Hampshire country estate for sale
Goldenhayes is a Hampshire estate which succeeds in blending the old and the new – the original part is Georgian but the other half being newly constructed in an extremely sympathetic style in 2002. Retaining many period features including marble fireplaces and wood panelling, the property has large, inviting rooms perfect for family life as well as entertaining. The accommodation comprises entrance hall, drawing room, garden room, morning room, dining room, sitting room, gym, a further reception room, kitchen/breakfast room, boot room plus two cloakrooms. Upstairs are the principal bedroom suite with adjoining bathroom and dressing room, study, six further bedrooms four further bathrooms and a shower room.
The property also has a superb indoor swimming pool complex with Jacuzzi, sauna and changing room. The courtyard has parking for four cars and stabling as well as a floodlit tennis court.
Outside are formal gardens interspersed with mature trees, a rockery and deep banks of rhododendrons. The majority of the land included in Lot 1 with the house comprises the parkland to Goldenhayes. This is separated from the gardens by traditional estate fencing and is interspersed with wooded spinneys. To the west of the house is a thatched summer house which has been renovated and overlooks the tennis court, and a further thatched building which was previously a dairy.
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The estate lies on the north eastern edge of the New Forest, close to the villages of Lyndhurst and Ashurst which both provide local amenities. The house is well located for transport to London on the M27 and is seven miles from Southampton which has direct trains to London Waterloo. The Georgian town of Lymington is just 12 miles to the south where there are marinas and access to exceptional sailing.
The guide price is £6.95m for Lot 1 which comprises the property plus around 45 acres. For further information contact Jackson Stops & Staff on 01962 844 299 or visit (www.jackson-stops.co.uk) or John D Wood on 01590 677 233 (www.johndwood.co.uk).
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