Harewood House Duddon Common, Duddon, Tarporley, Cheshire

Harewood House Duddon Common, Duddon, Tarporley, Cheshire

Harewood House Duddon Common, Duddon, Tarporley Cheshire CW6 0HG An impressive and extensive family home with outstanding leisure facilities Tarporley 3.3 miles, Chester 8 miles, Northwich 11 miles, Liverpool 32 miles, Manchester 36 miles Reception hall Sitting room Sitting room/ games room Kitchen/breakfast room Utility room Snug Study Cinema room Library 2 offices 5/6 bedrooms 4 bath/shower rooms Covered swimming pool Gardens Garaging Paddocks EPC rating Harewood House is a spacious recently built home with extensive and flexible accommodation, arranged over three floors with the option to transform the offices and guest bedroom into a self-contained annexe. The excellent leisure facilities include an aptly decorated cinema room and an enclosed, heated swimming pool with shower and changing room. The property is served by some inspiring technology with Cat 5 wiring throughout and a sprinkler system in the main living areas linked to the fire service and the alarm system to the police. A Toshiba Air Conditioning system provides efficient and effective heating in every room including the offices and guest accommodation. There are integrated speakers and various satellite points around the house, numerous hidden outdoor sockets, and the double glazed K glass windows are tinted and argon filled.

Situation Harewood House is in a delightful position at Duddon Common, close to the village of Duddon. The handsome village of Tarporley is 3 miles away and has an excellent range of day to day services including shops, restaurants and schools. Duddon is also home to the well regarded St Peter s primary school. Chester (8 miles) offers a comprehensive range of amenities including fine private education at primary and secondary levels, including Kings and Queens Schools. Liverpool and Manchester are both within commuting distance, and Liverpool and Manchester airports, and Crewe station (with direct links to London) are all within easy reach. Harewood House is close to some of the best recreational facilities in Cheshire. It is ideally located for walking on the lovely Peckforton and Bickerton hills, and for horse riding and walking in Delamere Forest. There are a number of popular golf courses nearby, including the De Vere Carden Park Hotel Golf Resort and Spa, and Portal and Oaklands golf courses at Tarporley. There is Polo at Sandiway and horse racing at Chester, Haydock, Aintree and Bangor on Dee. Accommodation A large oak front door opens into the striking, light and open reception hall and sitting room where an oak staircase extends from the lower ground floor up to the first floor. The area provides a fantastic entertaining space with glazed walls and doors opening onto the terrace and lawn, and views over the paddock and field beyond. Off the hall there lies a snug, a study and a separate WC, and a door opens into the large family kitchen with cream fitted units, granite work surfaces, a large Rangemaster cooker and a marble floor. Adjacent to the utility room doors open into a glass walkway extending to the pool area and giving access to the pretty, walled courtyard, and further doors open onto a decked walkway leading to the terrace and into the garden. On the lower ground floor the large sitting room/games room has doors opening into a circular walled patio and an external spiral staircase ascends to the garden. There is an office/library, a fantastic cinema room with a large screen and coloured LED spotlights, and a WC, boiler room and store. The large master bedroom on the first floor enjoys fine views of the garden through double glazed doors and a Juliet balcony, and the ensuite bathroom gives access to the dressing room/bedroom 5 with a further door into the hall. Two double bedrooms share a Jack and Jill shower room and off the hall lies a further single bedroom and a family bathroom. Offices There are two carpeted offices, one with fitted shelving and a desk, and a door out into the courtyard. A further door leads into a hall with a separate shower room and stairs to large guest bedroom above the double garage. If required, this section of the house could be converted to make excellent ancillary accommodation. Pool The timber framed pool house has windows and glazed doors providing views over the courtyard and garden from the oval, heated swimming pool. The glass walkway continues into a large shower/changing room with a separate WC and two stores rooms.

Gardens and Grounds From the lane security gates open onto the driveway that sweeps toward the double garage and continues past the house to a parking area. The garden in front of the house is laid mainly to lawn with mature trees and hedges, pretty flowering borders and a summerhouse. To the rear of the house is an elevated terrace with a small surrounding wall and steps down onto the lawn, a fantastic entertaining space with access into the reception hall and outstanding views. Plum, apple, damson and pear trees form a pretty orchard with a path running past toward the paddocks, one with a pond currently home to a range of chickens, guinea fowl and alpacas. The lawn extends to the west of the garden where there two wooden stables currently being used as a workshop and store room incorporating a gardener s WC. In all about 1.77 acres

Services: Mains water and electricity, private drainage and Toshiba air-conditioning and heating throughout. Council Tax: The property is in band G with an annual charge of 2480.08 for the year 2010/11.Local Authority: Cheshire West and Chester Council 0300 123 8 123 www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Directions From Chester follow the A51 towards Tarporley. Pass through Duddon and on entering Clotton turn left into Willington Lane. Take the next left onto Common Lane and at the T junction turn left. The property will be found on the right. Floorplans Gross internal area Main House = 5374 Sq Ft/499 Sq M Garage = 273 Sq Ft/25 Sq M For identification purposes only. Pool Filter Room 3.5m x 3.2m 11'7" x 10'6" (Maximum) 3.5m x 2.0m 11'7" x 6'6" Pool 9.4m x 4.8m 30'11" x 15'10" Harewood House, Duddon Common, Duddon, Tarporley Approximate Gross Internal Area Main House = 5374 Sq Ft/499 Sq M Garage = 273 Sq Ft/25 Sq M Total = 5647 Sq Ft/524 Sq M Sitting Room/Games Room 8.0m x 7.0m 26'4" x 23'0" (Maximum) Library 4.1m x 3.5m 13'3" x 11'4" Cinema Room 5.3m x 4.6m 17'5" x 15'2" (Maximum) Bedroom 6 6.5m x 5.4m 21'2" x 17'8" W S N E Office 2 3.8m x 3.0m 12'5" x 9'10" Basement 2.8m x 1.7m 9'0" x 5'5" Floor Above Garage Office 1 4.5m x 3.8m 14'9" x 12'5" Breakfast Area 8.1m x 4.3m 26'8" x 14'2" Study 3.0m x 2.7m 10'0" x 8'10" 6.0m x 4.1m 19'7" x 13'6" Sitting Room 5.4m x 4.9m 17'9" x 16'0" Bedroom 3 4.3m x 3.1m 14'3" x 10'0" (Maximum) Utility Garage 2.6m x 2.0m 5.4m x 4.7m 8'7" x 6'8" 17'7" x 15'6" Snug Bedroom 2 Kitchen 4.3m x 3.1m 4.3m x 3.2m 14'1" x 10'2" 14'2" x 10'4" Ground Floor First Floor Bedroom 4 3.7m x 2.4m 12'1" x 7'11" Lower Level Bedroom 5/ Dressing Room 3.2m x 2.4m 10'5" x 8'0" Master Bedroom 5.4m x 4.3m 17'9" x 14'2" Chester Park House, 37 Lower Bridge Street CH1 1RS 01244 354880 chester@struttandparker.com struttandparker.com 50 offices across England and Scotland, including 10 offices in Central London FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALE The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only. Denotes restricted head height ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8120001/ngs IMPORTANT NOTICE Strutt & Parker LLP gives notice that: 1. These particulars do not constitute an offer or contract or part thereof. 2. All descriptions, photographs and plans are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. All measurements are approximate and not necessarily to scale. Any prospective purchaser must satisfy themselves of the correctness of the information within the particulars by inspection or otherwise. 3. Strutt & Parker LLP does not have any authority to give any representations or warranties whatsoever in relation to this property (including but not limited to planning/building regulations), nor can it enter into any contract on behalf of the Vendor. 4. Strutt & Parker LLP does not accept responsibility for any expenses incurred by prospective purchasers in inspecting properties which have been sold, let or withdrawn. 5. If there is anything of particular importance to you, please contact this office and Strutt & Parker will try to have the information checked for you. Photographs taken July 2010. Particulars prepared July 2010.