Mill Hall, Pigeons Farm Road, Near Newbury RG19 Development opportunity. Mill Hall, Pigeons Farm Road, Near Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8XA Imposing Grade II* listed Elizabethan style property ● Newbury c.2 miles ● Thatcham c.3.5 miles ● Reading c.17 miles ● Central London c.60 miles All distances are approximate ● Multi use property – educational, wedding venue and part office/workshop/laboratory uses ● Potential for alternative uses and development subject to obtaining the necessary consents ● Accommodation: approx 31,000 sq ft (2,900 sq m) in total ● Land: approx 16.8 acres and 6.8 ha in total ● For sale freehold and will be available with vacant possession Location Historical note The property is conveniently located within the suburb of Greenham on the south Formerly known as Greenham Lodge and was built in 1838. eastern edge of Newbury – a popular commuter town. The property is accessed from Originally owned by James Croft and was once described as a Pigeons Farm Road, which links to the A339 via Burys Bank Road and Pinchington Lane. “commodious residence”. The Greenham Lodge estate was later The A339 provides access to Newbury, the A34 and the M4 (J13) only six miles to the bought by Lloyd Baxendale Senior, a partner in the haulage company north, and Basingstoke and the M3 (J6) 18 miles to the south east. Pickfords, in 1873. He commissioned a new house to be built on the existing site by the eminent architect Norman Shaw. Designed on Newbury railway station is easily accessible and is located less than two miles from Shaw House in Newbury, it was completed in 1881 at a cost of £1,970. the property and provides regular direct services to London Paddington via Reading in In 1904, some of the estate was sold which later became Newbury just under 1 hour. Racecourse and in 1925 part of the estate was leased to Newbury and Crookham Golf Club. Witney HemelHempstead Newbury and Crookham GolfM40 Club lies to the southA4010 east of the property, Newbury St Albans Thame Hoddesd A40 M1 The Greenham Lodge estate was sold again just before the Racecourse liesOxfor tod the north, to the north west is suburbanA413 housing and to the east Second World War, and is believed the mansion was used by the is farmland. A41 A420 M40 M25 A34 RAF during the war. M1 A413 A1 (M) M25 420 M25 A4010 Abingdon Amersham From 1948 to 1953 Greenham Lodge became a Jewish Public Enfield ingdon High Wycombe Watford M1 Barnet school, Carmel College and from 1954 it became an Officers’ Mess A34 M40 A413 M25 for the USAF officers stationed at RAF Greenham Common. Didcot A404 M40 Pinner Wantage FollowingA the closure of the airbase in 1992, Greenham Lodge A41 Ruislip A329 returnedA12 to an educational use once again when Mary Hare relocated Maidenhead A40 Mill HallStratf School for deaf children from Sussex to the property in 1996, Henley-on-Thames A404 M25 A40 A5 A11 A34 M4 A406 London changing its name to Mill Hall. A201 A308 M4 A4 A4 A102 A3212 A2 A4 Heathrow Brentford A203 M4 Windsor Airport A217 A3216 Over theA2 past 20 years, Mary Hare School has developed a Mill Hall M4 A308 A3 Reading A316 A205 M4 A329M A30 A21 A332 A205 number of businesses that contribute financially to the school to A3 M25 Hampton A214 Hungerford M4 M4 A308 support its core focus – the education of deaf children. Dr Ivan A329 Wentworth A308 Newbury Wokingham Ascot Kingston-upon-Thames TuckerBr (formero Principal of Mary Hare School) established Arlington A33 A321 Sunningdale M3 M3 A322 A232 Bagshot Laboratories within Mill Hall in 1997. Originally set up to make ear M25 Weybridge Esher A3 A240 A339 A3095 M3 moulds for hearing aids for the pupils which quickly grew into a A243 Kingsclere A33 A30 A322 A3 Epsom thriving business. Then in 2002, Mill Hall also became the home of A339 Woking M25 A34 Farnborough A23 theA22 Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS). Fleet Farnborough Leatherhead M25 A217 Airport A331 M3 A3 M25In 2006, the school launched Mill Hall Weddings, and the property Basingstoke A24 M23 Oxt A287 Guildford has operated as a successful wedding venue with events taking place Andover Aldershot A31 Dorking M3 Farnham Reigate at Mill Hall during the weekends and bank holidays. A339 A31 A217 A303 A22 Godalming A24 A3 Gatwick AltoAltonn A287 A343 A325 Airport A22 A34 A264 A30 A283 A31 Description and the original wooden staircase leading from the The basement which benefits from both external access (at Great Hall to the first floor and an enclosed gallery landing. the northern end of the building) and internal access, provides The property is a detached Elizabethan style property which is To the northern end of the ground floor are the workshops, a laundry room, workshop, boiler room, estate manager’s Grade II* listed designed by Norman Shaw. It is built in E-plan laboratories and offices which are occupied currently by office, further workshops and stores. design in red brick with stone dressings and some half timbers Arlington Laboratories and the Hearing Aid Repair Shop. Landscaped grounds and parkland extends to the south east with tiled roof in two ranges and 7 brick stack chimneys. To the first floor, there are five classrooms, speech of the building and amounting to circa 17 acres in total. This is Windows are mullioned and transomed with leaded single therapy room, computer room, kitchen/cookery classroom, predominantly laid as grass, sloping towards the woodland. glazed panels. There are projecting wings to left and right store room and WCs. There are also 6 further offices, a There is a gravel path extending from the eastern elevation with two large 20 pane windows in each and paired 6 pane dispatch room, kitchenette and two bathrooms with bath of the house to the lake, which is surrounded by woodland. windows above. The property is built over ground, first and and WCs facilities. Adjacent to the southern end of the building is a sensory second storeys with basement. The ground floor comprises garden enclosed by trellis fencing. Adjacent to this is a the Great Hall which is used for assemblies, exhibitions and The second floor provides the residential and boarding children’s playground with wooden play equipment. is hired out for wedding ceremonies and receptions, the accommodation and comprises one x 2 bedroom staff flat dining room, commercial kitchen, music room, sensory room, with kitchenette and bathroom, 2 x double en suite staff There are two gated access points from Pigeons Farm Road. administrative offices, principal office, staff room, garden bedrooms, 8 dormitories (providing 27 bed spaces) of which Both entrances lead to a level tarmac surfaced car park for room, art room, store rooms and pupil and visitor WC facilities. 5 have ensuite bathrooms, a further bathroom and WCs, circa 50 cars in marked bays. a workshop, playroom, common room, carer’s office, store Many of the original period features have been sympathetically The school building and entrances are situated in the north room and kitchen. retained and include wooden panelling, Inglenook fireplace east corner of the property. Floor plans 10.91m 5.41m 6.56m Function 6.03m Room 9.44m Dining Function Function 9.53m 8.47m Room Room Room 9.31m 8.41m 7.00m Kitchen 6.00m 6.81m 4.50m 11.09m Lift Dn Conservatory 5.19m 6.12m Up 3.59m 2.84m 2.56m 2.97m 3.34m Dn 3.91m Up Store Up 5.44m The Great Hall Store 4.56m 17.41m 5.69m 11.03m 6.06m Office 5.53m Reception 5.00m Classroom 5.69m Entrance Lobby Ground floor 7.53m In Plant Room 5.94m Boiler 8.62m Room Wine Cellar 5.97m 5.00m 6.47m 6.09m Wine Wine Lift Cellar Cellar Up 5.31m Up 5.44m 5.44m 3.06m Laundry Room 3.41m 4.22m 5.09m 5.16m 5.75m 3.84m 5.47m 7.50m Up Basement Measurements and calculations are carried out in accordance with RICS guidelines on a Gross Internal Area (GIA) basis. Whilst every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information, all figures are for reference only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Information provided by Proplan UK Ltd ©2017 NOTE: The area edged in green is excluded from the Property. For identification purposes only. NOT TO SCALE Schedule of areas Kitchen Office Sitting Floor Sq m Sq ft Second floor 3.97m Room 4.94m 3.69m 4.53m 5.69m 6.59m 3.44m 3.72m Basement 395.8 4,260 Sitting Bedroom Bedroom 3.31m Bedroom Room 5.00m Bedroom 5.47m 5.47m Ground 1,054.9 11,355 6.06m Bedroom 6.22m 6.22m Office 4.22m Store Up Mezzanine 9.8 105 3.97m 4.19m First 679.4 7,313 Dn Dn Dn Second 776.0 8,353 Light Well Total 2,915.9 31,387 6.47m Kitchen Kitchen 7.19m Entertainment Store 8.34m Room Bedroom Bedroom 3.78m Bedroom Store 10.59m 3.22m 4.34m 5.06m Store 5.41m 3.53m Reception room/General living area/Circulation area 6.44m 6.44m 5.88m Work room, i.e. Kitchen/Workshop/Utility 3.69m 3.66m 5.06m BedroomBedroom Bedroom Bedroom Bedroom/Dressing room 3.75m 3.72m Bathroom Outside space Vaults/Storage 3.12m 7.38m 7.34m First floor Classroom S ClassroomClassroom Classroom 4.19m 4.44m E 4.62m 4.59m 6.06m 3.97m Classroom 5.50m E 7.69m 2.06m W S 4.59m 4.84m 6.59m N 3.81m Office Kitchen 3.59m N 2.00m W Kitchen Up E E Dn S 2.31m Vestibule Store N S N Dn Up 4.09m Up W W Void Office 5.41m 3.34m 3.97m 4.28m 5.06m Dn Kitchen 2.44m Office 4.97m 3.38m 6.31m Classroom 5.34m 4.59m Office Mezzanine 3.69m Planning • Non-Residential Education/Training Centre (Class D1).