Property description

AN IMAGINATIVELY RESTORED LATE GEORGIAN COUNTRY HOUSE SET IN BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS OF AROUND 5.7 ACRES INCLUDING THE OLD MILL, MILL POND AND WEIR

Reception hall, atrium dining room, drawing room, sitting room, large breakfast kitchen, study, utility room, boot room, 2 cloakrooms.
Master bedroom with dressing room/en-suite bathroom, 4 further double bedrooms, 2 with en-suite bathrooms, family bathroom, family shower room, office/playroom, first floor WC, 2 attic rooms, wine cellar.

Large beautifully maintained gardens, long gated driiveway providing parking for several vehicles, garage block including double garage, single garage and 2 store rooms.

Grounds of 5.7 acres including mill pond, weir and original mill building with potential for conversion (subject to the necessary planning consents)

SITUATION
Mill House. Originally the residence for the nearby mill and latterly the home of the celebratred war hero and author Patrick Leigh-Fermor. Mill House has been refurbished during the past 24 months. It is a wonderfully spacious and airy house centred on the magnificent central atrium beneath a glass lantern ceiling. The property retains many original features such as parquet floors, sash windows, architraved doorways and beams to ceilings. There is an excellent fitted kitchen with oil fired Aga, granite worksurfaces and an array of appliances, flagstone floors and Cotswold stone fireplaces.

OUTSIDE
Outside a garage block comprises a small stable/storeroom, a shed/store, double garage and single garage. The very large garden has been very well maintained and is mainly laid to lawn with shrubs and mature trees including tulip, mulberry, medlar, walnut, apple, pear, plum and damson. A vegetable patch and select herbaceous borders complete the beautiful gardens which have wide uninterrupted views over fields and towards Bredon Hill and the Cotswold escarpment.

The Old Mill dated from the 18th century is Grade II Listed. Built of mellow old red brick on a limestone plinth it retains much of its original equipment and fittings including the cast iron mill wheel, grindstones and grain shoots. Exterior stone steps lead to the three upper floors, all of which remain unconverted.

The property is surrounded by beautiful grounds including an orchard bearing perry and fruit trees, the mill pond and mill stream leading to the weir and a sluice gate that controls the water flow of the River Isbourne. Mill house also retains fishing rights along its own stetch of river. The Old Mill could offer wonderful development opportunities subject to relevant planning permission being obtained.

A further 20 acres may be available to a purchaser, subject to negotiation.