Mount Harry House Offham East Sussex
Superb Panoramic Views of the South Downs and Mount Caburn
Mount Harry House ditchling road Offham East Sussex BN7 3QW Cooksbridge station: 1 mile Lewes: 2 miles Brighton & Hove: 9 miles Gatwick airport: 30 miles Central London: 60 miles (All mileages are approximate). Elegant Queen Anne Revival Country House with Superb Panoramic Views of the South Downs and Mount Caburn Ground Floor Entrance Porch, Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Morning Room, Study, Kitchen and Dining Room, Pantry, Cloakroom, Larder, Loggia First Floor Part Galleried Landing, Master Bedroom with En Suite Bathroom, 5 Further Bedrooms, 3 Further Bathrooms, Separate WC Second Floor Bedroom, Attic Store Rooms Workshop, Cellar, Store Rooms EPC rating F The Garden Flat Sitting Room with Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom EPC rating E The Flat Sitting Room with Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms, Bathroom EPC rating D Tennis Court, Formal Gardens and Grounds, Paddocks, Woodland About 19.6 Acres Savills Haywards Heath 37-39 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath RH16 3BN Tel: +44 (0) 1444 446 000 Contact: Sophie Wyscock-Wright swwright@savills.com Savills Country Department 33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 8877 Contact: Will Peppitt wpeppitt@savills.com www.savills.co.uk Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text.
Situation Mount Harry House is situated in an enviable elevated position in the South Downs National Park, at the foot of the South Downs and the eponymous Mount Harry, with wonderful views over its own land to Mount Caburn beyond. This magnificent situation combines the serenity of the country with the convenience of being close to amenities: the County Town of Lewes is only 2 miles distant and the vibrant coastal City of Brighton and Hove is just 9 miles away. Sussex offers excellent leisure and sporting facilities, with many opportunities for golf, walking (in particular along the South Downs Way) and equestrian pursuits locally, including regular meets at Plumpton Racecourse. There is a thriving cultural scene in Sussex, with world-class opera at Glyndebourne and the annual Brighton Festival presenting a huge programme of theatre, dance, classical music and literary events. Despite its rural setting the area has outstanding road and rail communications. The A23 accessed at Pyecombe (8.5 miles) links to the M23 and on to the national motorway network. Gatwick Airport 30 miles; Central London 60 miles. The nearest station is Cooksbridge (only 1 mile away) which offers a direct service to London Victoria from 1 hr 3 minutes. Further services from Plumpton Green, Lewes and Haywards Heath. There are many exceptional schools in the area including Cumnor House School, Great Walstead, Ardingly, Hurstpierpoint, Lancing and Brighton Colleges, Lewes Old Grammar School, Burgess Hill School for Girls and Roedean. Description Mount Harry House is an elegant and beautifully situated country house, sitting at the top of a sloping gradient in a picturesque landscape and cleverly designed so that the principal reception rooms and all but one of the bedrooms are positioned to take full advantage of the remarkable views over its own gardens and grounds to the south east. The house is largely unchanged since it was built in the 1930s and although naturally in need of some modernisation, is clearly a much loved and comfortable family home yet with all the grandeur and scale of a prominent country house. Historical Note Built on land formerly part of the Coombe Place Estate, Mount Harry House was commissioned by Edwin Fisher, one of the distinguished Fisher family and chairman of Barclay s Bank from 1936 until his death in 1947. Completed in 1936, the property was designed by architects T. A. Darcy Braddell and Humphry Deane in their favoured Queen Anne Revival style and is attractively characterised by an abundance of classically-inspired columns and pilasters, stone quoins and sash windows; the gardens were laid out by Colonel Gavin Jones, who undertook many prestigious projects and is perhaps best-known for creating the rock garden at Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill. In December 1942 the house featured in a major four-page article by Christopher Hussey in Country Life, described as A modern house in the Georgian manner.... The property is named after the nearby Mount Harry, itself said to have taken its name from Henry III who fought Simon de Montfort nearby at the Battle of Lewes in 1264. The current owners, Lord and Lady Renton, bought the property from the Fishers in 1967 and remain only the second family to live in the house.
Largely hidden from the road, the house is approached via a winding driveway which climbs gently up to the house and to a large parking area to the front. Internally, the substantial accommodation is arranged over three floors; two self-contained flats comprise the majority of the north eastern wing and offer useful secondary accommodation though could be easily incorporated into the main house. The main reception rooms are spacious with high ceilings and feature a wealth of fine classical features including a number of individually-designed stone and English marble fireplaces, mellow stone and teak flooring, and ornate plasterwork, architraves and cornicing. The floor plans give an excellent overview of the full extent of the accommodation, though there are a number of features worthy of more detailed description. Broad stone steps lead up to an entrance porch with Doric columns; a pair of solid wood doors open to the grand reception hall which has a stone fireplace with inset woodburner. An arch leads to the staircase hall from which a stunning cantilevered stone staircase rises to the first floor. Of particular note is the drawing room, a delightful room with a number of sash windows overlooking the terrace, elegant Ionic columns and a large stone fireplace with inset woodburner and Sussex marble insert. The teak floor is believed to have come from the ship of Admiral Sir William Fisher, brother of Edwin. Adjoining the drawing room is a charming double aspect morning room; a door opens from here to the study. The large kitchen and dining room has a four-oven Aga and is served by three utility rooms. The curved stone staircase from the reception hall leads to a large galleried landing area from which all the main bedrooms are accessed. The double aspect master bedroom suite has an elevated view of the gardens and parkland beyond, a walk in wardrobe and shares a Jack and Jill bathroom with an adjacent bedroom. All the bedrooms have wash basins and are served by three further bathrooms and a separate WC. There is one further bedroom on the second floor, together with access to two large attic storage rooms.
R es tricted height 10.50 x 3.83 34'5'' x 12'6'' Morning room K itchen / Dining room 6.88 x 4.80 22'7'' x 15'9'' Loggia Drawing room 4.93 x 4.77 16'2'' x 15'7'' Attic s torage 10.50 x 5.17 34'5'' x 16'11'' 5.19 x 4.01 17'0'' x 13'2'' F urther attic acces s Attic s torage Mas ter bedroom 6.81 x 4.82 22'4'' x 15'10'' S tudy S tore room K itchen / S itting room 6.55 x 4.05 21'6'' x 13'3'' 4.43 x 3.97 14'6'' x 13'0'' R eception hall 6.35 x 3.75 20'10'' x 12'3'' P antry C loakroom Wine s tore Cellar S tore room 4.82 x 4.22 15'9'' x 13'10'' 4.72 x 3.53 15'5'' x 11'7'' 5.33 x 4.24 17'5'' x 13'11'' Second Floor 4.82 x 4.44 15'9'' x 14'6'' 3.49 x 2.35 11'5'' x 7'8'' 4.20 x 2.79 13'9'' x 9'1'' 4.96 x 3.84 16'3'' x 12'7'' Landing 4.13 x 3.94 13'6'' x 12'11'' 3.31 x 2.33 10'10'' x 7'7'' Works hop S tore room 4.56 x 4.09 14'11'' x 13'5'' K itchen / S itting room Ground Floor 6.86 x 4.35 22'6'' x 14'3'' Approximate Gross Internal Area: House - 745.8 sq m (8027 sq ft) First Floor The Flat - 88.7 sq m (955 sq ft) The Garden Flat - 50.5 sq m (543 sq ft) For identification purposes only. Not to scale.
Gardens and Grounds The gardens are a particular feature of Mount Harry House, designed by Colonel Gavin Jones and further enhanced by the current owners, specialists in deciduous trees who have planted over 100 varieties of specimen trees in the grounds. Spanning the rear of the house is a large stone terrace and seating area which provides an excellent area for summer entertaining and alfresco dining; steps descend to the formal lawn with central water fountain. There are areas of lawn and well stocked formal gardens located to the south and east of the house, including a rose garden, lavender and laburnum walks, a bowling green and a former arboretum. Located on the north eastern side of the driveway is a further area of garden in which is sited a tennis court (in need of some repair) and a well stocked and productive kitchen garden, with original greenhouse. A band of mixed woodland extends along the northern boundary; the two paddocks lie beyond the formal garden to the south east. In all about 19.6 acres.
Designed & produced by Captiv8 Design T: 01603 766626 Ditchling Road (B2116) and the driveway to Mount Harry House can be found after half a mile on the left hand side. Agent s Note Part of the driveway leading to Mount Harry House is owned by Mount Harry Flint Cottage, Mount Harry House over which the property has a right of way. CR line. Having left the village, turn right into W inshaw House W ater P ath T ower T ennis Cou rt f Cooksbridge village and over the railway B 21 16 De Heading south on the A275, pass through LB 44.2m 60.4m 1 d Services T ra ck Directions 2 F lint C ottage Mount Harry Mount Harry House Lodge Cou rthouse Co ttages Oil fired central heating (currently P ond decommissioned). Wood burning stove. B arleys C ottage Individual electric boilers in each bathroom. Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. local authority Note: Reproduced from the Ordanance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Ltd Note: For identification purposes only. Not to Scale Area : 19.565 acres (7.918 ha) ) Lewes District Council Pa th ( um Tel: 01273 471600. Council tax Mount Harry House: Tax band H The Garden Flat: Tax band A Important Notice The Flat: Tax band A Savills and their clients give notice that: Tenure Freehold. 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form or representations of fact. Copies of the full Energy Performance 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills on 01444 446000. photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. 3. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy If there is any point which is of particular themselves by inspection or otherwise. importance to you, we invite you to discuss Brochure prepared: April 2016. this with us, especially before you travel to view the property. 50m 100m Note: Reproduced from the Ordanance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Ltd Note: For identification purposes only. Not to Scale 150m part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements Energy Performance Certificates are available on request. 0m Photographs taken: April 2016. JC/61023092 Mount Harry House The Flat Energy Efficiency Rating The Garden Flat Energy Efficiency Rating