Woodland house used as a retreat by Sherlock
Holmes author for sale
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle’s former Bignell Wood home in the New Forest has an asking price of
just under £3 million.
By Danielle
Desouza
06 November
2022
house in
the New Forest which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used as a retreat has been put on
the market at just under £3 million.
Estate
agent Spencers New Forest said the Sherlock Holmes creator regularly used
Bignell Wood, at Brook near Lyndhurst, from 1924 to 1930 after buying it as a
birthday present for his second wife Jean.
They said
Sir Arthur was first drawn to the New Forest in Hampshire while researching for
his book The White Company – a historical adventure published in 1891 set
during the Hundred Years’ War.
Minstead,
about two miles north of Lyndhurst, was referred to several time in the book,
and Sir Arthur and Jean are buried in the churchyard of All Saints in the
village.
The
detached cottage, with an asking price of £2,950,000 and has eight bedrooms,
seven bathrooms and 10 living rooms.
Other
amenities include a terrace, music studio, a greenhouse, garage and workshop, a
barn with three stables and around six acres of woodlands which surround the
house.
Spencers
New Forest added that one of the standout features of the property is its “own
private wooden walkway across the stream”, which has a “winding path” leading
to the entrance.
More
information can be found at:
spencersnewforest.com/property-sales/brook-lyndhurst-25409136-4/
New Forest National Park
Location of
the National Park
Consultations
on the possible designation of a National Park in the New Forest were commenced
by the Countryside Agency in 1999. An order to create the park was made by the
Agency on 24 January 2002 and submitted to the Secretary of State for
confirmation in February 2002. Following objections from seven local
authorities and others, a public inquiry was held from 8 October 2002 to 10
April 2003, and concluded by endorsing the proposal with some detailed changes
to the boundary of the area to be designated.
On 28 June
2004, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael confirmed the government's intention
to designate the area as a National Park, with further detailed boundary
adjustments. The area was formally designated as such on 1 March 2005. A national
park authority for the New Forest was established on 1 April 2005 and assumed
its full statutory powers on 1 April 2006.
Forestry
England retain their powers to manage the Crown land within the Park. The
Verderers under the New Forest Acts also retain their responsibilities, and the
park authority is expected to co-operate with these bodies, the local
authorities, English Nature and other interested parties. The designated area
of the National Park covers 566 km2 (219 sq mi) and includes many existing
SSSIs. It has a population of about 38,000 (it excludes most of the 170,256
people who live in the New Forest local government district). As well as most
of the New Forest district of Hampshire, it takes in the South Hampshire Coast
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a small corner of Test Valley district
around the village of Canada and part of Wiltshire south-east of Redlynch.
However,
the area covered by the Park does not include all the areas initially proposed:
it excludes most of the valley of the River Avon to the west of the Forest and
Dibden Bay to the east. Two challenges were made to the designation order, by
Meyrick Estate Management Ltd in relation to the inclusion of Hinton Admiral
Park, and by RWE NPower Plc in relation to the inclusion of Fawley Power
Station. The second challenge was settled out of court, with the power station
being excluded.[56] The High Court upheld the first challenge; but an appeal
against the decision was then heard by the Court of Appeal in Autumn 2006. The
final ruling, published on 15 February 2007, found in favour of the challenge
by Meyrick Estate Management Ltd,[58] and the land at Hinton Admiral Park is
therefore excluded from the New Forest National Park. The total area of land
initially proposed for inclusion but ultimately left out of the Park is around
120 km2 (46 sq mi).
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