5 bedroom detached house for sale
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Features and description
- Charming Character Cottage
- Five Bedrooms
- Three Bathrooms/Shower Rooms
- Three Reception Areas
- Many Character Features
- High Quality and Bespoke Interior
- Delightful Rear Garden
- Energy Rating Exempt
- Council Tax Band G
- Tenure Freehold
Dating back to 1844, Herons Rest has been meticulously extended and renovated to the highest standard, showcasing a stunning open-plan living/dining kitchen with bespoke handcrafted cabinetry, an iconic Aga, and a striking contemporary glazed extension that fills the space with natural light and opens out to the landscaped gardens.
The accommodation is as generous as it is stylish, featuring a sizeable main lounge with bi-folding doors to the garden, a versatile study, a well-appointed utility room, cloakroom/WC, and a cosy fifth double bedroom/snug. A luxurious ground floor bathroom and an additional shower room add further flexibility for modern family living.
Upstairs, four beautifully appointed bedrooms await, including a show-stopping principal suite complete with a walk-through dressing room, modern en-suite shower room, and a charming Juliette balcony overlooking the gardens. An additional toilet completes the first floor accommodation.
The Gardens & Grounds
Set behind electric gates, a sweeping gravel driveway leads to a collection of stone outbuildings currently styled as a home gym, bar, and garden store, adding both practicality and lifestyle appeal.
The gardens are truly spectacular, featuring meticulously curated cottage-style planting, a spacious patio terrace ideal for outdoor entertaining, a quaint summerhouse, manicured lawns, and a serene stream with beautiful stone steps leading down to the water’s edge.
This captivating home is a rare opportunity and early viewing is essential to appreciate the remarkable quality, character, and lifestyle Herons Rest has to offer.
Rooms
Entrance Hall
With access via a solid door from the front into a charming a welcoming hallway with exposed painted beams to the ceiling wood effect tiled flooring throughout, stairs to the first floor landing with stair tread lighting, understairs storage which houses the electricity consumer unit and further built-in cupboard which houses the Worcester gas central heating boiler with hot water cylinder. Doors to:
Living/Dining Kitchen
This fabulous kitchen comprises a bespoke hand painted range of units with granite worktops and large central island with circular adjoining breakfast bar. Integrated within the kitchen is an Aga, combination oven/microwave, fridge, dishwasher, bins, a twin ceramic Belfast sink and a fabulous butlers pantry. Space for freestanding fridge/freezer with water connection and large space within the room for dining table and chairs and informal seating. A large glass ceiling lantern floods natural light into the room and wide bi-folding aluminium glazing connects the kitchen the garden. Throughout the room there is an attractive mix of oak beams and original stone walling. Oak French doors lead to:
Lounge
This stylish living room has wide bi-folding doors connecting the home to the garden, a central fireplace with living flame gas fire in the stylish of a multi-fuel stove, chimney breast recess with integrated lighting and further side glazing overlooking the gardens.
Utility Room
With space for an additional American style fridge/freezer, fitted utility cupboards with sink and plumbing for a washing machine.
Shower Room/WC
Having a wet room system and a large walk-in shower with rain drench shower head and second attachment. There is a toilet and wash hand basin with tiling to the walls and floor and painted beams to the ceiling.
Inner Hallway
With a bench seated window overlooking the kitchen, beams to the ceiling and tiled flooring, door through to:
Home Office
A versatile space with original beamed ceiling and exposed stone walling with feature uplighters, fitted oak desk and integrated shelving, oak door to the outside and a feature spiral staircase leading to the first floor. Door to:
Bathroom
A luxury bathroom fitted with a three piece contemporary suite comprising twin ended bathtub, wash hand basin, toilet with window to the side, contemporary tiling to the walls and floor.
Snug/Bedroom Five
Formerly a snug with an inglenook fireplace which has been more recently converted into a fifth double bedroom. This room has original lattice style glazing with wood shutters, beams to the ceiling and wood effect tiled flooring, there are triple custom built wardrobes that are set within the original inglenook which is still located behind.
First Floor Landing
With oak panel and latch doors that lead off to:
Bedroom One
An impressive principal bedroom suite with a walk-through dressing room, main bedroom with Juliette balcony and luxury en-suite.
Dressing Room
Having an eyebrow window overlooking the garden with wooden shutter and an extensive range of built-in cupboards providing clothes hanging and shelving with spotlights to the ceiling and opening into the bedroom.
Bedroom
The main bedroom is a highlight of the property with architectural glazing overlooking the rear garden with central doors opening onto a Juliette balcony. Further glazing to the side. The focal point within the room is the twin ended Heritage bathtub with freestanding mixer tap and shower attachment.
En-suite
A four piece en-suite with large double shower cubicle with rainwater shower head and a second attachment. Vanity unit with wash hand basin, toilet and bidet with tiling to the walls and floor and spotlights to the ceiling.
Bedroom Two
A double room with the original lattice glazed window to the front and wooden shutters, access through to a loft space.
Bedroom Three
A third double room which also has internal links to the fourth bedroom. This highly attractive room benefits from a dual aspect with original lattice glazed window to the front and eyebrow window to the rear, both with wooden shutters. There are two generous storage cupboards and an original cast iron painted fireplace, oak latch door and step up to:
Bedroom Four
This fourth bedroom is accessed independently via a spiral staircase and also through bedroom three. With stripped wood flooring and a window with wooden shutters overlooking the side, original style radiators and oak panelling latched doors.
WC
Fitted with a two piece suite comprising a toilet and wash hand basin with modern tiling, lit recess shelving and chrome towel heater.
Outside
The property abuts Main Street and has a delightful front entrance door with thatched canopy and iron railings. There is wide electric gated access along the right hand side of the property which leads onto an expansive gravel driveway where there is vast parking beyond which leads to the outbuildings/potential garaging. The gardens must be viewed to be appreciated and they have been beautifully landscaped with an abundance of colour. Wrapping around the perimeter of the property is a large continuous patio which offers an ideal space for dining adjacent to the kitchen and a further patio to the rear of the lounge. Beyond is a manicured lawn and access to a summerhouse. There is a large granite stone detached outbuilding, part of which is open fronted with an adjoining outhouse. The open fronted building is used as a garden room, home gym and bar area, but could also be utilised as a carport or garage. The adjoining store is accessed via a multi-paned glazed door (truncated)
Services & Miscellaneous
The property is connected with mains gas, electric, water and drainage and the property is Grade II listed and located within the conservation area of Swithland. The property has an Hungarian water reed thatch which was replaced in its entirety approximately 5 years ago. It is our understanding that a typical lifespan of this type of thatch is 25-30 years and therefore the thatch has a long lifespan remaining.
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