Durford Wood, Petersfield, Hampshire

Durford Edge is a stunning Arts & Crafts style country manor, designed by the renowned architect Inigo Triggs in the early 1920’s, and boasts a garden designed by the celebrated Gertrude Jekyll.

The elegant main home offers over 4,800 sq. ft of versatile and beautifully presented accommodation, thoughtfully and sympathetically extended and renovated to combine period features with modern amenities, with The Hollow providing exceptional ancillary accommodation of over 2,300 sq. ft overlooking the private lake.

From the welcoming reception hall with solid oak turned staircase, the ground floor accommodation has a natural flow, designed to take full advantage of the light and views. The triple aspect drawing room boasts a feature fireplace, west-facing bay window and French doors to the rear terrace. There is a front-facing family room, a study with double doors to the southerly terrace, and an adjacent formal dining room with wooden floorboards and a wide square bay window overlooking the grounds and lake.

At the heart of the home is the impressive kitchen/family room with bespoke fitted kitchen, integrated appliances, central island with breakfast bar, Quartz worktops and two sets of French doors opening onto to terrace. The utility room has built-in appliances and provides additional storage. The additional sitting room, accessed from an inner hallway off the kitchen, has bi-folding doors to the garden and a turned staircase leading to the bedroom above.

On the first floor, the part-galleried landing branches off to five additional well-proportioned and bright bedrooms with elevated views of the picturesque surroundings. The impressive triple aspect principal bedroom suite boasts a feature fireplace and luxurious en-suite with free standing bath and walk-in shower. A contemporary styled family bathroom also has a walk-in shower, whilst the guest bedroom has an ensuite with jacuzzi bath and walk-in shower.

The Hollow is an impressive lake side single storey property comprising a 48 ft. open plan living space with a chic kitchen, separate dining area and four well-served bedrooms, two en suites and a family bathroom. The covered terrace flows onto a further paved terrace, decking and lake and gardens beyond.

Approached through private electric gates to a sweeping tree-lined drive, there is ample parking in addition to the 3 garages; the former coach house being a pair attached to the house and the separate garage having a studio above. The garden and grounds are delightful and comprise beautiful woodland and generous tiered formal lawns, mature specimen trees, Rhododendron and Azaelia, all providing rich, colourful planting schemes. The private garden area to the west was designed by Gertrude Jekyll, and she also drew up a planting plan for the whole garden. The paved terrace provides the perfect location for outside entertaining and enjoying views over the lake and grounds. For further information about the fascinating gardens by Gertrude Jekyll please visit hb8h4nb960/?order=1&brand=oac4

The Durford Wood Estate comprises a collection of established country houses, located to the north of Petersfield and set within approximately 300 acres, of which 50 acres are owned communally by the residents. The village of Liss, which is within 2 miles, offers shops for everyday needs and a mainline railway station to London (Waterloo). For more comprehensive shopping and recreational facilities, the ever popular market town of Petersfield is about 3 miles distant, also offering a mainline station to London (Waterloo).

There are excellent schools in the area including Bedales at Steep and Churcher’s College at Petersfield, as well as St Edmund’s and Amesbury preparatory schools in Hindhead and Highfield in Liphook. Also, there is a wide range of sporting facilities including polo at Cowdray, racing at Goodwood and Fontwell, sailing at Chichester and Bosham and many miles of walking and riding in the surrounding countryside. Golf courses can be found at Petersfield, Liphook and Blackmoor.

For the arts, the Chichester Festival Theatre can be found approximately 19 miles away.