4 bedroom detached house for sale

Rooms

Entrance Hall
Step inside Grovelands and be met with an immediate warming and welcoming atmosphere. We felt the aura straight away, whether it be from the gleaming smile of our Vendor, the beaming warmth of the heating on an otherwise slightly cool autumnal morning, the general hue of the lighting and décor, or a combination of all three! The entrance hall is spacious, with a high ceiling and adequate width and depth - there's space under the stairway for a telephone table, freestanding coat hook (just like the one in Mrs Moneypenny's office!), as well as other accents of furniture which would contribute to the feel of the home. The original heavy wooden doors are still hung, leading to the front two reception rooms and the rear.

Lounge
4.6m x 3.6m - 15'1" x 11'10"<br />The current owner uses this sizeable rear reception room as their living area, as they can enjoy the views of the garden and breadth of sunlight that cascades in through the large glass doors and windows. The room is connected to the main entrance hall, the side entrance hall as well as the kitchen, and really can serve a multitude of uses. Wall lights and a centre ceiling ensure the room continues to be well light into the evening, with the flexibility to set a moodier tone with just the wall lights, for cosy evenings and gatherings alike.

Kitchen
3.6m x 2.5m - 11'10" x 8'2"<br />The kitchen is accessible via the rear reception room and the rear hall. Two L-shaped work surfaces are spread across the four sides of the room, offering lots of work surface space, undercounter cupboards and wall mounted cabinets. The sink and draining board is set below spot lights, overlooking the rear garden, with space for a cooker, dishwasher and tall fridge freezer around the room, too. The splashback tiles are quintessential farmhouse style - with a collection of pastel coloured square tiles that pop against the magnolia emulsion walls. The flooring is finished with a stone effect tile, sturdy and low maintenance, with an artificial daylight style square light above which brings a balanced illumination of the whole room.

Dining Room
4.4m x 3.6m - 14'5" x 11'10"<br />Currently used as a dining room, this front facing reception room also enjoys dual aspect windows, one of which being a beautiful and large bay. The fireplace is a stunning centrepiece to the room, giving the room a wonderful period feel, along with the ornate ceiling rose from which the centre light hangs.

Sitting Room
4.2m x 3.8m - 13'9" x 12'6"<br />This front facing reception room enjoys a large bay window with a small side window, and has a beautifully designed gas fireplace with treated timber surround and black marble hearth. Currently used as a sitting room / TV room, we get a peaceful vibe from this room, as it feels tucked away from the rest of the home somehow. Décor is neutral with a soft champagne gold floral design wallpaper with a contrasting sage picture rail, complementing and colour-matching the curtains.

Office
2.3m x 2.2m - 7'7" x 7'3"<br />An ideal room to shut yourself away in for working or studying - the Office is to the far rear of the home, and accessed via the secondary entrance/boot room. With this area having it's own entrance, it could almost be partitioned off and be a completely separate entity. A window overlooks the rear garden from this room which complements the relaxed but focussed feel that you'd want from a room like this, and is styled with wooden wall-panels to waist-height - which could be painted in a colour to really set a tone or theme if this was a designated work or hobby space.

Lobby
3m x 2.3m - 9'10" x 7'7"<br />The lobby/boot room is a handy secondary entrance to the main hall, making it either an ideal place to enter if you don't need to access the main residence, or, somewhere to step out of muddy boots and wet coats on those poor weather days. A sizeable room for it purpose really, there's ample space for storing here if needs be, as well as there being a built-in cupboard with the utility meters in.

Rear Lobby
2m x 1.3m - 6'7" x 4'3"<br />The rear entrance/access/lobby - call it what you will, has been masterfully reutilised as a bit of a pantry area. It's located directly off the kitchen, so it stands to reason that the plethora of cupboard space that's since been installed is filled with lesser needed but still useful kitchen-related items. The shelving within could well be reconfigured to make way for larger items or condensed down for smaller bits and bobs. The fact is, it's an excellent storage area that's tucked nicely out of the way, but remains convenient enough for ease of access. There's a second doorway that goes through into the utility from here, as well as a third that leads to the shower room. A small but mighty room indeed.

Utility
2.7m x 2m - 8'10" x 6'7"<br />A utility room in a home just makes everything click somehow, doesn't it? Laundry can sometimes feel (well, let's be honest, always feel) like it takes over your life! Having a designated room out the way for all things washing and drying is a god send - and this sizeable utility area offers just that. Space for a washing machine, dryer, even a second fridge freezer, as well as a work surface for folding your dry clothing and a window overlooking the back garden all make this, maybe not your favourite place to be, but certainly a much bearable place when laundry duty calls. The terracotta coloured quarry tile flooring continues the period feel of the home, bolstered by the fact that an original, pully rope suspended clothes rail hangs from the ceiling!

Shower Room
1.9m x 1.4m - 6'3" x 4'7"<br />Much the same as a number of these older properties - at a later date, it was decided that a designated shower room was added to the home. A double shower cubicle makes life much easier when you're having a wash, with the room being partly tiled it's also much easier to clean. Also includes a WC and sink, with a window to the side elevation.

Landing
The landing is lengthy and well lit from a large window to the front elevation, and has doors that lead off to the four double bedrooms and family bathroom.

Bedroom 1
3.6m x 3.6m - 11'10" x 11'10"<br />Numbering bedrooms that are all of a fairly even size is tough, but for the purpose of this exercise we'll match room details with the floorplan. Bedroom one is situated at the front of the home - above what is currently used as the dining room. It too has dual aspect windows, with enviable views across the farmed fields over the road, looking out west towards the Village.

Bedroom 2
3.6m x 3.6m - 11'10" x 11'10"<br />Bedroom two is just across the hall, sitting above the sitting room. Also benefitting from dual aspect windows, and with the addition of a ceiling fan, the room also shares that same wonderful field view to the front aspect.

Bedroom 3
3.6m x 3.1m - 11'10" x 10'2"<br />As we move now to the rear of the home, bedroom three also has dual aspect windows that overlook the side of the house and that wonderful back garden and beyond. The room also has a ceiling fan and light, as well as a door into the ensuite facility - making this an ideal guest bedroom.

Ensuite
2.7m x 0.7m - 8'10" x 2'4"<br />Small and simple, but effective and functioning, this ensuite shower room serves it purpose well. Set up with a shower cubicle, WC and sink, this handy little room makes bedroom three the ideal teenagers bedroom or guest quarters.

Bedroom 4
3.6m x 3.2m - 11'10" x 10'6"<br />The fourth and final bedroom is at the rear right hand side of the home as you look at it from the front, and as such has a slightly better vantage point to see across the grazing paddock that belongs to the neighbouring farm, where you can peacefully enjoy the cattle and livestock tucking into their lush grass. This room, like the other three, enjoys dual aspect windows as well as a ceiling fan to take the edge off those warmer summer nights.

Bathroom
2.6m x 1.8m - 8'6" x 5'11"<br />The family bathroom concludes our tour of this wonderful period farmhouses interior. A modest bathroom with a good sized storage cupboard/airing cupboard. The bathtub and sink have mixer taps which is a nice little update, with this room also including a WC and extractor fan, and a window to the rear.

Garden
The grounds around this home are excellent - the property is set right back from an already particularly quiet rural village road, with an enormous gravelled driveway for half a dozen cars at least. Mature trees and hedges surround the property, with a welcomed break in the perimeter at the very rear, so you can enjoy the far reaching views over Cartwrights paddock. The rear garden has been landscaped and maintained over time and has some classic features, such as a low level white washed concrete balustrade to separate the patio from the lawn, a pergola that has been completely shrouded in a climbing plant, and mature shrubs and bushes dotted around the grounds, creating a rich and green texture from top to bottom - clearly the product of sustained care and consideration to get the very best from this wonderful oasis. The single garage is accessible via a right-of-way drive across Cartwrights Farm front, and sits within the rear garden, along with the timber built shed.