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8 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 8 bedrooms
- 4 reception rooms
- 4 bathrooms
- 8.50 acres
- Period
- Detached
- Garden
- Rural
- Stabling
- Tennis Court
Located amidst stunning Northumbrian countryside and on the edge of the popular commuter village of Stocksfield, Apperley Dene is approached via a sweeping gravelled driveway with turning circle, leading to the entrance of this impressive mid-Victorian stone built country house. Built circa. 1850, this substantial property has gardens and grounds extending to around 8.5 acres in all and offers a host of notable period features which are evident throughout, including original servant's bells, decorative plaster corbels and plasterwork, cornicing, fireplaces, high skirting, original brass window fittings and original doors.
An imposing mahogany front door leads into the entrance vestibule with attractive tiling to the floor and cloakroom off. A further door leads to the magnificent reception hallway with dual aspect, extending from the front to the rear of the property and offering fabulous arched plaster corbels the length of the hall, access to the principal accommodation and staircase to the upper floors.
The expansive drawing room offers light and bright accommodation with two windows, one of which is a generous bay, to the side overlooking the garden, an open working fire with marble hearth and inset and decorative plaster mantel continuing the height of the chimney breast. The dining room sits to the front elevation and benefits from dual aspect with a bay window to the front overlooking the lawn and paddock and French windows overlooking the garden, along with feature stove on a marble hearth with a period style surround.
Further down the hallway is the study, historically called the “school room” on the servant's bell call, with dual aspect to the side and rear, a wood burning stove with attractive surround and brick exposed insert sitting centrally with alcoves either side. Centrally to the hallway is a bar room, ideal for mixing and storing drinks, and access to the wine cellar.
Opposite the study is the billiard room, a room of magnificent proportions with a full size billiard table with lighting over, central fire with multi-fuel stove to the rear wall with built-in shelving and display cabinetry to the alcoves, two windows, including a very generous bay with built in seating around two sides and an access door to the garden room and gardeners WC.
A small hallway leads to the kitchen, with feature exposed brick archway and storage cupboards to either side, a fine range of high quality wall and floor cabinetry and a central island with complementary surfaces of wood and granite. Integral appliances include an impressive electric AGA set in a feature inglenook, microwave oven, 1½ bowl sink with waste disposal and Quooker tap and double dishwasher. The kitchen sits to one side while the other area is used as an everyday place to relax with ample room for sofas and furniture, a dining table and doors to a breakfast patio overlooking the front gardens.
Apperley Dene is approached through attractive electric wrought iron double gates set between stone pillars. The gates open to the tarmacadam and gravelled driveway with turning circle to the front of the property around a central planted raised bed that leads to a parking area to the rear, offering parking for a number of cars and the triple car port with tiled roof. The extensive gardens surround the property with trees and hedging for privacy. There is an expanse of lawn to the front which leads to the paddock and onwards to the woodland. To one side and to the rear of the property are the more formal gardens with a host of native tree species, shrubs and beech hedging used to create “rooms” within the garden. A small orchard sits to the front side garden whilst to the rear, a circular patio with a moat style water feature surrounding it is the perfect place to enjoy the quiet surroundings and listen to the wildlife.
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