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An Old Fashioned English Country House

August 13, 2018

Recently featured in House & Garden, this Hampshire house dates back six centuries. Wow! As the result of adaptations over hundreds of years, many of Britain’s old houses are amalgams of periods and styles, and this one combines parts of a Tudor cottage, a Georgian mansion, and a little Victorian house. The present owners commissioned architect Elspeth Beard to gently modernize the house while respecting its past. They wanted an “old-fashioned English house – livable and comfortable, but also simple and functional.”

The interior had become choppy over the past 50 years with areas partitioned off to create smaller rooms, and because it is listed, Beard worked closely with planners and conservation departments to create a more simplified layout. To give the house an established feel and add personality, the owners turned to Sarah Morris of McWhirter Morris. Morris integrated antique furniture throughout the house along with fabrics from Robert Kime and Colefax and Fowler where she worked for 17 years.

Interestingly, an expired real estate listing for the house popped up in my Pinterest feed over the weekend. I cannot imagine ever letting this home go! Let’s take a tour with images from House & Garden and the real estate listing.

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden (I have always loved this Pierre Frey print!)

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden (stables were converted to create an indoor pool.)

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel for House & Garden

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

real estate listing

real estate listing

real estate listing

real estate listing

the lodge, via real estate listing

a thatched cottage on the property, via real estate listing

An Old Fashioned English Country House

real estate listing

I just love this house! Do you have a favorite room? Mine might be the romantic bedroom with canopy bed. You can learn more by visiting House & Garden and the real estate listing. And to see my all-time favorite English Country home, please click here.

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Comments

  1. Maria Santacoloma says

    August 13, 2018 at 8:36 am

    Magnificent!

    Reply
  2. Suzanne R Brown says

    August 13, 2018 at 11:49 am

    Sorry, this looks to me far more like an American house attempting to look English, than a true English country house. They got the bedrooms right, but not the leaving areas. And that kitchen! Talk about bad design! It has an enormous “barrier island”, separating the sink, stove and refrigerator. Pretty, but it won’t function well at all..

    Reply
  3. DEAN FARRIS says

    August 13, 2018 at 11:52 am

    The dining room reminds me of a Mario Praz watercolor…

    Reply
  4. Kim Harrington says

    August 22, 2018 at 1:33 pm

    I love it! Wish I lived there! I could see myself in the beautiful thatched cottage as well. Thank you for sharing it!

    Reply

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