Bright and spacious first floor apartment in this Lutyens style mansion.

Description

Nashdom Abbey is a magnificent restored Grade II* listed country house standing in 17 acres of communal gardens and woodland. The apartment is located in the more recently built East Wing. This fine apartment benefits from light and bright first floor accommodation which is arranged to take full advantage of views over the lovely, well-tended grounds of the mansion.

The entrance hall has a wood strip floor and an airing cupboard and further storage cupboard. The kitchen is fitted in a range of units with ample work surface area and a breakfast bar. Integrated appliances include an oven, hob with extractor over, dishwasher, and fridge/freezer. A window to the rear gives lovely views over the well-tended, wooded grounds. The reception/dining room is an elegant, airy room flooded with light, with a wide semi-circular bay window giving further commanding views over the grounds. There is a fireplace with a stone surround and gas coal effect fire. A built-in display/storage unit is to one side.

The principal bedroom is generous with views over the grounds. It benefits from three built-in wardrobes and a modern en suite shower room with storage cupboard and under sink storage. The two remaining bedrooms have views to the woodland at the front of the building and both have a fitted double wardrobe and further storage units and shelving. A bathroom serves these bedrooms fitted in a white suite.

A garage as well as an additional allocated parking space form part of the property.

Nashdom Abbey has a full time Estate Manager on site. Nashdom Abbey property owners have a share of the freehold.

Benefits of the property include 17 acres of grounds and woodland and use of a communal hard tennis court, heated outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium.

Location

Taplow 2.5 miles, Burnham 1.5 miles, Beaconsfield 6.9 miles, M4 (J7) and M40 (J2) within 3 miles, central London 27 miles. Crossrail (predicted to operate from 2022) with rail services across London from Maidenhead, Taplow and Burnham.

Burnham offers a good range of shops for day-to-day needs while further more extensive shopping facilities can be found in nearby Maidenhead, Windsor and Beaconsfield.

An abundance of sporting facilities in the area including Cliveden Reach which is regarded as one of the most beautiful stretches of the River Thames for boating and fishing.

Other leisure pursuits include golf at Burnham Beeches, Sonning, Wentworth, Harleyford and Sunningdale, horse racing at Windsor and Ascot, and polo at Smith’s Lawn, also in Windsor. In addition to Nashdom’s own parkland there are many attractive walks in the grounds of Cliveden and at Burnham Beeches.

The M4 (jct 7) is approximately 3 miles distant, as is the M40 (jct 2) and these in turn provide access to the M25, M3 and Heathrow Airport.

British Rail connections to Paddington are available from Burnham and Maidenhead. Crossrail (predicted to operate from 2022) with direct services from Maidenhead, Taplow and Burnham across London including Bond Street and Canary Wharf.

All times and distances are approximate and correct at the time of writing.

Square Footage: 1,464 sq ft



Directions

From the M40 (J2) follow the A355 towards Slough. After approximately 150 yards, turn right on to Burnham Road. Proceed for about 2 miles, just past the Jolly Woodman public house turn right on to Wooburn Common Road, then turn left on to Heathfield Road. After about 1.5 miles fork left opposite the main entrance to Cliveden Estate. Follow the road downhill before taking the first left turn on to Nashdom Lane Nashdom will be seen on the right hand side and the apartment is in the East Wing (second block).

Additional Info

Services: All mains services are connected.

Historical Note: In 1898, the Russian Prince Alexis Dolgorouki married Frances Wilson, heiress of Fleetwood and commissioned Sir Edwin Lutyens to build Nashdom (Russian for ‘our home’). In 1929 the ownership passed to a Benedictine Order who lived in and cared for Nashdom as an abbey for half a century until they left to merge with a larger monastery near Newbury. The mansion was converted in 1997 to luxury apartments.