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4 bedroom detached house

Study
EV charger
Sold STC
Low carbon
Sustainable home
Detached house
4 beds
3 baths
Added > 14 days

Key information

TenureFreehold
Council taxBand G
BroadbandBasic 2Mbps *
Mobile signal
EEO2ThreeVodafone

Features and description

  • Unique Offering to the Open Market
  • Individual Farmhouse Situated in 23 Acres
  • Tree Lined Gated Access
  • Thoughtfully Designed and Landscaped Grounds
  • Award Winning Helicopter Hangar & Landing Strip
  • Large Range of Outbuildings & Stabling
  • Designed to be Self-Sufficient in Terms of Energy
  • Energy Rating B
  • Council Tax Band G
  • Tenure Freehold
A highly unique and rare offering to the open market, West Beacon Farm is a haven situated within the picturesque Charnwood Forest set in 29 acres of private grounds. The home and land has been thoughtfully developed by the previous owner in an effort to be carbon zero in its use with the planting of 15,000 trees around the perimeter and the installation of a large lake which is the heat source for the heat pump system. The property is approached by an impressive tree lined gated driveway and on the ground floor, there are three reception rooms in addition to the breakfast kitchen and utility room, three ground floor bedrooms and two shower rooms. On the first floor there is a bedroom, shower room and an impressive snooker room and large loft space with potential for further conversion. Outside the property comes into its own with beautifully landscaped and maintained gardens to include a vegetable garden, orchard and lake. There is a most impressive award winning helicopter hangar which is a design masterpiece and won a design award with connecting helipad. This building lends itself to a vast array of potential uses. In addition there is a yard with a range of barns, outbuildings and stabling. Rarely do such individual homes present themselves onto the open market and it would be ideal for a family purchaser looking to find their long-term home or an enthusiast looking for a low carbon and sustainable home.

Rooms

Entrance Porch
With access via double doors with stone flooring and fully glazed double doors through to:

Entrance Hall
With a high ceiling, staircase to the first floor landing, a range of built-in cupboards and spotlights to ceiling. Doors off to:

Cloakroom
Fitted with a two piece suite consisting of wash hand basin and toilet, vanity unit and built-in coat cupboard.

Lounge
A fabulous reception room of vast proportions with full width glazing to the front and rear elevations making this a naturally light room with pleasant views to the rear. There is a large central open fireplace with decorative stone surround, bi-folding doors to the dining room and fully glazed patio style doors through to:

Conservatory
A later addition to the property, architecturally designed and commissioned with a double height vaulted ceiling, aluminium glazing to each elevation and sliding doors to an external veranda, fully tiled floor, connected with central heating, power and lighting.

Dining Room
Accessed from the lounge and connecting door through to the kitchen with wide window overlooking the garden.

Kitchen
A fully fitted kitchen with integrated eye level Neff double oven and grill, induction hob, barbecue and Gagganau downdraft extractor, fridge, space for breakfast table and chairs and window to the rear. Sliding door through to:

Utility
Fitted with a matching range of units with a sink, plumbing for appliance space for washing machine and fridge/freezer, tiled splashback to the walls, rear entrance door and further doors off to a larder with shelving and a wash room with plumbing for freestanding appliance and window to the rear.

Rear Porch
With a part glazed door to outside.

Bedroom One
A large principal ground floor bedroom with en-suite bathroom. This large room has a wide glazed window to the front and sliding door to the outside. There is a large range of fitted wardrobes with ceiling fan and light. Door through to:

En-suite Bathroom
Fitted with 'His & Hers' wash hand basins, central bath and shower cubicle, door through to and enclosed toilet with a low level WC, bidet and window to the front.

Bedroom Two
A second double room overlooking the rear garden with wide glazed window and built-in wardrobe.

Bedroom Three
Latterly used as a home office, however, would also make a double bedroom with window to the side, fitted office furniture and built-in wardrobe.

Shower Room
Having been redesigned and refitted with a large walk-in shower with wash hand basin and toilet, tiled splashbacks to the wall, vinyl flooring, chrome towel heater and built-in airing cupboard.

First Floor Landing
With a sun tube allowing natural light into the landing. There are various storage cupboards situated off the landing including the water filtration system, one of which houses the water filtration system.

Bedroom Four
A first floor double bedroom with double glazed window overlooking the side orchard with large built-in cupboard with rear double doors to a first floor loft space.

Snooker Room
A highly versatile room currently used as a games room and houses a snooker table with vaulted ceiling and exposed wood panelling. Door through to:

Walk-in Loft
A large space which has potential for further conversion if desired with the exposed steel frame, majority boarded floor and plasterboarded ceiling.

Shower Room
Fitted with a three piece suite consisting of corner shower cubicle with Triton shower, wash hand basin, toilet, sun tube providing natural daylight, tiled splashback to the wall and chrome towel heater.

Outside
The property occupies a most tremendous and prominent plot of over 29 acres. Surrounding the house are beautifully established and mature landscaped grounds with electric gated access along a dry stoned and tree lined driveway with the drive leading down to the garaging and gravelled driveway leading to the front of the property. The grounds consist of formal landscaped gardens which includes a vegetable garden with a green house and potting shed, orchard, a substantial lake with central island and a jetty, fenced paddock land and established woodland. There is an enclosed yard with a range of outbuildings, a helicopter pad and landing pad and an Award Winning helicopter hangar. Throughout the grounds there are also two sets of solar panels providing 12kW which feed into 200kWh of batteries.

Outbuildings
The property benefits from a range of outbuildings.

Garaging
There is a substantial building which consists of a triple garage accessed by three independent garage doors with both an internal and external electric car charging point. This garage is heated by a wood burning stove connected with power and lighting and connects to three large internal stores which house the electrical equipment and an oil tank. Adjacent to the garages is:

Workshop
With two independent workshops located off, all connected with power and lighting, connected by a central walkway with double doors out to the garden.

Helicopter Hangar
Commissioned in the early 1990s, this fabulous helicopter hangar won an Charnwood Design award in 1995 for its impressive design. This large octagonal building has an impressive cantilever feature with electronic retracting doors built specifically to accommodate a Twin Squirrel Helicopter. The hangar boasts a high ceiling with architectural glazing between the underside of the roof with a painted floor, connected with power and lighting and having a small office cubicle and fitted units with sink and hot water tank. Whilst this was purpose built as a helicopter hangar, it offers tremendous versatility to be used for any number of uses including further conversion into a home studio, home office and a party room to name a few. Situated behind the hangar is a buried fuel tank with a 30,000 litre capacity for Jet A1 fuel In front of the hangar is a large Helipad and landing strip.

Yard
There is an enclosed yard consisting of high open sided barn with numerous lean-to's including a tractor store and log store. There is an L-shaped range of buildings which consist of two stables and two large stores.

Services & Miscellaneous
It is our understanding the property is connected with mains electricity only, which is a 3Phase supply. Water is provided by a borehole and rainwater harvesting which is then treated and filtered on site. Central heating is provided by a water source heat pump which heats both the house and the hot water. The property has its own private septic tank. There are two sets of solar panels providing 12kW hours and 200kWh hour battery capacity. The property was occupied by a local philanthropist and renewable energy expert who sought to establish a carbon zero home which is self-sufficient in terms of energy. The owner planted 15,000 trees on the site and installed a 2 million gallon lake filled naturally with fresh Springwater from the stream which runs through the plot. Whilst the property was built in the 1960s, the owner commissioned a double wall Eskin around the perimeter of the property in approximately 2009 to create thermal efficiency within the property. This (truncated)

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Bentons - Melton Mowbray
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Established over 45 years ago in Melton Mowbray by Alastair Benton, who initially set about to provide professional advice to local farmers and landowners. Over the years Bentons has grown to be one of the largest and leading estate agency and professional practices covering the East Midlands. As an independent and multidisciplined firm, we can provide an increasingly rare offering with our ability to advise clients on a diverse range of property related matters. Our offering includes residential sales and lettings, property management, agriculture and farms, commercial sales and lettings and RICS professional valuations.  We are fiercely proud to be independent and have our roots established as a family firm with traditional service values, yet at the same time offering market leading advice, practices and cutting-edge marketing. We are very much a people business and we have built our success on our personal one-to-one service, with your interests at the heart of all our advice and recommendations. Our award-winning team is comprised of over 30 professionals and highly experienced agents who really care about providing you with the best advice and ensuring your experience with us is as great as possible. Many of the team have professionally recognised qualifications to give you complete peace of mind.
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