7 bedroom house

Banhaw Farm is an important Grade II listed farm house, believed to date from the late 17th century and is situated on the edge of the village, with views over its own adjoining paddock land and picturesque rolling countryside beyond. The house has, over a period of time, been extended to provide spacious accommodation, ideal for family living and entertaining.

Banhaw Farm displays good elevations and is constructed of local coarse limestone with Collyweston roof and over a period of time has been substantially extended to incorporate a former hayloft into the main house and an impressive large detached barn, currently used as a games/function room. Throughout the property are exposed and painted beamed ceilings, beams to walls, Cruck beams, stone mullion windows, window seats, deep inglenook fireplaces, tiled floors, exposed stone and an original bread oven.

In brief the accommodation consists: Entrance porch, reception hall, drawing room, dining room/snug room, kitchen, utility room, garden room, shower room, two cloakrooms, principal bedroom suite, five further bedrooms, family bathroom and study/bedroom seven.

The house sits well within the mature grounds which provide complete privacy. A large driveway/stable yard provides ample turning and parking space with access to an open barn, garaging and extensive stabling. The formal gardens are laid mainly to lawn with access to the excellent hard tennis court and to the attractive paddock land. The gardens and paddock land in all amount to some 2.2 acres (0.89 hectares).

GROUND FLOOR
A painted timber door, with glazed side screens opens to an entrance porch, off which is a cloakroom with an attractive, exposed, curved stone wall forming part of the original bread oven. The reception hall has painted ceiling beams, deep Inglenook fireplace, wood burning stove (French style) and to one side a bread oven. Doors from the entrance porch and from the reception hall lead to the dining room and snug room, which are divided by a stone pillar wall with a cream multifuel burner standing on a stone plinth/hearth, two mullion windows and exposed oak beams.

Off the original reception hall are three steps with glazed door to the gardens with the front door leading out to the main road, storage cupboard under the staircase, also leads up to the Drawing Room which is a bright good sized room with mullion windows, each with deep window seats, white painted beamed ceiling, deep inglenook fireplace with open fire on a raised stone hearth, French doors open onto the formal garden. Here the staircase leads to the first floor.

The kitchen is well fitted with a range of oak floor and wall units, some units have deep double drawer storage, granite work surfaces, double stainless steel sink, integrated dishwasher, four oven oil fired Aga with a two ring ceramic electric hob set into the inglenook with red tiled wall and mantle over. A painted dresser style unit stands on its own and there is a Travateen tiled stone floor throughout. On the approach to the utility room stands a built in Fisher & Paykel fridge/freezer with built in cupboards around. The utility room contains a range of useful storage cupboards, sink and work surface to one wall, spaces for washing machine/tumble dryer/fridge/freezer, deep window ledge and tiled floor. The oil boiler keeps the room warm. A wooden panelled hallway with excellent coat cupboards gives access to the driveway and to the gardens.

Beyond this is a fabulous Garden Room/ Potential Annexe, with sliding French doors out to the formal garden and terrace, built in shelved cupboards, mains water if a kitchenette were to be fitted, double bedroom with en suite shower room and office/study beyond.

To the first floor is a spacious landing with wall painted timbers. The principal bedroom is approached through a dressing area with extensive fitted wardrobes and newly fitted fully tiled bathroom, which comprises a D-shaped bath with shower over and curved shower screen, ceramic wash hand basin into fossil stone stand, wc and heated chrome towel rail, double glazing on the windows. There are a further four bedrooms, fitted with wardrobes/hanging space and two with wash hand basins and a family
bathroom containing bath, separate shower, wc, wash hand basin, heated towel rail, tiled floor and walls.

To the second floor are two rooms (one currently used as play area/ playroom) and Study/Bedroom 7, both with exposed oak beams, with excellent views over the gardens, paddock and rolling countryside.

An impressive detached period stone tithe barn currently used as a games/function room, measures 13.61m x 4.71 m (44’8” x 15’5”) and overlooks the gardens and tennis court and displays an excellent range of exposed timbers and Cruck beams. Double wooden doors open to both sides.

The excellent stable yard has four/five loose boxes (one currently used as a workshop), tack room and a car port. To the side of the yard is an open bay barn measuring 13.84m x 6.71m (45’5” x 22’). To the side of the open bay barn is a vegetable garden, compost area and greenhouse.

The double garaging has an up and over door and a gardener’s wc to one side.

The gardens in the main are laid to lawn, edged by well stocked herbaceous rockery borders, attractive low stone walls divide the garden areas, designed to take advantage of the glorious views over the rolling countryside. A raised terrace seating and BBQ area, is framed by a pergola with a mature climbing lilac wisteria. Leading to a further lawn with terrace and of particular note an Elizabethan knot garden. To this area of the garden is the immaculately presented hard tennis court surrounded by a
well established high conifer hedge providing privacy and protection from the weather. Wrought iron gate opens into the paddock and outside stone steps lead up to one of the bedrooms. Electricity for water feature. The gardens and grounds amount to some 2.2 acres (0.89 hectares).

Access to the paddock land is off the driveway and a picket gate from the gardens. The land is edged by hedgerows and trees and totals approximately 1.4 acres (0.56 hectares).

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