Cleadon Grange, Shields Road, Cleadon Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR6 7PZ

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2 Cleadon Grange, Shields Road, Cleadon Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR6 7PZ SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION Cleadon Grange is believed to date back originally to circa 1820 and is a fabulous detached family home within the heart of Cleadon Village and enjoys an elevated aspect and view over surrounding countryside and farmland. The formal gardens and grounds surrounding this impressive house extend to circa 1.4 acres and includes a beautiful majestic entrance drive with curved red pebbled courtyard leading through tall, mature trees. There is parking for a number of cars to the front of the property as well as a detached double garage, and a side courtyard to the eastern elevation of the property. The principal gardens include a variety of greenhouses, nursery stores and potting stores and reflect some of the tremendous investment that the owners have made in their gardens over the many years they have lived here. The grounds include a formal lawned area, previously a tennis court and a small orchard and a number of vegetable plots, flower borders and lovely paths and sitting areas. Cleadon Grange itself has great character and style and features a magnificent entrance hall with its beautiful mahogany staircase which leads to the galleried landing at first floor level. From the entrance hall access leads to a formal sitting room and a day to day family lounge, both of which enjoy views to the west facing elevation. The billiard to the front of the property is a large room with a Burroughs and Watt table and could be used as a dining room, with access to the kitchen/breakfast room and two large walk-in pantry s, useful store areas and a large utility room which in turn gives access to the outbuildings where there is a workshop and general store surrounding the courtyard. The reception hall also leads to a cloakroom/wc and the main staircase links to the principal landing where there are three good double bedrooms, a fourth single bedroom and a large family bathroom. The rear landing connects to three further bedrooms, one of which is used as a hobbies room and a second bathroom with separate wc. An enclosed staircase connects to the attic where there are two general store rooms and a large attic space which shows obvious potential for conversion to further rooms if required. The property has gas central heating and some lovely building features including beautiful panelled doors, lovely cornicing and many fireplaces in the reception rooms and bedrooms. Cleadon Grange is well located within this lovely village with excellent transport links throughout South Tyneside, Sunderland and Newcastle. The property shows potential for some updating and modernisation works which is reflected in the asking price, but also, subject to planning consents, shows potential for the development in some of the garden areas where it may be possible to gain permission to build further residential dwellings. A very attractive and pleasant home in a super location. Viewing is strongly recommended. Access is to the southern elevation of the property with glazed and panelled double doors leading to an entrance porch. ENTRANCE PORCH With quarry tiled flooring, shelving and wood panelling to the ceiling. Double doors lead through with an internal, panelled and glazed door to the principal reception hall. RECEPTION HALL 23 3 x (7.09m x 4.25m) The reception hall has lovely wood flooring, a magnificent staircase leading to the first floor landing, double panelled radiator and window overlooking the front drive as well as a marble fireplace surround and tiled recess and insert to an open fire, cornicing to the ceiling, picture rail and five panelled doors leading to the principal accommodation. The hall has an under stairs storage cupboard and walk-in pantry with shelving. There is a second general storage room with shelving and accommodates the freezer and electric meters.

3 SITTING ROOM (south and west facing) 24 8 x (7.51m x 4.25m) A light and bright room, the sitting room has wall lighting and a fireplace with patterned tiled insert and open fire accommodating the coal burning affect gas fire. There is a window with lovely views overlooking the gardens and a Creda slimline night storage heater and two radiators.. FAMILY LOUNGE (west facing) 16 2 x (4.92m x 4.23m) The family lounge has an Adams style fireplace with marble inset and hearth to the open fire and wall lighting. There is cornicing to the ceiling, picture rail, window with views overlooking the gardens and a double panelled radiator. CLOAKROOM A large cloakroom with hanging and shelving, pedestal wash hand basin with strip light above, mirrored corner medicine cabinet and a door to the separate wc. SEPARATE WC With low level wc with concealed cistern and pine panelling to the walls. BILLIARD ROOM (south facing) x 24 (4.84m x 7.31m) The billiard room currently accommodates a Burroughes and Watts snooker table with overhanging light, picture rail and cornicing to the ceiling, two radiators, wall lighting and pleasant views overlooking the approach and courtyard to the house. There is also a serving hatch to the kitchen KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM (east facing) x 14 8 (5.49m x 4.47m) The kitchen is well equipped and fitted with a range of base, wall and drawer cabinets with onyx style work surfaces incorporating a stainless steel single drainer sink unit, built-in New World four ring gas hob, plumbing for a dishwasher, built-in Beko split level electric double oven, built-in general store cupboards to the side of the chimney breast, one of which accommodates the gas meter. The kitchen has fluorescent tube lighting and a serving hatch through to the billiard room, a double glazed window to the side courtyard and a single panelled radiator. The kitchen also accommodates the old servant s bell display box. A door leads from the kitchen to the utility and laundry room. UTILITY & LAUNDRY ROOM (rear facing) 18 1 x 8 9 (5.52m x 2.67m) With base and drawer units with worktop surfaces incorporating a stainless steel sink and plumbing for an automatic washing machine. The chimney breast accommodates the Myson Marathon gas fired central heating boiler. There is half wall height tiling, opaque glazing to the window and a door leading to a rear lobby, which gives access to the side courtyard and a door to the workshop. WORKSHOP 16 9 x 11 7 (5.11m x 3.53m) The workshop is fitted with a work bench and shelving, fluorescent tube lighting, Belfast twin sink and door leading to the lobby and side passageway, which connects to the side courtyard. Returning to the principal reception hall the elegant mahogany staircase with its polished handrail and spindles, leads up to the first floor landing where five doors lead to the bedroom accommodation. BEDROOM ONE (south and west facing) 15 7 x (4.74m x 4.23m) With good views overlooking the gardens and adjacent fields, this master bedroom has a period fire surround with tiled inset and gas fire, a double panelled radiator, two double and one single wardrobe, drawer units and a dressing table. BEDROOM TWO (west facing) 16 2 x (4.92m x 4.23m) With great window views overlooking adjacent fields this second double bedroom has a marble fireplace with hearth and mantle and gas fire coal burning effect insert, double panelled radiator and cornicing to the ceiling. BEDROOM THREE (front facing) 16 2 x 14 (4.93m x 4.26m) With period fireplace surround, tiled insert, gas fire and large built-in linen cupboard. BEDROOM FOUR (west facing) 9 9 x (2.98m x 4.24m) With double panelled radiator and lovely views.

4 FAMILY BATHROOM The family bathroom has a corner bath with a Mira sports shower over, tiled surround, close coupled wc, twin vanity wash hand basins in vanity unit, mirrors above the basins, strip lighting, cornicing to the ceiling and two double panelled radiators. Leading from the east wing and landing of the property a door connects to bedroom five. BEDROOM FIVE x (4.83m x 3.61m) With useful built-in wardrobes with cupboards above and a double panelled radiator. This bedroom is currently used as a hobbies room. BEDROOM SIX (front facing) x 11 8 (4.81m x 3.56m) With built-in wardrobes and double panelled radiator. The rear landing leads on to bedroom seven. BEDROOM SEVEN (east facing) 18 x 9 7 (5.50m x 2.92m) from the chimney breast With a useful built-in airing cupboard housing the hot water tank, this bedroom has further wardrobes and storage cupboards, with window views over the side courtyard. BATHROOM TWO With a large, cast iron bath with a Redring + 8s electric shower with tiled surround, pedestal wash hand basin, mirror above and shaver strip light and a heated chrome towel rail. SEPARATE WC With close coupled wc. A glazed door leads from the rear landing and connects to the enclosed staircase which leads to the second floor attic rooms. ATTIC ROOM ONE (east facing) 15 2 x 14 8 (4.62m x 4.47m) into the eaves With a period fireplace. ATTIC ROOM TWO (east facing) 14 x 8 10 (4.26m x 2.69m) into the eaves The last door leads into the attic space itself which is a very large roof void and shows obvious potential to create further rooms if required. EXTERNALLY The gardens and grounds that surround Cleadon Grange are highly impressive and extend to circa 1.4 acres. The entrance is impressive with a pillared surround to the red pebbled drive which curves through mature trees to a circular courtyard and parking area with a stone centre, shrub and flower borders and access to the side of the property, on its eastern elevation, where there is a lovely enclosed courtyard terrace and patio and a detached double garage with a separate pedestrian gate at the side leading onto the main road. The principal gardens include a vegetable patch with hedge boundaries surrounding a lawned garden on the south west corner and a long timber potting store and nursery area for plants. The main recreational gardens extend to the western elevation of the house where to the foreground of the property there is sunken flower garden with stone boundary walls and patio terrace as well as paths that lead around and through the principal gardens. The main lawned garden is to the western elevation (former lawned tennis court) with beautiful copper beech trees surrounding and a pleasant aspect over adjacent countryside and farmland. There is a summerhouse to the side of the garden and within the grounds there are numerous greenhouses, workshops and potting stores. The vegetable gardens continue to the side from the north western boundary of the property with paths leading to a small orchard with mature fruit trees and open lawns. The gardens are a very significant feature of Cleadon Grange. SERVICES The property has mains gas, electric, water and drainage. TENURE Freehold COUNCIL TAX Please see website ENERGY PERFORMANCE RATING Grade: E

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