New Forest mansion used to school WW11 evacuees up for sale

The 234 acre estate located in Wilverley has been put on the housing market for the first time in 70 years, which can be bought whole, for a price tag of £8.65 million, or in three, which is made up of Wilverly Park, Cuffnells Farm and Wilverly Farm.

The estate offers 6-bedrooms, 6 further properties, landscaped gardens, orangery and a swimming pool. The enormous property also comes with arable land, pasture and a woodland.

Wilverley Estate has been put on the market for the first time in 70 years

The Coach House was converted into a modern residence in 1968 and has a productive walled kitchen garden to the east, and a large area of parkland to the south. The original coach house was built around 1865 to serve Wilverley House which was demolished during the 1960's. The house is constructed of buff brick and dressed local stone, under a pitched welsh slate roof with a single offset chimney stack.

The estate comes with luxury swimming pool

An excellent conversion has produced a series of well proportioned reception rooms downstairs, and four large double bedrooms above accessed from a galleried landing. A wealth of history and retained original features remain, including period fireplaces and some of the stalls once occupied by the draught horses of Wilverley House but now used as a fun children's dormitory. The house will benefit from some updating, particularly in the kitchen and bathrooms.

One of the rooms for the £8.65M home

Beyond the house to the south lies a large, open lawn overlooking the park, with a curving ha-ha wall at its boundary.

To the south of the buildings lies Dairy Cottage. The accommodation extends to 850 square feet and

comprising a kitchen, bathroom, two reception rooms and stairs up to two bedrooms. The buildings are currently used by the in-hand farm and Dairy Cottage is occupied on a service occupancy.

The old style dining area shows off the garden with glass doors and windows