Passfield House Farm, Passfield, Hampshire
Passfield House, a Magnificent Grade II* listed Elizabethan Farmhouse is understood to have been won in a card game.
The Manor was acquired in 1826 by Sir Archibald MacDonald, winning the property in a game of cards at the Anchor Hotel in Liphook. His son, Sir James, sometime M.P. for Hampshire, set about improving the estate and built a seat fit for his family on Ludshott Hill – A house then called Woolmer Lodge but later renamed Ludshott Manor.
Owned during the 19th century by succession of the Macdonald families by the later part of the 19th century, following financial difficulties the farm was divided up and sold off.
Passfield House Farm is situated in the hamlet of Passfield near Liphook in Hampshire. The local area has a rich history, there has been a community at Passfield (or Passwell as it was known two centuries ago) since Saxon times, the place probably takes its name from a local chieftain Passa.
Agriculture has historically been the primary source of income for those living in the district, and Passfield House Farm provided work for local people for over four centuries. Certainly, for the past three centuries, generations of yeomen, the son following father, have farmed the land and enjoyed the comfort of the original farm.
It was the principal farm of Ludshott Manor, in which it stood, and until the 18th century, the farmer was more or less squire of the area. Ludshott Manor was merely a portion of the estate of the noble St. John family, and the old manor house at Firgrove was occupied only occasionally.
Passfield House Farm Today
Today, this magnificent grade II listed home is offered for sale with a wealth of original features including two beautiful tithe barns, a cottage/annexe, an extensive range of outbuildings including an agricultural barn, stabling, formal gardens, and paddocks extending to 14.5 acres.
The farmhouse is believed to date back to the 14th Century and its current form dates from the 16th Century with a change of elevations in the 18th Century.
Passfield House Farm presents a rare opportunity to purchase a charming Grade II* listed farmhouse steeped in history and character offering extensive beamed living accommodation, a modern well equipped cottage, impressive tithe barns incorporating stabling and workshops, substantial Atco agricultural barn and stable block, formal gardens of one acre and two paddocks (6.25 acres and 7.25 acres) extending in all to 14.5 acres.
Full details can be found on our website
Viewing by appointment Clarke Gammon, Liphook 01428 728900