A handsome country house that was owned by the Ministry of Defence for almost a century serving as a machine gun school and an officers’ mess has gone up for sale for £2.3million.
Grade II* listed Netheravon House in Wiltshire was built as part of a hunting estate by a wealthy family.
But almost the entire parish was acquired by the British Government in 1898 and turned into Avon army camp.
The grand Georgian property served as a cavalry school and stables before the First World War, and then a machine gun school and an officers’ mess until the camp was closed by the MoD in the 1990s.
The spacious sitting area on the ground floor, featuring a roaring fireplace and high ceilings. The eight-bedroom house in Wiltshire has been split in two and the larger main part is for sale
The kitchen/breakfast room, decorated with white furniture and stools placed around an island, alongside a dining table seating six on the other side of the room. The property was built as part of a hunting estate by a wealthy family
The cinema room on the lower ground floor, which features an inglenook fireplace with a wood burner and sofas lined up facing the screen. The room also has controlled underfloor heating, according to the estate agent
An outdoor seating area at the property in Wiltshire, which has 4.5 acres of gardens. Netheravon was sold in the 1990s following the closure of Avon Camp and renovated by its current owners
The exterior of the eight-bedroom Georgian country house in Wiltshire, South West England, which served as a cavalry school and stables before the First World War, and then a machine gun school and an officers’ mess
The eight-bedroom house has been split in two and the larger main part is for sale.
It has been renovated by the current owners to make the most of its classic Georgian features. The property has over 11,000 sq ft of accommodation over five floors.
In the basement there is a wine cellar, cinema room and study, as well as other storage, with a kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, dining room and drawing room on the ground floor.
The eight bedrooms and five bathrooms are spread over the other three floors, as well as two studies and several attic rooms.
One of the double bedrooms spread across three floors in the property, with white-paned windows looking out onto views of the greenery. The eight-bedroom house has been split in two and the larger main part is for sale
The grand staircase with a mahogany hand rail and turned balusters in the property, which has over 11,000 sq ft of accommodation over five floors. The house is described as having an ‘immediate sense of space and light’
The eight bedrooms and five bathrooms are spread over three floors, as well as two studies and several attic rooms
The dining room on the ground floor of the country house. All of the rooms on the ground floor, alongside the cinema room and the main bathroom, have controlled underfloor heating
One of the double bedrooms spread over three floors in the property, featuring a fireplace. The main bedroom is located from the landing on the first floor while a guest suite has a sitting room, bedroom and en-suite bathroom
Outside the house is in a very private position, bordered with mature trees and there is a disused tennis court in the grounds.
It has 4.5 acres of gardens and sits in an elevated position with views over the River Avon.
Andrew Cronan, from estate agents Strutt & Parker, said: ‘Netheravon House is a very fine Georgian country house, but the advantage is you don’t have the outgoings of a large country manor.
‘It is still a large home – you have a lovely big basement with the cinema room, lovely formal living rooms on the ground floor and all the bedrooms across the other floors – it’s enough for anyone.
The dining area in the kitchen/breakfast room. Andrew Cronan, from estate agents Strutt & Parker, said: ‘I think it would suit people who want to have that manor house lifestyle but maybe aren’t going to be there all the time’
The kitchen/breakfast area in the property, captured from another angle, showing a large fireplace framed by a mantelpiece with glass-paned double doors leading to the garden outside
A sitting area outside of the country home. The grand Georgian property served as a cavalry school and stables before the First World War, and then a machine gun school and an officers’ mess
The property has 4.5 acres of land and sits in an elevated position with views over the River Avon. Outside the house is in a very private position, bordered with mature trees and there is a disused tennis court in the grounds
‘I think it would suit people who want to have that manor house lifestyle but maybe aren’t going to be there all the time.
‘It’s a great place to enjoy that lifestyle without the costs and worry of having a manor house with 50 acres and 50 rooms.
‘It’s very accessible, within two hours of London.
‘The house has a fantastic amount of history. Because the MOD had it for so long it, all the original features are still there.
‘They maintained it but didn’t alter it so you have original fireplaces, doors and ceilings.’