2 bedroom house

Individual period home in a stunning location with about 1.1 acres set within beautiful parkland.

Description

North Grange is beautifully situated in the heart of Langley Park. Historically, Langley Park House was built as a hunting lodge for the third Duke of Marlborough in the mid 18th century. A grand Palladian mansion with ‘Capability Brown’ designed gardens. This wonderful Grade II listed semi-detached property was originally part of the stable block to the main house, and converted in 1979 to a residential dwelling. North Grange is an intriguing, individual property, full of character, set in mature, private gardens and grounds of just over an acre, featuring a multitude of specimen plants and trees. The accommodation is arranged over two floors, with a host of period features including a stunning drawing room with an oak beamed vaulted ceiling, The property could now benefit from updating but offers an exciting opportunity to enhance a wonderfully located and distinctive home.

The front door opens into an entrance vestibule leading into the reception hall, with a staircase and feature window overlooking the rear garden. Wood flooring extends to most of the rooms on both floors. Lying off the reception hall is the sitting room, with shuttered windows and a decorative fireplace. An inner lobby gives access to the bathroom and a door to the rear garden, while a further staircase, from the original stables and reputedly over 400 years old, leads to the first floor. A study lies adjacent, with a screened storage area currently used as a small galley kitchen. This also provides access to the bathroom. The principal bedroom is located next to this room, with a wall of generous built-in mirrored wardrobes and French doors opening out to the front. A further bedroom and shower room is located at the other end of the house just off the reception hall.

An elegant staircase from the first floor leads up to the wonderful double height, oak beamed drawing room, which is split level at one end. The room is impressive, with a stone fireplace and shuttered windows to both sides. French doors open on to a terrace giving lovely views over the frontage, with a door and staircase down to the gardens. Also located on this floor is a kitchen, further reception room, but could easily be used as a bedroom, and a family bathroom.

Outside
The approach to North Grange is spectacular, over a long tree-lined avenue through Langley Park. At the end, an arched carriageway opens into a shared courtyard which leads to the property with parking. To the front is a pond surrounded by specimen mature trees and shrubs, including an ancient Japanese Maple and Magnolia Grandiflora. The mature gardens are secluded and private lying to the rear and side, and backing on to the Arboretum. They are sectioned and enclosed with wonderful old brick walling and yew hedging. The rear garden behind the house is mainly laid to lawn with well stocked shrub and flower beds and notable trees such as a Tulip tree and an English Oak. A gravelled terrace gives a perfect spot to sit and relax and enjoy the garden or for outside entertaining. An opening in the wall leads to a wooded area, again with a host of specimen trees and plants including a magnificent Magnolia Grandiflora, Handkerchief tree, Snowdrop tree together with Camellias and Rhododendrons. A gate leads through to what historically was the croquet lawn, enclosed with yew hedging and walls, bordering the Arboretum, with an old Rose garden nestled alongside, again enclosed with yew hedging.

Services
Mains electricity and water. Oil fired central heating. Private drainage. Please note that none of the services have been tested.

Location

Iver 3.2 miles, Langley 3.5 miles, Gerrards Cross 5.5 miles, M40 5 miles, Windsor 8 miles, Beaconsfield 12 miles, Heathrow 9 miles, central London 19 miles. All distances are approximate.

North Grange enjoys a stunning location in the heart of historic Langley Park. The park enjoys hundreds of acres of beautiful parkland with a wide variety of habitats for wildlife including woodland, heathland, wood pasture and grassland. The park includes a serpentine lake, rhododendron and azalea gardens and of particular note is the Arboretum with its fine collection of specimen trees.

The village of Iver with its selection of local shops and restaurants, is surrounded by fields and woodland, yet only a short distance from the M40 motorway with access to both the M25 and M4. Windsor, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross are within driving distance and provide a more comprehensive range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities. The mainline stations at Iver and Langley run into London Paddington. Within the next few years, Crossrail will operate from Iver and Langley stations significantly improving journey times to central London. From Denham and Gerrards Cross, the Chiltern Trains link runs into London Marylebone and the Metropolitan line underground links to Baker Street at Uxbridge.

There are excellent local sporting amenities including the highly regarded Buckinghamshire Golf Club and many beautiful riverside and woodland walks, including those in Denham Country Park, Black Park and Burnham Beeches.

Buckinghamshire is renowned for its choice and standard of schooling, and is one of the last counties to maintain the grammar school system.

Square Footage: 2,989 sq ft

Directions

The property is in the grounds of The Langley Hotel. From M40 (J1) take the A412 Denham Road towards Iver. At the roundabout continue on the A412 (Uxbridge Road) following signs to The Langley Hotel. Turn left into Avenue Drive (The Langley) and continue to the end. At the hotel turn left and on the left hand side are red brick stables, drive under the arch into the courtyard. Bear left and the property is the last house, opposite the pond.

Marketed by: Savills, Beaconsfield