Pipewell Hall

Pipewell Hall Pipewell | Northamptonshire | NN14 1QZ

PIPEWELL • An Historic, Grade II Listed, Northamptonshire Estate, Set in Approximately 40 Acres (STMS) • Entrance Hall, Reception Room, Library, Family Room, Dining Room and Study • Large Open Planned Kitchen / Breakfast Room / Sitting Area with Bespoke Bar • Extensive Cellars, Storage Rooms, Hobby Rooms, Pantry, Boot Room and WC • First Floor: Four Bedrooms, Three En Suites, a Family Bathroom, Dressing Room and Laundry Rooms • Second Floor: Five Bedrooms, Three En Suites and Family Bathroom

HALL • Additional Properties: a Three Bedroom Cottage, a Two Bedroom Cottage plus a Two Bedroom Gate Lodge • Excluding the Coach House, Cadelyn and Three Bears Cottage, All In Separate Ownership • Enclosed Outdoor Swimming Pool and Summer House plus a Tennis Court • Walled Garden with Outbuildings: Stable Block, Storage Barn and Cattle Shed • Formal Gardens and Pleasure Grounds, Parkland, Woodland, Large Lake and Grazing Land • Total Accommodation of Pipewell Hall Extends to 9832 Sq.Ft.

Pipewell Hall is a beguiling country residence occupying around circa forty acres of parkland sitting within a triangle of Market Harborough to the west, Kettering to the south and Corby to the northeast . Pronounced ‘Pipwell’, one of the smallest hamlets in North Northamptonshire, the Hall was built in 1675 from ancient limestone belonging to a Cistercian Abbey that once stood nearby, and over the centuries has been owned by several notable families.

William Herbert, the first Marquess of Powis inherited the estate from his father Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis, in 1667 who then built Pipewell Hall. It remained with the Powis dynasty until the early 1700s when it was bought by Charles Sambourne Le Bas as his country residence. His daughter married Simon Harcourt, and their son George, 2nd Earl Harcourt, sold it in 1806 to John Hambrough, a wealthy landowner. In 1921, upon the death of the last Hambrough, it was sold to Samuel Janson Lloyd of the Ironstone company Stewarts & Lloyds, a member of the old Quaker family that also founded Lloyds Bank. Samuel died in 1943 and the house was inherited by his son David Llewellen Lloyd (19101996) who is famous for his development of a stalking rifle. In 1945 he married ‘Bobby’ Flower who was the daughter of Sir Archibald Flower, governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The Hall was sold after his surviving wife died in 2003.

Since then, the Grade II listed property set over three floors under a fish-scale tiled roof, has been completely overhauled and refurbished and now presents as, not only a family home, but the perfect venue for hosting a wide variety of events with its numerous reception rooms off a spectacular entrance hall, many ancillary rooms, and upstairs, nine bedrooms and eight bathrooms.

In addition to the main house, a gate lodge, two cottages, and several outbuildings are included in the sale, whilst the glorious grounds contain a heated outdoor swimming pool, a tennis court, an old orchard, grazing, woodland and a lake.

The beautiful, warm stone façade clad in wisteria, welcomes you into a very generous reception hall through a solid, studded, Gothic-arched door, with its superb carved stone fireplace and flagstone floor setting a resplendent tone for the entire house. An open plan design is featured in the beautifully fitted kitchen housing a large Aga and substantial island with gas hob, which stretches front to back incorporating a dining area at one end and a sitting area around a fireplace at the other, whilst an impressive breakfast bar sits under an roof lantern. Another dining room is further down an inner hall where doors lead to utilitarian areas, a study and a hobby room. Directly behind the central hall, a magnificent drawing room has views across the gardens through three vast windows.

To the west of the entrance hall is the main staircase, flanked by a library and further reception room, and where a door opens onto a veranda. The proportions of every room are extravagant, so too the beautiful carved fireplaces and elegant sash windows, features which continue upstairs where almost all the bedrooms either benefit an en suite bathroom or have one within easy reach. Despite the dramatic proportions, a feeling of comfort and homeliness has managed to be maintained, and the views from the upstairs windows over the grounds are heavenly.

First and foremost, it has been a tremendous family home for the couple who arrived with their two young children in 2004 having bought it from the Lloyd family estate, although a vast amount of work was required to make it suitable for modern day living. “It has been a labour of love and certainly not a project for the fainthearted!” laughs the owner. “We lived in the attic initially as this was in a better state than the rest of the house. The cottages were restored first, allowing us to live in one whilst work was carried out on the main house. It was completely gutted, and the whole of the roof has been re-roofed; it was re-wired and re-plumbed, everything overhauled, fitted with the new kitchen, new bathrooms and decorated throughout.”

“It created a wonderful childhood for our two children – we restored the lake, planting reeds and had a boat which provided a lot of fun for them,” she says. “We also have our own rare breed cattle and Herdwick sheep which our son breeds for their meat. The grounds have been used to host marquee weddings and provide a wonderful setting against the lakes and parkland. We’ve had countless charity events here, photo shoots, it’s even been a film location. We also rent out the cottages: Dormy 1 and Dormy 2; one used to be a brewhouse and the other a laundry.” The beautiful Gate House is single storey with vaulted ceilings, and one, possibly two, bedrooms, whilst the cottages are two storey with Dormy 1 having three bedrooms and Dormy 2 having two.

The outbuildings include a stable block with workshop spaces or stores and a smoke-house, which the owners say could be developed if someone wished.

There’s also a two-storey potting shed, a part open-fronted barn for storage, and an expansive timber summerhouse beside the swimming pool which is an excellent place for a summer party. Another asset of Pipewell Hall that deserves a mention is the stupendous, well-lit, barrel-vaulted, brick-lined cellars which provide niches and endless dry space for a serious wine collector.

The setting is idyllic – quiet and peaceful and totally private. “There is a fabulous collection of mature trees with some rare specimens,” informs the owner. “This was one of the things that really sold the property to us at the time. They make the place so well hidden and private too. We have a couple of neighbours but you don’t see them and actually it gives a safe feeling knowing someone else is there if ever there was an emergency.” Pipewell is within walking distance and has one of the smallest churches in Northamptonshire and is open for worship. Otherwise, shopping and schools can be reached at any one of the local towns that lie within about a six mile radius: Corby, Market Harborough and Kettering. Excellent independent schools are not far, such as Oundle (25 minutes), Uppingham (20 minutes) and Oakham (30 minutes).

Agents notes: The floor plans are for illustration purposes only. All measurements: walls, doors, window fittings and appliances and their sizes and locations are shown conventionally and are approximate only and cannot be regarded as being a representation either by the seller or his agent. © Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.

GATE LODGE

1 DORMY HOUSE

2 DORMY HOUSE

STABLES & OTHER OUTBUILDINGS

BARN

POTTING SHED

STABLES

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Additional Information LOCAL AUTHORITY: North Northamptonshire Council SERVICES: Mains Electricity, Water, Oil Fired Central Heating, Oil Fired Aga, Sewage is a shaed pricate system, serving all properties and also The Coach House and Cadelyn (privately owned homes) TENURE: Freehold

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