Detached House for sale with 7 bedrooms, Holly Bush Farm

Holly Bush Farm is an outstanding Grade II* listed late mediaeval hall house dating back to the 15th Century occupying a ten acre plot and discreetly tucked away behind electronic cast iron gates offering privacy and seclusion with great views over the landscaped gardens and beyond.

The current owners have extensively, yet sympathetically renovated Holly Bush Farm maintaining many of its period features but with additions which have enhanced this fine home beyond expectations. The house is beautifully presented and provides elegant, well-proportioned accommodation over two floors, together with a self-contained barn conversion.

Approached via video electronic wrought iron gates with a driveway leading to a courtyard providing parking for several vehicles and there is further parking within the garage and plenty of store space above.

On entering the house, you are greeted with an exceptional reception hall with a magnificent staircase and leads to the main reception rooms. Both rooms are of substantial proportions, the sitting room boasts an enviable Inglenook fireplace and the dining room opens out to a seating area which overlooks the south facing gardens. The spacious study sits in the far corner of the ground floor, has a stunning fire place and is equipped with a range of fitted shelving, desk and storage, everything one would need to work from home.

The contemporary style Martin Moore kitchen offers a generous range of fitted units, granite work surfaces, a large centre isle, Miele and Sub Zero appliances, an AGA and a walk in larder, all enhanced by a vaulted ceiling and a conservatory seating area overlooking the gardens and the utility room with Miele appliances is accessed directly from the kitchen.
A boot room and guest WC sit behind the kitchen and an inner lobby takes you to a music room which could also be used as a cinema room if required.

The original stables have been converted into a fabulous guest suite providing a bedroom, living area, dressing room and en suite bathroom set behind a smart glass wall for privacy. An inner lobby has a spiral staircase which leads to the first floor nursery/bedroom five for convenience.

On the first floor, the master suite has a sizable bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, a walk in dressing room and magnificent en suite bathroom. There are three further bedrooms on this floor, one with a dressing room, an en suite shower WC and a roof terrace overlooking the rear gardens. The family bathroom WC and a separate Shower WC completes the first floor.

The converted barn is completely self contained and includes a 30ft sitting room with a vaulted ceiling, a fitted kitchen with Miele appliances and two double bedrooms; one with an en suite bathroom and a guest WC. Somfy electric blinds are fitted throughout and it has its own private walled garden.

Set away from the house is a stunning swimming pool complex with a 50ft heated swimming pool finished with polished granite, surrounded by a generous seating/entertaining area, air conditioned pool house which includes a kitchen, gym area and steam shower. In addition, there is an outside audio system making this a fantastic entertaining space.

Outside, the landscaped gardens are an absolute delight and feature a formal lawned area which gently slope down to a natural pond, a variety of mature trees, box hedges and an abundance of flowers and shrubs, an orchard with a large selection of fruit trees, a paddock and a full size floodlit tennis court with a useful equipment shed.

The property has its own private water supply which is controlled by a water treatment system and there is a full and comprehensive multi zone irrigation system with a storage tank fed from the private water supply covering all the formal gardens.

In all, Holly Bush Farm is the perfect setting for bringing up a family, large or small and for those who enjoy entertaining, this really is hard to beat.