Superb Cheshire ‘mini estate’ with outdoor pool, self-contained apartment, equestrian facilities and grounds of 5.7 acres

Description

An impressive country property in 5.7 acres with separate apartment & equestrian facilities

Main House
5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, dressing room, 3 reception rooms, study, orangery, dining kitchen, utility room, 2 cloakrooms with w.c.

Apartment
Open plan living dining kitchen, bedroom, shower room, cloakroom with w.c.

Large double garage with workshop area, office/store over, further 31’ garage/workshop, garden/tool garage.

Swimming pool with changing room, Breeze House and plant room

Equestrian
Manege, 4 stables and yard, informal access to Somerford Hall Farm equestrian centre

About 5.7 acres

Description
Keepers Nook presents a rare opportunity to rent a South Cheshire ‘mini estate’ with extensive and beautiful grounds of 5.7 acres with a range of useful outbuildings, a separate self-contained apartment and extensive garaging as well as good equestrian facilities.

The principal house has been thoughtfully designed to offer excellent family accommodation arranged over two floors with character features and light, airy well-proportioned rooms.

A covered entrance with an oak door opens into a spacious oak floored hall with a turning staircase leading up to the galleried first floor. A cloaks cupboard and cloakroom with a w.c lie off. A door to the right of the hall leads through to the wonderful dining kitchen by Clive Christian in oak under granite surfaces with a 4 oven AGA and integrated appliances by Siemens. A large island and double French doors to a loggia area providing covered access to the main double garage and workshop with its office/store room above.

A utility room/boot room with a cloakroom and w.c. lie off with an outside door to the parking area and garages.

The dining room has double doors from the hall and has an oak floor and a window to the rear.

To the left of the reception hall is the drawing room which features a wood burning stove in a brick fireplace. This extended room has a triple aspect and with a bay to the front. The hall leads through to a study with an oak floor and off this room is the family sitting room with a brick fireplace fitted with a gas wood-burner.

The study also provides access to a large orangery. This vaulted room with its warm timber clad roof provides a great additional reception room and has an oak floor and French doors opening to the side.

On the first floor the gallery landing has a box room off with the pressurised hot water system. The master suite includes a dual aspect bedroom area with a fitted dressing room leading through to an en suite bathroom with a double ended bath, separate shower and twin wash hand basins.

The guest bedroom has fitted oak wardrobes and an en suite shower room and there are three further fitted bedrooms sharing a contemporary house bathroom with a double ended bath, separate shower and fitted furniture.

The main double garage includes a workshop area and has a staircase leading up to a first floor office/store room. There is covered access via a loggia and covered walkway from the main house.

To the rear of the house is the outdoor swimming pool area with a large breeze house, perfect for entertaining on summer evenings. The pool is tiled and has an electric cover and a plant house and changing rooms with showers and w.c. within the barn which adjoins the pool area.

The barn, in addition to providing the pool changing room has a 3 bay garage/workshop and an adjoining separate garden garage for tractors and machinery.
An external staircase gives access to the first floor of the barn which provides a superb self-contained apartment which includes an open plan kitchen and dining area opening into the living room with double French doors opening to a Juliet balcony. A separate shower room and washroom with w.c. flank the entrance to a large triple aspect bedroom, well suited for business use, extended family or staff accommodation or as a games/leisure area. To the rear of the swimming pool is a large lawn area.

Equestrian facilities include a yard to the rear of the barn with space for horse boxes and a set of four stables with a tack room and feed store. Immediately to the rear is a floodlit Manege.

A vegetable area with raised beds and a large greenhouse lie in a separate area screened by hedges.

The gardens are cleverly designed and stocked to enable low maintenance and include a paddock area and ample parking
beyond a long gated driveway

Location

Congleton: 3 miles, Holmes Chapel:4 miles, M6 Junction 17: 4.5 miles, Sandbach: 5.5 miles, Knutsford: 12 miles, Wilmslow: 13.5 miles, Manchester Airport: 19 miles, City Centre: 27.5 miles

Set at the head of a long gated driveway, Keepers Nook sits privately in a rural setting between Holmes Chapel and Congleton. Both the market town and the village offer a wide range of amenities including specialist shops, butchers, bakers, delicatessens, super-markets, restaurants, bistros and several public houses.

Within the area there are excellent educational facilities cater for children of all ages in both the state and private sectors, with Terra Nova Preparatory School only 6 miles away, Kings School Macclesfield have a coach service from Holmes Chapel.

There are a number of private sporting clubs, golf courses and equestrian centres including the renowned Somerford Park Farm whose land adjoins this property.

Square Footage: 8,036 sq ft


Acreage: 5.7 Acres