7 bedroom house

This magnificent double fronted house has origins dating back to the 1700s, with features archetypical of the Georgian era, with substantial Victorian additions. Features include an impressive dressed stone portico to the front door that retains the original Georgian lock and key, high ceilings, sash windows, wreath handrail to the staircase, impressive fireplaces, ceiling roses, coving, wall mouldings, a fine original paved floor in the reception hall and original oak flooring to the dining room.
The drawing room and dining room both have bay windows and fireplaces housing wood burning stoves. Off the drawing room is an orangery with a quarry tiled floor allowing a view of the beautiful gardens and traditional Victorian summer house.
The sitting room has a Victorian working fireplace with an arched recess at either side and French doors to the paved terrace. From the sitting room, a door opens to the study that also has French doors to the paved terrace.
Off the back hall is a door to the cloakroom and the fitted kitchen, which includes a breakfast island, granite worktops, double electric oven, ceramic hob with an extractor fan above, Oil fired AGA and an integrated fridge and dishwasher.
Steps lead down from the kitchen to a fitted utility room with space for an American fridge freezer and a washer dryer. French doors also open from the kitchen to the orangery which has a ceiling lantern, a freestanding wood burning stove and a door to the side garden.
From the back hall, steps lead down to a boot room, with a further flight of steps down to a range of cellar rooms that span the entire footprint of the house, have flagstone flooring and include a Gardener's WC. They offer superb storage and scope to be converted to additional accommodation if required.
Upstairs on the first floor are four double bedrooms, two of which have bay windows. Three of the bedrooms have en suite bathrooms and the fourth bedroom has an en suite cloakroom. The principal bedroom also has a walk-in wardrobe and there is a family bathroom off the mezzanine landing with a freestanding roll top bath and a corner shower.
The top floor is a Victorian addition and every room has a feature Victorian fireplace. There are three double bedrooms served by a large family bathroom with a freestanding roll top bath and a corner shower.
A long private drive lined in part by an avenue of ancient Oaks and Sequoia sweeps through the original Georgian gate which is electronically operated with audio and video up to gravel parking in front of the house. The drive sweeps off to the right through a further original Georgian gate leading to a triple garage with electrically operated doors attached to the rear of the property.
The house is in a private position with its grounds wrapping around it allowing the all-day sunshine to be enjoyed. The immediate gardens have been thoughtfully landscaped and arranged in various compartments and there are strategically planted borders of evergreen and perennial plants. Throughout the grounds are a range of specimen mature trees such as Giant Redwoods.
The rear lawned gardens include a raised ornamental pond and a further pond has recently been created at the bottom of the garden with a decked terrace at its edge and a paved terrace set under a pergola on the opposite side. There is also a fine Victorian summer house.
There is a small copse on the northern side of the property, which in spring offers a display of Snowdrops, followed by Daffodils and then Bluebells.
In front of the house is a level lawn, which was once the old tennis court. At the bottom of this lawn is a low hedge and ha-ha that separates the gardens from the front westerly field, which has a wildlife pool in a woodland setting.
The remainder of the land is on the eastern side of the drive and includes an ancient orchard that leads into Napleton Wildflower Meadow (Site of Special Scientific Interest) that is home to many types of wildflowers including rare orchids.

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