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5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
SUBSTANTIAL FIVE BEDROOM EDWARDIAN DETACHED HOME
HIGHLY UNIQUE & RARE TO THE MARKET
LARGE PRIVATE WELL STOCKED GARDENS
HOST OF ORIGINAL FEATURES THROUGHOUT INC…
LEADED WINDOWS, FEATURE FIREPLACES, BUTLERS BELL SYSTEM
ORIGINAL SOLID WOOD DOORS WITH INDIVIDUAL KNOCKERS
GAS CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
LARGE DETACHED GARAGE AND SEPARATE WORKSHOP
MOST POPULAR RESIDENTIAL LOCATION
This beautiful five bedroom detached house from the early 1920’s has been a wonderful home to three generations of the same family since the 1940’s. It is now crying out to be brought in to the 21st century and lived in by a modern young family.
The property sits in just under half an acre of extensive private gardens. So private that the house is almost invisible from the road and few people even know it exists. As you enter the private driveway next to hedges of privet and Yew you are immediately struck by how special, unusual and quiet the location is. Hidden from the outside world and yet easily accessible.
At the head of the drive you are met by two garages and a large parking and turning area with capacity for six or seven cars. The main garage is fitted with an up and over electric door and has a workshop area at the back. The smaller garage has been utilized mainly as a workshop. To the rear of the garage complex is a coal storage room.
The scale and variety of the garden is one of the key features of this home. It creates a level of calm and privacy you may not expect just a few miles from the city centre. The gardens are home to local wildlife including squirrels and birds and are visited by local cats, foxes, owls and other creatures.
The original garden layout has been preserved over the last 90 years with hand built dry stone walling and steps. It is well stocked with fruiting trees and bushes including apple, cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, redcurrant, raspberry. Mature trees and flowering shrubs including laburnum, rhododendrons, cotoneaster, whitethorn, ash, sycamore and yew.
The garden is split into four main areas:
The Rose Garden: includes a feature disabled planting bed which was produced as
part of the ‘Great Gardening Plot’ TV series.
The kitchen Garden: outside the kitchen window is stocked with fruiting plants and flowering plants.
The main front lawn: Originally designed as a tennis court and so is an ideal family space for footballers, cricketers to practice their skills in front of the house or perfect for an afternoon of croquet, or a place to try the tent for the next festival.
The wilding area: at the bottom of the garden.
A small area behind the garages used for raspberries, soft fruit and a small greenhouse
As you step into the house it is almost like entering a time machine, as you feel transported to a more relaxed, stately residence. There are original Edwardian features everywhere you look, such as the Butlers bell system, the serving table, the bay window seating and the stone fireplaces.
More recently many parts of the house have been adapted for a disabled person or wheelchair. These include the addition of handrails, personal hoists and an integrated lift between the ground and first floor.
ENTRANCE HALL:
Accessed via an impressive oak entrance door with scroll sculptured stone frame. A grand entrance hallway with lots of light coming from the rather beautiful leaded window. Solid wood spindle staircase leading up to the first floor landing. Matching picture rail and door frames. Useful under stairs storage cupboard. Security alarm system. Central heating radiator. Access to all principal downstairs rooms and to:-
DOWNSTAIRS WC:
Containing a low flush wc and a pedestal wash hand basin. Window to the rear elevation and support rails for disabled or low mobility users.
LOUNGE: 20’0” x 16’11”
This large sunny room with a commanding stone fire surround, timber mantle and feature alcove with period tiled inset and hearth. Fitted gas fire. South facing large leaded bow window to the front with feature bow window seat below. Two windows to the rear and two to the side ensure the sun always fills the room as it travels round. Light wall décor with dado rail at half height, cornice to the ceiling and original Edwardian bell push. Three central heating radiators.
LOGGIA: 13’2” x 10’2”
A lovely entrance foyer/study/sunroom. Used for many years as an office with a view of the garden, so has telephone and internet points. Stone fire surround with oak mantle and period tiled inset. Fitted gas fire. Original genuine parquet floor, half height dado rail and built in storage cupboard. A small external sun-porch and three pairs of French doors leading to the front lawn.
DINING ROOM: 16’2” x 14’2”
Another large family room with light décor half height dedo rail and cornice to ceiling. Oak fire surround with tiled inset. Large leaded bow window to the front elevation with original full length fitted window seat. Small window to the side elevation. Just inside the door a ‘butlers table’ is fitted to the wall, as well as the butlers bell push. Two central heating radiators. Internet access point and phone point.
The ceiling lights are a curious period feature, made of mother-of pearl panels inset into thin lead frames.
KITCHEN: 15’5” x 8’9”
The kitchen sits to the rear/side of the house, is a good size and within keeping for the period. Fitted base and wall units with stainless steel sink unit. Electric cooker point, plumbing for an automatic dishwasher, central heating boiler and radiator, Original built-in storage cupboard Telephone point. Original drying creel still hung from the high ceiling. Underneath the kitchen there is trapdoor access to a cellar. This is currently blocked by fitted furniture. Access to:-
SKULLERY KITCHEN/UTILITY ROOM:
The original butlers pantry, larder and maids utility room (scullery) are located next to the kitchen. Fitted ‘Belfast’ sink. Plumbing for an automatic washing machine. Original shelving. Central heating radiator. Rear entrance door and windows to side elevations. Small window. Maids and butler’s pantry, built in cupboards and traditional stone ‘cold tables’
FIRST FLOOR LANDING:
A spacious balcony landing with original oak balustrade and picture rail. Useful walk-in luggage store/storage cupboard and separate corridor leading to the bathroom and the maids bedroom. Original door knockers on all bedroom doors.
BEDROOM ONE: 17’4” 13’10”
Two windows to the rear elevation. Large leaded window overlooking the front lawn. Access to the loft space, and fireplace. This room was used for many years as a photographic darkroom and store, and the original fitted sink was removed and replaced by a stainless steel sink, but all the plumbing is in place to create a modern en-suite wash basin or shower. This room has the upper part of the lift which links the first floor with the ground floor.
BEDROOM TWO: 13’10” x 13’10’
A second well proportion double bedroom with original features including the picture rail and tile fire surround. Fitted wash hand basin. Windows to the front and side elevations.
BEDROOM THREE: 16’0” x 10’6”
Tiled fire surround. Picture rail. Original built in storage cupboard. Window to the front elevation. Internal connecting door to the master bedroom
BEDROOM FOUR: 12’2” x 8’4”
Capable of holding a single or double bed. Fitted wash hand basin, fireplace and small window to side elevation. Access to roof space.
BEDROOM FIVE: 14’11” x 6’6”
Originally used for maids or au-pairs, this has a fitted wash hand basin and window to each side elevation
BATHROOM:
Containing original white 1920s three piece suite comprising paneled extra length bath, pedestal wash-hand basin and low flush wc. Built in linen cupboard. Tiling to midway. Window to the side elevation. Roof mounted electric heater.
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