Delightful Grade II listed country house on the edge of Prestbury with stables, arena and about 2.66 acres

Location

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Description

This delightful Grade II listed house exudes charm and character yet provides for most contemporary life styles with a large living dining kitchen, a good sized separate reception room and a recently built second triple-aspect sitting room off the kitchen with a lovely master bedroom suite above.

The outbuildings include a double garage with an adjoining gym/office with a kitchenette and a shower room. Above the garage a staircase leads up to a store or play room.

The attractive porch opens into the living dining kitchen, beamed, with a dual-aspect and window shutters and terracotta floor tiles. Features include bespoke cupboards and granite surfaces, an electric AGA and island breakfast bar. Steps lead down to a large lower utility room with plumbing for a washer and dryer. The dining or sitting area includes a large fireplace recess with a wood burning stove.

The sitting room has double oak doors leading immediately off the kitchen and is part of the new section of the house. With its triple aspect of stone mullion windows and oak floors this is a fantastic family room for day to day living.

The drawing room extends to the full depth of the house and lies beyond the original entrance hall with its stone floors and second staircase with a cloakroom and WC. This impressive reception room has a corner fireplace in stone with a fitted wood burning stove and a small study area.

There are two staircase to the first floor linked by the landing with one having a half landing to a pretty fourth bedroom with a triple-aspect. The principal suite is off this staircase and while the bedroom area, again with a triple-aspect, adjoins the fitted dressing room and en suite bathroom formed by the original main bedroom. The en suite includes a double ended roll top bath with a separate shower.

The long landing has fitted wardrobes, the airing cupboard and access to under eaves storage and gives access to the second staircase landing with the two remaining double bedrooms, one with a fitted wardrobe and the second, a guest suite, with an en suite bathroom. Both have dual aspects.

The useful outbuildings include a double garage and workshop with a staircase up to a playroom or office 6’8” at the apex. To the rear lies the gym or office with a kitchenette and a shower room. Two store rooms lie to the immediate rear.

The driveway is electronically gated with a five bar gate and forks to the garage and house parking with a second branch leading to the equestrian element of the property. Gated, there is an extensive parking area for horseboxes or additional vehicles and sets of stables fronting a yard area, part canopied. There are 10 stables in all plus a hay store and a tack room. An arena lies to the front and adjoins the paddock at the rear.

Services: Mains water and electricity are connected. Oil fired central heating. Private drainage requiring upgrading to meet current regulations.

Square Footage: 2743 sq ft




Acreage: 2.66 Acres