of glorious rhododendrons, the core of the main house offers period poise and balance with charming Georgian details including cornicing and shutters in the principal reception rooms, a beautiful panelled hallway all with elegant, polished oak floorboards. Views of the gardens and neighbouring countryside can be admired from almost every room in the house. Rooms of note include the magnificent entrance hall as well as the 35 ft. long drawing room - the front half of the floor is sprung and was formerly used as a dance floor. Description continued The dining room lies opposite, conveniently near to the kitchen/breakfast room, complete with Clive Christian wall and floor units and Aga. The charming and original Butler’s pantry, with a range of wooden wall and floor units and a teak sink, connects the two. There is excellent everyday living space by way of a sitting room and further family room. The latter could operate well as an office or large study. There is a separate computer room with broadband. A large billiard room with a bar area lies beyond and provides a perfect room for entertaining, with French windows that open directly on to the terrace - that skirts the side of the property - and walled Garden. There are a total of seven bedrooms in the main house including the principal bedroom suite with dressing room and a separate bathroom opposite. A double sided cupboard in the dressing room is an original feature with – ‘staff and master’ doors to ensure that the two would never meet. There are three bath/shower rooms as well as an original laundry room complete with copper airing pipes and ample heated cupboards. For more detailed information on layout, please consult the floorplans. It is worth noting that Flint Hill House together with cottages and outbuildings are not listed. HISTORY The original property was built by Earl Craven of Coombe Abbey in 1640 as a Hunting Lodge on vast lands given to him by King Charles II. During the Great Plague Earl Craven remained in London helping to maintain order and donated property for burial ground. He was granted a share of North Carolina – Craven County. The Flint Hill Estate continued to be leased by the nobility namely – Duke of Richmond; Earl of Berkeley; Earl of Abington; Viscount Norman; Baron Boston. In 1767 Flint Hill became the marital home of Thos Craven (later 6th Earl) and Right Hon Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of 4th Earl of Berkeley. Their six children were born here and their third and youngest son was the traveller Keppell Richard Craven. The 6th Baron Craven built Craven Cottage in 1780 later to become the home of Fulham F.C. The 6th Baron Craven died in 1791 his widow, Baroness Craven became Magravine of Anspach following her marriage to the Margrave and continued to own the Flint Hill Estate until 1795 when she sold the Estate to Sir James Langham of Cottesbrooke. To the Outside GARDENS, GROUNDS AND PADDOCK LAND built courtyard that lies to the rear of the house and also THE COACH HOUSE The gardens surrounding the house are wonderfully secure comprises the stable block. An attractive brick built house at the entrance to the and studded with a variety of specimen trees including oak courtyard complex. It has recently been refurbished and SOUTH WING and chestnut. The beautifully enclosed walled garden, has a comprises an entrance porch, dining room, drawing room, This can be accessed from the first floor of the principal central lawn with an ornamental roundel, with deep flower sitting room, cloakroom, a newly fitted kitchen, two bedrooms house or via its own external staircase. Arranged on one beds on two sides and a former apple store, which has been and bathroom. There are new oak floorboards in all the level, positioned above a run of three loose boxes and converted to a potting shed, leading directly into the new reception rooms and the house has a front and back door. double garage, South Wing comprises two bedrooms, greenhouse. The terrace adjoins the house on one side and bathroom, kitchen, dining room (with broadband connection) a gravel path skirts the lawn area and leads through to the ORCHARD COTTAGE and sitting room. main garden by way of two sets of wrought iron gates. To the Approached by a separate drive at the entrance to the courtyard, Orchard Cottage functions as a comfortable three other side of the retaining wall is a chequered side terrace WEST WING bedroom house. It currently comprises three bedrooms, En with beds containing exotic offerings including 2 fig trees This wing has been recently modernised by the current suite bathroom, and shower room to the first floor, with a ground and vine. There is also a charming old fashioned outdoor owner to include a wonderfully large, airy dining/living room floor sitting room, dining room and kitchen. In all instances, swimming pool (currently not in use). on the ground floor (just under 30 ft. in length) with an equally please consult the floorplans for more detailed information. The property is surrounded by its own paddock land. The impressive space above that could operate as a fantastic gardens and land extend to about 28 acres. fourth bedroom with its en suite bathroom or a first floor OUTBUILDINGS sitting room. Both rooms boast splendid solid oak floors. Within the Courtyard is a double garage. There are 9 loose ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION There are three first floor bedrooms and a bathroom. Aside boxes as well as a traditional barn. There are further South and West Wings offer a great deal of flexibility and are from the bar and living/dining Room, the ground floor outbuildings adjacent to Orchard Cottage which may be attached to the main house yet also benefit from their own comprises a shower room, an entrance hall and kitchen. suitable for development under permitted development rights. external entrances. They are arranged around a pretty brick General Remarks SERVICES Mains electricity and mains water. There is also a private water supply by way of a fresh water spring to the Main House. Private drainage. FIXTURES AND FITTINGS All carpets, curtains, blinds, light fittings, garden ornaments and equipment are specifically excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation. DIRECTIONS From London take the M1 to junction 18, signposted to Northampton. Follow the A428 towards West Haddon, taking the 2nd exit at the first roundabout, the 1st exit at the second roundabout and the 1st at the third.