Description
An incredibly unique, versatile, Victorian home with absolutely stunning bespoke features. Detached garage and driveway, TWO/THREE bedrooms internally, and a truly wonderful, detached and double glazed "Balinese House" in the garden, made from teak, offering a further bedroom area currently set up as a cinema room with surround sound. Far too many features to include in an exhaustive list - but worth mentioning are; Ornate Pillars from Rajistan, Multi-fuel Stove, Hand-Forged Metal Work, Hollowed Granite Boulder for a sink and stunning garden! This really is one to be seen to be believed!
Accommodation Comprises;
Located in the rear extension, access via the back door is the kitchen which has two Velux windows, one window to side aspect and one window to rear aspect. Tiled splash-backs and flooring, wooden, shaker style units with roll-top worksurfaces, exposed wood beam, spotlights to ceiling, integrated under-counter fridge and freezer, plumbing for washing machine, gas boiler, ceramic double sink, space for range cooker with extractor hood over and an electric foot level fan radiator.
The Living Room and Dining areas have an original sash window to rear, double glazed window to side and front, exposed wood flooring a wonderful range multi-fuel burner with hot-plate and oven (cooks a perfect jacket potato!) with brick surround and hearth. Bespoke integral hand-forged shelving in alcove with Antique Indian Columns from Rajistan with ornate carvings. Exposed cross beam, ornate feature fireplace in living room ready for wood-burner or could be open fire (register plate installed at moment) with brick hearth. Understairs cupboard housing fuse box with Bespoke Antique Rajasthani cabinet frontage and doors.
Stairs rise from the dining area to the first floor with hand-forged balustrades, giving access to, master bedroom which has double glazed window to front aspect, feature fireplace with bronze and virdi-grea chimney breast. The landing room / study / potential bedroom 3 has a BESPOKE HAND-CRAFTED, specially commission stained glass window of BARON MOUNTFITCHET (who escorted King John in 1015 to the signing of the Magna Carta). Feature fireplace, original sash window to rear aspect.
Stairs rise to: Bedroom 2 which has a brick feature chimney breasts, exposed beams, eaves storage, window to rear with views over gardens. The first floor bathroom has been refitted with a three piece suite, - large shower, floating WC and floating hand basin made of a granite boulder, cut in half and hollowed. Tiled floor with underfloor heating, heated towel rail, blue low level LED mood lighting, Anti-fog/mist mirror, bespoke storage units with shaver point, extractor fan, loft hatch to part boarded loft space which is insulated.
Externally: DETACHED GARAGE AND PAVED DRIVEWAY - Door from rear and double barn doors to front – electric and fan assisted radiator.
THE BALINESE TEAK HOUSE - An actual house made of TEAK from BALI with Wood flooring and double glazed. Vaulted ceiling and with pull-down cinema screen and projector with surround sound – Negotiable for the right price. There is the main living /cinema area and there is a storage area, which has a WC (not connected – can be done for about £500-£1000) and potential space for further bathroom installations or kitchenette installations.
GARDEN - The whole garden has approx. 150 wooden railway sleepers, surrounding the garden boundaries, as well as planter areas and pond areas. From the back door you access the first patio area, a lovely private space – there is also steps down to back door of garage and bespoke gates to front path. From the first patio area, there are steps up past a pond/water feature area which leads to the “fire pit area” – another lovely entertaining space to sit in comfort into the night! A further path, laid with Stone Railway sleepers leads to the BALI HUT and DECKING AREA – an astonishing space, making you feel like you are in the treetops! Being on the site of an old quarry, the differing levels of houses and gardens allow a high degree of privacy and in summer when all the plants and trees are in bloom, you will feel like you are trekking through the jungle! Stunning established plants, shrubs and flowers are throughout the garden.