HAMPSHIRE,
On the Borders of Surrey and Sussex
A choice FREEHOLD ESTATE, known as the TEMPLE ESTATE, in the parish of Selborne, rendered famous by White’s Natural History of Selborne, within about four miles of the Liss, five of the Alton and Liphook, and eight miles of the Petersfield Stations, on the direct Portsmouth Railway, consisting of about 998 acres of Superior hop, arable, pasture, and wood lands, divided into farms, and occupied by responsible tenants, producing an annual rental of £1,1OO, exclusive of manorial rights and allotments. It is bounded on the west by the beautiful Hanger-wood, on the south-east and west by the Sussex Downs, and on the east by the Royal forest of Woolmer. Although there is no mansion at present, the estate possesses many capital sites, commanding lovely views, suitable for the erection of a shooting box or a gentleman’s residence.
MMESSRS. DANIEL SMITH, SON, and OAKLEY have received instructions from the Proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, Gresham-street, E.C., on Thursday, 27th October, at 12 o’clock, the above highly desirable PROPERTY, containing 998a. 0r. 16p. of which 103a. 3r. 11p. are good pasture land, 64a. 3r. 39p. capital productive hop grounds, and 574a. 3r. 35p. arable land, divided into the following farms, with excellent homesteads:— Ketcher’s Farm and part of Temple Farm, with 351a. 3r. 37p. of good arable, pasture, and hop lands, lying well together, with four sets of premises, three cottages, hop-drying kilns, and a substantial farmhouse, let to Mr. Brumwich, a yearly tenant, at £515 16s. 10d. per annum; part of Temple Farm and Evelyn Farm, containing 363a. 2r. 13p. arable, hop, and pasture land, with three sets of premises, four cottages, and excellent farmhouse, let to Mr. Duddey, yearly tenant, for £352 10s. 8d.; 28a. 0r. 35p. of small holdings and allotments, let to various tenants, at rentals amounting to £34 5s. per annum. Also 245a. 1r. 1p. of wood lands and enclosures (in hand) interspersed about the estate, which furnish capital covert shooting. Oakhanger Pond, 9a. 0r. 10p., affords good fishing and wild fowl shooting.
The Hampshire and Hambledon foxhounds are within easy distance. The whole forms a most desirable property, either for investment or occupation.
The soil of the larger portion of the estate is very productive, and eminently suited for the culture of hops, producing a variety known as Country Farnhams, of very high quality, and altogether the entirety will command a large income, and afford every enjoyable country pursuit in one of the most picturesque and agreeable neighbourhoods in the South of England.
Particulars, with plans, are being prepared, and may shortly be had of Messrs. Wing and DuCane, solicitors, 1, Gray’s-inn-square, W.C.; at the principal hotels in Alton, Petersfield, and Midhurst; at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Gresham-street, E.C.; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith, Son, and Oakley, land agents and surveyors, 10, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.