04 Strapline Header The Kirkstyles Duffield, Derbyshire THE KIRKSTYLES Handsome architecture including Victorian crenelated tower The Kirkstyles, Wirksworth Road, Duffield, Derbyshire DE56 4AR An exceptional period house with a rare specification in a superb location 3 fine reception rooms Orangery with splendid views Study with glazed gallery Superb kitchen/family room Utility room 5/6 bedrooms, roof terrace 4 bath/shower rooms Cellar Home automation installation 2/3 bedroom cottage Excellent range of domestic outbuildings Garaging Gym Gardens and paddocks extending in all to about 12.2 acres Ashby De La Zouch 01530 410840 [email protected] fishergerman.co.uk THE KIRKSTYLES Situation Beautifully situated on the edge of Duffield on Wirksworth Road, The revival timber framing. The Victorian additions include a tower with a experience. The Lutron lighting within the property is of an exceptionally Kirkstyles is a very special family home approached via a sweeping crenelated parapet, and a hipped roof surmounted by a tall weathervane. high standard and provides numerous lighting scenes that can be driveway leading through its delightful grounds and gardens. The property is under tile and slate roofs and the various periods controlled via in wall I-pad docks or mobile devices; these also control the combine to present a house of great stature. Sonos audio system within the property. Duffield town centre is approximately 1 mile away and offers a very good range of everyday facilities whilst a wider range of amenities can be The property is finished to an exceptional standard with beautifully The grounds and gardens make a wonderful setting for the house. There found in Derby and Nottingham. The area is well served with good road proportioned rooms ideally laid out for family occupation and are formal and informal structures and planting schemes, wonderfully links including the A38(T), A50(T) and the M1. Derby offers a mainline entertaining. There is an excellent kitchen/family room, formal and mature trees and shrubs, paddocks and fields. The house is approached railway station (London St Pancras in 1hr 37mins) and East Midlands informal reception rooms and a lovely orangery. When the property was via a long driveway which leads to a parking and turning area and then Airport is also within easy reach. The property is within the catchment restored, great care was taken to preserve and enhance the original onto the rear courtyard and a secondary drive. area of the highly regarded Ecclesbourne School. Other schooling in the features whilst creating a house that takes full advantage of home area includes Repton School, Derby Grammar School, Derby High School, technology and the needs of modern family life. There is very attractive Accommodation Trent College, Ockbrook School, Denstone College and Abbotsholme plasterwork, some excellent fireplaces, splendid carpentry and polished Approached from the south, a panelled door with a fan light and canopy School. timber floors, the replacement windows are finished with antiqued glass. over opens into the reception hall, with a sitting room to the west and an orangery to the east. The sitting room has a grand limestone The Kirkstyles The house is presented with a high specification of home automation chimney piece with an inset fire basket, oak flooring and windows on The Kirkstyles is a wonderful family home, displaying particularly covering audio / visual and lighting. The house has been future proofed two elevations. This room is complete with 3D television and a stealth handsome and varied architecture. The property blends a traditional, with Cat 6 installation throughout. A high specification Sonos system speaker system. The orangery is a beautifully relaxing room having symmetrical Georgian house of stone construction together with a range provides audio distribution to many rooms and outdoor areas of the ceramic tiled floor and concertina doors on both the south and east of brick outbuildings and then with extensive late Victorian additions of house; of particular note is the installation of a stealth speaker system in elevations, providing seamless access to the grounds and lovely views mellow red brick and with upper gables displaying hung tiles and Tudor one of the sitting rooms, this providing true cinema 7.2 surround sound over the gardens and to the countryside beyond. Fantastic high specification home automation installation THE KIRKSTYLES Beyond the orangery, the dining room has a lovely square bay with glazed French doors opening onto a terrace and the lawns. There is an open chimney piece with a carved timber mantle and granite hearth. North of the dining room, the drawing room has been formed from the Georgian part of the house. The room has matching bolection moulded limestone chimney pieces with cast iron arch insets on both the north and south sides of the room. There are two lovely projecting bay windows with glazed French doors leading out to the terrace and gardens. The bays flank what would have been the front door to the original house. Extending to the west, the extensive breakfast kitchen/family room is fitted with an excellent range of floor and wall cupboards, together with a central island, all with granite work surfaces. There is a good complement of built-in appliances including a coffee machine, microwave and dishwasher and the kitchen is complete with a gas fired Aga with a companion plus a large American style fridge and freezer. The kitchen area has a double height vaulted ceiling. There are dining and seating areas within the kitchen and doors lead out to a delightful courtyard herb garden to one side and a sheltered seating terrace to the other. Expansive kitchen with double height vaulted ceiling THE KIRKSTYLES Wonderful master suite with bathroom, dressing room and balcony There are four bedrooms on the first floor together with a large open plan study with full height oak framed windows which overlooks the vaulted area over the kitchen. The master bedroom has a lovely combination fireplace with over-mantel and is complete with a very attractive contemporary bathroom and a dressing room. Steps lead up to a large roof terrace providing expansive views to the south. Two other bedrooms on this floor are complete with attractive contemporary ensuite bathrooms, and one has a walk-in wardrobe. The fourth bedroom is currently used as a play room. A further flight of stairs leads up to two further bedrooms, one is currently used as a sitting room, the other bedroom has two walk-in wardrobes and a generously proportioned contemporary bathroom. A further flight of steps leads up to the tower room. THE KIRKSTYLES Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: This plan is for layout guidance only. Drawn in accordance with RICS guidelines. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Main House = 566 sq.m/6095 sq.ft Windows and door openings are approximate. Whilst Garages/Outbuildings = 179 sq.m/1926 sq.ft every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please Stable Cottage = 136 sq.m/1489 sq.ft check all dimensions, shapes and compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. Total = 881 sq.m/9510 sq.ft Kirkstyles – Energy Efficiency Rating Stable Cottage – Energy Efficiency Rating Ideally laid out for family occupation and entertaining THE KIRKSTYLES Stable Cottage Local authority West of the house, the attached cottage offers comfortable past well maintained lawns and established shrubbery borders with Amber Valley Borough Council: 01773 841509 accommodation over two floors. On the ground floor there is a dining rhododendron and silver birch underplanted with choice herbaceous kitchen and a sitting room, together with a further sitting room, or ground plants. The main lawn is divided by a stone wall into two levels, the Tenure floor bedroom. There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first upper lawn is contained by a high brick walls on the northern boundary, The property is to be sold freehold with vacant possession. floor, one having fitted wardrobes. the lower level includes a former grass tennis court. There are seating Overage terraces adjacent to the house. Outbuildings The property is subject to a development uplift clause and further details There is a very good range of domestic outbuildings of red brick under Just south of the house, a knot garden makes a delightful feature and are available on application. slate roofs. The buildings provide extensive storage, workshops, and wisteria clings elegantly to an extended timber pergola which leads Public rights of way, wayleaves and easements garaging, there is a tool shed and a lean-to glass house. The garaging out to the paddocks. Beyond the house, the drive continues past the The property is sold subject to all rights of way, wayleaves and includes a 4 bay open fronted timer framed building. Part of the buildings outbuildings and eventually to the second vehicular access. There is easements whether or not they are defined in this brochure. We are have been converted to provide a gym. a small paddock and a lovely semi-formal wild flower garden, leading informed that there is a public footpath on the western boundary of the though to a kitchen garden and then to the courtyard herb garden beside property. Gardens and grounds the kitchen. The Kirkstyles stands in very special grounds and gardens which make a Fixtures and fittings delightful setting for this special house. There are some wonderful trees, The gardens and grounds extend in all to about 12.2 acres (4.93ha) All fixtures, fittings and furniture such as curtains, light fittings, garden including a magnificent oak, mature cherry, lime, birch and a spectacular ornaments and statuary are excluded from the sale. Some may be blue cedar. Services Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage. Good security and fire system.