The Team
A business is only as good as the people who work there. We are enormously proud of our mutual respect for one another and for the consistency of our ethos across each department. We are collaborative and all work with one objective, to be the very best at what we do so that our clients interests are served in the most professional and beneficial way possible.
Sue Crossley, BSc, MRICS, FARLA, Founder Partner
My husband and I founded the business in 1997. I am a qualified Chartered Surveyor specialising in Land Agency and in particular farming and equestrian property. I also oversee the residential lettings and property management side of the business. We farm ourselves and have done so in Hambledon for many years. We have 4 children.
Tel: 02392 632275
Mob: 07770 817898
Robert Crossley, Bsc, Co-founder, Partner
A mutual interest for property and business led to Sue and I establishing The Country House Company in 1997. Since then I have enjoyed the combination of business, family life and running our farm in Hambledon.
Tel: 02392 632275
Marishelle Butler, MARLA, Head of Marketing and Property Management
I have been working in marketing and PR in Hampshire and nationally for the past 25 years and have been with The Country House Company since September 2010. I have extensive experience of property marketing and management and regard the property industry and Hampshire as ‘home’ in every way!
Tel: 02392 633025
Mob: 07979 908190
Kate Morton, MARLA, Head of Lettings
I have always lived in the Winchester area so was delighted to come back and work here after studying at Harper Adams University; I have been with The Country House Company since January 2012 working in the lettings department.
Tel: 02392 632275
Mob: 07884 494422
Kate Porter, Head of Sales
Following a career in Public Relations and publishing in London and break for family, I began working in the property industry over 17 years ago and have ever since specialised in the sale of rural, village and country houses throughout the South of England. Having recently joined The Country House Company as Head of Sales I look forward to working alongside this highly experienced team who have decades of experience within the industry.
Tel: 02392 632275
Mob: 07741 909898
Claudia Hunt
After working in a private bank in London for 8 years, we moved out for the rural dream and have never looked back! I live on the Hampshire / West Sussex border and have been with The Country House Company since 2008.
Tel: 02392 632275
Mob: 07790 574766
Katie Denton
Having lived in Petersfield for over 18 years and run a family home, I was delighted to join The Country House Company in June 2014 and put my skills to good use managing a variety of houses large and small, new and old across the area!
Tel: 02392 632275
Pru Bell-Davies
Having worked as a project designer for several Architectural practices in London and Scotland, I then had a family career break, living in the USA and Italy before returning to make our home in rural Hampshire. I have been working at The Country House Company since August 2014.
Tel: 02392 632275
Louise Bailey, Lettings Negotiator
Having worked in banking for number of years and then for a property search company in London, I am delighted to have joined the lettings department of The Country House Company in early 2019.
We moved to the Meon Valley, Hampshire in 2010, having returned to the village where numerous generations of my husband’s family have lived.
Tel: 02392 632275
Alastair Forrest, ACF, BSc, ACMA, Accountant
After graduating in Southampton I decided to stay in the area and qualified as an accountant whilst gaining experience in various businesses. After 25 years in the office products industry, with the family grown up, it was time for a change and I am thoroughly enjoying the new challenge and environment of working for The Country House Company.
Tel: 02392 632275
Gemma Bailey Office assistant
I joined the team in summer 2019 initially on a short term contract to gain experience in property and enjoyed life at The Country House Company and sales and lettings in general so much that I am now a full time member of the team. I have lived in the Meon Valley all my life and am thrilled to be working in a area I love.
Tel: 02392 632275
