"Beautiful" former mill house for sale is period home with "idyllic" gardens

This former mill house for sale is a period riverside home sitting in eight acres of “idyllic” grounds. 

Barford Mill, in Churt, is a Grade II listed former mill which is on the market for the first time in 40 years. 

The property was built in the early 1800s and is one of a trio of mills that operated on the Barford Stream, being converted into a home before the 1930s. 

Period features throughout the home include stone walls, exposed beams and open fireplaces. 

The entrance hall includes oak joinery and leads through to a sitting room with carved wood and exposed brick around an open fire. 

To the right of the entrance is a parlour with a brick fireplace, a log burner and a parquet floor, flowing into a dining room with an original open inglenook fireplace. 

Also on the ground floor is a kitchen with a gas AGA cooker, a quarry tile floor and period-style units, plus a walk-in pantry and a utility room.  

Upstairs, the principal bedroom features a vaulted ceiling, exposed roof timbers and an inglenook fireplace with a log burner. 

A secondary staircase leads to two further bedrooms, plus a study with a carved open fireplace, a store and a shower room, while on the second floor is another bedroom. 

Outside, the grounds span approximately eight acres, and include lawns, a lake, the stream and various woodlands. 

There are bridges that cross the waterways and interconnecting mill ponds, and established trees such as weeping willows. 

There is a private driveway leading to a parking area, as well as a detached timber building which incorporates a garage, a log store and a workshop. 

The property is for sale with Savills for a guide price of £2,000,000. 

Rory McKenzie of Savills Farnham commented: “This beautiful, converted mill has so much character and the most magical gardens reminiscent of a John Constable painting, with a lake, stream and woodland. 

“Coming to the market for the first time in more than 40 years, this is a very rare opportunity in such a tranquil setting with the relaxing sound of flowing water.”