Reference
Z449/1/19
Title
Sale catalogue of Holwellbury Farmhouse
Date free text
May 1996
Production date
From: 1996 To: 1996
Scope and Content
Sale catalogue of Holwellbury Farmhouse.
- agents: Black Horse Agencies Stimpsons of 4/5 Bancroft, Hitchin [Hertfordshire];
- description: "The house, built of timber frame with a pitched tiled roof is believed to date from the late 17thCentury and in terms of layout has been relatively unchanged in its 300 year history. The former farmyard is set apart from the house and includes buildings of Georgian, Victorian and later date, all of varying sizes and materials. Internally, the property boasts a wealth of individual charm and character including an abundance of exposed wall and ceiling timbers to many rooms, complemented by oak, elm and pine internal doors. Heating is by night storage heaters run on the Economy 7 tariff. It is understood the property was rewired in 1982. The range of farm buildings are available to the purchaser of the house and would suit a number of uses ancillary to the house subject to approval from the vendor and any necessary Local Authority approvals";
- layout: ground floor: gabled open porch; entrance hall; wc; living room (19 feet 8 inches by 14 feet 6 inches); family room (17 feet 9 inches by 10 feet 3 inches); second entrance lobby; study (15 feet 3 inches by 7 feet 11 inches); dining room (16 feet 1 inches by 13 feet 7 inches); kitchen (13 feet by 12 feet 11 inches);
- layout: first floor: open landing area; four bedrooms; bathroom; study;
- layout: second floor: bedroom; games room/children's playroom (18 feet 2 inches by 13 feet 4 inches); separate room (13 feet 8 inches by 10 feet 6 inches);
- outside: garage; store; oil tank; lawns; outside tap; moated on two sides (south and west); pasture woodland in total 9.5 acres; farm buildings "parts of the buildings are in a dangerous state of repair prospective purchasers inspect at their own risk";
- photographs [colour]: exterior front, side and rear living room; Atcost barn; wooden barn;
- site location map;
- site layout plan;
- floor plans;
- no price.
Level of description
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