Location

The village of Blackmoor is located just outside the larger village of Selbourne, and contains a church, village hall, and primary school. The village is home to the Blackmoor Estate, which runs a leading fruit nursery.

Selborne is a picturesque, sought-after Hampshire village nestled in the South Downs National Park. Within the village is The Gilbert White Museum where there is a coffee shop/restaurant and shop, a public house, coffee and homewares shops, florist, church and a village hall.

Although a rural location, nearby market towns Alton (about 5 miles) and Petersfield (about 9 miles) provide a train service to London Waterloo within an hour, and offer comprehensive shopping and recreational amenities as well as seasonal markets and activities.

The A31 and A3 are close by providing swift access to the M3, M25 and the national motorway network.

The area has endless scope for walking, cycling and riding on miles of footpaths and bridleways.

Description

A spacious two bedroom apartment in a magnificent Grade II* listed Blackmoor House, a late 19th century country mansion, originally designed by eminent Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse, who was renowned for designing The Natural History Museum, for Sir Roundel Palmer 1st Earl of Selborne.

The apartment measures 1726 sq feet and benefits from a separate single garage. Residents have the use of about 12 acres of landscaped grounds, with a lake, swimming pool and tennis court.

Reached from a grand, communal entrance hall with a large open fireplace, wood panelling and stained glass windows, the apartment has high ceilings and period features, and is entered via a wide central entrance hall with built in oak panelled bookcase, that leads to all the main rooms.

The two spacious bedrooms have built in wardrobes and oak panelled sash windows and are served by a well-appointed bathroom and separate cloakroom.

At the other end of the home is a kitchen with fitted shaker cabinets and an aga, and a large adjacent storage cupboard.

There is also a beautiful dual aspect sitting room with an ornate oak and marble gas fireplace, which benefits from plenty of natural light from triple and double oak panelled sash windows that allow far reaching views across the surrounding countryside.

The apartment is available with no chain and presents an opportunity to personalise and internal alterations, following receipt of any necessary planning consents.

The property is approached along a long sweeping drive through woodland and banks of rhododendrons and azaleas before opening into a wide parking area at the front of the mansion.

The grounds are a fine feature of the property with formal lawns interspersed with pathways and borders of flowering shrubs, extending to approx. 12 acres with lake, swimming pool and tennis court.