The Tetworth Hall Estate

Cambridgeshire

 

Tetworth Hall is a fine Queen Anne Grade II* listed house situated near the beautiful country town of Sandy in Cambridgeshire. This estate includes residential property and agricultural farming in beautiful countryside. The Estate also contains some excellent partridge and pheasant shooting.

The Tetworth Hall Estate

Tetworth, Cambridgeshire

• A substantial English country estate with a fine Grade II* Queen Anne Hall
• Tetworth Hall with 3 reception rooms, 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms standing in its own parkland, about 102 acres
• Vacant arable farmland and woodland, about 1,689 acres
• Three tenanted farms, about 673 acres 3 farmhouses and 13 cottages
• Established pheasant shoots
• In all about 2,499 acres (1,011 hectares)

The Tetworth Hall Estate is a traditional residential, agricultural and sporting estate lying 4 miles north east of the town of Sandy and 1½ miles from the villages of Gamlingay and Waresley in the county of Cambridgeshire. The estate lies in a single block divided by a small country lane. The Greensand Ridge runs along the southern boundary from where the land falls to the north, rising again to a ridge on the northern boundary. Tetworth Hall, a particularly fine Queen Anne Grade II* listed house sits in a commanding position on the southern ridge looking north over the land and woodland and south over its private park. The estate extends in total to about 2,499 acres (1,011 hectares) including vacant farmland, three let farms and 16 further farmhouses and cottages. The estate is divided by Tetworth Hill Lane, a small country lane that runs north/south through its heart. To the east of the lane lies Low Farm, a productive vacant arable farm with a large woodland content. To the west are three let farms and Stonehill Farm, a second commercial arable unit farmed in hand. Two shoots operate across the estate on either side of Tetworth Hill Lane. Over Low Farm (to the east of Tetworth Hill Lane), the shoot is in hand, whilst on the land to the west of the estate, the shoot is let on an annual basis. The estate offers excellent pheasant and partridge shooting with woods and copses combining with strategically planted game crops showing challenging birds. The estate has for many years been an important part of the Cambridgeshire Hunt country. The Tetworth Hall Estate is situated 1½ miles to the west of the attractive village of Waresley on the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire borders. The villages of Waresley, Everton and Gamlingay lie around the estate. Fast road access to London is provided by the A1 at Sandy (6 miles) and the M11 (J13) about 15 miles, giving access to Heathrow, Luton and Stansted airports. London is about 50 miles to the south with trains from Sandy or Cambridge (16 miles) taking about 45 minutes and 1 hour respectively. The parkland to the south of the house provides suitable landing for a helicopter with London’s Battersea Heliport reached in approximately 20 minutes.

LOT 1 Tetworth Hall

Gardeners Cottage, Coach House and Parkland

Tetworth Hall is a Grade II* listed hall, approached via a long tarmacadam drive through a park, culminating at a gravelled parking and turning area to the south elevation of the Hall. Built in the early 18th Century, Tetworth Hall is a stunning principal house built of brick and carstone under a tile roof in Queen Anne style. There are views to the south over the park that is interspersed with mature trees. Coloured Yellow on the plan. About 102.32 acres (41.42ha) The Hall stands in an elevated setting with formal gardens to the north and west. To the north the gardens fall away to leave spectacular views across the estate.

The Hall

Tetworth Hall has spacious accommodation, laid out over four floors and extends to over 8,500 square feet.

Ground Floor

The front door leads into a fine entrance hall with a stone flag floor, panelled walls, two columns and staircase leading to the first floor. Doors from the hall lead into the dining room, drawing room and lobby with WC, door to loggia and garden. The dining room has a dumb waiter and open fireplace. The drawing room has a marble fireplace and a superb bay window offering fine views over the gardens. Also on the ground floor is a morning room with open fire, and gunroom off and door to small room with a personnel lift. A back hall leads to the flower room and stairs to the basement level.

First Floor

The main staircase from the entrance hall leads onto a galleried landing. From the landing a door leads to the master bedroom with built in wardrobes and panelled walls and two further bedrooms. There is an inner hall with stairs leading to the second floor landing and two bathrooms. The first floor rooms enjoy distant views across the estate.

Second Floor

Three large bedrooms, a box room, two bathrooms and access into the roof space. Lower Ground Floor The staircase from the back hall leads down to a basement hall with quarry tile floor, dumb waiter and door into the garden. The basement hall gives access to a cloak room with WC and hand basin, coal room, back butler’s kitchen, laundry room with personnel lift to the ground floor, two pantries, wine cellar and butler’s living room with open fireplace. Also off the basement is the kitchen with a four oven oil-fired Aga, quarry-tile floor, floor and wall units. There is a boot room which contains the oil-fired boiler and a door leads out to a courtyard.

Outside

A range of outbuildings stand around a courtyard and include stores, a game larder and oil tank room. The Grade II listed Coach House is a two-storey brick building with three garages, a stable to the lower level and four store rooms above. A Grade II listed Gardeners Cottage is constructed of brick under a tile roof, with three rooms, bathroom and bothy room and two rooms on the first floor. There are two timber-framed stable blocks and a steel-framed hay store with part steel cladding and parking for horseboxes. There are currently 5 stables and further hay storage. These buildings can be accessed via the back drive.

LOT 2 Low Farm

Low Farm is an excellent vacant arable farm extending to about 960 acres lying in a single block with no public rights of way across it. It includes Low Farmhouse, an attractive Georgian farmhouse of brick construction under a slate roof. The house stands in the heart of the farm with views across the farm and an adjoining apple orchard. Coloured pink on the plan About 959.82 acres (388.42ha)

The Farmhouse

Ground Floor

Entrance hall, farmhouse kitchen with four oven Aga, back kitchen and larder, cloakroom and boot room, dining room, playroom, drawing room, inner hall, study. Stairs from the hall lead to a galleried landing.

First Floor

There are 6 bedrooms, one with an en-suite bathroom and two further bathrooms. The house has oil-fired central heating. Outside There are attractive lawned gardens, and a range of brick outbuildings under a tile roof, a garage block, wood store and former stables.

Farm Buildings

1 Pole barn (120 ft x 32ft) – Mono-pitch sheeted roof, open-sided, earth floor. 2 Workshop (30ft x 45ft) – Fully-enclosed, steel-framed, block and brick walls, part-sheeted gable ends, sliding doors to one side (currently let for workshop use at a rent of £2,500 p.a.). 3 Grain store (30ft x 60ft) - Steel frame, low-level brick walls, sheeted upper elevations and sheeted roof, roller shutter door to one end. Fan shed to side and ventilation tunnel. 4 Grain store (75ft x 30ft) - Former Dutch barn, steel-framed, brick walls, sheeted roof, fan shed to rear, shed to side. 5 Traditional barn - Brick footings, timber-clad upper elevations, sheeted roof, double doors to one side. 6 Range of traditional buildings. 7 Former granary - Part two storey, part single storey, brick under tile and slate roof and adjoining open-fronted cart sheds. 8 Dutch barn (45ft x 30ft) – Open-fronted, steel frame, concrete floor, low-level block walls with sheeted upper elevations and sheeted roof to three sides.

Home Farmyard

The Home Farm grain store is located in the north-east corner of Low Farm on the edge of the village of Waresley. The buildings comprise: Grain store (78ft x 75ft) - Dutch barn with two lean-tos, fully-sheeted sides and roof. Roller shutter door to one end and fan shed to rear. Store building (52ft x 19ft) – Timber-framed and clad, under a sheeted roof.

The Land

The land is predominantly vacant arable land interspersed with a number of large woodlands and three grass fields. For more information on the farmland please see the paragraph entitled ‘The Land’ on page 20 of the pdf brochure. Print this page << Back to listings