Restored Manor with Guest Cottage and Pool
Delightfully restored and extended period house (1890) together with a guest cottage, indoor heated swimming pool, 6.5 acres of colourful grounds and lake frontage.Carried out over a 2-year period (1999/2000) the total restoration, with great care taken to preserve the period character, involved stripping the house back to the bare bones and virtually rebuilding, with concrete floors and ground and first floor, reroofing, wiring, plumbing and the installation of oil-fired central heating and double glazing throughout.Not satisfied with just undertaking the enormous restoration of the house, the owners added a further sitting room and impressive entertainment room as well as a spacious indoor swimming pool which is currently floored for a family wedding.All outbuildings were also restored, including the coach house, which is now a 2-bedroom guest cottage/mews, and the charming summer house, which with its terrace overlooks the grounds.Total restored and extended period houseCut stone coach house/mewsSummer house with terraceHardcourt tennis courtFrontage to coarse fishing with landing stageDelightful woodland and grounds3 bay car port with gym overBER: C3 The pillared entrance porch leads to the truly impressive reception hall with its featured marble fireplace and oak flooring. Off this radiates the comfortable drawing and dining rooms and the stairs hall with cloakroom and fire staircase. The hall opens to a long open plan kitchen/breakfast room with a living area which at one end opens to the south facing conservatory and at the other end leads to a boot room, utility room and family room which in turn connects to the grand entertainment room with high beamed ceiling, feature open fireplace and mezzanine level. Upstairs there are 5 bedrooms, 2 share a Jack & Jill bathroom, the master is ensuite and there is a family bathroom.The house is set well off the country road and is approached via a long tree lined avenue with a millrace on either side, each of which flowed to separate corn mills in Victorian times. The avenue leads to an extensive forecourt parking and divides going through the manicured grounds to the courtyard. The grounds are mainly in lawns with colourful beds interspersed with walkways leading to the lake. There is also a hardcourt tennis court.A charming 2 storey cut stone building with on the ground floor a living room/dining room, kitchen, shower room and upstairs 2 bedrooms and a shower room. Upstairs also connects to the large gymThis impressive structure of 158 sqm has a range of French doors opening to the grounds, a mezzanine area and a plant room. Currently timber flooring covers the pool as it was used for a family wedding.The Summer HouseThe main room has exposed stone walls and folding patio doors, opening to a large, paved terrace. There is also a small snug bar with a counter.A modern 3 bay car port with stairs to 57 sqm gym.