BARN HILL HOUSE

STAMFORD
 Barn Hill House, Barn Hill, Stamford, PE9 2AE
Stamford Station 0.4 miles, Peterborough 15 miles (London Kings Cross around 50 minutes)
(All distances and times are approximate)

An exquisite, Grade II*, iconic property enjoying a prominent idealised position in

St Mary’s Street, Stamford the medieval heart of Stamford, complete with resplendent gardens and grounds,
Lincolnshire, PE9 2DE
ample private parking and further garaging
Tel: 01780 484520
Email: stamford@kingwest.co.uk
• Iconic property at Stamford’s heart
Land & Estate Agents • Commercial • Flexible living accommodation across four floors
Town Planning & Development Consultants • Plethora of original features throughout
Offices: Market Harborough • Stamford • Seven reception rooms over ground and lower ground floor
• Principal suite and guest suite to first floor
• A further four double bedrooms and three bathrooms
• Stunning formal grounds and summer house
• Electric gated, gravel driveway with ample parking
These particulars are intended as a guide and must not be relied
upon as statements of facts • Garage and store accessed from Barn Hill Mews
Situation
Barn Hill House enjoys a prominent position within the medieval core of the conservation area of
Stamford. The top of Barn Hill was the original location for the sheep market before it was moved
down the road (to Sheep Market) around 1781. Barn Hill House is a short distance from the station,
shops, amenities and leisure facilities. For the more intrepid, there are uninterrupted walks through
the meadows and further into the Welland Valley, also within easy reach.
Stamford is renowned for its Georgian architecture and regularly appears as a prime location within
various national newspaper “best places to live” features. There is a weekly Friday Market and a fortnightly
Farmers’ Market. There is also a great variety of restaurants, hotels and boutique shops to explore.
Approximately two miles to the east of Stamford is Burghley House, with stunning gardens and
parkland providing many walks right on your doorstep.
The A1 runs to the west of the town and provides easy access both north and south and a link to the
A14, A47 and M25. The nearby Cathedral City of Peterborough, with its comprehensive shopping
and leisure facilities, has a mainline rail station with high-speed trains to London Kings Cross.
The area has excellent state and private schooling in Stamford, Oakham, Uppingham and Oundle.
Leisure pursuits including golf at Burghley Park, Luffenham Heath and Greetham are close by. Rutland
Water with its nature reserve, water sports and trout fishing is some seven miles to the west.
History and Description
In the beginning, the site where Barn Hill House now proudly stands was once the bowling green on the Noel family
estate. In 1698, illustrated by the inscribed quoin denoting the building-date, Barn Hill House was built. Over the years,
the house was altered and renovated, extended and restored, yet at the heart of the property the original interior walls
of the home survive.
In 1842 the Marquess of Exeter purchased Barn Hill House, for £2,500, to provide accommodation for his guests when
Queen Victoria visited Burghley. Built predominately of ashlar stone under a slate roof, Barn Hill House underwent a
transformation when the Marquess instructed his architect, Browning, to restore the property and re-model the façade
of the property, largely the North elevation overlooking the grounds.
Through Browning’s vision, the porch was added, featuring four Roman Doric, fluted columns advocating a refined
elegance indicative of the classical style experimented with at the time. Further enhancing the iconic frontage of Barn
Hill House is the attic parapet carved with swags and rams’ heads and the round head given to the central doorway,
complete with sculptured keystones and flanked by classical urns.
Through the double-height, double doors into the reception hall, one is instantly met with grandeur and elegance,
illustrated in the three pilasters with Ionic-type capitals, rounded archway with central key-block and plaster cornice.
The panelled hallway, with high ceilings draws you into Barn Hill House. To the left is the dual-aspect office with
handsome early 17th century reset panelling with moulded surrounds, and the feature fireplace, with carved eared
surround, which was added in 1740. Opposite is the opulent drawing room enjoying stunning views of the grounds.
Beautiful period features comprise; early 18th century bolection-moulded panelling, with wooden cornice, and the
corner chimney which was relocated to the north wall where the feature fireplace displays a Rococo-style central panel
and carved pulvinated frieze. French doors open out onto the parterre and a further door opens into the dual-aspect
dining room also boasting the bolection panelling and feature corner fireplace.
Similarly to the office, the dual-aspect library is also of reset 17th-century panelling and displays full height, built-in
book shelving behind glass panes, as well as a feature corner fireplace. Both the office and the library have doors onto
the secondary staircase, originally known as the service stair.
To the rear of the ground floor is a cloakroom and access to the grounds.
At the heart of Barn Hill House, the cantilevered staircase, with cast-iron balusters and floral motifs, rises to the first floor.
The galleried landing is flooded with natural light from the window which perfectly frames the impressive chandelier.
Off the landing is a luxurious, dual-aspect family bathroom with marble flooring, free-standing bath, separate rain-
head shower, double sinks, toilet and bidet.
Moving under the round-headed arch with key-block detail, to the central landing, double doors open into the Principal
Suite. Dual aspect and enjoying views over the gardens, it too has a corner feature fireplace. A door opens into the
ensuite, with feature corner fireplace, rain-head shower and two sinks. This then flows into the dressing area with built-
in wardrobes and door re-entering the bedroom.
The guest suite to the first floor, also with beautiful high ceilings and corner fireplace, enjoys charming views over the
infamous Stamford roof line. A door opens into a dressing room with built-in wardrobe, which then leads through to
the family bathroom.
Completing the first floor is a storage room accessed from both bedrooms and the hallway, as well as access to the
secondary stair.
Taking the secondary stairs to the second floor, originally the servants’ quarters, is a dual aspect corridor off which are
four double bedrooms, practically mirror image across the corridor, with feature beams and each with a feature fireplace.
There are also two bathrooms, one to either side, with bath, separate shower, sink, toilet and bidet.
The lower ground floor, also accessed via the secondary staircase, is the oldest part of Barn Hill House, with large,
unchamfered beam work and windows with either three or four mullioned lights with triangular heads.
Approximate Gross Internal Area Floorplans
Main House = 731 sq.m/7864 sq.ft
Garage = 75 sq.m/809 sq.ft
Total = 806 sq.m/8673 sq.ft

Laundry 8'10 x 5'11"

18'8" x 10'3" (2.70m x 1.80m)
Orangery Dining Room Bedroom Bedroom
44'7" x 16'5" (5.68m x 3.12m) Drawing Room
16'7" x 13'7" 19'11" x 19'8"
Principal Suite 18'6" x 13'7" 18'2" x 14'7"

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(13.60m x 5.00m) 20'3" x 19'11"
(5.06m x 4.13m) (6.07m x 6.00m) (5.64m x 4.13m) (5.54m x 4.45m)
(6.16m x 6.08m)

Pantry
13'4" x 7'7"
(4.07m x 2.30m)
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Sitting Room/
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Bedroom
Kitchen/Living/ 27'4" x 13'5" Office Guest Suite Bedroom Bedroom
Dining Room (8.33m x 4.10m) 20'1" x 14'6" 20'3" x 14'3" 17'3" x 14'0" 17'3" x 13'11"
47'11" x 13'11" (6.12m x 4.41m) (6.16m x 4.35m) (5.26m x 4.26m) (5.26m x 4.25m)
(14.60m x 4.23m) Library
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15'8" x 14'4"
Store Above Garage (4.77m x 4.36m) DN
24'4" x 13'7"
(7.42m x 4.14m)
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Garage First Floor Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor

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Room IMPORTANT NOTICE
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are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but intending purchasers should not rely upon them as
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Lower Ground Floor statements by King West in the particulars, or by word of mouth or in writing as being factually accurate about the
statements of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the accuracy of each item.
property, nor its condition or its value. We have no authority to make any representations or warranties in relation to 5. King West have not tested any services, equipment or facilities, the buyer or lessee must satisfy themselves by

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The external entrance to the lower ground floor is off Barn Hill Mews where a
wooden door opens into a porch. Off the porch is a boot room and shower room.
The flagstone floor extends through to the hallway that is divided by the
stairs. The sitting room/seventh bedroom, with stone surround fireplace,
houses a log burner and a second door opens onto the corridor to the other
side of the stairs.
Opposite the sitting room/seventh bedroom is the kitchen-living-diner with
an incredible inglenook fireplace and vast log burner, stone mullion windows
and characterful, exposed stone wall. The flagstones continue throughout
the room to the kitchen area.
The shaker-style kitchen with Viennese granite worktops has a large central
island with breakfast bar seating, ample storage and NEFF microwave. Other
features of note are the granite, dual sink, AGA with electric companion and
gas hob and a second sink.
A doorway off the kitchen, back into the core of Barn Hill House, leads to a
pantry room and laundry room.
Completing the lower ground floor, and in contrast to the character features
of the 16th century rooms, is an elegant Orangery with underfloor heating.
Natural light pours through the dual-height windows and the vaulted ceiling
creates a light and airy atmosphere, whilst two sets of double doors open
onto the dining terrace, ideal for entertaining.
In all, Grade II* listed, Barn Hill House is truly the historical treasure crowning
Barn Hill.

OUTSIDE
Barn Hill House and grounds are a deceptive haven in the heart of the
conservation area of Stamford, sitting proudly within approximately
0.93acres, grounds that were generously extended back in 1832 when, under
the Brown family, the site of the nearby St. Clement’s church and churchyard
was incorporated into the garden.
Positioned at the top of Barn Hill, Barn Hill House is predominately encircle
by a wall that is also Grade II*, creating private and secluded grounds.
Between two ashlar gate piers surmounted by classical urns, the black,
wrought iron, electric gates, open onto a generous, gravelled driveway.
The formal garden lies to the West. Clipped yew hedging frames the
manicured lawn that is encompassed by a gravel pathway which extends to
a gravelled seating area that wraps around the western frontage of the
property. Drawing the eye centrally is a box hedging parterre and a pathway
leading to a fountain.
The formal lawn is flanked by stunning banks brimming with herbaceous
planting, offering seasonal colour and texture all year round. From hebe to
lavender, sedum to geraniums, ornamental grasses to Japanese anemone,
euphorbia, pervoskia, alliums and peonies and not forgetting an abundance
of roses, to name but a few of the many plants, the garden is also exceedingly
sheltered highlighted by the palm trees.
Stone steps rise to a wisteria and rose walkway, where the summer house is
nestled. Also Grade II * the summer house was built in the mid-18th century
and boasts stunning, raised views across the garden.
 Shallow sleeper steps flanked by bamboo are located to the southwest corner
of the formal gardens and lead down to a walkway along the southern
perimeter of the property. The beds bordering the path are filled with
hydrangea, geraniums and lambs ear, amongst others, whilst mature trees
provide dappled shade, creating a tranquil space.
The pathway meanders to the southeast, passing the access to the garage,
before opening onto the courtyard of the formal dining terrace, complete with
ornamental fishpond. Within the courtyard, the stone façade of Barn Hill
House is softened by Virginia Creeper and Wisteria and a side door leads to
Barn Hill Mews, where the garage to Barn Hill House is accessed from. The
garage has a storeroom above, whilst stairs to the rear rise to the side gardens.

General Remarks
SERVICES
Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected. Gas central heating.
None of the services have been tested by the agents.

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS

Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All
others, such as curtains, light fittings and garden ornaments are specifically
excluded but may be available by separate negotiation.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
South Kesteven District Council: 01476 406080

COUNCIL TAX
Band: H

RIGHTS OF WAY, EASEMENTS, WAY LEAVES

The property will be sold subject to the benefit of all existing rights, both
public and private including rights of way, supply of drainage, water
abstraction, electricity supplies and other rights, covenants, restrictions and
obligations, quasi-easements and all wayleaves, whether referred to or not.
It may be necessary for rights and reservations to be made to provide
services, access and maintenance to the properties if the property is not sold
as a whole.

AGENT NOTE
Barn Hill House has garaging located on Barn Hill Mews.

VIEWING
The property may only be inspected by prior arrangement through King West,
Tel: 01780 484520

DIRECTIONS
From Red Lion Square in central Stamford, turn off the B1081 onto All Saints’
Place. Continue along All Saints’ Place and the road merges into Barn Hill.
Google Earth
Once on Barn Hill, travel approximately 60 meters and turn left onto the
gated driveway of Barn Hill House.
For identification purposes only
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