A substantial and exceptionally well-appointed detached country house with stabling, leisure facilities and grounds of about 5.65 acres.
The Elms is an expansive Victorian house which has been extended a number of times and retains a wealth of character features, including original parquet floors, wood doors, exposed beams and a handsome staircase. The house, with its extensive reception spaces and six double bedrooms, offers a wealth of space including a leisure complex with a swimming pool, entertaining area and additionally tennis courts within the grounds.
The house is arranged over three floors and is exceptionally spacious, affording more than 9000 sq ft of accommodation including cellars, formal and informal reception areas, leisure facilities and six double bedrooms. On the ground floor, an entrance hall provides a welcoming first impression and leads to the reception rooms on either side, including a formal dining room and separate sitting room, a family sitting room, drawing room and kitchen/breakfast room. In addition there is a fitted study and service rooms including a boot room and utility room with space for laundry machines. From the kitchen there is a corridor leading to the leisure space, which is a fabulous addition comprising an indoor swimming pool, sauna, showers and pool house with bar and kitchen area. Upstairs in the main house there is a principal bedroom with dressing room and en suite shower room, a further en suite bedroom, four additional double bedrooms, a family shower room and a WC.
The property is set within 5.65 acres of grounds and approached via a private driveway leading to a large tarmac parking area with space for several cars. Outbuildings include extensive stabling and workshops, storage areas and garaging, all of which offers excellent potential for redevelopment (subject to necessary consent). The gardens include formal landscaped areas and grassland, which could be used for grazing, with a boundary of mature trees providing an established and secluded border. The grounds also include tennis courts and terraces.
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Set at the end of a private tree lined driveway this a is a huge family home, I especially like the kitchen breakfast room with the exposed beams and the pool house is enormous
Roo FisherProperty agent