Description

Set behind private gates and approached by a long sweeping driveway, positioned within attractive landscaped gardens with St Michael & All Angels Church as a backdrop, The Old Vicarage is a substantial unlisted home, with mid-1700 origins.


With elegant and symmetrical principal rooms, which retain the grace and generous proportions of the Georgian era, the south facing house was extended in the 1840s and in 1992, with a two storey snooker and living room extension. That completed the dwelling’s 5,000+ square feet of accommodation, whilst the substantial garaging and games room within the garden, upon which there are 27x 295w solar panels, were constructed in 2018.


The front door opens from a wide tarmac turning sweep into a wide and inviting entrance hallway which accesses the three reception rooms, the office, snooker room,family kitchen and cloakroom.


The drawing room and sitting rooms are both symmetrical 18’ wide rooms, with large south facing bay windows. The drawing room has stripped solid wood flooring, with a marble fireplace. The sitting room an inset feature gas fire within a stone fireplace. The fabulous office has a bespoke Burr walnut fitted suite with desk, bookcases and cabinetry.


Double doors open from the hallway, opposite the kitchen, to an impressively proportioned dining room, capable of hosting large dinner parties, complete with bespoke craftsman made oak panelling and a fireplace, which houses a wood burning stove. The dual-aspect snooker room, completes the extensive ground floor reception and entertaining rooms, whilst a spiral secondary staircase rises to an equally spacious first floor living room, the fifth and final reception room, which would adapt as an ideal children’s play room or family cinema room.


From the hallway the spacious family kitchen breakfast room has plenty of room for informal dining. It is fitted with an extensive suite incorporating a Rangemaster double oven range with 6-ring gas stove, along with integrated appliances, whilst double doors open from the kitchen to a large conservatory, with attractive views of, and access to, the gardens. There is also a pantry, utility and shower room off a rear lobby, again with garden access.   


The principal staircase rises to a first floor landing that provides access to four of the five bedrooms, with double doors opening to a first floor living room, off which the fifth bedroom suite is accessed. Three of the bedrooms are en suite, with both a dressing room and en suite to the elegant principal bedroom, whilst bedrooms four and five are well placed for the full-suite family bathroom, with separate shower cubicle.   


Outside: The gardens wrap around the house and are beautifully presented with landscaped lawns, deep flowering borders and mixed deciduous trees. Partially walled, they include formal and informal areas, kitchen and parterre sections, with terraces for entertaining and tracking the sun.   The Victorian style walled kitchen garden, with its orangery, was created in 2018 and is a fabulous space and highly productive.


In addition, the games room, adjoining the garages, is capable of hosting parties, or could be adapted as a professional gym or business base (subject to necessary change of use consents).


The grounds extend to about 1.28 acres in total.