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Vineries Cottage · Holybourne

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Vineries Cottage from the road at dusk: a white-painted gable end and red-brick front with pale green shutters

Holybourne · Hampshire

Vineries
Cottage

A Grade II listed cottage of the 1600s, carefully renovated, with a part-walled garden facing south‑east.

£985,000Freehold · Five bedrooms

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Introduction

Vineries Cottage has stood close to the heart of Holybourne since the 1600s. Its present owners have renovated it with great care, keeping the exposed beams, the vaulted ceilings and the open fireplaces, and making around them a house that suits the way a family lives now.

It is a house of three floors and real individuality: a sitting room lit from three sides, a farmhouse kitchen fitted by hand, a principal bedroom open to the roof timbers, and a garden reached from both the kitchen and the dining room.

For all its character it is not a precious house. The rooms are generous, warm and easy to live in, and most of them could change use as a family’s needs change.

1600sDating from
Grade IIListed
5Bedrooms
4Receptions
2Bathrooms
2,189Sq ft, approx.

The film

A minute inside

A walk through the house and garden. One minute and five seconds, with sound.

The house

Three floors,
room by room

The rooms below are described in the order you would meet them, from the front door to the top of the house. Every photograph opens larger.

Ground floor

Fireside rooms

Sitting room
Second reception
Dining room
Kitchen & dining room
Utility & cloakroom

The sitting room

The sitting room runs from the front of the house to the back, with windows on three sides and an open fireplace as its focus. It is the largest room on the ground floor.

The sitting room, light from windows on three sides, with a deep sofa and a fireplace — The triple-aspect sitting room

The sitting room looking across to the windows, beams overhead — Light from three sides

A reading chair beside a boarded door and a small window in the sitting room — A corner of the sitting room

The second reception room

A second reception room has a fireplace of its own. The owners use it as a boot room, lined with bespoke wardrobes, but it would adapt easily to other uses.

Coats, boots and shelves by a doorway, with a brick floor — Coats and boots by the door

The second reception room, fitted with green wardrobes, with a brick fireplace and a daybed — The second reception room, now a boot room with bespoke wardrobes

The dining room

The dining room is large, with a fireplace too, and a door straight out to the garden, so that on a warm evening the table can move outside.

The dining room, a long table beneath beams and a door standing open to the garden — The dining room, opening to the garden

The kitchen: dark cabinetry, a white Lacanche, tiled splashback and whitewashed beams over a brick floor — The kitchen, with handmade deVOL cabinetry and the Lacanche

The kitchen

Made by hand,
made to be used

The farmhouse kitchen and dining room sits at the centre of the cottage, and it is where the house is at its most sociable.

The cabinetry is bespoke and handmade by deVOL, with pan drawers, an integrated dishwasher and a butler sink beneath the window. A large multi-fuel Lacanche stands against the tiled wall, and a bespoke marble bartop adds extra work space and a place for breakfast, or the first coffee of the day.

A door opens directly on to the garden, and an adjoining utility room and cloakroom complete the ground floor.

Handmade deVOL cabinetry
Butler sink
Multi-fuel Lacanche
Bespoke marble bartop
Pan drawers, integrated dishwasher
Door to the garden
Adjoining utility and cloakroom
Kitchen and dining room in one

The butler sink under the window, with the back door open to the garden — The butler sink, and the door to the garden

The kitchen bar with stools, set within the timber frame, a pale green fridge beside it — The bartop, within the old frame

Timber worktop, chopping boards and a glazed cabinet beside the kitchen window — Kitchen detail

A small basin on a painted stand against timber-boarded walls — The cloakroom

Upstairs

First floor

Under the beams

Principal bedroom
Study
Bedrooms
Family bathroom

The principal bedroom

The principal bedroom is the finest room upstairs: a vaulted ceiling crossed by exposed beams, a walk-in wardrobe, and beside it a study.

The principal bedroom beneath a vaulted ceiling of exposed beams, with a section of old brickwork — The principal bedroom, under a vaulted ceiling

The separated dressing area off the main bedroom, coats hung beneath the roof timbers — Separated dressing area from main bedroom

The study, with a cast-iron fireplace, a broad beam and a desk by the window; the principal bedroom visible through the doorway — The adjoining study

Bedrooms and the family bathroom

Further bedrooms share the floor with the family bathroom, which has a bath, a separate shower and two basins.

A guest room with panelled walls painted deep green and a window with a striped blind — Green-panelled guest room

A quilt on the canopied bed and books stacked by the wall — Bedroom detail

The family bathroom, with a bath, a separate shower and a timber-framed mirror — The family bathroom

Second floor

At the top of the house

Bedroom with en-suite
Second bedroom

Under the roof are two more bedrooms, one with its own en-suite and a smaller room beside it. Together they make the top floor good for guests, for older children, or for anyone who needs a quiet place to work from home.

A second-floor bedroom under the roof, with exposed brick, a roof light and old timbers — A bedroom on the second floor, with views of countryside

A smaller room under the roof, lit by a roof light — The smaller second-floor bedroom, with views of countryside

The garden

Part-walled,
facing south-east

Behind the house, the garden has been thoughtfully landscaped around a broad paved terrace, lawns and established borders.

The rear garden in summer: a brick path winding through lawn and flowering borders towards the house — The garden, facing south-east

A broad terrace runs along the back of the house, the natural place to eat outside. From it a brick path meanders away through the lawns.

The path wanders between established borders and roses, beneath a mixture of young and mature trees. Both the dining room and the kitchen open directly on to the garden, so the house and the terrace work as one in the warmer months.

Pink cosmos in flower in the foreground, the rear of the house beyond — Cosmos in late summer

The rear of the house from the lawn, the paved terrace set with chairs — The rear of the house

A brick path curving across the lawn beside a tall hedge — The meandering brick path

The broad paved terrace beside the house, looking out over the garden — The terrace

The gated gravel drive at the rear of the garden, with the timber carport — The gated drive from Malthouse Mews, with carport visible

Parking, discreetly placed

Towards the rear of the garden, a gated private gravel drive is reached from Malthouse Mews, with an outbuilding that can be used as a carport.

The setting

Holybourne,
Hampshire

The cottage sits close to the heart of the village, with rolling Hampshire countryside close at hand and good walking all around.

Village life is a short stroll along the London Road. The White Hart, the village pub, stands opposite the Holybourne Shop and Post Office, both a few minutes’ walk from the door.

Schooling is unusually close. Andrews’ Endowed Church of England Primary School is a few minutes’ walk along the same road, and Eggar’s School, the secondary, is less than half a mile away. The house lies within the catchment area for both, and for schools towards Farnham.

Alton, the neighbouring market town, has everything for day-to-day life: Waitrose, a good choice of independent restaurants, plenty of independent shops and coffee shops, and local bus services. Its station, a little over a mile from the house, is the terminus of South Western Railway’s line to London Waterloo, with direct trains taking around an hour and a quarter. Farnham lies about eight miles the other way.

In the village: The White Hart and the Holybourne Shop and Post Office, opposite one another on the London Road
Schools: Andrews’ Endowed C of E Primary, a few minutes’ walk; Eggar’s School, under half a mile. Within the catchment area for both, and for schools towards Farnham
Alton: The market town: Waitrose, independent restaurants, shops and coffee shops, and local buses
By rail: Alton station, a little over a mile; South Western Railway to London Waterloo in around an hour and a quarter
Farnham: About eight miles by road
All around: Rolling countryside and walks

Map of Holybourne and the neighbouring town of Alton — Map data © OpenStreetMap contributorsOpen interactive map

Photographs

A walk through

42 photographs, arranged in the order you would walk through the house and out into the garden.

Floorplan

The plan

Ground floor: 866 sq ft · 80 sq m
First floor: 866 sq ft · 80 sq m
Second floor: 457 sq ft · 43 sq m
Total, approximate: 2,189 sq ft · 203 sq m

Approximate gross internal areas, as shown on the floorplan. The plan also shows the separate carport. For guidance only.

Particulars

The details

Key facts about Vineries Cottage
Asking price	£985,000
Tenure	Freehold
Council tax	Band FEast Hampshire District Council
Listed status	Grade II listedDating from the 1600s
Bedrooms	Five
Bathrooms	TwoFamily bathroom and an en-suite, plus a ground-floor cloakroom
Receptions	FourIncluding a study
Floors	Three
Floor area	2,189 sq ft · 203 sq mApproximate gross internal area, from the floorplan
Outside	Part-walled rear garden facing south-eastGated private gravel drive from Malthouse Mews; outbuilding usable as a carport
Services	Mains electricity, water and gas

Viewings

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Viewings are by appointment with the owner. To arrange a viewing, contact Aaron: call or text him on 07989 167951.

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The house

Vineries Cottage, Holybourne
Alton, Hampshire GU34