Parsonage Farm, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire

Parsonage Farm, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 0AYA picturesque mixed farm with outstanding views over the Wessex Downs.

Andover 6 miles, Newbury 12 miles, Basingstoke 21 miles, London 71 miles

Seven bedroom Grade II listed farmhouse, outbuildings, gardens with a swimming pool and paddocks

Range of modern farm buildings including grain storage

Three bungalows

In all about 588.60 acres (238.20 hectares)

Available as a whole or in four separate lots

LocationIn an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty amidst the North Wessex Downs and the Test Valley, Parsonage Farm is located in the popular rural village of Hurstbourne Tarrant. The village is home to the well recommended George and Dragon public house with rooms, as well as Essebourne Manor Hotel and a tea room. Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary School is well regarded with a recent outstanding Ofsted report and there is also a Community Hall and St Peters Church in the village. Surrounding the village is open countryside. A more comprehensive range of leisure, recreational and educational facilities are available in Andover, Newbury, Basingstoke and Winchester.

There are a number of private schools in the area including Cheam, Farleigh, Twyford, Horris Hill, St Swithun’s School for Girls, Winchester College, Pilgrims, Princes’ Mead, Down House, Marlborough College and Radley College.

The village is well located with a mainline station at Andover, approximately 6 miles away which provides a fast service to London Waterloo. The A34, the A303 and the M4 are within easy reach.

The FarmParsonage Farm has been in the same ownership since 1959 and it has been run as a traditional mixed farm. The farm is extremely attractive and the land comprises of approximately 449.00 acres of arable or temporary grass land, 82.00 acres of pasture and 49.00 acres of woodland.

The land is farmed in hand on a rotation typical for this area of combinable cereals and oil seed rape. The land is classified as grade 3 and is predominately a Carstens soil, being a well-drained fine silty soil and Andover 1, a calcareous silty soil over chalk.

There is a small family shoot over the land.

Lot 1- Parsonage Farmhouse, three bungalows, 195.72 acres (79.21 ha) and farm buildingsParsonage Farmhouse is a classic Grade II listed village Georgian house that dates back to 1685 with early 19th Century additions. The east wing of the original house is attached to the much larger part of the later date, together with an extension to the rear, to form a T shaped building constructed of brick and flint with a clay tile roof.

A wrought iron gate leads through a flint and brick capped boundary wall with gate piers to eight stone steps to the front door with a Tuscan porch and two plain columns. A welcoming hall with oak floorboards leads to the drawing room and dining room on either side, both with high ceilings, open fireplaces and large sash windows. The family kitchen has fitted units, an oil fired Aga and quarry filled stone floors which run through to the spacious boot room and gardeners WC. A cellar is accessed from the kitchen. A later addition is the sitting room with wooden floors and a fireplace which leads to a small flagstone courtyard on the east side of the house. A study with original wooden panelling and a bay window overlooks the courtyard and stables.

Upstairs, off a half landing is a sitting room/bedroom and seven further bedrooms with period features including sash windows, open fireplaces and wood panelling. In addition there is a shower room and two bathrooms. A staircase leads to an attic bedroom.

Parsonage Farmhouse FloorplansHouse internal area 6,391 sq ft (594 sq m) For identification purposes only.

Ground Floor

Second Floor

Cellar

Bedroom 74.60 x 4.17

15'1" x 13'8"

4.21 x 3.6213'10" x 11'11"6.12 x 4.42

20'1" x 14'6"6.13 x 4.6320'1" x 15'2"

Sitting Room8.78 x 5.44

28'10" x 17'10"

Boot Room6.50 x 5.9021'4" x 19'4"(Maximum)

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

6.50 x 5.4521'4" x 17'11"

Study4.57 x 3.30

15'0" x 10'10"

Drawing Room6.27 x 4.6620'7" x 15'3"

Dining Room6.96 x 4.75

22'10" x 15'7"

Utility2.67 x 2.658'9" x 8'8"

The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.

© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8274300/OHLDenotes restricted head height

First Floor

Bedroom 44.61 x 3.36

15'1" x 11'0"

Bedroom 54.46 x 4.09

14'8" x 13'5"Master Bedroom5.87 x 4.98

19'3" x 16'4"Bedroom 63.85 x 3.80

12'8" x 12'6" Bedroom 93.50 x 2.2611'6" x 7'5"

Bedroom 34.52 x 3.18

14'10" x 10'5"

Sitting Room/Bedroom 25.57 x 5.34

18'3" x 17'6"

Bedroom 83.53 x 3.15

11'7" x 10'4"

OutsideParsonage Farm is accessed through double wooden five barred gates onto a large gravelled courtyard. The garden is predominately to the north of the house with well cared for flower beds, box hedges and fruit trees surrounded by a flint and brick capped walled garden. A paved path leads to a swimming pool and summer house and there is also a glasshouse. Behind the walled garden a wooden gate leads to a small fruit orchard and three grass paddocks which have been used for horses and livestock in the past.

OutbuildingsThere are several traditional thatched outbuildings which surround the courtyard and are Grade II listed. These include:

The Potting Shed/Workshop – Immediately north of the farmhouse is an L shaped building with outer walls of brick and flint and the walls facing the courtyard are timber board.

Former stable and hay loft – With brick and flint walls and a tiled roof.

The Barn –With a weather board clad timber frame in an L shaped block on a brick base with a ½ hipped thatched roof. A double garage forms part of the eastern end.

The Granary – Bricknogged timber frame with a clay tiled roof on staddle stones.

Stables – Attached to the barn with brick and flint walls and a thatched roof are four stables and two timber loose boxes.

The PaddockThere are two paddocks amounting to approximately 4.07 acres. These have been used for grazing horses and livestock in the past and have access directly from the outbuildings or from Church Street.

Lot 1b

Farm buildingsAccessed off Doiley Hill and comprising:

Grain store (49ft x 101ft) – Constructed of iron stanchion with a corrugated roof and cladded corrugated sides with a lean to attached and includes: A Svegma mixed flow (model 2-3) drier installed in 2013 which runs at 13.0 tonnes per hour together with dust extractors, conveyors, pre-cleaner, seven 35 tonne bins, with a flat floor and bottom conveyor. Seven 30 tonne bins. Two 20 tonne holding bins. On floor drying store for 400 tonnes with simples 30 KW fan. On floor drying floor for 200t with Simples 30KW fan.

There is 3 phase electricity to the grain store.

Freestanding chemical store Store barn (35ft x 60ft) - Constructed of iron stanchion with 3 bays under a sheeted roof and partly clad. Currently used for straw storage.

The Land The land comprises 190.67 acres of which 181.4 acres is arable or temporary grass. The land has a good internal track with the main access off Doiley Hill. There is a right of way along a private track off church lane providing secondary access.

BreakfastArea

Sitting Room5.39 x 4.00

17'8" x 13'1"(Maximum)

Bedroom 42.92 x 2.789'7" x 9'1"

(Maximum)

Bedroom 32.93 x 2.819'7" x 9'3"

(Maximum)

Bedroom 24.02 x 3.01

13'2" x 9'11"

Main Bedroom4.17 x 3.09

13'8" x 10'2"

Garage6.12 x 2.6220'1" x 8'7"

Porch2.98 x 2.809'9" x 9'2"

Ground Floor

The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.

© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8276930/DMS

Kitchen

5.37 x 3.1017'7" x 10'2"

1 & 2 Dene Green Bungalows 1 Dryer House1 Dene Green internal area 948 sq ft (88 sq m)External Room internal area 35 sq ft (3 sq m) 2 Dene Green internal area 1,043 sq ft (97 sq m) For identification purposes only.

1 Dryer House internal area 1,172 sq ft (109 sq m) Garage internal area 173 sq ft (16 sq m)For identification purposes only.

1 Dryer House

Farm bungalows1 Dryer HouseA detached bungalow subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition constructed of painted brick walls under a slate roof comprising a kitchen, sitting room, bathroom and four bedrooms. The bungalow also benefits from a garage. Currently let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST).

1 & 2 Dene Green BungalowsA pair of semi-detached bungalows both subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition constructed of brick under a slate roof. For both bungalows, the accommodation comprises a kitchen, sitting room, bathroom and three bedrooms. 1 Dene Green bungalow is vacant. 2 Dene Green bungalow is currently let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST).

Bedroom 33.12 x 2.40

10'3" x 7'10"

Bedroom 24.03 x 3.41

13'3" x 11'2"Main Bedroom

4.02 x 3.1113'2" x 10'2"

Sitting Room5.34 x 4.02

17'6" x 13'2"(Maximum)

A/C

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

5.41 x 3.4217'9" x 11'3"(Maximum)

Ground Floor

The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8274308/DMS

Bedroom 33.12 x 2.4410'3" x 8'0"

Bedroom 24.03 x 3.50

13'3" x 11'6"Main Bedroom

4.02 x 2.9913'2" x 9'10"

Sitting Room5.35 x 3.26

17'7" x 10'8"

A/C

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

5.21 x 3.4117'1" x 11'2"(Maximum)

Ground Floor

The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8274306/DMS

1 Dene Green 2 Dene Green

1 & 2 Dene Green Bungalows

Lot 2

Lot 2 – Lower Farm (152.25 acres, 61.60 ha)

Farm buildingsThe buildings are accessed along a private track from the southern end of the village. They comprise:

Hay Barn (48ft x 60ft) – Open fronted steel framed barn with three bays, a fibre cement roof and clad with a dirt floor. Water connected.

Lambing Shed (58ft x 60ft) – Open fronted steel framed barn with four bays, a fibre cement roof, part concrete block walling, part clad and a dirt floor. Water/electricity connected.

Fertiliser Barn (47ft x 115ft) - Open fronted steel framed barn with seven bays, a fibre cement roof and clad on a dirt floor.

Free Standing Chemical Store. General Purpose Barn (47ft x 57ft) - Open fronted steel framed barn with three bays, a fibre cement roof, cladding and a dirt floor.

The LandThe land sits south of Hurstbourne Tarrant with two main points of access from the buildings and off Doiley Hill (A343). The land is a mix of arable (102.94 acres) and pasture (26.88 acres) with a single block of 20.98 acres of pretty broadleaved woodland.

Lot 3 –Land and building to the West of Hustbourne Tarrant (134.67 acres, 54.51 ha)

Farm buildingGeneral Purpose open fronted building (29ft x 43ft) with three bays, a fibre cement roof and clad with a dirt floor.

The LandOn the western edge of Hurstbourne Tarrant with various points of access comprising a total of 133.63 acres (54.08ha) with 106.08 acres of arable and 22.45 acres of grassland which

includes the stunning park with far reaching views and 5.10 acres of attractive amenity woodland spread over six blocks.

Lot 4 – Land off Doiley Hill (105.96 acres, 42.88 ha)Approximately 105.96 acres located on the outskirts of the village of Hurstbourne Tarrant with 58.58 acres of arable, 25.51 acres of grassland and 20.89 acres of predominately broadleaved woodland located in a single block.

Lot 2

Lot 3

Lot 4

Lot 3

Lot 3

General Remarks and Stipulations Method of Sale: Parsonage Farm is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole or up to 4 lots.

Residential PropertyServices: Parsonage Farm has mains water and electricity to all of the residential property. Parsonage Farmhouse has an oil fired Aga. The dwellings all have private drainage systems. The mains water supply from the farm supplies Lower Farmhouse.

Wayleaves, easements and rights of way: The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

There is a right of way for third parties along the track to the buildings in Lot 2.

There are several public footpaths over the land.

There are a number of permissive rights of way for adjoining property owners. More details are available.

Basic Payment: The entitlements to the Basic Payment are included in the sale. In the event that the property is sold in lots the entitlements will be included with the eligible land on a pro rata basis. There are 217.71 entitlements (2016).

Designations: Parsonage Farm is in the Hurstbourne Tarrant and Ibthorpe Conservation Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The land is in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

Holdover: Holdover is reserved to permit the storage of crops in the grain store and for a machinery sale until 31st March 2018.

Planning: The three bungalows are subject to Agricultural Occupancy Conditions. Parsonage Farmhouse and the courtyard are Grade II listed.

Sporting, timber and mineral rights: All sporting timber and mineral rights are included in the freehold sale, in so far as they are owned.

Overage: Parts of the farm (hatched on the sale plan) are subject to an overage clause on residential development at 50% for 25 years. Further information is available from the selling agents.

Fixtures and Fittings: All items usually regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings and equipment, including fitted carpets and curtains, together with garden ornaments and statuary, are specifically excluded from the sale. These may be available to the purchaser by separate negotiation.

Chancel repair liabilities: There may be chancel repair liabilities in this district, therefore an insurance policy is in place. Further details are available from the vendor’s agents.

Local Authorities: Test Valley Council, Beech Hurst, Andover, SP10 3AJ. Tel: 01264 368000

VAT: Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property, or any part of it, or any right attached to it, becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable in addition. Health and Safety: Given the potential hazards of a working farm we ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making your inspection for your own personal safety, particularly around the farm buildings and machinery.

Agents Note: There is no title to part of field 7545 in lot 3. Owners are providing a statutory declaration to demonstrate ownership.

Solicitors: McPhersons Solicitors, The Long Barn Winchester Road, King’s Somborne, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6NZ

Information pack: A full information pack is available. Please contact the selling agents for further information.

Viewings: Strictly by confirmed appointment with the vendor’s agents, Strutt & Parker in Salisbury 01722 344 014, or BCM 01962 763 900.

DirectionsFrom the A303 take the A343 towards Andover. Follow this road north of Andover through Enham Alamein to Hurstbourne Tarrant. Immediately after reaching The George and Dragon public house turn right onto Church Street. Parsonage Farmhouse is on the right just before the village school.

Property Tenure Rent PCM EPC rating Council Tax band (2016/17)

Parsonage Farmhouse

Vacant - N/A H (£2,948.20)

1 Dryer House Assured Shorthold Tenancy

£850 F C (£1,310.31)

1 Dene Green Bungalows

Vacant - F C (£1,310.31)

2 Dene Green Bungalows

Assured Shorthold Tenancy

£650 F C (£1,310.31)

Summary

Lot 3

4

1

2

3

44800.40 ha

0.98

59649.14 ha22.59

47757.85 ha19.39

13410.27 ha

0.68

25470.12 ha

0.30

225523.70 ha

55.58

20370.51 ha

1.25

11840.68 ha

1.67

76670.21 ha

0.52

357811.49 ha

28.40

20026.56 ha16.22

21399.54 ha23.57

23671.10 ha

2.72

05146.97 ha17.22

89853.18 ha

7.86

99729.34 ha23.07

80454.95 ha12.24

11150.23 ha

0.57

852722.69 ha

56.07

68351.39 ha

3.45

83460.55 ha

1.36

73610.25 ha

0.626758

0.10 ha0.24

75690.13 ha

0.31

78543.64 ha

8.996654

0.07 ha0.18

40781.67 ha

4.14

52830.18 ha

0.44

40170.64 ha

1.58

45061.01 ha

2.49

45000.19 ha

0.47

48000.21 ha

0.51

415516.68 ha

41.21

30378.49 ha20.98

46690.41 ha

1.01

15922.31 ha

5.71

04111.29 ha

3.19

076910.78 ha

26.647769

5.14 ha12.71

86543.77 ha

9.32

75453.12 ha

7.71

90268.16 ha20.16

651311.48 ha

28.36

86060.42 ha

1.047494

1.30 ha3.22

80896.74 ha16.65

54434.10 ha10.14

357016.56 ha

40.91

46992.92 ha

7.21

39030.35 ha

0.86

45881.72 ha

4.24

28013.57 ha

8.83

Parsonage FarmThis plan is published for the convenience of the purchaseronly. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expresslyexcluded from any contract.

Based on Ordnance Survey VectorMap mapping with thepermission of the Controller of HMSO © Crown CopyrightLicence No ES 100018525

Not to Scale. Drawing No. Q8629-03 | Date 26.01.17

Key

Public Footpath

Overage

Right of Way

© Collins Bartholomew Limited 2013. All rights reserved. Plotted Scale - 1:180178

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