From 16th century homes to magnificent manors these properties all have something in common: beautiful walled gardens
From 16th century homes to magnificent manors these properties all have something in common: beautiful walled gardens
BEST PROPERTIES WITH WALLED GARDENS
GLEBE HOUSE
PYRFORD, WOKING, SURREY
This is a Grade II-listed timber-frame home dating from the 16th century, with the gardens including a walled garden. The four-bedroom property has been extended and renovated and internal features include inglenook fireplaces and exposed beams. There are French doors off the kitchen leading to a terrace and side garden with box hedging, as well as a triple-aspect garden room and a York-stone courtyard.
Agent: Savills
Tel: 01932 838000
Guide price: £2.25m
PAUNTON COURT
PAUNTON, BISHOPS FROME, HEREFORDSHIRE
Set in 52 acres, Paunton Court sits in the Frome Valley, close to the Worcestershire border. The Grade II-listed property, fronting the River Frome, has been extensively renovated, including re-roofing and re-wiring, with underfloor heating in the new parts of the building. There are gardens to three sides of the house, including a walled garden. There is also a courtyard, a swimming pool and an orchard.
Agent: Grant & Co
Tel: 01531 637341
Guide price: £3.5m
PATERNOSTER HOUSE
IPPLEPEN, NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON
This Grade II-listed house in the Devon village of Ipplepen, about four miles from the town of Newton Abbot, comes with a walled garden, with lawns, hedgerows, trees and a vegetable garden. It is a five-bedroom property and there is also a one-bedroom, stone-built folly with two floors of accommodation, which has potential use as a holiday let. The gardens are one acre in total.
Agent: Strutt & Parker
Tel: 01392 229402
Offers in excess of £1m
ESHOTT HALL
ESHOTT, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
Eshott Hall is a Grade II-listed Georgian country house hotel, which was adapted from a private residence, but could be converted back. Built in 1738, the hall lies within mature landscaped gardens and woodland and includes a six-bedroom house, a walled garden, a converted stable block and a tennis court, There is also a village chapel which could be converted, subject to planning.
Agent: Sanderson Young
Tel: 01912 233500
Guide price: £4.25m
BOXLEY ABBEY
SANDLING, MAIDSTONE, KENT
A seven-bedroom Queen Anne house with a three-bedroom annexe, the property sits within abbey precincts with the monastic wall, now broken in parts, forming a section of the walled gardens. There is also a two-bedroom cottage and a Grade I-listed barn. As well as the walled gardens, including a kitchen garden, the land includes paddocks and woodland. Boxley Abbey comes with just under 22 acres in total.
Agent: Strutt & Parker
Tel: 01227 473700
Guide price: £2.25m
HAZELBURY MANOR
WADSWICK, BOX, CORSHAM, WILTSHIRE
Hazelbury Manor is a Grade I-listed manor house in a parkland setting, approached down a drive of a third of a mile, with extensive gardens and just over 180 acres of pasture and woodland. To the south of the 10-bedroom property there is a rectangular walled garden, with a set of 17th-century gate piers attached to the Grade II-listed coach house. There is also a kitchen courtyard.
Agent: Knight Frank
Tel: 020 7861 1440
Guide price: £9.75m