The Quinta Swettenham,

People Property Places An exemplary historic Victorian country house nestled in 3 acres of superb gardens

Description The Quinta is the former Rectory for the Church of the quintessentially English village of Swettenham. The house itself exhibits all of the stunning period features expected of a Victorian country house, with its impressive three storey elevations punctured by large pictures windows with stone dressings, all surmounted by a slate roof. This impressive exterior is only amplified internally, having high ceilings, ceiling roses and cornicing, with each room being very light and generous in proportion. The current owner has meticulously restored and extended the house with a sympathetic and exacting eye, with a no expense spared mantra being evident throughout. The original cast iron fireplaces, Minton tiled floor, high skirtings and mahogany carved staircase are inventively fused with the latest 21st Century fittings, 24/7 live video surveillance and security system, bespoke handcrafted kitchens and bathrooms, with an equally well-designed hand crafted Victorian style orangery to the rear. The former Rectory forms part of our heritage as it was owned by the world-renowned physicist and radio astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell, OBE, who lived in the house from 1948 until his death in 2012. He established the nearby Jodrell Bank Observatory and also created the Lovell Quinta Arboretum, which covers about 12.5 acres Gardens & Grounds An impressive set of electric wrought-iron gates with high red brick walling to either side opens out onto a long beech hedge-lined gravel drive dissecting the lawns. The drive sweeps round to form a turning circle to the side of the house with the garaging off. The house has large expanses of level lawns with mature trees planted by Lovell giving the gardens a real feeling of grandeur. There is a large stone terrace, accessed off the orangery and drawing/dining rooms, with a stone and cobbled courtyard to the rear. The gardens back onto the Lovell Quinta Arboretum and rolling countryside, both of which provide the most magical backdrop. Accommodation in Brief Location • Entrance lobby and entrance hall The Quinta is nestled within its own gardens and grounds in a very quiet, rural location on the edge of • Rear hall and boot rooms the village, yet is extremely well situated, being only • Music room some 3.5 miles away from , which • Two reception rooms offers a good range of shopping facilities. The village of Swettenham is stunning and consists of a small • Kitchen/breakfast room and utility number of period houses, a church and the thriving • Library Swettenham Arms public house. train station, • Garden room approximately 2 miles away, enables easy access to Manchester city centre, whilst , • Orangery and leisure room and are all within easy reach. Terra Nova • Media room and billiard room school is a short drive away, with The Alderley Edge • Master bedroom with dressing room, en School for Girls and The Ryleys School also within easy drive. The motorway network system is close by, the suite bathroom and balcony M6 (J18) being some 5 miles distant. • Five further bedrooms (one with sitting/ • Holmes Chapel 3 ½ miles dressing room) • M6 (J18) 4 ½ miles • Two family bathrooms • Alderley Edge 9 ½ miles • Integral annexe with kitchen, sitting room, • Knutsford 10 miles two bedrooms and shower room • Wilmslow 11 miles • Separate five car garage with storage room • Manchester Airport 15 ½ miles above • Manchester 22 ½ miles • Planning Permission for outdoor swimming (distances approximate) pool • Beautifully landscaped and historic gardens and grounds • In all 3.0 acres Wilmslow 01625 540340 [email protected] 8 Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AA jackson-stops.co.uk

Lower Ground Floor First Floor (Annexe)

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Directions (Postcode: CW12 2LD) From Alderley Edge, proceed in a southerly direction on the Proceed down Sandy Lane into the village. Go past the A535, straight over roundabout. Continue on the church and then the Swettenham Arms public house and A535 towards Holmes Chapel for about 3 miles, turning the entrance gates of The Quinta will be found after 300 left just after the Highway Garage, sign-posted ‘The Red yards on your right. Lion’ and ‘Clonter Opera’. Proceed to the end of the lane, where you turn left onto Salters Lane (B5392). Take the fi rst Property Information right, sign-posted ‘Swettenham Village’ and, at the end of Services: Mains water, electricity, septic tank drainage, LPG the lane, turn right in front of the Red Lion public house, Ground Floor central heating, Broadband, zoned alarm system, security into Long Lane. At the end of Long Lane, marked by a tree cameras (both internal and external), outside lighting. in a grass triangle, bear left into Congleton Road. Turn off Approximate gross internal area Congleton Road down a sharp, right hand turn, sign-posted Agents’ Note: The Planning Permission reference number for the swimming pool is 14/0620C. 10,861 sq ft - 1,009 sq m ‘Swettenham Lane’, ‘Swettenham Village Only’. Proceed into the village, turning right down a no-through road, just Local Authority & Council Tax: Council. before the phone and post box. Telephone: 0300 123 5500. Tax Band H. £2,931.74 payable for 2015/16.

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