6 bedroom house

Garnham H Bewley are delighted to offer for sale this sensational six bedroom Wing of a country house enjoying approximately 10,000 sq.ft or living accommodation, formally once one of East Sussex's finest country houses, Grade II*-listed Dutton Homestall at Ashurst Wood, near East Grinstead, which has been better known in the past as Stoke Brunswick prep school, founded in 1958. This intriguing part-medieval, part-Tudor house is set in 28 acres of magnificent grounds, which includes the luxury of communal gardens, woodlands, playing fields, two tennis courts, a six-hole golf course and an outdoor heated swimming pool.



The oldest part of the property, The Homestall, was originally a simple farmhouse, built in about 1350 and used as a hunting lodge by John of Gaunt. In 1907, whisky distiller Lord Tommy Dewar bought and restored The Homestall and remodelled the gardens. When Dewar died in 1930, the estate passed to his nephew, John Arthur Dewar, who used it as his weekend country retreat, while living at Claridge's during the week. But his new wife, Kathleen, declared that the house was simply not big enough for the kind of lavish entertaining she had in mind, so Dewar bought Dutton Hall, a Tudor mansion in Cheshire, and had it dismantled and rebuilt, brick by brick and timber by timber, beside The Homestall.



Dutton Homestall was the scene of many an extravagant weekend party in the run-up to the Second World War, when it became a convalescent hospital for injured fighter pilots. In 1955, the Dewars sold the estate to a Liberal politician, who owned the original Brunswick School in Brighton. Most recently, the main house has been split into separate wings with a splendid grand hall, large panelled reception rooms and numerous bedrooms in Dutton Halls Wing.



Dutton Hall enjoys spacious accommodation with stunning architectural features throughout whilst enjoying four large reception rooms, six bedrooms, luxury bathrooms and large private grounds assign to this beautiful Wing.





Accommodation



Reception Hall

30' x 14' (9.14m x 4.27m)



Main Hall

41' 5" x 28' 4" (12.62m x 8.64m)



Inner Reception Hall

46' 9" x 7' 8" (14.25m x 2.34m)



Sitting Room

38' 1" x 23' 6" (11.61m x 7.16m)



Dining Room

35' 8" x 19' (10.87m x 5.79m)



Kitchen

15' 2" x 12' 4" (4.62m x 3.76m)



Library

11' 8" x 10' 8" (3.56m x 3.25m)



Main Landing

83' 7" x 7' 6" (25.48m x 2.29m)



Family Bathroom



Master Bedroom

29' x 19' (8.84m x 5.79m)



En-suite



Bedroom 2

20' x 19' 7" (6.10m x 5.97m)



En-Suite



Bedroom 3

22' 2" x 20' 8" (6.76m x 6.30m)



Bedroom 4

19' 6" x 19' (5.94m x 5.79m)



Bedroom 5

11' 8" x 11' (3.56m x 3.35m)



Bedroom 6

11' 9" x 9' (3.58m x 2.74m)



Family Bathroom

9' 8" x 8' 5" (2.95m x 2.57m)



Communal Tennis Courts/Swimming Pool/Golf Course

Marketed by: Garnham H Bewley, East Grinstead