A stunning country home that has a trout stream running so close to it that you can fish from the balcony has gone on the market for £3.5m.
The Mill House in the village of Tewin, Hertfordshire, sits on the banks of the River Mimram, a chalk stream which runs right through the properties’ 10 acres of grounds.
It has now gone on the market for the first time in 53 years and the country home was previously listed in the Domesday Book.
The Mill House in the village of Tewin, Hertfordshire, sits on the banks of the River Mimram, a chalk stream which runs right through the properties’s 10 acres of grounds
It been owned by the Knight family for five decades but has now gone on the market with estate agents Savills.
The stunning site has had several mills on the plot over the years and still has some original features from the mill.
The house has 3,551 sq ft of accommodation with a reception hall, drawing room, family room, dining room, study, kitchen, scullery, loggia and four bedrooms.
It also has an attached wing with a morning room, kitchen and two bedrooms, a separate two-bedroom bothy and a two-bedroom lodge house.
The stunning country house has now gone on the market for the first time in 53 years and was previously listed in the Domesday Book
The lands include lawns with a summer house and arbour, woodland, rose garden, wild flower meadows and donkey fields.
The current owners have extensively planted in the grounds, with an abundance of daffodils along the river, in the woodland and the orchard which make a beautiful sight in spring.
They have kept the same gardener for the last 30 years and have previously opened the gardens to the public for charity.
The lands include lawns with a summer house and arbour, woodland, rose garden, wild flower meadows and donkey fields
The Knight family, who have owned the house for five decades,have kept the same gardener for the last 30 years and have previously opened the gardens to the public for charity
Once known as Tewin Mill, there was a large water mill on the grounds as far back as 1086. It has performed many different functions through the years, from grinding corn to polishing concave and convex glass for spectacles.
Some of the mill’s original features today, including the sluice gate site, the mill pond wall, several grinding stones and an underground waterway leading to the stunning Backwater.
The last mill was pulled down in 1911.
The stunning site has had several mills on the plot over the years and still has some original features from the mill, although the last mill was pulled down in 1911
The house has 3,551 sq ft of accommodation with a reception hall, drawing room, family room, dining room, study, kitchen, scullery, loggia and four bedrooms
It also has an attached wing with a morning room, kitchen and two bedrooms, a separate two-bedroom bothy and a two-bedroom lodge house
Nick Ingle from Savills said: ‘The Mill House sits on the banks of the River Mimram at Tewin and after 53 years of ownership by the same family offers a unique opportunity to any discerning buyer seeking both an enchanting and historic home.
‘Once part of the Cowper family’s Panshanger estate, The Mill House and its secondary properties, set in almost 10 acres of stunning gardens, woodland and wildflower meadows, are being offered as a whole.
‘The house stands on a site listed in Domesday and once occupied by several mills, the last of which was pulled down in 1911, leaving a number of original features such as a millpond wall, several grinding stones and an underground waterway leading to the Backwater.
‘Home to impressive and striking gardens and grounds we expect interest from buyers who will be able to enjoy and preserve the wealth of nature offered here.
‘The river Mimram, which is a rare chalk stream, flows through and is like a natural highway, bringing ducks, swans, wagtails, kingfishers, mallards, egrets, herons, waders, trout and crayfish.
‘Foxes and deer come in the night time. The garden is an oasis, it gives serenity like no other place and the property simply enchants everyone who visits.’
What is the Domesday Book?
The Mill House in Tewin, Hertfordshire is so old that it is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
The book is a manuscript record of the ‘Great Survey’ of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.
The survey’s main purpose was to determine what taxes had been owed during the reign of King Edward the Confessor.
The assessors’ reckoning of a man’s holdings and their values, as recorded in Domesday Book, could not be appealed.
The name Domesday comes from Old English for Doomsday. The manuscript earned the fearful title because its decisions were unalterable – drawing comparisons with the Last Judgement.
The book, written in Medieval Latin, is held at The National Archives at Kew in London.
The Mill House in Tewin, Hertfordshire is so old that it is mentioned in the Domesday Book, the book (pictured) is held at The National Archives in Kew in London