6 bedroom house

Holdrop House is a beautiful Grade II listed
house set in over 10 acres. The original
farmstead is believed to date from the mid
sixteenth century, and the traditional mix of an
old mellow brick house opposite a thatched
tythe barn is a timeless classic. Holdrop
House offers the ideal country house mix of a
comfortable house with a swimming pool and
tennis court, together with a generous land
parcel, paddocks, stabling and a manege, and
a beautiful tythe barn. The house itself boasts a
wealth of period features and beautiful exposed
beams and fireplaces. The drawing room has
an abundance of natural light from attractive
period windows which look south down the
twin herbaceous borders to the open rural view
beyond. Upstairs the principal bedroom suite
with en suite bathroom has a wonderful outlook
across the gardens and grounds. There are three
further bedrooms and two further bathrooms on
this floor, and two additional bedrooms on the
top floor. The attractive tythe barn is just across
the courtyard garden at the front of the house
and is perfect for entertaining or as a games
room, and has potential for other uses including
additional ancillary accommodation for the
house or as a fabulous dining/party room.

Home Office
The property includes a separate converted
artist's studio which provides an excellent home
office. The fully refurbished building is set within
the grounds of the house and provides a fully
functioning office space with high speed fibre
internet connection, telephone line, independent
heating and a wood burner. The office benefits
from a monitored alarm and CCTV.

Planning and Listed Building Consent
There is planning permission to extend the
house to create a large vaulted family kitchen,
as well as a new boot room and utility room/
laundry. The extension will complement the
original house and create the modern kitchen
living space so relevant to today's modern
lifestyle. Listed building consent has also been
granted to create a further bathroom on the top
floor. With regard to planning permission interested parties should make their own enquiries of the local planning authority.

Holdrop House is situated in a beautiful
and convenient location between Newbury
and Basingstoke. The area offers wonderful
walking and riding opportunities in the beautiful
surrounding countryside and also has great
accessibility to road and rail links with a choice
of commuting options from Basingstoke into
London Waterloo, or from Newbury into London
Paddington, and easy access to the M3 and
M4. Kingsclere is less than 2 miles away and
provides excellent local facilities including
a primary school, village shop, butcher, and
doctors' surgery. The property is located close
to some of the most prestigious schools in
the area including Cheam, Elstree, Horris Hill,
Brockhurst & Marlston House, Bradfield, Downe
House and St Gabriel's.

Holdrop House is approached via double white
5-bar gates and a gravel drive leads to a large
driveway providing plenty of parking.
There is a pretty courtyard garden between
the house and thatched barn and outbuildings
which provides a very attractive foreground to
the front of the house.
The gardens and grounds are beautifully
maintained and host a wide selection of mature
trees, an orchard and established hedgerows,
with longer vistas over the surrounding land.
The swimming pool is close to the main
garden but is well screened from the house
and enclosed by hedges and walls providing a
discreet suntrap. The swimming pool is adjacent
to the tennis court and recently designed
kitchen garden.
The paddocks adjoin the grounds of the house
and are fenced and have been used for many
years for the grazing of sheep as well as horses.
There are three stables and a tack room close to
the all-weather menage for equestrian purposes,
and there is excellent riding direct from the
property

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Newbury