Birchwood House Hoar Cross, Burton upon Trent People Property Places An inspirational, cutting edge, Description amplified by the modern, chic and spacious interior, with open, Birchwood House is quite simply the most sensational, contemporary, bespoke, 5 bedroom flexible spaces allowing the owner to tailor the functionality of the contemporary, modern, architectural masterpiece, beautifully house to their own requirements. There is a real feeling of spacious house with unsurpassed leisure suite located at the end of a long drive, in a highly sought-after location, grandeur to each and every room, all with the latest 21st Century with unsurpassed pastoral views to every elevation. This house fittings. The interior is totally bespoke and engineered with a no in a breathtaking position with really has embraced a pure and modern style and is truly expense spared mantra being applied to both the construction of breathtaking in functionality and beauty. This sublime, cutting edge sublime views, nestled in 26 acres the house and to the interior. The fittings include a white gloss and house has made inspirational use of light and glass, with baronial- granite-topped kitchen, stone/oak floors and designer fittings to the sized rooms that, with the use of sliding and bi-folding doors, bring wet rooms, together with a Home Intelligent system with digitally the splendour of the exterior within. The house is constructed of controlled lighting, Surround Sound, electric curtains and blinds Siberian larch, brick and cream rendered elevations with crisp edges and underfloor heating. There is really no other house out there and spaces, surmounted by a slate roof. The stylish exterior is only built to such an exacting standard. Specification Home Automation System & General Specification • Control 4 and GIRA home technology encompasses/controls the home cinema, lighting, blinds, curtains, security system, lawn irrigation system, garage doors and climate control, all from iPad/iPhones (or any other smartphone). • The property lighting has total digital control. This means that every single light can be fully configured to behave exactly as the user likes. This allows the light switches to configured if necessary to perform a number of functions, including scene setting and occupancy simulation. As with all other elements of the home control (such as pool temperature, sauna, steam room, blinds, curtains), this is all possible via a smartphone or tablet from anywhere in the world. • Dual CAT 5 cabling and Wi-Fi coverage throughout. • Multizone Sky distribution. • Ceiling speakers to all principal rooms. All broadcast and server based media can be streamed to all rooms including the pool and gym. • iPad app control for the entire automation system and CCTV. • Automated blinds to the kitchen, sitting room, drawing room and master bedroom, with wiring for automated blinds throughout the entire house. • Media room HD and 3D projector system with B&W Nautilus speakers, enormous cinema screen with full Surround Sound, bar, wine coolers, fridge and dishwasher. • Lift with telephone. • Laundry chute. • Fully adapted for wheelchair use. • Irrigation system for the lawn fed off water collected from the leisure suite roof. • Custom star fibre optic lighting to the vaulted ceilings of two bedrooms (that are actually maps of the sky at this latitude). • Oak and glass bespoke staircase. • Oak/stone floors. • Fully pressurised hot and cold water system. • Rainwater harvesting for lawn irrigation. • Excellent thermal and acoustic performance. • Pre-wired for future solar and wind power (if desired). • Exceptional storage space. Security • Sophisticated zoned intruder and fire alarm system. • Full CCTV system which includes the gym and swimming pool. Heating • High efficiency ground source heating pump provides heating for hot water, underfloor heating, pool heating and pool hall air handling so no fuel deliveries required (with oil backup boiler). • Underfloor heating throughout with zoned controls. Breakfast Kitchen • High gloss white kitchen with granite work surfaces. • Jura grey blue honed limestone flooring. • Siemens four ring induction hob, two Siemens fan ovens, Siemens steamer, De Dietrich extractor fan, Fisher & Paykel two drawer dishwasher. • Two Siemens fridges and freezers. • Siemens microwave oven, coffee machine and warming drawer. Wet Rooms/Bathrooms • Master bedroom with wet room style shower and luxury Castello bath. • Walls and floors dressed with Italian cream limestone. • Custom solid wenge and oak vanity units. • Axor Massaud and Hansgrohe designer fittings throughout. • Oversized Rainshower head showers. Leisure Suite • 12m infinity edge swimming pool with expansive frameless glazing views over open countryside. • Automatic pool cover and Swimjet feature. • Walk-through raindance shower with side massage jets. • Pool room with high efficiency air conditioning and CCTV. • Sliding doors to rear terrace. • Slate walls and heated basalt flooring and oak feature walling. • Bespoke changing rooms and wet room. • Western red cedar sauna and steam room with shower. • Large gym with Surround Sound and drop down cinema screen with HD projector. Gardens & Grounds An extensive tarmacadam drive (with other houses Separate Leisure Suite leading off) leads to Birchwood House, with • Indoor infinity swimming pool Birchwood House being at the end and, therefore, having a very private and secure setting. A granite • Gymnasium set parking and turning area lies to the front of • Sauna the house and the triple garaging. The majority of • Steam room the gardens lie to the rear, South-facing elevation, with a wide stone terrace wrapping around the • Planning Permission for glazed single entire house. This terrace can be accessed via storey link from the house to the leisure bi-fold doors off the kitchen, drawing room and suite media room and provides a tranquil area in which • Changing room to sit and enjoy the breathtaking views. The leisure suite sits to the gable end of the house • Shower room with the swimming pool also enjoying fantastic views. At the end of the manicured and extensive Outside South-facing lawns, lying slightly to the West, is • Triple garaging with storage above the hard tennis court and orchard area. (potential for conversion into ancillary accommodation, subject to the necessary Accommodation in Brief consents being obtained) The House • Workshop with 3 phase power • Galleried entrance hall • Shower room • 2 separate WCs • Bike store • Media room • Bin store • Drawing room • Beautifully landscaped gardens with computerised sprinkler system and • Sitting room grounds • Library • Orchard • Breakfast kitchen with snug • Hard tennis court with power and water • Utility room with laundry chute services • Master bedroom with oak dressing room • Paddock land and en suite bathroom/wet room • In all about 26 acres • Four further double bedrooms (all with en suite bath/wet rooms, one having a balcony with views to the South) • Lift Measured in accordance with RICS guidelines. Every attempt is made to ensure accuracy, however all measurements are approximate. This floor plan is for illustrative purposes only and is not to scale. Sitting Room 26'4 x 15'11 Store Bedroom 5 8.03 x 4.86m 20'4 x 13'4 6.21 x 4.06m DN UP Entrance Hall 34'3 x 14'0 Bedroom 4 10.43 x 4.26m 21'9 x 12'2 6.63 x 3.71m Lift L W Lift Utility Library W Cloaks 5.05 x 2.37m 8'4 x 7'6 16'7 x 7'9 2.54 x 2.29m Breakfast Kitchen 20'6 x 17'1 W 6.25 x 5.21m Bedroom 2 Snug 6.51 x 3.33m 5.17 x 4.52m Drawing Room 21'4 x 10'11 7.76 x 4.70m 17'0 x 14'10 Bedroom 3 25'6 x 15'5 Master Bedroom 21'11 x 20'2 17'4 x 14'8 6.68 x 6.15m Media Room 5.28 x 4.48m 29'9 x 21'6 9.07 x 6.56m Dressing Room Ground Floor First Floor Plant Room S Store Sauna Steam Workshop 21'10 x 11'11 Triple Garage 6.66 x 3.62m 30'2 x 19'5 9.20 x 5.93m 56'4 x 30'5 Infinity Pool DN Gym 17.16 x 9.27m 30'5 x 17'0 9.27 x 5.19m DN Changing Leisure Suite Location Birchwood House enjoys the best of both worlds Schooling is well provided for with the private club at Blithfield Reservoir and wonderful walks • Birmingham 27 miles with a quiet and rural location, yet is only some schools of Abbots Bromley School for Girls, to be enjoyed throughout the area. • Nottingham East Midlands Airport 2 miles from the historic village of Abbots Denstone College, Repton, Foremarke, Lichfield • 31 miles Bromley, which has a variety of public houses and Cathedral School and Denstone College Abbots Bromley 2 miles restaurants, a convenience store, a good doctor’s Preparatory School at Smallwood Manor. Derby • Uttoxeter 8 miles • Birmingham International Airport surgery and a junior school. Barton-under- High School and Derby Grammar are also close • Burton upon Trent 8 ½ miles 33 miles Needwood (a large well serviced village) is close by, as is Newbrough Primary School and St Peter’s • • Leicester 35 miles by, whilst Burton upon Trent, Uttoxeter, Rugeley, C of E Primary School in Yoxall, which are feeders Lichfield 11 ½ miles Lichfield and Derby are only a short drive away, for the well respected John Taylor High School in • Stafford 15 ½ miles • Nottingham 35 miles providing for all your daily needs. With regards to Barton-under-Needwood. • M6 (J14) 16 ½ miles • Coventry 38 miles communications, there are train stations at Burton Recreationally, Uttoxeter Racecourse is only 7 ½ • (distances approximate) upon Trent, Lichfield and Rugeley, providing M6 (J12) 17 ½ miles miles. Only 4 miles distant is St George’s Park access to all main lines. Hoar Cross is an affluent • Derby 19 miles National Football Centre, a £105m facility set in and beautiful small village, nestled in the hills of 330 acres of Staffordshire countryside, providing • M42 (J10) 21 miles the ancient Needwood Forest (now part of the world class sporting facilities for all England teams • National Forest) Stoke-on-Trent 26 miles ahead of international fixtures.