Famington Hall ARDENS GRAFTON • WARWICKSHIRE Famington Hall ARDENS GRAFTON • WARWICKSHIRE
A beautiful, excellently designed and well fitted detached country house with fine views, with a listed cottage and superbly designed and planted landscaped south facing gardens
Oak porch • Reception hall • Cloakroom • Sitting room • Study Kitchen/dining/family room • Loggia • Utility room
Master bedroom suite with dressing room, luxurious bathroom and balcony 3 Further first floor bedrooms, one en suite • Family bathroom
Second floor suite with landing/sitting area • Bedroom 5 and bathroom 4
Double garage
Detached brick and timber listed cottage with sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom
Very finely stocked gardens of about one acre planted in compartments with hot tub, fire pit with seating, rose pergolas, terraces and seating areas
Stratford upon Avon 6 miles • Alcester 4 miles • Honeybourne 5 miles • M40 (J15) 11 miles Warwick and Warwick Parkway Station 13 miles (intercity trains to Birmingham, and to London Marylebone from 69 mins) Broadway and the Cotswolds 15 miles • Birmingham International Airport 22 miles Leamington Spa 14 miles (All distances and times are approximate)
These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Situation • Famington Hall is situated at the end of a long drive to a farmyard conversion of six dwellings in open countryside with fine views all around, set behind double hardwood electric gates with video entry phone
• Private but not isolated, the location is superb
• Ardens Grafton is a popular village with an excellent local primary school, public house, parish church and village hall
• Day to day requirements can be found at Bidford on Avon and Alcester with a Waitrose store, with a more comprehensive range of shopping and recreational facilities in Stratford upon Avon
• There is a wide range of state, private and grammar schools in the area to suit most requirements including grammar schools at Alcester and Stratford upon Avon
• There is excellent access to the M40 leading to Birmingham and London and to the M5 giving access to the South West
• Intercity trains run from Evesham to London Paddington and Warwick Parkway to Birmingham and London Marylebone
• There are race courses at Stratford upon Avon, Warwick and Cheltenham and bridleways and footpaths for country walks
• Stratford upon Avon is the region’s cultural centre with the Royal Shakespeare Theatres Description of property • This superb property was winner of the Stratford upon Avon District Council Building Excellence Award for a New Build Single Dwelling in 2015
• With 4,500 square feet of immaculately laid out accommodation and high specification including ground source heat pump for underfloor heating to the ground floor and bathrooms, oak joinery, engineered oak and tiled floors and Sonas sound system throughout the house and garden
• This is a property for luxury living, with superb entertaining spaces inside and out and the attention to detail is impeccable • There is ample storage with deep coat cupboard and under stair storage in the hall, landing cupboards and ample wardrobes to bedrooms
• The sitting room has a warm air flow wood burring fire and French doors from the sitting room and study open onto the garden
• Planning consent has been granted for an orangery extension off the study
• The wonderful kitchen/dining/family room has a bespoke Higham oak lined kitchen and island with composite stone worktops, electric Aga with gas hob and electric companion, integrated appliances include microwave, dishwasher, warming drawer, oven, wine cooler fridge and freezers, glazed double sink with waste disposal and Quooker boiling water tap
• There are two sets of bi-fold doors; the west range opening onto a fine loggia with timber cladding, heating and sound system
• Large utility room with closet for Sonar sound system, ground source heat exchanger and pressurised hot water system • An oak staircase with lighting rises to the first floor landing, off which are four double bedrooms and superbly appointed bathroom and shower rooms with large walk-in showers
• The vaulted master bedroom has exposed roof truss and a generous decked balcony, as well as a dressing room with extensive wardrobes and superb en suite bathroom
• The second floor also enjoys stunning views and is ideal as a suite, with landing/sitting area, bedroom, closet and shower room with steam shower
• The cottage is Listed and has been restored and is full of character, with inglenook and bread oven, flagstones, exposed timbers and fitted kitchen; first floor bedroom and bathroom Gardens and grounds • Block paved drive and ample parking area to a double garage with electric roller shutter door
• The gardens are a dramatic feature of this property; beautifully landscaped with exotic planting designed in collaboration with a RHS Double Gold Medal Winner, compartmented into different gardens, some with hard landscaping with flagstones, gravel paths, decking and flagged terraces
• Box hedged beds with water feature and cascade, lawns with an avenue of pear trees, two pergolas; one adorned with white roses and one with pink; yew, laurel and indigenous hedges
• Wonderful shrub, herbaceous and bulb beds for year round colour
• Garden lighting and full irrigation system
• Acers and bamboos, exotic trees and shrubs
• Paved walled sitting area with espalier fruit trees and lighting • Sunken trampoline, wooden garden stores, fish pond and cascade, gas fire pit with seating, herb garden, secluded deck with barrel sauna which, together with ornamental planted pots and hot tub, may be available by separate negotiation; private flagstone terrace
• Ample seating areas enjoy the view and the sun at all times of the day Services Mains electricity, water and shared private sewage system. Ground source heat pump. Metered LP gas with communal tank for hob and fire pit. The service charge for the drive and drainage system £300 per quarter. Fixtures and fittings All those mentioned in these sales particulars, together with fitted carpets, are included in the sale. All others, such as curtains are excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation. Directions (B50 4LE) From the M40 (J15) take the A46 south past Stratford upon Avon. Proceed over three roundabouts and turn left signposted Temple Grafton. About 1.5 miles after the third roundabout, at the Blue Boar public house, proceed straight over the crossroads. Proceed through the village of Temple Grafton to Ardens Grafton and at the centre of the village turn left signed Bidford and Wixford. Proceed over the crossroads at the Golden Cross Inn into Grafton Lane. Proceed down the hill and the entrance to Famington Hall will be found on the right hand side. Terms Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: Stratford on Avon District Council. Telephone: 01789 267575
Council Tax Band: H Viewing By prior appointment only with the agents. Second Floor
First Floor
Cottage Cottage Ground Floor First Floor
Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area House: 373 sq m (4,015 sq ft) Double Garage: 34 sq m (366 sq ft) Cottage: 68 sq m (732 sq ft) Total: 475 sq m (5,113 sq ft)
This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a Ground Floor statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars
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