Globe Place

**Guide Price £1,500,000 - £1,700,000**
An exceptionally fine Grade II Listed period house together with a self-contained cottage, with a swimming pool, tennis court, beautiful formal gardens and pasture fields extending in all to about 5.2 acres
Globe Place is a wonderful country house in a charming rural village location.

Description
An exceptionally fine Grade II Listed period house, the elevations being brick beneath a tiled roof. There is gas-fired central heating on the ground and first floors, with the second floor having electric panel heaters.
Globe Place has been the much loved family home for the present owners for the last 30 years and presents an unusual opportunity to acquire a wonderful country house in a village location.
The main features of the property include:
• Impressive wide six-panelled (two of which are glazed) front door to entrance hall with staircase to first floor.
• Oak door leading to the magnificent well proportioned drawing room with bay and oriel windows providing an outlook over the paddock to the front, partly divided to provide a more formal entertaining area and a sitting area with part-glazed doors into a sheltered paved sitting out area and the garden. There are good ceiling heights, impressive exposed timbering and an inglenook fireplace with oak bressummer beam, brick hearth and canopy.
• The impressive dining room is also approached from the hall and is a wonderfully proportioned room, being a later addition to the house, with high ceilings and bay window providing an outlook over the paddock to the front, dado rail, cornicing, attractive fireplace with ornate mantelpiece and slate hearth.
• The delightful farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room is situated to the rear of the house providing direct access onto the garden and has a twin stainless steel sink unit inset into tiled worksurface with cupboards and drawers beneath, with recess for washing machine and double Neff oven with grill. Two-oven mains gas red Aga inset into a former fireplace. Walk-in larder with space for additional fridge, quarry tiled flooring. Exposed beams.
• Door into the inner hall providing access to the utility room with plumbing for washing machine and space for tumble drier, leading through into the shower room with WC, pedestal wash basin and shower cubicle.
• From the kitchen a door leads into an inner lobby with excellent coat hanging space and door to the entrance hall. Brick steps lead down to a useful cellar with brick flooring.
• The first floor is approached by two staircases, the principal one to an attractive landing and bedroom 1 with range of wardrobe cupboards, south-facing bay window with doors opening onto a balcony to enjoy the view, en suite dressing room and bathroom with bath having shower attachment, WC and basin with cupboard under. Bedroom 2 has a fitted wash basin with cupboards beneath and dressing table to the side, and also has a range of wardrobe cupboards and a similar bay window to enjoy the view.
• There are three further bedrooms on this floor, all of which have an attractive aspect.
• Family bathroom with sunken bath, wash basin inset into vanity unit with cupboards beneath, WC, heated towel rail, airing cupboard housing two hot water cylinders.
• On the second landing a staircase gives access to the second floor where there is a wonderful sixth bedroom with vaulted ceiling with exposed oak timbering and an outlook to the front, and built-in wardrobes.
• There are two further bedrooms on this floor with storage cupboards, and a bathroom with panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, WC, pedestal wash basin and storage cupboards.

The Coach House Cottage
This has been sympathetically converted from an original outbuilding of brick beneath a tiled roof. There is gas-fired central heating and an integral garage which could be incorporated into the existing accommodation, if required.
• Front door to kitchen/living room with stainless steel sink unit with drainer to the side inset into work surface with cupboards and drawers beneath, breakfast bar to the side. Double opening glazed doors lead to a small terrace and the garden beyond. Door to the inner hall with the gas-fired boiler. Bathroom with panel enclosed bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, WC, pedestal wash basin.
• The first floor is approached by two staircases, one to bedroom 1 which is a double aspect room with wardrobe cupboard. The second staircase to Bedroom 2 which is also double aspect and has a vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers.
• Attached brick and tile garage with up and over door, light and power connected.

The Gardens and Grounds
There is a pretty area of wall and fence enclosed garden to the front with central brick path and five bar gate opening into the gravel drive with espaliered apple trees on the right, and leading up to a large turning/parking space.
The gardens are a delightful mature backdrop to the property with a brick terrace adjacent to the house, ideal for outside dining and entertaining, and a large level lawn suitable for badminton, croquet, etc. There are flower and rose beds, an interesting selection of shrubs and a number of fine mature trees such as beech and sycamore.
Adjacent to the Coach House Cottage is a brick and tile outbuilding converted into stabling with two loose boxes.
Discreetly tucked away behind the coach house is the swimming pool set in a paved surround and capturing plenty of sunshine, but is currently not heated. The hard tennis court (in need of resurfacing) is enclosed by high fencing. Adjoining the pool is a paved terrace and there is a useful brick and tile traditional outbuilding housing the swimming pool equipment, formerly used as a piggery. Behind this is a vegetable garden. Two former loose boxes.
From the head of the driveway a five bar gate gives access to the pastureland which is part hedge enclosed and stock fenced. There is also a useful separate access onto Mill Lane and the pasture extends to about 4.63 acres.
Immediately opposite the house is a post and rail enclosed pony paddock extending to 0.57 of an acre with two impressive Scots pines.
In all about 5.2 acres