The Clock House ine elegant two-bedroom Napartments created within a converted Grade II Listed building

known as The Clock House,

with 16 newly built apartments

and houses set within private

landscaped grounds in the

village of Byfleet, Surrey.

Award winning homes for the over 55s Cover: The Clock House. The Clock House Byfleet Surrey

The Clock House is a beautiful courtyard Coach House and Mill Lane. Many of these wildflower meadow and wildlife pond, development, parts of which date back to the stunning new homes provide a private terrace or without having to worry about the upkeep 18th century. Today, Beechcroft’s careful balcony; most with views over the landscaped because, at The Clockhouse, as on all Beechcroft conversion has created nine elegant two-bedroom grounds which form such an important part of this developments, an estate manager will be apartments within the original Grade II listed new development. Owners at The Clock House will responsible for the day-to-day administration building known as The Clock House along with 16 be able to appreciate the gardens with their lawns of the development including the maintenance newly-built apartments and houses within the new and attractive flowerbeds and the woodland, of the gardens and communal areas.

Perfect places perfectly placed Founded in 1984 to focus on the creation of Each Beechcroft development also offers developments of character and quality to suit the something ‘special’ from extensive landscaped needs of a growing population of over 55s, gardens to attractive waterside settings or a private Beechcroft has, over the years, gained an enviable swimming pavilion. reputation for its high quality housing. Beechcroft homes are ideal for those looking to Beechcroft selects the best locations in some of move from a large, family house to a more the most attractive villages and small towns in manageable home or for those looking for a ‘lock Southern . Each development is built and up and leave’ property that will enable them to finished to Beechcroft’s award-winning standards travel or spend time abroad. whilst each home, whether new build or conversion, provides spacious, flexible living Charter Place, Witney accommodation designed according to Beechcroft’s principle of creating fewer rooms rather than less space. Hallways, staircases and landings and generously- proportioned, principal rooms are able to accommodate larger pieces of furniture and, in homes with two or more bedrooms, each is a double bedroom.

Beechcroft Award winning homes for the over 55s ■ Byfleet has plenty of shops to cater for your ■ Getting out and about is easy. At Byfleet you’ll find everyday needs and, in the wider area that takes in acres of woodland, countryside and riverside walks the village, along with nearby , there are almost on the doorstep. The Royal Horticultural over 70 shops including a Waitrose supermarket in Society’s gardens at Wisley, just a short drive away, West Byfleet. For a ‘serious’ shop, provide the perfect venue for an afternoon stroll. Centre in is about four miles away whilst There’s also Painshill Park at Cobham, one of the Guildford, just over eight miles away, is home to most important 18th century parks in Europe with specialist boutiques and High Street names. over 160 acres, a Gothic Temple and Tower, Chinese Bridge, Crystal Grotto, Turkish Tent, a

■ Located between Byfleet and Weybridge on part working vineyard and a 14-acre serpentine lake. of the historic Brooklands race track is a Marks &

Spencer out-of-town store with a large free carpark, ■ For theatre lovers, there’s the Riverhouse Barn in a Tesco Extra, Argos and Curry’s along with a Walton-on-Thames which stages a variety of plays café and 24-hour petrol station. and performances and The in Woking which presents first class , large scale

■ Surrey is a golfer’s paradise. Silvermere Golf Club musicals and comedy. It has played host to,

3 in Cobham is approx. /4 of a mile away and within amongst others, the Royal Shakespeare Company, two miles, you’ll find West Byfleet Golf Club and The and the Peter Hall Golf Club in Woking. Hoebridge Golf Club in Company, Glyndebourne on Tour, Scottish Ballet Woking and Foxhills Golf Club at Ottershaw, both and Northern Ballet Theatre. within a short drive of Byfleet, are also popular. Byfleet and Beyond ■ If you enjoy keeping fit, the David Lloyd club at ■ Transport links are excellent. From nearby Byfleet Brooklands has a range of facilities and activities to and New Haw mainline station, which is only about a suit all ages. There’s an extensive gym, indoor mile from The Clock House, the rail journey to swimming pools, championship squash courts, London Waterloo takes approximately 45 minutes. exercise studios and regular members events and The M25 and A3 are within close proximity and social activities. There’s also a Cannon’s gym in Heathrow airport is approx. ten miles away. Woking, within a mile and half of Byfleet.

■ If your sporting tastes are more varied, Byfleet has its own lawn tennis club, there’s a cricket club in Ripley and rowing clubs in Weybridge and Shepperton.

■ At Brooklands, you’ll find the historic motor car racetrack, built in 1907. Over the years, the Brooklands Society has worked to preserve the track. The Brooklands Museum, open all year except for Christmas, is a must for racing or historic car enthusiasts. The large gardens at The Clock House will include now that the sunlight can penetrate once more the flower borders, a small woodland, lawns, a wildflower banks and shallow margins can provide a habitat for meadow and a wildlife pond. Each element will be some of our most beautiful native wildflowers – ragged attractive and together they will provide a rich mosaic of robin, yellow flag, lady’s smock, purple loosestrife – and habitats and wildlife to enjoy the whole year round. You moisture loving garden plants such as candelabra can look forward to lots of birdsong and woodland Primulas and Himalayan cowslips. In the spring you can wildflowers in the spring. In summer the borders will be expect to see spawning frogs and toads. On sunny alive with butterflies and bees, whilst the pond will summer days there will be spectacular displays by provide a tranquil spot for watching dragonflies, dragonflies and damselflies, whilst bats will feed over moorhens and the occasional heron. The autumn the water at dusk and a host of different birds will visit colours will be spectacular, with fruiting shrubs set the water’s edge to drink and bathe at any time of year. against a backdrop of oak and birch, alder, rowan and The alder copse maple, and in the winter, the water and the alder copse Wet woodland is a particularly precious habitat in will provide the perfect setting for a short walk on frosty Britain, and although The Clock House copse is small, mornings, whilst the garden’s birds will guarantee plenty it will provide a very special contrast to the rest of the of natural entertainment on those days that are better garden, and home for a number of colourful species. spent indoors. A walkway will wind through the trees, flanked by The pond carpets of bright yellow marsh marigolds in the early There has been a large pond here for very many years. spring. This will be one of the best corners of the It appears on the old plans of the village and now it is garden for song birds, with several different species of being restored to good health for the benefit of all the warbler likely to visit here from Africa each summer. residents, human and non-human. The pond has been overgrown and heavily shaded in the recent past, but Rich in Wildlife In the autumn the alder seed will attract flocks of Flower borders small birds, including redpoll and siskin from northern Over the past 20 years Beechcroft has established Scandinavia, and even in the depth of winter this small a reputation for the quality of its flower gardens. woodland will always provide the birds with food, fresh The mixture of shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs and water and a safe place to shelter. A few minutes sitting annual bedding are carefully chosen to make sure that beneath the dappled shade of the alder copse, gazing there is attractive texture, form and colour the whole out at the reflections in the wildlife pool will be perfect year round. The designers and gardeners strike a clever for those times when you need to “get away from it all”. balance somewhere between “stately home” and The lawns “cottage garden” and manage the landscape with the Just beyond the terrace, the lawns will be ideal for a bare minimum of artificial chemicals, and as a result the game of croquet or a spot of sunbathing. At The Clock flower borders are one of the most important habitats in House there is also room for something a little extra- the garden. The bees and butterflies provide the most special. Because the lawns are so old, and the soil is obvious display, but you can expect to see finches sandy and relatively “hungry” this is a very good place feeding on the seed heads in the autumn. The thick to grow some of our most mulches used provide a happy hunting ground for beautiful meadow wildflowers. There were quite a few robins, blackbirds, thrushes and on summer evenings wildflowers here even before Beechcroft arrived, hedgehogs will forage amongst the flowers. however, the mini-meadow will take time to develop. Recycling the rainwater Over the coming years you can expect to see cowslips, One particular feature of The Clock House that we are self-heal, ox-eye daisy, meadow buttercup and especially proud of is the rain water harvesting. The rain scabious flowering between the pond and the lawns, as from the roof will be directed into the pond and the well as sheets of snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils alder copse, and some of the apartments will even have every spring. As the meadow matures, green their bath and shower water harvested, filtered by reed woodpeckers are likely to become regular visitors, and beds, and used to provide a reliable year-round water of course there are likely to be plenty of supply for the wetter wildlife habitats. This is just one of meadow butterflies. the ways in which Beechcroft is striving to benefit the environment by working with nature. Built in the late 18th century as a modest three-storey The clock pavilion, built during the 19th century, was house, known as ‘Byfleet Lodge’, it originally formed linked to a single storey extension by means of a part of the Byfleet Lodge Estate, set within large carriage arch, but the building didn’t become known pleasure grounds dominated by a lake with an island. as The Clock House until about 1912. Today, the clock pavilion is a local landmark although the beautiful During the century that followed, the house was grounds remain almost hidden from public view. extended; two-storey bow-fronted bays were added Beechcroft’s conversion will entail the removal of and a substantial kitchen was created. Although these some of the late 19th and early 20th century changes entailed the loss of the original features, the extensions that detract from the grandeur of the panelling, fireplaces, decorative ceilings and grand earlier building whilst the restoration of the grounds entrance that were added during this period are of will create a unique setting. considerable architectural interest today. There are early indications that some of the work may have been completed by Thomas Cubitt, one of the earliest, and the most important, of the speculative builders who built up large areas of London, including When The Fellowship Houses Trust converted Belgravia, from the early 19th century and was The Clock House into 29 apartments for the elderly responsible for building the east and south wings Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, of Buckingham Palace and Osborne House on the Queen Mother officiated at the opening ceremony which the Isle of Wight. took place in November 1967.

Rich in History he Clock House comprises Tnine two-bedroom apartments including a duplex within the

original building provide a

wealth of features from attractive

bay windows to fireplaces

and panelling.

The Clock House The Clock House Byfleet Surrey Ground Floor

Ground Floor Upper Ground Floor

No. One - Two bedroom duplex apartment with terrace Ground Floor

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No. Two - Two bedroom apartment with terrace Ground Floor

Ground Floor

No. Three - Two bedroom apartment with terrace & garden Ground Floor

Ground Floor

No. Four - Two bedroom apartment First Floor

First Floor

No. Five - Two bedroom apartment with balcony First Floor

First Floor

No. Six - Two bedroom apartment with double balcony First Floor

First Floor

No. Seven - Two bedroom apartment First Floor

First Floor

No. Eight - Two bedroom apartment Second Floor

First Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

No. Nine - Two bedroom apartment with private access from first floor he Coach House comprises Tten new homes, including 3 two-bedroom and 3 three-bedroom

apartments and four three-bedroom

houses. Each of the houses

includes a sunroom and a terrace

whilst the apartments provide a

variety of layouts.

The Coach House The Clock House Byfleet Surrey Ground Floor

No. One - Three bedroom apartment with terrace Ground Floor

No. Two - Two bedroom apartment with terrace First Floor

No. Three - Three bedroom apartment with balcony First Floor

No. Four - Two bedroom apartment with balcony First Floor

Ground Floor No. Five - Three bedroom house with sun room & two terraces First Floor

Ground Floor No. Six - Three bedroom house with sun room & two terraces First Floor

Ground Floor No. Seven - Three bedroom house with sun room & two terraces First Floor

Ground Floor No. Eight - Three bedroom house with sun room & two terraces Ground Floor

No. Nine - Two bedroom apartment with study area & two terraces First Floor

Ground Floor

No. Ten - Three bedroom apartment with terrace & balcony Wildlife at Painshill Park ill Lane comprises of Mfive two-bedroom houses each with a sunroom

and terrace and one

three-bedroom apartment

with a balcony.

Mill Lane The Clock House Byfleet Surrey First Floor

Ground Floor No. One - Two bedroom house with sun room & terrace First Floor

Ground Floor No. Three - Two bedroom house with sun room & terrace First Floor

Ground Floor No. Five - Two bedroom house with sun room & terrace First Floor

Ground Floor No. Seven - Two bedroom house with sun room & terrace First Floor

Ground Floor No. Nine - Two bedroom house with sun room & terrace First Floor

Ground Floor No. Fifteen - Three bedroom apartment with balcony Kitchen Bathroom, Shower & Cloakroom

■ Handmade fitted kitchens by ■ White sanitary ware by Roca

Manor Cabinets with laminate worktops ■ Fitted vanity unit to bathroom or en-suite

■ A range of integrated appliances including a with mirror and lighting

Bosch double electric oven, gas hob and ■ Taps and fittings in chrome

brushed steel cooker hood, a Smeg fridge/freezer, ■ Heated chrome towel rails and shaver sockets dishwasher and washer dryer, either integrated to bathrooms and en-suites

in the kitchen or a Bosch stacking washing ■ Thermostatically controlled showers with machine and tumble dryer in the utility room glass screens

or cloakroom if appropriate ■ Where shower units are not fitted, a showerhead

■ Stainless steel sink and mixer tap on a sliding rail will be fitted over the bath along

■ Choice of ceramic wall and floor tiles* with a fitted glass screen

■ Choice of ceramic wall tiles*

Heating and Ventilation The Coach House and Mill Lane:

■ Pressurised Megaflow hot water system

■ UPVC Double glazed windows to all new houses and apartments

■ Wet under floor heating system to apartments and the ground floor of the houses. The upper floors of the houses will feature radiators The Clock House: Specification ■ Gas Radiator Central Heating The Clock House Byfleet Surrey Lighting, TV and Telephone Internal Fittings

■ Low energy downlighters to kitchen, ■ A combination of panelled, painted internal en-suites, cloakrooms, sunrooms and dining/halls doors and glazed doors all with chrome fittings where applicable ■ Fitted wardrobes with panelled, painted doors

■ Wall lights to drawing rooms and dining rooms and chrome fittings

■ Low-energy fitment pendant lights with ■ A cornice to the drawing room, dining room, low-energy light bulbs to remaining rooms and hallway and coving to all remaining rooms,

■ Wardrobe lights operated by a door contact switch except kitchens, bathrooms and those rooms

■ Telephone points to drawing room, master with sloping ceilings. bedroom and study area

■ Communal satellite dish and TV systems compatible for Sky+ system and for the future HDMI Sky, digital TV/Radio with outlets in the drawing room, master bedroom and kitchen

Security & Safety

■ Front door with multi-point locking *Choices subject to the stage of construction

■ Security alarm with a keypad entry panel by **Except those windows deemed for use as means of escape the front door and panic buttons in the hall and master bedroom

■ Personal alarm for use in emergency

■ Automatic entrance gates to the development linked to an audio door entry system

■ Window locks to all windows**

■ Linked smoke detectors

■ CCTV security system Badsworth House, Newbury in , by Beechcroft Developments The Beechcroft Foundation provides comfort and security allowing owners to enjoy a carefree retirement, giving peace of mind for those who travel or have a second home abroad, as well as for those who wish to make the most of their retirement. At The Clock House, The Beechcroft Foundation maintains, repairs and insures all the buildings, arranges the window cleaning and refuse collection and maintains the gardens and grounds. The Foundation is keenly aware of the importance of keeping costs down, it is non-profit making and has a well established reputation for quality and good management. An Estate Manager is employed to look after the day-to-day management of the development and is on hand for advice. Owners are consulted annually with regard to all expenditure and services. All properties are sold with a long lease and this provides the framework for the Foundation and its services. The lease allows properties to be bought and sold on the open market. Taking care of things The Beechcroft Foundation The River Wey at Mill Lane Life Long Living From the M25 Leave the M25 at junction 10 and take the A3 towards London, staying on this road for just over a quarter of a mile. Take the first exit, signposted Painshill and, at the roundabout, take the first exit onto the A245 Byfleet Road, at the traffic lights continue forward. At the next roundabout take the first exit onto Parvis Road A245. Take the first left into High Road and you will find The Clock House on your left at the mini-roundabout. The Clock House High Road, Byfleet, Surrey Telephone 01932 342 373 Email [email protected] Web www.beechcroft.co.uk

Beechcroft Developments Ltd The Clock No 1, Church Lane, Wallingford, , OX10 0DX House Telephone 01491 825 522 Facsimile 01491 825 433 Email [email protected] Web www.beechcroft.co.uk Award winning homes for the over 55s

These particulars are intended as a guide only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. They do not form the basis of a contract or any part thereof. The descriptions, distances and all other information are believed to be correct, but their accuracy is in no way guaranteed. Any intending purchaser must therefore satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness. Because the scheme is in the course of construction, we must reserve the right to alter the specifications without notice and substitute materials, equipment or fittings of a similar quality. September 2007