10 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Leasehold
- Grade II* listed house Neoclassical Country House
- 125 year lease
- In need of renovation
- Suitable for domestic or business use
- 4.4 acres
Property
Philipps House is one of Wiltshire’s most important country houses offering elegant and beautifully proportioned state rooms. The façade is especially captivating being of local Chilmark stone with a four-column giant portico of unfluted Ionic columns with a pediment. The house is Grade II* Listed and has a detailed description in Pevsner’s Buildings of England. While offering wonderful scope for entertaining on a large scale, the principal rooms are equally suited to more informal, family living and an important attraction of the property is its combination of Georgian elegance and modern practicality. In addition to the entrance hall, imposing staircase hall and three state rooms, are a sitting room, family room and a large kitchen which forms the heart of this accommodating family house.
The principal rooms are beautifully decorated in the Georgian style with fine 15 pane sash windows providing southerly views across Dinton Park.
The first and second floors of the property provide extensive- bedroom accommodation with 11 double bedrooms and 5 bath and shower rooms on the first floor. All bedrooms are spacious, light and sympathetically decorated. The principal bedrooms enjoy exceptional views across the park through large shuttered sash windows. There are further bedrooms and store rooms on the second floor which also offer useful accommodation. As with the ground floor accommodation, the bedrooms are sensibly arranged and work well either for a family or on a more extensive scale.
Additional accommodation
Suitable for staff or family in addition to the main house there are three, self-contained apartments. The South West Apartment is on the south western corner of the first floor of the main house. Being part of the principal property it has rooms of a similar scale to the main house. It comprises an entrance hall, very large drawing room / dining room, 3 double bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom. It has its own access via an internal staircase leading to an entrance at the rear of the property.
The West Wing Apartment has a living room, kitchen and a good size double bedroom. While not as large as the South West apartment it also has views across the park and could either be sub-let or would provide excellent staff accommodation. The West Wing Apartment shares its front door and staircase with The South Wing Apartment.
The Brewhouse Cottage has its own front door and retains many period features. It is arranged over two floors and comprises an entrance hall, a large kitchen/living room, with a third bedroom and bathroom downstairs. Upstairs there is a very impressive master bedroom, a further double bedroom and second bathroom.
Outside
Philipps House is set within serene and easily managed gardens which total around 4.4 acres. The 200 acre park surrounds the garden and offers further space. To the rear of the main house is a large courtyard and traditional stable block which is currently used to run a small business. Opportunities exist for generation of further income. The property has been regularly used for corporate and private events and as a film location.
The Parkland surrounding Philipps House is owned and is being retained by the National Trust.
Philipps House is positioned on the edge of the popular village of Dinton. The village is composed of mainly period properties and sits well within the West Wiltshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Access is extremely good with the A303 just 4 miles distant offering access to the South West and London via the M3. There is a mainline railway station at
Tisbury 6 miles away, which offers direct services
to London Waterloo in about 2 hours.
The area is very well served for sporting activities including racing at Salisbury and Wincanton, fishing on local chalk streams and lakes, golf at a number of local courses and sailing on the South Coast. There are also excellent local rides and walks over the beautiful surrounding countryside.
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