5 bedroom detached house for sale

At the core of Hampton House is a farm workers simple home, built back in 1935 by a local builder. Some 89 years later, the designers are proud to offer a fully renovated detached family home, beautifully presented with a myriad of bespoke features that are sympathetic to the period of original construction.

*Designer Comments*
The main front door is a bespoke piece, made in solid oak, with a black high gloss door finish, nickel hardware and a hand crafted door frame that mirrors the skirting board and architraves within the house. This detail was important to the designer who has painstakingly recreated this having been seen in two houses built in the same period (1931 and 1933) on the same road. Both houses were built to a higher specification back then, so it was perhaps fitting to bring Hampton House up to the same standard in design terms for its next chapter.

The imposing double entrance door, a bespoke piece made in solid oak, opens into the L-shaped hallway. From here all reception areas are accessed including the elegant front-facing sitting room, with two sets of French doors opening out onto the verandah. Opposite is a snug and to the left, a sleek open-plan kitchen/dining room both opening to the lush rear terrace and garden. The kitchen comprises a wide range of wooden wall and base cabinetry, calacatta quartz work surfaces, a central island with an inset sink and boiling water tap, and a variety of deluxe integrated appliances, including a Caple wine fridge and Rangemaster stove. At the end of the hallway is a laundry room with a practical chute running from the main bathroom, and a cloakroom.

*Designer Comments*
Ebony engineered wood flooring throughout the ground floor provides practical yet an aesthetically rich option, whilst soft white walls contrast to create a striking entrance hall. Black crital style internal doors remind one of the 1930’s heritage of the original home and external black double glazed windows on all sides are similar in style and finish. Tones throughout are monochromatic, however soft tones of blues have also been brought in and used throughout the scheme. Paints and papers are by Colefax & Fowler, Ralph Lauran, Farrow & Ball and Mylands and provide a chalky soft finish which works well throughout.

The part-galleried first-floor landing leads through to a luxury family bathroom fully tiled in Italian marble with a freestanding oval bathtub and separate walk-in shower and five wellproportioned bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms enjoy contemporary en suite shower facilities completed in Spanish marble, with the principal also benefitting from an adjacent dressing room/nursery.

The property is approached over a sweeping gravelled driveway leading up to the attached full length garage. The pretty front garden has a variety of established shrubs and trees, with a curved young border and section of lawn before white marble steps, imported from Spain, that lead up to the large verandah reminiscent of houses in The Hamptons itself. This practical and impressive space is the perfect place to sit and enjoy sunsets over the Welsh Hills. Lighting is provided by an impressive central carriage light and a series of half carriage lights on the external walls. This detailing extends similarly to the rear of the home.

The rear garden also enjoys a handsome backdrop of tall tree lines, with a paved terrace spanning the width of the home, a herbaceous border and a section of lawn followed by a raised rear decked seating area and matching summer house, perfectly situated to catch the evening sun.

The home is in the desirable South Wirral village of Burton, with its abundance of scenic walking and cycling trails, and convenient road links via the M56 and M53. The village provides a church, coffee shop, village hall, along with cricket and tennis clubs, whilst nearby Neston offers a mainline train station with regular links to Liverpool, Chester and London, and a range of shops and eateries.

There are several local golf courses, notably Royal Liverpool at Hoylake, Caldy and Heswall. There is a leisure centre at Neston, sailing on the Dee Estuary and marine lake at West Kirby and hockey, tennis, squash and cricket available at Neston Cricket Club.

Schooling is well catered for in the area with primary schools, grammar schools including Caldy and West Kirby and several independent schools including The Kings and Queens in Chester and Birkenhead School.