Forest House, 33 Brackley Road, Silverstone
Sold | £895,000 Freehold
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An exceptional 19th Century four bedroom detached Georgian villa standing in an enviable edge of village location with views over open countryside. Built as a ‘Gentleman’s Residence’ which formed part of the Duke of Grafton's Wakefield Estate, Forest House retains many period features including high corniced ceilings, long sash windows and ornate fireplaces, complimented by a comprehensive restoration program undertaken by the present owners. Of particular note the property now features a remodelled hand made tulip wood and pine kitchen/breakfast room measuring over 34 ft in length, new shower rooms, tumbled limestone floors and re-decoration. Surrounding the house is a lovely landscaped garden approached through electric gates to the parking area and garaging. The gardens measure over 0.7 of an acre extending to the side and rear where there is an outdoor heated 17m pool with safety cover, a sunken York stone courtyard adjacent to the breakfast room and self contained annexe.
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ACCOMMODATION:
Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Family Room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloak/shower room, Utility room, Landing with reading area, Master bedroom with en-suite, Guest Bedroom with En-suite, Two Further Bedrooms, Bathroom. Annexe with Kitchen, Bedsitting room and Shower room. Office/Gymnasium, Garage, Hovel.
LOCATION:
The village of Silverstone is situated midway between Towcester and Brackley. Road communications are excellent with the A43 providing access to the M40 junction 10 (8 miles). M1 junction 15a is some 9 miles distant. Milton Keynes offers a fast Intercity train service to London Euston (40 minutes). The village has a range of shops catering for day to day needs, with a wider choice at Towcester and Milton Keynes. There is a primary school in the village. State secondary education is available at Sponne School, Towcester. Leisure facilities include golf at Silverstone and Whittlebury, horse racing at Towcester, leisure centre at Towcester.
PORCH:
9' 5" x 7' 9" (2.87m x 2.36m) Entered through a multi paned door, there is a mat well, a terracotta tiled floor and wall light point. There are multi paned windows to the side and a panelled door with a stained glass window to:
SIDE HALL:
With a tumbled limestone tiled floor, a single radiator, recessed ceiling lights and a corniced ceiling.
CLOAKROOM:
Which has been re-fitted in a contemporary suite comprising a low level WC and wash hand basin set on a marbled wash stand with a cupboard below. The floor is tiled in limestone and there is a shower tray with a height adjustable shower over, recessed ceiling lights, a corniced ceiling and single radiator. There is a shuttered window to the side elevation.
DRAWING ROOM:
18' 4" x 16' 5" (5.59m x 5m) Featuring an ornate adam style fire surround with an oversailed mantle and a cast iron multi fuel stove set on a marble hearth. There are arched recesses either side of the chimney breast with cupboards below, a square bay window to the front elevation and a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose. Heating is from two double radiators and there is a TV point and four wall light points.
DINING ROOM:
14' 7" x 14' 2" (4.44m x 4.32m) With a shuttered sash window with a seat below to the front elevation and a stone fireplace and cast iron multi fuel stove set on a stone hearth. The floor is tiled in tumbled limestone and there is a two part corniced ceiling, a single radiator and three wall light points.
RECEPTION HALL:
Approached from a pillared portico through a panelled door with a glazed fanlight window. the hall retains the original patterned quarry tiled floor and has a single radiator, a high corniced ceiling and stairs rising to the first floor.
FAMILY ROOM/STUDY:
14' 10" x 12' 8" (4.52m x 3.86m) With a shuttered sash window to the front elevation and a wooden fire surround, a marble tiled hearth and a cast iron multi fuel stove. there is a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose, a TV point, a telephone socket, a single radiator and a further covered radiator.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM:
34' 6" x 11' 6" (10.52m x 3.51m) Re-fitted and hand made by Salcey cabinet makers in a range of painted tulip wood and pine base and eye level cupboards with Italian marble working surfaces and featuring a gas fired Aga with a gas hob adjacent and a canopied extractor hood over. There is a double bowl stainless steel sink unit with a waste disposal, a mixer tap over and cupboards below, pan cupboards and drawers, an integrated dishwasher and recessed ceiling lights. There is an island unit with further cupboards and drawers and a tumbled limestone tiled floor. BREAKFAST AREA: Re-modelled and re-built in 2008 to provide a light and spacious area overlooking the York stone terrace, rear garden and swimming pool. There is a pitched ceiling with two double glazed electric velux roof light windows to the rear elevation, doors to the terrace and further double glazed windows overlooking the side garden and terrace. The tumbled limestone floor is continued into this room and there are doors to the family and dining rooms.
UTILITY ROOM:
12' 3" x 11' (3.73m x 3.35m) Featuring an inglenook fireplace with an exposed bressumer beam and a rangemaster belfast style sink unit with cupboards below. There is a quarry tiled floor, a door leading to the rear terrace and a cupboard with a secondary staircase to the first floor (unused). A cupboard houses the gas fired boiler which serves the radiator heating and domestic hot water.
CELLAR ONE:
19' 9" x 14' 2" (6.02m x 4.32m) With light connected.
CELLAR TWO:
14' 8" x 13' 9" (4.47m x 4.19m) Which is barrel vaulted and houses a water sump. There is light connected.
LANDING:
Providing a shelved 'library' and seating area to the side of a multi paned sash window, with views over fields. There is a covered radiator, a high corniced ceiling and an access hatch to the roof space.
MASTER BEDROOM SUITE:
16' 6" x 14' 11" (5.03m x 4.55m) With two multi paned sash windows to the front elevation giving views over open fields. There are two radiators, a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose, the original fire surround and two wall light points.
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM:
16' 5" x 3' 10" (5m x 1.17m) Which has been re-fitted in a white heritage suite of a double width tiled shower enclosure with both fixed head and height adjustable showers, a deep pedestal wash hand basin, a low level WC and tiled floor. There is a stainless steel ladder radiator, recessed ceiling lights and a shuttered sash window to the side elevation.
GUEST BEDROOM:
12' 1" x 11' 6" (3.68m x 3.51m) Featuring a pitched ceiling with exposed timbers and windows to the rear and side elevations overlooking the rear garden. There are exposed floorboards, three wall light points, a TV point and a door leading to:
EN-SUITE:
Built as a wet shower room with a height adjustable shower, a low level WC and contemporary wash hand basin. There are recessed ceiling lights a heated towel rail and mosaic tiling.
BEDROOM TWO
16' 2" x 12' 7" (4.93m x 3.84m) With both double and single radiators this room has a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose, a TV point and a sash window to the front elevation with views over open fields.
BEDROOM THREE:
12' 7" x 11' 5" (3.84m x 3.48m) Retaining a cast iron fireplace and log basket, there is a corniced ceiling, a TV point, a single radiator and a multi paned window to the front elevation giving views over open fields.
BATHROOM:
12' 8" x 8' 5" (3.86m x 2.57m) Fitted in a white suite of a panelled bath with a mixer tap shower, a deep pedestal wash hand basin and a low level WC. There is a single radiator, a high corniced ceiling, the airing cupboard and a multi paned window to the side elevation.
ANNEXE:
KITCHEN:
8' 10" x 6' 2" (2.69m x 1.88m) Providing a single drainer stainless steel sink unit with cupboards below. There are eye level storage cupboards, an inset two place electric hob, recessed ceiling lights and a latch door to:
SITTING ROOM:
17' 5" x 8' 10" (5.31m x 2.69m) Providing a pitched ceiling with exposed timbers and windows to the rear and side elevations. There is a split stable style door to the terrace, a tiled floor, a TV point and a loft area over the kitchen. A door leads to:
SHOWER ROOM:
5' 10" x 4' 3" (1.78m x 1.3m) Recently fitted in a white suite of a tiled shower cubicle with a height adjustable shower and hinged screen door. There is a pedestal wash hand basin, a low level WC, a window to the side elevation and a tiled floor.
OFFICE/GYM:
17' 10" x 10' 8" (5.44m x 3.25m) Converted from a former stable and with a dual pitched ceiling incorporating roof light windows tot he rear. There are two split stable style doors, a window to the side courtyard and light and power connected.
GARAGE:
15' 10" x 14' 3" (4.83m x 4.34m) Re-modelled and re-built, the garage now houses the control, heaters and filters for the swimming pool. There is a window to the side elevation, light and power connected and double wooden doors to the driveway and courtyard.
OUTSIDE:
Standing in landscaped private grounds in excess of 0.7 acres, Forest house is approached through double wrought iron electronic gates with a security entry/intercom system. The gates lead to a gravelled courtyard providing parking for a number of vehicles, leading to the garage. Adjacent to the office/gym is an open hovel/log store.
GARDENS:
From the courtyard the gardens extend to the side of Forest House and are laid mainly to lawn, bounded by re-built brick walls and close boarded fencing with deep shaped, shrub and tree borders. To the rear of the garage and office are further lawns which continue behind the property to the pool. The rear garden and pool are overlooked by a recently completed York stone terrace, retained by a capped stone wall with lighting and a feature well with a safety grill and an internal light. The garden continues to the side where there is a barked play area and summer house. the remaining boundaries are fenced with maturing inner tree and shrub borders. A gravelled driveway leads from the front of the house to the courtyard.
SWIMMING POOL:
55' 9" x 14' 9" (17m x 4.5m) Designed and built as a training pool with a 2m deep end and 1.2m in the shallow end. There are also primary and back up heating systems and an electric safety cover.
Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Family Room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloak/shower room, Utility room, Landing with reading area, Master bedroom with en-suite, Guest Bedroom with En-suite, Two Further Bedrooms, Bathroom. Annexe with Kitchen, Bedsitting room and Shower room. Office/Gymnasium, Garage, Hovel.
LOCATION:
The village of Silverstone is situated midway between Towcester and Brackley. Road communications are excellent with the A43 providing access to the M40 junction 10 (8 miles). M1 junction 15a is some 9 miles distant. Milton Keynes offers a fast Intercity train service to London Euston (40 minutes). The village has a range of shops catering for day to day needs, with a wider choice at Towcester and Milton Keynes. There is a primary school in the village. State secondary education is available at Sponne School, Towcester. Leisure facilities include golf at Silverstone and Whittlebury, horse racing at Towcester, leisure centre at Towcester.
PORCH:
9' 5" x 7' 9" (2.87m x 2.36m) Entered through a multi paned door, there is a mat well, a terracotta tiled floor and wall light point. There are multi paned windows to the side and a panelled door with a stained glass window to:
SIDE HALL:
With a tumbled limestone tiled floor, a single radiator, recessed ceiling lights and a corniced ceiling.
CLOAKROOM:
Which has been re-fitted in a contemporary suite comprising a low level WC and wash hand basin set on a marbled wash stand with a cupboard below. The floor is tiled in limestone and there is a shower tray with a height adjustable shower over, recessed ceiling lights, a corniced ceiling and single radiator. There is a shuttered window to the side elevation.
DRAWING ROOM:
18' 4" x 16' 5" (5.59m x 5m) Featuring an ornate adam style fire surround with an oversailed mantle and a cast iron multi fuel stove set on a marble hearth. There are arched recesses either side of the chimney breast with cupboards below, a square bay window to the front elevation and a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose. Heating is from two double radiators and there is a TV point and four wall light points.
DINING ROOM:
14' 7" x 14' 2" (4.44m x 4.32m) With a shuttered sash window with a seat below to the front elevation and a stone fireplace and cast iron multi fuel stove set on a stone hearth. The floor is tiled in tumbled limestone and there is a two part corniced ceiling, a single radiator and three wall light points.
RECEPTION HALL:
Approached from a pillared portico through a panelled door with a glazed fanlight window. the hall retains the original patterned quarry tiled floor and has a single radiator, a high corniced ceiling and stairs rising to the first floor.
FAMILY ROOM/STUDY:
14' 10" x 12' 8" (4.52m x 3.86m) With a shuttered sash window to the front elevation and a wooden fire surround, a marble tiled hearth and a cast iron multi fuel stove. there is a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose, a TV point, a telephone socket, a single radiator and a further covered radiator.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM:
34' 6" x 11' 6" (10.52m x 3.51m) Re-fitted and hand made by Salcey cabinet makers in a range of painted tulip wood and pine base and eye level cupboards with Italian marble working surfaces and featuring a gas fired Aga with a gas hob adjacent and a canopied extractor hood over. There is a double bowl stainless steel sink unit with a waste disposal, a mixer tap over and cupboards below, pan cupboards and drawers, an integrated dishwasher and recessed ceiling lights. There is an island unit with further cupboards and drawers and a tumbled limestone tiled floor. BREAKFAST AREA: Re-modelled and re-built in 2008 to provide a light and spacious area overlooking the York stone terrace, rear garden and swimming pool. There is a pitched ceiling with two double glazed electric velux roof light windows to the rear elevation, doors to the terrace and further double glazed windows overlooking the side garden and terrace. The tumbled limestone floor is continued into this room and there are doors to the family and dining rooms.
UTILITY ROOM:
12' 3" x 11' (3.73m x 3.35m) Featuring an inglenook fireplace with an exposed bressumer beam and a rangemaster belfast style sink unit with cupboards below. There is a quarry tiled floor, a door leading to the rear terrace and a cupboard with a secondary staircase to the first floor (unused). A cupboard houses the gas fired boiler which serves the radiator heating and domestic hot water.
CELLAR ONE:
19' 9" x 14' 2" (6.02m x 4.32m) With light connected.
CELLAR TWO:
14' 8" x 13' 9" (4.47m x 4.19m) Which is barrel vaulted and houses a water sump. There is light connected.
LANDING:
Providing a shelved 'library' and seating area to the side of a multi paned sash window, with views over fields. There is a covered radiator, a high corniced ceiling and an access hatch to the roof space.
MASTER BEDROOM SUITE:
16' 6" x 14' 11" (5.03m x 4.55m) With two multi paned sash windows to the front elevation giving views over open fields. There are two radiators, a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose, the original fire surround and two wall light points.
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM:
16' 5" x 3' 10" (5m x 1.17m) Which has been re-fitted in a white heritage suite of a double width tiled shower enclosure with both fixed head and height adjustable showers, a deep pedestal wash hand basin, a low level WC and tiled floor. There is a stainless steel ladder radiator, recessed ceiling lights and a shuttered sash window to the side elevation.
GUEST BEDROOM:
12' 1" x 11' 6" (3.68m x 3.51m) Featuring a pitched ceiling with exposed timbers and windows to the rear and side elevations overlooking the rear garden. There are exposed floorboards, three wall light points, a TV point and a door leading to:
EN-SUITE:
Built as a wet shower room with a height adjustable shower, a low level WC and contemporary wash hand basin. There are recessed ceiling lights a heated towel rail and mosaic tiling.
BEDROOM TWO
16' 2" x 12' 7" (4.93m x 3.84m) With both double and single radiators this room has a high corniced ceiling and plaster centre light rose, a TV point and a sash window to the front elevation with views over open fields.
BEDROOM THREE:
12' 7" x 11' 5" (3.84m x 3.48m) Retaining a cast iron fireplace and log basket, there is a corniced ceiling, a TV point, a single radiator and a multi paned window to the front elevation giving views over open fields.
BATHROOM:
12' 8" x 8' 5" (3.86m x 2.57m) Fitted in a white suite of a panelled bath with a mixer tap shower, a deep pedestal wash hand basin and a low level WC. There is a single radiator, a high corniced ceiling, the airing cupboard and a multi paned window to the side elevation.
ANNEXE:
KITCHEN:
8' 10" x 6' 2" (2.69m x 1.88m) Providing a single drainer stainless steel sink unit with cupboards below. There are eye level storage cupboards, an inset two place electric hob, recessed ceiling lights and a latch door to:
SITTING ROOM:
17' 5" x 8' 10" (5.31m x 2.69m) Providing a pitched ceiling with exposed timbers and windows to the rear and side elevations. There is a split stable style door to the terrace, a tiled floor, a TV point and a loft area over the kitchen. A door leads to:
SHOWER ROOM:
5' 10" x 4' 3" (1.78m x 1.3m) Recently fitted in a white suite of a tiled shower cubicle with a height adjustable shower and hinged screen door. There is a pedestal wash hand basin, a low level WC, a window to the side elevation and a tiled floor.
OFFICE/GYM:
17' 10" x 10' 8" (5.44m x 3.25m) Converted from a former stable and with a dual pitched ceiling incorporating roof light windows tot he rear. There are two split stable style doors, a window to the side courtyard and light and power connected.
GARAGE:
15' 10" x 14' 3" (4.83m x 4.34m) Re-modelled and re-built, the garage now houses the control, heaters and filters for the swimming pool. There is a window to the side elevation, light and power connected and double wooden doors to the driveway and courtyard.
OUTSIDE:
Standing in landscaped private grounds in excess of 0.7 acres, Forest house is approached through double wrought iron electronic gates with a security entry/intercom system. The gates lead to a gravelled courtyard providing parking for a number of vehicles, leading to the garage. Adjacent to the office/gym is an open hovel/log store.
GARDENS:
From the courtyard the gardens extend to the side of Forest House and are laid mainly to lawn, bounded by re-built brick walls and close boarded fencing with deep shaped, shrub and tree borders. To the rear of the garage and office are further lawns which continue behind the property to the pool. The rear garden and pool are overlooked by a recently completed York stone terrace, retained by a capped stone wall with lighting and a feature well with a safety grill and an internal light. The garden continues to the side where there is a barked play area and summer house. the remaining boundaries are fenced with maturing inner tree and shrub borders. A gravelled driveway leads from the front of the house to the courtyard.
SWIMMING POOL:
55' 9" x 14' 9" (17m x 4.5m) Designed and built as a training pool with a 2m deep end and 1.2m in the shallow end. There are also primary and back up heating systems and an electric safety cover.
MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS 2003
Intending purchasers will be asked to produce identification documentation at a later stage and we would ask for your co-operation in order that there will be no delay in agreeing the sale.
These particulars do not constitute part or all of an offer or contract.
The measurements indicated are supplied for guidance only and as such must be considered incorrect.
Potential buyers are advised to recheck the measurements before committing to any expense.
Bartrams has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixtures, fittings or services and it is the buyers interests to check the working condition of any appliances.
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