SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION

THIS LUXURY DETACHED COUNTRY HOUSE IS SET IN JUST UNDER 7 ACRES OF GROUNDS WITH EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES INCLUDING STABLES, MENAGE & PADDOCKS. IT IS A MAGNIFICENT STONE BUILT LUXURY HOME, CLOSE BY TO THE VILLAGE OF PONTELAND.

The property was purchased by the current owners in 2003 and since that time has been completely redeveloped, updated and renovated to provide a luxurious country residence with grounds extending to just under 7 acres.

The impressive electronic gates, set in stone pillars lead to a beautiful tree lined driveway dissecting two grazing paddocks leading to an all-weather surface ménage which is illuminated as well as a flood lit stable block with five loose boxes and a tack room as well as a general timber store. The grounds include a large workshop and barn and a greenhouse (36′ x 27′).

The private house is beautiful and was purchased in 2003 whereafter it was extensively renovated, modernised and improved to provide a luxurious home. The accommodation includes a beautiful knave shaped oak panelled door leading to the reception hall with oak internal doors to the principal accommodation, including a cloakroom and separate wc.

At ground floor there is a study and three large bedroom suites, two of which have en-suite facilities, including shower room and bathroom with beautiful luxury fittings. All of the bedrooms have lounge areas and one leads on to its own private patio and terrace.

The master bedroom suite is located on the first floor with magnificent handmade oak furniture including gentlemen’s and ladies dressing rooms, and its own study and private sitting area which connects to a stunning en-suite bathroom/wc with double shower, Jacuzzi bath and magnificent lighting and tiling.

The formal reception rooms include a beautiful drawing room with exposed roof beams and a lovely stone fireplace. The second reception room is a principal lounge and dining area, open from the kitchen with lovely views of the gardens and double doors leading onto the terrace.

The kitchen was fitted by one of the region’s most reputable companies, Herrington Gate Furniture, and has maple wood and cream painted cabinets, bespoke made with granite worktops, Amtico flooring and a lovely four oven Aga finished in cream and black. The furniture includes a handmade breakfast table and bench seating as well as a walk-in pantry. It has a beautiful utility/laundry room also finished with maple wood cabinets.

The formal grounds surrounding the house are delightful with a west facing patio terrace, external outbuildings including a store room and a boiler room with a full central heating system. The beautiful grounds include a meandering stream, lovely lawned areas and mature trees. A third paddock lies to the western boundary – all of the paddocks are supplied with water and fenced enclosures. Formal grounds lie adjacent to what appears to be its own island with a summer house in the centre with a meandering stream surrounding.

There is also a timber constructed double height lodge with a bedroom, lounge, kitchen and shower/wc and at first floor level a games/playroom. This would also be ideal for a studio/office.

This is a very impressive property in a great location just to the north of Ponteland and is ideal for its access to Newcastle, the airport and the beautiful village nearby.

This is a very special property in a great location.

The property comprises:

Access to the property is very impressive with two sets of electronically operated gates, with automatic lighting for evening hours, leading from the main road and through the grazing paddocks into the private grounds of the house, with the driveway linking into the entrance where there is a fabulous large oak panelled knave shaped door with cross leaded window panes either side. The door leads into the:

ENTRANCE VESTIBULE

With attractive tiled flooring, doormat well, beautiful auriel bay window to the eastern elevation, light decoration, spotlights into the ceiling, central heating radiator and three sets of oak panelled doors leading off to:

CLOAKROOM/WC

With close coupled wc, with concealed cistern, wash hand basin with mirror above, beautiful cupboards beneath, fabulous tiled walls and flooring, heated towel rail and Expelair unit.

A door leads off to a general cloaks store cupboard with cloak pegs. The third door is a solid oak knave shaped door with attractive leaded glass leading through into the:

RECEPTION HALLWAY

This ‘L’ shaped reception hall connects to the principal ground floor accommodation. There is beautiful oak wood flooring, spotlights, cornice detailing, light decoration, central heating radiator and a lovely oak staircase, leading to the first floor accommodation. The doors leading from the entrance hall and passageway are beautiful, very much an attractive feature of the house being of solid oak construction and feature insert leaded glass panels.

The rear of the entrance hall opens up to provide a:

STUDY (front facing)

13’10 x 10’11 (4.22m x 3.37m)

With a window overlooking the front approach to the house and a central heating radiator.

The internal hall and passageway has an attractive feature stone window which overlooks the utility and laundry room.

DRAWING ROOM (front facing)

19’10 x 19’3 (6.03m x 5.88m)

This is a stunning room which has exposed timbers to the roof pitch above and a circular feature window to the first floor. The ground floor windows overlook the drive and approach. There is a set of double doors leading out onto the patio and terrace. The room has two central heating radiators, beautiful solid oak wood flooring and feature fireplace with stone surround and lintel, stone recess with coal burning effect Efel stove. There is lovely lighting to the room with electronically operated Velux windows to the roof pitch above, a wall mounted plasma screen TV and speakers, there is also a balustrade galleried landing above, which overlooks the drawing room. A beautiful room.

Double doors lead from the hall and connect through to the:

KITCHEN BREAKFASTING ROOM (rear facing)

15’3 x 19’4 (4.64m x 5.89m)

The kitchen was supplied by a very reputable local company, Herrington Gate Furniture, and very successfully contrasts cream painted cabinets with solid maple wood cabinets. The kitchen is extensively equipped with a beautiful arrangement of base, wall and drawer units with fabulous granite worktop surfaces, incorporating a double Belfast sink unit with chrome mono blanc tap, a central island unit with Siemens electric grill and a separate porcelain sink unit, a lovely wine rack as well as built-in tray and store cupboards. The focal point of the kitchen is the beautiful

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cream and black four oven Aga with two hot plates and separate griddle, which is set into a recess with an internal feature stone mullioned window, looking onto the sitting room. The kitchen also incorporates a Matag stainless steel double American refrigerator and freezer with ice and water dispenser and a Miele cafetiere as well as a Miele dishwasher, built-in plate racks, glazed fronted cabinets, which are all very impressive. To the breakfast area there is a fitted maple wood bench seat and table and chairs. The room has spotlights, built-in speakers, cornice detailing, wall mounted plasma screen and double doors that lead into a larder/pantry with maple wood shelving and storage wicker baskets, as well as granite worktops. The kitchen has a security entry phone system and close circuit TV linking from the main gates, wall mounted telephone point and Amtico flooring. This is a stunning kitchen.

An open double doorway leads to the:

FAMILY SITTING ROOM (rear facing)

22’ x 15’6 (6.71m x 4.70m)

With a feature exposed stone wall, lovely electronic Velux windows, exposed roof pitch, circular feature window to the gable and beautiful exposed wood beams to the ceiling with spot lighting. Fabulous windows overlook the terraces to the rear, which are west facing. There is a south facing set of double doors leading onto a separate patio. The room has oak wood flooring, central heating radiator, infra red alarm sensor and is a fabulous day to day living room.

The kitchen also has a panelled and glazed door leading to the:

UTILITY LAUNDRY ROOM (rear facing)

21’9 x 5’1 (6.64m x 1.54m)

Including a further arrangement of high quality maple wood cabinets, beautiful granite worktops, double Belfast sink, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, central heating radiator, fluorescent tube lighting and a set of double doors leading to the rear patio and terrace as well as a separate stable door, burglar alarm control panel, cloak pegs, and a return panelled and glazed door connecting to the passageway and study.

The master bedroom is situated at first floor level but to the ground floor there are three bedroom suites.

BEDROOM ONE (front facing)

22’5 x 17’11 (6.82m x 5.50m)

A lovely large room with windows overlooking the front approach of the house as well as the south facing elevation, central heating radiator, light decoration, cornicing and a beautiful arrangement of free standing wardrobe furniture.

BEDROOM TWO (front facing)

16’ x 10’3 (4.87m x 3.12m)

Central heating radiator, built-in double wardrobe and store cupboard with shelving, TV aerial point, lovely views to the front approach of the house, infra red alarm sensor and a door connecting onto the family bathroom/wc, which also has access from the hallway and is adjacent to bedroom three.

BATHROOM/WC

With a beautiful Villeroy and Boch suite with a tiled panelled surround to the bath, supplied by Jacob Delafon, corner mounted chrome tap, bidet unit, close coupled wc and a corner shower cubicle with sliding access doors, good quality Grohe shower unit, with alternating spray head, white panelled walls, heated chrome towel rail and radiator, fabulous tiled walls, contrasting mosaic tiling, spotlighting to the ceiling, central heating radiator, circular

wash hand basin set into a granite top, with store cupboards beneath and beautiful shaped mirrors above. A fabulous bathroom.

BEDROOM THREE (rear facing)

17’10 x 16’1 (5.43m x 4.91m) including en-suite shower room

This bedroom has a lovely sitting area and double doors onto the patio and terrace, which is south and west facing. There is an infra red sensor, coving to ceiling, central heating radiator and door to an en-suite shower room/wc.

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM

Well appointed with a three piece Sottini suite, close couple wc, circular wash hand basin with granite top and store cupboards beneath as well as a mirrored medicine cabinet above, corner shower cubicle with good quality Grohe shower unit with alternating spray head, white panelled walls, beautiful wall tiling, wood effect flooring, heated towel rail and opaque glazing to the window.

The principal staircase leads from the entrance hall, as well as there being a second staircase adjacent to the study, which are both handmade in solid oak, leading up to the first floor of the house.

MASTER BEDROOM SUITE

45’ x 13’ (13.66m x 3.95m) including dormer windows.

There are two dormer windows to the rear overlooking the private gardens, both having glazed and panelled double doors leading on to verandahs. The bedroom suite has its own living area and study as well as Velux windows to the front roof pitch, speakers into the ceiling, built-in spotlighting, four sets of oak double doors leading to roof storage and a separate low height door connecting to the galleried landing above the drawing room. The master bedroom suite has two central heating radiators with oak louvered radiator covers and an arrangement of hand made oak bedroom furniture, which includes a dividing screen concealing the TV and audio equipment, as well as a head board and cabinets either side of the bed with drawer units and beautiful wall lights. The bedroom also has a close circuit TV surveillance linking to the main gates and a door off to the ladies dressing room and walk-in wardrobe with hanging rail, built-in shelved storage space, Velux window, oak flooring and fluorescent tube and spotlighting. The gentlemen’s dressing area and wardrobe acts as a passageway linking to the bathroom and is equipped with shelving and hanging rail space, in light oak, spotlighting and fabulous Amtico flooring, with border pattern detailing.

MASTER EN-SUITE BATHROOM/WC

Beautifully equipped and presented with a stunning Jacuzzi bath, beautiful tiled surrounds, side mounted tap, built-in plasma screen TV into the Travetine wall tiles and a Velux double glazed window to the roof pitch. The bathroom has two dormer windows to the south and north as well as a feature arched window, which has leaded glass. Maple wood cabinets surround the ‘his and hers’ vanity wash hand basins with curved Corrian tops and chrome mono bloc tap. Each basin has an oval shaped mirror above. There is a close coupled wc with concealed cistern and a bidet unit. The focal point of the bathroom is the double steam and shower room with two separate seats and wet wall panelling, sliding glazed screen doors, double shower cubicle jets and digital controls. The bathroom has an Expelair unit as well as speakers, which is a very impressive feature of the master bedroom suite.

EXTERNALLY

The informal gardens and grounds that surround the house are beautiful. To the foreground of the house there is a pebbled courtyard and parking area for many cars, a beautiful stone flagged patio terrace and pathways adjacent to the flower shrub borders that complement the front elevation of the house. The open lawned gardens have an array of mature trees, including silver birch and firs.

The formal gardens extend to the rear of the house where there is a stone flagged terrace and patio which enjoys fabulous privacy and seclusion and tremendous sunshine during the summer months from its western elevation. This stone flagged terrace gives access to a separate utility and store room, ideal for garden equipment as well as chest freezers and drinks cabinets. At the opposite side of this room, also with external access, there is a door leading to the plant and boiler room, which accommodates the Boulter Buderus oil fired central boiler for central heating and domestic hot water to the house, as well as there being a Megaflo High Efficiency Heatrae Sapia capacity hot water cylinder with a pumped water system, giving good pressure to the showers. The plant room has fluorescent tube lighting and electric circuit breaker control panel.

The gardens at the rear have good screening from the tall maturing trees, especially the lovely conifers which lead to a quarter acre conifer wood where there are separate tractor ways and paths leading up to the third paddock, which is situated to the western boundary of the grounds.

The formal gardens are also set out to the north of the house and extend and surround the magnificent stream which runs through the grounds. The meandering stream surrounds what appears to be an island with its own bridge linking over to a lawned separate area with a beautiful painted summer house, ideal for entertaining during the summer months. The lawned gardens then continue to the north.

Separate from the house is a timber constructed lodge which has its own independent facilities. The lodge is timber constructed under a pitched slate roof and has outside terraces and verandas, especially to the western elevations, which are particularly impressive. A stable door links to the reception hall of the lodge which has three panelled doors leading off to the accommodation. The first leads to the:

LODGE BEDROOM

11’3 x 17’11 (3.42m x 5.46m)

With beamed ceiling, glazed double doors leading out to the balcony/veranda, overlooking the stream.

LODGE BATHROOM/WC

With a Roca three piece suite including pedestal wash hand basin with chrome taps, close coupled wc, and a separate shower cubicle with a Grohe shower and alternating spray head as well as a sitting area, curved screen access door, lovely shelved fitting with beamed ceiling above.

LODGE SITTING AREA

17’8 x 11’1 (5.37m x 3.39m)

With very pleasant aspect and view, beamed ceiling, pine wood floor, panelled glazed door onto the terrace and veranda, door leading to the kitchen.

LODGE KITCHEN

11’1 x 9’3 (3.37m x 2.82m)

With wood fronted wall and base cabinets and laminate wood work surfaces, stainless steel single drainer sink units, spacing for a cooker and refrigerator, beamed ceiling, lovely views over the garden and bridge, wall mounted electric circuit breaker and

control panels, Heatrae Sapia capacity hot water cylinder, and infra red alarm system.

This lodge, which is separately alarmed, would be ideal for an independent relative. The lodge has a ramp at ground floor level leading to the raised veranda. Externally there is a timber staircase leading from the western veranda connecting to the first floor of the lodge. A door connects to a large games and play room.

LODGE GAMES/PLAY ROOM

38’8 x 9’9 (11.14m x 2.97m)

With a ‘T’ fall ceiling, five Velux windows set into the roof pitch, a number of power points and central ceiling light. The lodge provides a variety of options for the owner of Abbotswood either as a self contained independent unit, for relatives or as a working office and studio.

The lodge lies adjacent to a large courtyard and parking area. There is a substantial barn and store.

BARN AND STORE

50’ x 25.1 (15.3m x 7.65m)

This first class barn has a concrete hard standing, two sliding doors, good natural light from the roof, fluorescent tube lighting, work shop bench and power, as well as a stainless steel sink, hot and cold water supply and a gardeners wc. The barn is ideal as a workshop and general store room for garden equipment and machinery.

Separate to this there is a greenhouse (36’ x 27’) built in aluminium and glass. The greenhouse has a concrete hard standing, lighting and power supply, and lies adjacent to two separate kennels and hen run.

There is a separate stabling and equestrian area, including the provision of five timber constructed stables and loose boxes and one tack room and general store room. These stables are ‘L’ shaped with power and lighting, hard standing and a separate dog kennel, gated and fenced surround. These stables and equestrian area lie adjacent to the two paddocks which are dissected by the main entrance driveway with attractive Georgian style uplighters and electrically operated gates set in stone pillars, leading from the main road. The paddocks are fully fenced with a water supply, and beautiful trees surround. The tree lined drive curves up to the main entrance leading into the private grounds of the house. This is also adjacent to an all-weather surface ménage and training arena, which is flood lit and gated with fence boundaries.

The grounds protect the private luxury of the house itself through beautiful screening and planting. There is a third paddock to the western boundary which provides further grazing for ponies and horses.

The whole of the grounds are protected with close circuit surveillance cameras linking to the stables as well as the main entrance gates and outbuildings.

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