Country Life: January 25, 2022 Early Property Pages

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ormally a wonderful Georgian country hotel, Ston Easton Park represents a superb opportunity to acquire possibly one of the finest country houses in the region.

This beautiful Grade I listed house offers exquisite period décor throughout, stunning parkland views and extensive ancillary accommodation.

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Guide price £6,000,000 Knight Frank London & Bath hamish.humfrey@knightfrank.com 020 4502 7856 charlie.taylor@knightfrank.com 01225 685523 Ref: CHO012262499

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BOURNE END, BEDFORDSHIRE Asking Price: £1,500,000

5 Bedrooms | 5 Reception Rooms | 2 Bathrooms | E EPC

A late Victorian manor house with a swimming pool, a gated driveway and 1.9 acres of wraparound gardens and grounds with rural views over farmland. The main house has 3,496 sq. ft. of versatile accommodation with a further 400 sq. ft. of outbuildings which include garaging, stables and a hayloft. The rear garden is south east facing and is mainly laid to lawn with a vegetable patch and mature trees interspersed. A ha-ha separates the garden from the paddock, which is enclosed by post and rail fencing and has easy access to the network of bridleways. The property is located in the hamlet of Bourne End which is situated 2 miles from the local village of Cranfield and its amenities.

Michael Graham Newport Pagnell Gareth Paul 01908 218860 Michael Graham London Bob Bickersteth 0207 839 0888

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remarkable home located in the highly desirable village of Peaslake, in the heart of the Surrey Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Set within 2.67 acres, the house occupies a private position and offers charming views over the village to the countryside beyond.

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Guide price £3,250,000 Knight Frank London & Guildford charlotte.hall@knightfrank.com 020 3866 7826 james.grillo@knightfrank.com 01483 355875 Ref: GLD012166581

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Magical Surrey Home St George’s Hill, Surrey Weybridge: 2.4 miles, Central London: 23.9 miles With interiors by Emily Phillips, this home has been exquisitely designed down to the finest of details.

5 reception rooms, 5 en suite bedrooms, indoor swimming pool with sauna and steam room, gym, cinema room, snooker room, bar, outdoor kitchen with firepit, 3G AstroTurf Pitch and self contained staff annexe. EPC = D About 1.28 acres | Guide £9.25 million

Trevor Kearney Savills London Office 020 3930 2403 tkearney@savills.com

James Phillips Savills Weybridge 01932 807 944 james.phillips @savills.com

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A magnificent Grade II* Jacobean mansion set in wonderful gardens with two cottages and breathtaking views Mold: 1.8 miles, Chester: 12 miles, Liverpool: 26 miles, Manchester: 49 miles, Manchester airport: 42 miles, M6: 32 miles 3 Halls | Drawing room | Sitting room | Dining room | Billiard room | Office | Study | Kitchen/breakfast room | 2nd Kitchen | Garden room 1st Floor staff flat with sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom | Lift | 13 Bedrooms | Dressing room | 4 Bathrooms | Shower room Attic rooms | Cellar | Basement stores and workshop | Gardens | Pinetum | 2 Cottages | 5 Stables | Garage | Workshop About 26.59 acres

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lovely edge of village house with cottages, stables and land. The property is situated in a great location not too far from the market town of Chipping Norton with access to a number of excellent schools.

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beautifully restored, Grade II listed, Victorian Gothic manor house. The property is situated within a popular Wiltshire village and set amongst established and private gardens and grounds.

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onveniently located close to the station and town centre, this property was built in 1877 and is a fine example of a wonderfully proportioned period home.

The property provides the incoming buyer with the opportunity to refurbish and modernise throughout.

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Guide price £2,200,000 Knight Frank Haslemere aelish.paterson@knightfrank.com 01428 786268 Ref: HSM012133758

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niquely positioned on Barcelona's famous shoreline, Antares sets a new benchmark in contemporary living. The impeccably designed residences, duplexes and penthouses are awash in natural light, thanks to floor to ceiling windows that give way to private terraces offering spectacular views of the city and the sea.

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FOR SALE Four Seasons Resort Estates, Nevis Guide $9.95 million

FOR SALE The Village Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos Guide $1.475 million

The Caribbean is Calling

FOR SALE Jolly Harbour, Antigua Price on application

James Burdess Savills London Head of Caribbean 020 3930 1377 jburdess@savills.com *Savills data 2019 to 2021

Tom Vickery Savills London Global Residential 020 3944 2436 tvickery@savills.com

FOR SALE Royal Westmoreland, Barbados Guide $5.9 million

Last year was an incredible year for Savills in the Caribbean with over 50% more sales in the region compared to 2019*. Across our network of offices from The Bahamas to Grenada, we can help you find your dream home in the Caribbean.

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FOR SALE Exuma Cays, Bahamas Guide $7.5 million

FOR SALE South Sound, Cayman Guide $2.4 million

Desirable Rural Opportunity Byfield, Northamptonshire Daventry: 8 miles, Banbury: 10 miles Farmhouse in need of modernisation with extensive farm buildings and land. 5 reception rooms, 7 bedrooms (1 en suite), further bathroom, office, implement barn, pigeon house, general purpose barn and stores, dutch barn, grazing and woodland. EPC = F About 22.89 acres | Guide £975,000 Nick Rudge Savills Banbury 01295 298 783 nrudge@savills.com

Sophie Gannon Savills Banbury 01295 298 788 sgannon@savills.com

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Only With Us property showcase

Perth, Perth & Kinross

£850,000

guide price

Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire

£795,000 guide price

Pipe and Lyde, Herefordshire

£800,000

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An elegant and substantial Victorian villa located in mature elevated grounds overlooking the River Tay and City of Perth beyond.

Contact: Perth office 01738 301821

A substantial and luxurious five-bedroom modern house on the edge of a superb village with many amenities, near the North York Moors.

Contact: York office 01904 595677

A five-bed detached property full of original features and set in 3 acres of land. Includes a two-bed annexe and swimming pool.

Contact: Hereford Sales 01432 644956

Lewes, East Sussex

Sutherland, Highland

Farway, Devon

£1,500,000

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£435,000

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£825,000 guide price

An attractive 1930’s five-bedroom detached house to the west of Lewes, with a superb southfacing 170ft garden and a detached garage.

Contact: Lewes office 01273 083818

A charming decrofted three-bedroom cottage and two characterful one-bedroom letting annexes, all with well-presented accommodation.

Contact: Inverness office 01463 357908

A Grade II* period farmhouse believed to date back to the 16th century. 8.16 acres of off-lying pasture all in a stunning location.

Contact: Honiton office 01404 228969

Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire

St. Mary, Jersey

£795,000

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Located in the heart of the Allerton Park Estate, The Granary is a stunning five-bedroom home adapted from period farm buildings.

Contact: Leyburn office 01969 738983

£925,000 guide price

A mature detached family home set in a large plot, ideally positioned on a picturesque lane in the heart of the village.

Contact: Thame office 01844 447905

Verify at www.onthemarket.com/only-with-us/. Agents specify exclusivity.

£2,250,000

A beautifully presented, spacious fourbedroom home with garden and garaging that has been extended and refurbished.

Contact: St. Helier office 020 8033 9389

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Oxford, Oxfordshire

£1,375,000

Bishop Thornton, North Yorkshire

£1,650,000

Hartland, Devon

£675,000

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A lovely and substantial five-bed, two-bath house requiring modernisation. Set in 0.75 acres in a discreet position off Cumnor Hill.

Contact: Oxford office 01865 680653

A stunning country property with extensive gardens, a range of outbuildings and a grass paddock extending to approx. 2.9 acres.

Contact: Leyburn office 01969 738984

A detached six-bedroom Grade II listed home in the centre of the village, just 2 miles from the coastline with a large garden.

Contact: Bideford office 01237 713975

Birch, Essex

Filleigh, Devon

Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire

£875,000

guide price

A handsome and substantial five-bedroom detached Grade II listed period property, set in a delightful garden along with outbuildings.

Contact: Chelmsford office 01245 378550

£625,000 guide price

A five/six-bed detached home with three reception rooms and a detached games room/office with potential to convert to an annexe (STPP).

Contact: South Molton office 01769 307969

£550,000

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Full of character and boasting ample interior and exterior space, this striking detached property would make an ideal family home.

Contact: Carmarthen office 01267 312988

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£600,000

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A modernised three-bedroom detached home with versatile accommodation, off-street parking and a south-west facing garden.

Contact: Petersfield office 01730 297952

New Ridley, Northumberland

£535,000 guide price

A beautiful stone three-bedroom detached property occupying a generous sized plot.

Pleasantly situated down a private gated driveway.

Contact: Hexham office 01434 671119

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Retirement properties

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Renting in the golden years From stylish central-London developments to scenic country villages, there are plenty of luxurious options for the over-55s to choose from Chelsea, from £13,750 per month, including service charges The Auriens development in Chelsea already offered 56 stylish properties, an array of exceptional amenities, from swimming pool to restaurant, bar, cinema and hairdresser, plus a garden landscaped by Chelsea Gold Medalwinner Andy Sturgeon. To all this, it has added a health and wellness programme that employs the same methods used to optimise the performance of Olympic athletes, combining training and nutrition to improve the health of the over-65s. Also on the menu is a packed calendar of events, which include wellness and wealth-planning talks, music recitals and even breakfast and after-hour experiences at the Chelsea Flower Show 2022. Apartments are available on lease and monthly fees include utilities, broadband, telephone, television licence, council tax and building insurance, plus 24-hour on-site care support. Auriens (020–3870 7970; www.auriens.com)

The restaurant, rooms, grounds and amenities at the Auriens Chelsea development are the height of luxury and style

Time for tea

Luxury retirement-living specialist Audley Group served more than 15,000 teas last year. About 1,500 were served at Blandy’s, the restaurant and bistro at Inglewood House in Kintbury, Berkshire. To offset these luxurious teas, Audley Inglewood has a health club with swimming pool and fitness studio, running classes such as Pilates, aqua aerobics and, soon, Tai-Chi. Properties at Audley Inglewood are only available for sale (01488 208008; www.audleyvillages.co.uk)

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Retirement properties Warwickshire, from £2,200, including service charges A magnificent Edwardian country house is the focal point at Lime Tree, in Dunchurch, a village of more than 200 properties set in 26 acres of landscaped gardens, wildflower meadows and woods. It is the community’s social hub, with a restaurant, bar, shop and library. Lime Tree is a vibrant village with much on offer, from fitness classes to book clubs, a choir and art and crafts groups. There’s a games lawn for a round of bowls or croquet and allotments to grow your own fruit and vegetables. Residents also organise regular trips. The development now offers the newly built Polo Field cottages, as well as the apartments and houses in the original part of the village. The Retirement Villages Group (01788 462202; www.retirement villages.co.uk) Bedfordshire, rent subject to off-plan reservations One of the latest projects in the Inspired Village portfolio, Elderswell, in Turvey, isn’t open yet, but reservations for it are being taken off plan. Set in beautiful countryside within easy reach of Bedford, Milton Keynes and Northampton, the village offers a selection of one- and two-bedroom apartments, including a penthouse. Once complete, it will have a spa and hydro-pool, in-house salon, restaurant and bar, library, gym and even a yoga deck, plus an array of social activities to support wellbeing. Transport can be booked for trips outside the village. Inspired Villages (0800 138 0235; www.inspiredvillages.co.uk) Dorset, from £2,504 pcm, including service charges Social connections are at the heart of this Renaissance development in Wimborne. Not only is it located within easy reach of the town centre, with its choice of shops, restaurants and cafés, but it also has an array of shared facilities, from the communal sitting area to the beautifully landscaped gardens with outdoor furniture, which favour interaction—although the grounds also have quiet spots to sit, enjoy a book or take in the fine views across playing fields towards the river beyond. Only a few of the development’s 25 luxurious apartments remain available. The Lifestory Group (0808 258 0000; https://lifestory.group)

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Retirement properties Berkshire, from £2,048 pcm, including service charges Only three properties remain available at the Renaissance community in Crowthorne.

Situated on a verdant road within easy reach of Crowthorne’s many shops, cafes and restaurants, the development has 32 apartments, all beautifully appointed and highly insulated. Shared amenities include fully maintained, landscaped gardens and a communal sitting room that’s often the backdrop for social events.

There’s also a guest suite that can be booked for family or friends. The Lifestory Group (0808 258 0000; https:// lifestory.group)

Dorset, from £1,185 pcm including service charges Set close to Wareham’s town centre, this development by Renaissance has been cleverly designed to look like a row of terrace houses. The classic look of the buildings is complemented by contemporary interiors in the 22 apartments, which have been designed with comfort in mind. The communal facilities include a sitting room and a hobby room, plus a guest suite that can be booked to host family and friends. The Lifestory Group (0808 258 0000; https:// lifestory.group)

From village to fork

Many restaurants in retirement villages serve fresh local produce, but The Greenhouse at Rangeford Villages’s award-winning Wadswick Green community, in Corsham, Wiltshire, takes this approach one step further. Under the direction of chef Adrian Warren, the restaurant uses produce grown directly on the village. Menu highlights include slow-roasted tomatoes, black pudding, potato beignets and pan-fried smoked bacon finished with a caramelised onion puree; chicken supreme nestled on ratatouille finished with potato gnocchi and pesto; and apple and cardamom tarte tatin with vanilla-seed ice cream, all accompanied by an excellent selection of wines and beers. ‘We pride ourselves in offering a wide choice of dishes at The Greenhouse restaurant,’ says Rafael Marques, village manager at Wadswick Green (where properties are only available for sale). ‘With an increasing demand for healthy food options and locally grown produce, we asked our landscaping team to begin growing fruit and vegetables right here at the village. Not only does our chef incorporate the seasonal harvest in The Greenhouse menu, residents are also able to purchase it—including the village-grown flowering annuals for their balcony plant pots.’ The Greenhouse is open to Wadswick Green residents and to the general public. To book a table, telephone 01225 585880.

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ELEGANT LIVING BEAUTIFUL AND SPACIOUS APARTMENT WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF INGLEWOOD HOUSE, KINTBURY, BERKSHIRE. Inglewood is an Audley Village. 2 miles Hungerford, 10 mins from M4 J14.

A unique opportunity to acquire this exceptional, south facing 4 bedroom apartment on 1st floor with lift, 2 large double bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, 1 with dressing room, 2 further bedrooms and bathrooms, 2 fully fitted Siematic kitchens, 1 large drawing room with 2 fireplaces and 2 Juliet balconies overlooking rural views and neighbouring stud. Spacious entrance halls with built in storage. 2,185 sq ft.

Nestled within 39 acres of stunning gardens the apartment enjoys a secure environment with all the facilities of a luxury hotel .... health and beauty spa, swimming pool, gourmet bistro and restaurant, library and billiards room.

Domestic staff, carers and maintenance team available if required.

Perfect downsize whilst retaining the benefits of a larger home.

Exclusively for over 50s £1,250,000 long leasehold Monthly management charge and deferred fees apply to all properties in an Audley village

Please contact Corina Hunt for further details 07717 613227 corinahunt3@gmail.com

Retirement properties

Luxury retirement living at the doorstep of the Cotswolds can be found at Great Alne Park in Warwickshire

Warwickshire, from £2,177 per month, including service charges Life in the country rarely gets more convenient than at Great Alne Park in Warwickshire. Set on the doorstep of the Cotswolds, this pretty village combines beautiful scenery (it has 78 acres of landscaped parkland, complete with woodland walk and wildflower meadow) with a wide range of facilities, such as spa and relaxation pool, cinema, games room, gym and fitness studio, restaurant (serving fresh local produce) and bar. There’s even an event room to host your own clubs. A chauffeured service can be reserved to take you to destinations outside the village. The properties are energy efficient and cleverly designed (down to the underfloor heating) and some are available as rentals, including a 1,087sq ft apartment with two bedrooms at 73, Great Alne Park, for which the rental fee is £2,305 per month.

Inspired Villages (0800 138 0235; www.inspiredvillages.co.uk)

GP on call

At a time when it’s getting harder and harder to see a GP, London retirement-living specialist Riverstone has partnered with healthcare provider GPDQ to offer not only GP clinics on site, but also individual appointments to residents in their own homes. As well as medical services, GPDQ can provide physiotherapy, talking therapies and nutrition and wellbeing advice, all at a reduced rate exclusive to Riverstone; the company’s Fulham and Kensington developments will welcome their first residents later in 2022. Riverstone properties are only available for sale (020–7352 8714; www. riverstoneliving.com)

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Properties of the week

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Bright and white New year, fresh start in whiter-than-white houses

West Sussex, £1.35 million A little mackerel-fishing hamlet until the 18th century, when Georgian Society flocked to the seaside, Worthing, with its Art Deco pier, is as popular as ever. This Grade II*-listed five-floor townhouse on Park Crescent—designed in the 1830s by Amon Henry Wilds in a serpentine shape with a triumphal arch at the entrance, overlooking Amelia Park—is a rare occurrence on the market. Beautifully kept, it has six bedrooms (including one in a stand-alone apartment on the lower ground floor), two garden terraces, a balcony and a roof terrace. Winkworth (01903 216219) Hampshire, £620,000 Three vaulted bedrooms at 17th-century Fern Cottage, in the east Hampshire village of Upper Froyle—about four miles from Alton and six from Jane Austen’s Chawton—peep out beneath thatch towards views over a mostly lawned garden and lovely countryside. There are plenty of exposed beams throughout and, downstairs, two reception rooms off a galleried kitchen. Knight Frank (01256 630971)

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Cornwall, £2.85 million Arts-and-Crafts Perran Cove enjoys a south-west-facing ‘grandstand’ position, say agents, offering jawdropping views over the Helford River, with its world-renowned sailing waters, and unspoilt ancient woodland. This tranquil spot is at the end of a private road on the Budock Vean estate, within walking distance of a golf course and wrapped in 1⅓ acres of landscaped park peppered with camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas and macrocarpas. Barrelled ceilings, granite fireplaces, balconies and sun terraces brightened by wisteria offer plenty of character and there are five bedrooms, as well as a studio above the garage.

A private right of way leads down to a little-known cove and there’s also a boat store. Perran Cove is near the village of Mawnan Smith, with Falmouth six miles away. Lillicrap Chilcott (01872 273473) London TW11, £3 million Charming Weir Cottage, at the entrance to the Teddington Riverside development with its 2½ acres of landscaped gardens, was originally a lock-keeper’s home, before becoming the official gatehouse for the famous Teddington Film Studios. The Morecambe & Wise Show, Pop Idol and The Office were filmed there, to name a few, together with the lost 1934 Murder at Monte Carlo, Errol Flynn’s first major role, which is now on the British Film Institute’s 75 Most Wanted list. With four bedrooms, this architectural witness to history has now been beautifully restored— gable ends, curved turret and balconies pristine—and the views over the garden towards the river are uninterrupted. Hamptons (020–3369 4568)

Buckinghamshire, £2.2 million Formerly a well-known equestrian centre, Dorcas Farm retains two stable blocks amid 10 acres of formal gardens, a vegetable garden, orchard, paddocks, tennis court (needs restoring) and an outdoor school. The house itself is, we’ll admit, not strictly white—there’s a hint of ecru—and has five bedrooms, four reception rooms and a one-bedroom annexe. There are nearly 5,800sq ft of versatile outbuildings, boast agents, the whole set in the village of Stoke Hammond, with Fenny Stratford about 2½ miles south.

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Arts, crafts and other animals Two Arts-and-Crafts gems have colourful histories– one rescued from dilapidation to become a luxury Lake District B&B, the other, in Wiltshire, a reminder of a golden era in Thoroughbred racing

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Left: Nanny Brow in Cumbria has 14 bedrooms, five acres and 315ft of single-bank fishing. £4.95m. Above: The lofty site above Brathay Valley enjoys superb views to Wrynose Pass

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HEN the ice retreated from Cumbria some 10,000 years ago, it left behind a dramatic landscape of carved peaks, wide U-shaped valleys and 99 lakes, tarns and meres that provided a dramatic backdrop to the many notable Arts-and-Crafts houses that were built there in a brief, but brilliant decade in the early 20th century.

Drawn by the magnificent scenery, a ready supply of stone and slate and an abundance of local labour and craftsmen, leading architects of the day, such as C. F. A. Voysey, M. H. Baillie Scott and Sir Edwin Lutyens, built impressive holiday homes in the Artsand-Crafts style for wealthy northern mill owners and industrialists along the shores of Windermere or high on the wooded slopes of the surrounding hills.

They were joined by lesser-known local architects, such as Yorkshire-born Francis Whitwell, who, in 1903, built his family home on a glorious site above the Brathay Valley, a five-minute drive from Ambleside on the Coniston road. One side of the house, which he named Nanny Brow after the crag on which it sits, faces towards Brathay Church and Windermere; the other side looks down over the gardens to Ivy Crag. The front of the house faces south-west, with views down the valley towards the head of the Langdales, with Wrynose Pass in the distance.

Whitwell lived at Nanny Brow with his wife, Dorothy, and their three children, until his death in 1943, after which the house was

sold and later became a hotel. Sympathetically extended in the 1980s with the addition of the curved north wing, it was showcased in Arts and Crafts Houses in the Lake District (2014) by Matthew Hyde and Esmé Whittaker and as part of the region’s successful bid for UNESCO World Heritage status in 2017.

The hotel closed in the early 2000s and was eventually rescued from dilapidation by Sue and Peter Robinson, who ran a successful holiday-letting business in the Cotswolds and were looking to expand. Their decision to take on the run-down property was boosted

by Mrs Robinson’s childhood memories of family holidays in the Lake District, where she often admired the house perched on the steep side of Loughrigg Fell. In an interview with a local magazine, she recalls how, shortly before their move to the Lakes, a lady moved in next door to their Cotswold cottages. She turned out to be Francis Whitwell’s granddaughter and regaled the Robinsons with stories of the Whitwell family’s long-standing friendship with Beatrix Potter and their regular picnics on Loughrigg Fell.

Having secured their Ambleside base in 2010, the Robinsons spent the best part of two years restoring and enhancing the many period features in the house, including original oak floors and panelling and carved oak fireplaces. Typical of the period are the plasterwork ceiling friezes in the main reception room depicting large flowers and plants, less so an additional frieze illustrating 91

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Gallop into racing history at The Grange, Wiltshire, where the updated, five-bedroom Arts-and-Crafts house sits in 9¾ acres. £3.25m

small birds, frogs, rabbits and snails—perhaps a nod to the works of Potter.

Having run the 14,581sq ft main house and its 746sq ft annexe as a luxury B&B for more than a decade, Nanny Brow’s dedicated custodians have decided to call it a day. Consequently, the iconic Arts-and-Crafts house, realised from an original painting by Whitwell himself and comprising his original entrance hall, sitting room and dining room and Whitwell suite with its signature oriel window, plus six further reception rooms, three kitchens, 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and two annexe cottages, is now on the market through the Chester office of Strutt & Parker (01244 354880).

Selling agent Tom David quotes a guide price of £4.95 million for Nanny Brow, which is set in almost five acres of natural gardens, with 96 metres (315ft) of single-bank fishing on the River Brathay and direct access to the surrounding National Trust land via a private gate from the grounds. He suggests that the bedrooms in the 1980s extension could be repurposed, either as additional reception rooms or as a substantial leisure complex.

The launch onto the market of another Arts-and-Crafts-style gem, The Grange at

Beckhampton, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, at ‘offers over £3.25m’ through Oxford-based agents The Country House Department (01865 338300), recalls a golden era in the history of Thoroughbred racing, when Beckhampton Stables was home to a succession of legendary trainers, among them Fred Darling, Sir Noel Murless and Jeremy Tree.

The Grange was built in the 1920s by Herbert Blagrave, scion of an illustrious Berkshire family who inherited a large estate in Reading and its environs on his father’s death in 1926. This allowed Blagrave to establish his own private training establishment close to the property owned by champion trainer Darling, where he trained a small string of about 20 horses for himself and his wife, Gwen.

A decade later, Blagrave purchased the Harwood Stud near Newbury from the estate of Lady James Douglas, owner and breeder of the 1918 Triple Crown winner Gainsborough, who became the stud’s founding stallion. Blagrave believed in the fusion of top-class French and English bloodlines and sourced most of his French stock through the celebrated breeder and theatre impresario Leon Volterra, whose influential

Bois Roussel Stud had a huge impact on British racing in the post-war years.

Blagrave shored up his stud-farm portfolio by acquiring Darling’s stable and gallops at Beckhampton in 1954, leasing them back to Sir Gordon Richards and new incumbent Tree, who was eventually succeeded by his long-time assistant, Roger Charlton.

On Blagrave’s death in 1981, the successful Harwood Stud, now the Gainsborough Stud, was bought by Maktoum Al Maktoum before passing to Sheikh Maktoum’s brother, Sheikh Mohammed.

Located at the end of a tree-lined gravel drive, The Grange sits at the centre of 9¾ acres of land on the edge of Beckhampton, with outstanding views over the neighbouring gallops and the rolling acres of the North Wessex Downs AONB. Cleverly updated by its present owners, who acquired it in 2011, the house offers a compelling mix of fresh, light and modern spaces, including four spacious reception rooms, five bedrooms and five bath/shower rooms. It comes with a onebedroom lodge, a gun room and library, tennis court and swimming pool, plus a kitchen garden, gym and stableyard with a tack room and garden room.

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