Brickhouse Farm HULME WALFIELD • NR •

Brickhouse Farm SMITHY LANE • HULME WALFIELD • CONGLETON • CHESHIRE CW12 2JG Fine Grade II listed Georgian small country estate with about 43 acres

Congleton: 2 miles, : 7.5 miles, : 9 miles, : 10.5 miles, Manchester Airport: 16 miles, Manchester City Centre: 23 miles

Main House 5 or 6 bedrooms including 3 suites, 4 bathrooms, games room, 5 reception rooms Living kitchen, extensive ancillary rooms including laundry, boot room, pantry, gun room, 2 cloakrooms, 4 car garaging Brickhouse Barn 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan living dining kitchen, family room, utility room, cloakroom Cottage and Barn 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 dressing rooms, living room, breakfast kitchen Workshop, boiler room, gardeners w.c., utility room, mezzanine floor

Savills Wilmslow 6 Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AA [email protected] 01625 417 450 Situation Brickhouse Farm stands at the head of long gated driveway, set within the midst of about 43 acres. Access from the drive to the house splays to either the parking area, the separate converted barn or over a bridge to the gravelled area in front of the main house. Off a pleasant country lane to the north of the market town of Congleton the property is easily accessible from the south Manchester conurbation and is well placed for reaching the north west’s commercial centres via the M6 at Junctions 16 or 17. Congleton, with many Georgian properties, has a range of specialist shops, supermarkets, restaurants and bistros and lies just to the south of the Peak National Park. To the north are Alderely Edge and Wilmslow, Macclesfield and , all within easy reach and both Wilmslow and Macclesfield are on the main West Coast line, placing London Euston under 2 hours away.

Description This fine Georgian Grade II listed country estate has been beautifully restored to an exceptional standard and now, effectively, a stylish new house enclosed within a lovely period shell. The barn to the east of the drive has been converted to an equally high standard and provides a very contemporary and comfortable residence with its own driveway and parking. Offering three further bedrooms and open plan living space, it has proved to be a lucrative letting property for our clients but would easily suit an extended family. The barn to the west of the drive offers a two bedroom, two bathroom cottage, ideal for staff or family use and the remainder of the building provides wonderful storage space, workshop and a large mezzanine.

The gardens and grounds surround the property. These are beautifully landscaped and include a formal pond to the rear southerly aspect and a large natural pond to the front over which a bridge leads to the gravel forecourt.

The garaging stands alongside the west wing of the house and can accommodate up to four vehicles.

Notable features include:

• Lutron lighting system • AGA with Companion • Oak flooring • Cat 5 cabling throughout • Oak staircase • Wall hung sanitary ware • Oak doors and architraves • Barrel vaulted wine cellar • Limestone floors • Martin Moore Kitchen & Pantry

ACCOMMODATION Wide, splayed stone steps lead up to the impressive entrance with its arched stone surround and period fanlight. The reception hall lies beyond with an oak floor and turning oak staircase leading up to a galleried landing. The hall features a large fireplace and sash windows to the front and a guest cloakroom with marble tiling lies off. The drawing room is off to the left via double doors . This fabulous main reception room has triple aspect, a working fireplace and two sets of double French doors opening to the rear terrace. The formal dining room also has a French door to the rear and a herringbone oak floor; ample space for entertaining twelve for dinner. The sitting room lies off the hall to the right, also accessed via double doors. With two sets of double doors to the rear terrace and a dual aspect, this a another typically Georgian reception room and has a Chesney fireplace with a real fire. There are double oak doors leading through to the library/snug with another working period fireplace and an oak herringbone floor. All the reception rooms have windows overlooking the south facing gardens to the rear and the long formal pond.

From the sitting room a glazed oak door opens to the glazed link to the family kitchen. This stunning room is perfect for informal dining and has a wonderful limestone floor, is vaulted and features four Velux windows providing amazing natural light. Double French doors with glazed side panels ope to the rear terrace and a double AGA stands within a recess with a period style surround. The bespoke cupboards are by Martin Moore and include two islands, one topped with granite housing a preparation sink and the second with a hardwood upper surface. There are twin dishwashers and integrated appliances. A Martin Moore fitted pantry room lies off, again with limestone floors.

A hallway with doors to the front and rear provides access to a second cloakroom with w.c. and a well appointed laundry with granite surfaces, a linen press and recesses for double washers and dryers. To the rear is a store room with a first floor storage room above. The second entrance hall doubles up as a boot room , has a door giving access to the garage and an adjoining utility room with an outside door. The garage is very sizeable with space for up to four vehicles, two electrically operated doors to the front and a double side door. There is extensive storage provided on the first floor of this section of the house which has staircase access.

The galleried landing has oak newel posts and hand rails, oak flooring and matching doors and architraves to the rooms off. These include the master bedroom suite with a hall area off which double doors open to a dressing room, the large dual aspect bedroom area with a fireplace and a stunning en suite bathroom with a free standing bath, a separate shower room and limestone flooring. There are two further large bedrooms on this floor, one of which has an adjoining house bathroom with a separate bath and shower and a wall hung suite. The other bedroom has been converted to create a wonderful home office/study with fitted furniture including filing drawers, library shelving and cupboards.

The second floor provides three further bedrooms, two of which are duplex with dressing rooms and one has an en suite shower room. There is a second house bathroom and with a separate shower serving the second bedroom and the third bedroom is currently utilised as a games room.

Brickhouse Farm Approximate gross internal area 661.63 sq m, 7,121,72 sq ft Garage: 68.50 sq m, 737.32 sq ft Proof Void Storage: 132.54 sq m, 1,426.64 sq ft Total: 862.67 sq m, 9,285.70 sq ft

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Brickhouse Barn Workshop and cottage With a separate driveway and parking, off to the left of the main driveway, the barn offers exceptional The second barn includes a comfortable two bedroomed cottage with a private entrance and parking additional accommodation or has proven a lucrative separate letting property. at the rear. This is accessed by the driveway sweeping off to the right of the main drive which leads to the main house garaging. The cottage includes a vaulted breakfast kitchen with twin Velux skylights, The front door opens into a spacious hall with a staircase off to the first floor. A cloakroom with w.c. and a bedroom suite on the ground floor with a dressing room and well appointed en suite shower lies off the hall and a door leads through to s separate family sitting room. Double doors open room. There is internal access to the adjoining workshop. An oak staircase leasds up from the kitchen through to the wonderful open plan vaulted living kitchen with a central range cooker recess and to the galleried lounge with double doors opeing off to a second bedroom with a dressing room and fireplace. A large island unit with a breakfast bar is main feature with integrated appliances. The open en suite bathroom with an over bath shower. A door leads from the dressing room to a store room plan living room is bathed in natural light with tall French doors and circular high level window with a door from the workshop mezzanine. The workshop offer scope, subject to planning, to create a openings. A utility room lies off the kitchen. On the first floor the landing leads to three bedrooms leisure suite if required and has three sets of double doors opening to the outside. a utility room, and a house bathroom with a separate bath and shower. The master bedroom has an en suite boiler room and gardeners w.c. The mezzanine level offer plenty of storage. bathroom with a separate bath and shower. In addition there is plenty of under eaves storage space.

Brickhouse Farm Annexe Approximate gross internal area Annexe 1: 310.16 sq m, 3,338.53 sq ft Annexe 2: 303.66 sq m, 3,268.56 sq ft

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ground floor first floor ground floor first floor Gardens and land The gardens are beautifully landscaped and include a long ornamental pond to the rear which is south facing. There are extensive terraces in stone, perfect for al fresco dining, with access via French doors from all the principal reception rooms and the kitchen. The property is approached by a long tree lined driveway with automated gates and splays to the two barns before extending via a bridge over a pond to the front. A gravelled, walled courtyard area lies to the immediate front of the main house and the carriage driveway continues around to the garaging. The grazing land is currently let to a local farmer.

GENERAL REMARKS Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills 01625 417450. Method of sale and Tenure The freehold is being offered for sale with vacant possession on completion. Brickhouse Barn is currently IMPORTANT NOTICE let on a shorthold assured tenancy. Savills, their clients any joint agents give notice that:

Fixtures and Fittings 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property Only items described in these particulars are included in the sale. The vendors can give no warrant of either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume serviceability of appliances etc. The right is reserved to remove all other items not specifically described no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form including light fittings and garden items prior to completion of the sale. Certain items in the house and part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. buildings may be owned by the current occupants – for further information please contact the vendor’s agents. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all Local Authority necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, 0300 123 5500 To call from abroad dial +44 (or 00 44) 1625 378102 equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.

Planning 3. This property is eligible for classification as Mixed Use. Brickhouse Farm is listed Grade II as being of important historical or architectural interest. Brochure prepared June 2017. Services Mains electricity and water are connected. Private drainage. LPG. Oil fired central heating.

Savills Wilmslow 6 Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AA [email protected] 01625 417 450