Built at the turn of the century as two cottages to house the Water Baliff and Kennel Master, of the local Otter Hound Pack. The Auld Kennels was later converted into a single imposing thatched residence for private use. Set on a rise, the cottage commands views across Moortown, the Meadows and the Hampshire Hatches and down to the River Avon. To the rear, it looks over farmland to Hightown and Crow Hill, from where access into the New Forest, some one and a half miles away, may be gained. The cottage is one mile from Ringwood, a small market town situated on the edge of the New Forest that still retains its rural identity with a weekly street market. Larger amenities are to be found in Bournemouth, Poole and Southampton, located eleven, fourteen and eighteen miles away respectively.
