7 bedroom detached house for sale

A Grade II listed 1920s 17th century style courtyard house on a 0.8 acre walled plot with formal lawned gardens, a swimming pool, a gym and an enclosed driveway with outhouses and five-bay garaging in a village location. Encircled by stone walls, this property resembles an early courtyard house complete with steep gables, overhanging first floor jetties, and details such as oriel windows and stone or wood mullioned widows with leaded casements. In fact, the house was designed by C. H. Biddulph-Pinchard in circa 1920-25, using material taken from the 17th-centry brew house and barns on the site. Drawing on Arts & Crafts lines, he designed a practical family house built of coursed limestone rubble with ironstone dressing or timber framing with brick infill under a clay tile roof. Internally the house integrates these 17th-century details and includes stone four-centred arched fireplaces, a groin vaulted bedroom, and three open well staircases. The house holds surprises: classical Georgian panelling lines the sitting room walls, there is a high spec. open plan kitchen/dining area, and a state-of-the-art padded cinema room. Outside a barn has been converted into a gym overlooking a modern swimming pool.