Hallfield Hall
The house is approached either down a private rear driveway or by means of a front drive which also gives access to a neighboring property.
Ground floor: A small area of front garden behind ornate iron railings leads to the front door which opens into an entrance lobby with cloakroom off and then into a large reception hall with birch flooring giving access to all the principal rooms. There is a sitting room overlooking the garden with wood fireplace and working shutters. To the left of the hall is a further sitting room with a stone fireplace which could be a formal dining room given that it has access to the rear kitchen. The drawing room is a fine room with wide bay window overlooking the garden, oak floor, wood fireplace with working grate and marble inlays. A pair of double doors lead to a dining hall with doors to the garden. The inner hall has the boiler room off and leads to a further reception hall with wood burner, a door to the self-contained unit, rear staircase to the first floor and door to the garden. The study/library has high ceilings, a wide bay window, a wall of fitted oak book shelving and a gas fired stove. The kitchen/breakfast room has a slate floor and a good range of wall and base units with Corian work surfaces and a number of built-in Neff appliances including two large fridges, a smaller fridge, a freezer, an electric oven and four burner hob with extractor over and a dishwasher. There is a black four oven gas fired AGA, a door leads to a small lobby with a cloakroom off and door to the yard. A door from the kitchen leads to a rear kitchen/utility room with further two oven AGA, fitted units and plumbing for a washer and dryer. A door opens from the back kitchen to steps leading down to a large cellar comprising five rooms variously fitted with thralls and wine bins.
First floor: To the front of the house is a large guest bedroom with fitted cupboards and an en suite bathroom. To the middle is a sewing/dressing room with fitted cupboards. A further dual aspect double bedroom is currently used as an office and has a pine floor and Hoptonwood fireplace. A few steps lead up to the master bedroom which has a lovely bay window overlooking the garden, a large walk-in dressing room with good fitted shelving, hanging and drawer space and an en suite shower room with double tiled shower, W.C., hand basin and bidet. Stairs lead to an inner landing and a family bathroom with raised bath, separate shower, W.C., and hand basin. There is a double bedroom with hand basin overlooking the garden and adjacent is a further potential bedroom currently used as a large dressing room with a wall of fitted cupboards and a gas fired wood burner set in a fireplace.
Second floor: Good sized landing with steps leading up to a large loft comprising two dry- lined and carpeted store rooms and a further room housing water tank. There are three further double bedrooms and a well fitted bathroom comprising bath, separate shower, W.C., bidet and hand basin with mirror fronted medicine cabinet over.
Self-contained unit: This can be accessed either from the rear hall of the house or its own private front door, to the ground floor is a kitchen with fitted units, a Homark Cooker, hob with extractor over and plumbing for a washing machine, this leads into the sitting room with stone fireplace. Stairs lead to the first floor where there is a large double bedroom and an en suite bathroom.
Outside: The gardens are mainly laid to lawn with an array of mature plants, shrubs and trees, there is a pretty rose garden leading to an orchard with cherry, apple and pear trees as well as a wonderful show of wild meadow flowers and to the wall further mature annuals. There is a hen coop and run with a composting area to one side.
Outbuildings: There is a stable/store with a good room over, a single garage with room over, a further large garage and further building offer garaging and storage with a log store to one side and a coal house/bike store/bin store to the other.
Longford Grange is a substantial freehold house set in beautiful mature gardens. The house is approached off the road by means of a gravelled private drive leading up to an area of parking for several cars and a rear driveway to the coach house. The house has many fine period features including working shutters, open fires and ceiling mouldings.
Ground floor: The double, part glazed front doors open into a wonderful reception hall with Minton tiled floor, a wood burning stove and a wide staircase leading to the first floor. To the rear of the hall is a door to the garden and a cloakroom off with W.C. and hand basin. The dual aspect drawing room is of excellent proportions and has an attractive Adam style fireplace with marble slips and working grate. The dining room overlooks the front and has a wood fireplace. To the rear is the sitting room which is dual aspect and has wood fireplace with working grate. The inner hall has a quarry tiled floor, rear staircase, a large china cupboard and pantry off. There is a door down to the cellar which has three barrel vaulted rooms and a wine cellar with fitted racking. The kitchen overlooks the rear courtyard, it is fitted with a range of wall and base units and a two oven oil fired AGA. A wide arch leads into the breakfast room with quarry tiled floor and attractive glass fronted display cabinet. There is a further rear hallway with a door to the courtyard. The playroom is opposite the kitchen, overlooks the front drive and has a wood burning stove and fitted cupboards, there is a good sized store room off. A door leads through to the utility room and in turn into a further pantry/store.
Half landing: Shower room with shower cubicle, hand basin and W.C.
First floor: The large landing has a roof light over. The master bedroom suite comprises a lobby with large cupboard off, a lovely dual aspect bedroom with good fitted cupboards and an en suite bathroom. There are three further double bedrooms, two with fitted cupboards and one with a hand basin. To the rear is a single bedroom, a second single bedroom currently used as a study and an adjacent ‘wet room’ with large shower, W.C., hand basin and two fitted cupboards, one of which is an airing cupboard. There is also a good sized billiard room with space for a full-sized table and excellent fitted cupboards.
Outside: To the rear of the house is a useful enclosed courtyard with various rooms off including woodshed, coal shed, boiler room, tool store and gardener’s W.C., a door leads to the rear area of parking and the coach house which comprises to the ground floor a garage, an open fronted garage and a store and to the first floor a self-contained flat with sitting room, double bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. There are further outbuildings one of which is a tractor shed and the others offer good machine storage, there is also a large open fronted barn. The house sits in the middle of its gardens with large expanses of lawn to the front and two sides, there is a wide array of mature shrubs, trees and annually flowering plants. The main lawn has a haha overlooking the field and to one end well stocked raised beds, an arch through the hedge leads into the walled garden which offers excellent opportunities for the growing of vegetables as well as many mature espaliered fruit trees, to one corner is a green house. A gate leads out to a rear area useful for overflow parking and off which are a range of composting bays. Secluded away from the front of the house is a recently re-laid hard tennis court with tennis hut. A pathway leads down to six interconnecting former railway vans with wire runs off currently used for chickens.