For Sale7 Bedroom Detached House in Abbey Lane, Delamere, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire, CW8£3,250,000

A handsome period country house with leisure facilities & extensive outbuildings standing in a private mature garden setting.<br/><br/>The Grange<br/><br/>• Reception Hall<br/>• Cloakroom & W.C.<br/>• Staircase Hall<br/>• Sitting Room<br/>• Study<br/>• Office<br/>• Drawing Room<br/>• Snug<br/>• Dining Room<br/>• Kitchen with Breakfast Area<br/>• Utility Room<br/>• Pantry<br/>• Rear Hall<br/>• Boot Room<br/>• Master Bedroom with twin Dressing Rooms<br/>• 5 Further Double Bedrooms<br/>• 3 Bathrooms<br/>• Library<br/>• Attached Leisure Facilities with Indoor Swimming Pool<br/>• Sauna & Changing Facilities<br/>• In all about 6.25 acres (2.52 hectares)<br/><br/>Outbuildings<br/><br/>• Stable Cottage with Sitting Room, Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms &<br/>Bathroom<br/>• Workshop<br/>• Garaging for 7 vehicles<br/>• Helicopter Hangar, Garaging & Storage<br/>• Greenhouse<br/>• Domestic Outbuildings<br/>• Oak Framed Mower & Implement Store<br/><br/>Gardens & Grounds<br/><br/>• Twin Entrance Drives with Parking & Enclosed Courtyard<br/>• Formal Lawned Gardens<br/>• Ornamental Pond<br/>• Rose Garden<br/>• Patios & Seating Areas<br/>• Kitchen Garden<br/>• Orchard<br/>• Mature Woodland with Mown Walks<br/><br/>Description<br/><br/>The Grange is situated in a picturesque part of the county to the east of the county town of Chester. It is located on the edge of Delamere Forest on land that originally formed part of The Crown Estate until it was sold in the early part of the 20th Century. The Grange comprises an impressive period residence protected by woodland shelterbelts behind a mature beech hedge and the approach is via twin entrance drives. The house bears the date 1910 and in architectural terms has much to commend it being constructed of brick with distinctive decorative black & white elevations at first-floor level beneath a slate roof.<br/><br/>The interior is equally impressive with elegant and well proportioned reception rooms retaining many period features including feature fireplaces, handsome staircase, high ceilings with decorative plaster detailing, woodblock floors and panelled doors with deep architraves. Notwithstanding the formality of the original house, The Grange offers extremely comfortable accommodation which has been well maintained and adapted to cater for modern day family living with the introduction of an open plan kitchen connecting to the original dining room whilst at first floor level several bathrooms have recently been replaced and the master bedroom suite which is accessed from the main landing has twin dressing rooms, bathroom and a study/hobbies room which was originally a separate bedroom.<br/><br/>In addition to the main house there is an attached leisure suite with indoor swimming pool, sauna & changing facilities and within the rear courtyard a 2 bedroomed cottage, extensive garaging, domestic outbuildings and a purpose-built commercial shed suitable for a variety of uses including the housing of a car collection, helicopter and boats. The Grange stands in a beautifully landscaped mature garden setting beyond which there is amenity woodland through which there are clearings and mown walks. The whole extends to 6.25 acres (2.52 hectares).