8 bedroom house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Situation

Harrow on the Hill is synonymous with the world renowned, Harrow School. The school educates 800 boys and has schooled more than 20 Royal Princes and a King; it is one of the most prestigious schools in the world.

Oakhurst Heights is located on one of the finest roads on Harrow on the Hill, Mount Park Road, a gated private road within the Harrow on the Hill Conservation Area. The property enjoys an elevated Southerly rear aspect, from the roof terrace far reaching views are to be enjoyed.

Harrow on the Hill itself has a great selection of restaurants and pubs near the green, including; Incanto a Southern Italian restaurant, Café Café which has both a restaurant and bar and The Castle, a traditional public house which is a firm favourite with local Hill Harrovians.

Harrow on the Hill is an affluent area of North West London and part of the London Borough of Harrow. The name refers to Harrow Hill, 408ft (124m). The earliest recorded use of the name is found in 1398 as Harrowe atte Hille. It is presumed that Harrow on the Hill was named Herges in the Saxon era, translated to mean 'church upon the hill'. Herges is recorded in the Doomsday Book in 1086 for William I of England (William the Conqueror).

Commissioned by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury and completed in 1094, St. Mary's Church is often the icon of the hill located at the apex, which also has impressive views towards London and can be seen from miles.

Description

Oakhurst Heights was for many years part of The Purcell School of Music, a prestigious specialist school of music and the most expensive private school in the country which has HRH The Prince of Wales as their Patron. The Headmaster has since commented that "The Oak Room in the main building, Oakhurst, was a gem, a perfect setting for chamber music." Oakhurst Heights was home to Purcell School from 1975 to 1997 and in that time their Royal Patron has visited Oakhurst on official visits.

Accommodation

With over 6,200 sq ft of living space over four floors and a most superb 22ft square roof terrace with views towards London, private gardens, set back beyond two sets of gates, this property offers superb accommodation.

The house features a grand, panelled drawing room 'The Oak Room', which previously was the pride of the prestigious Purcell School of Music as a setting for their chamber music. The ground floor has a welcoming reception hall with cloakroom, direct access to the grand drawing room (which itself has views over the garden and access to a raised terrace). The dining room is almost 30ft in length with double doors to the breakfast room which in turn leads to the kitchen.

On the first floor are four bedrooms, including the principle bedroom which has en-suite bathroom and dressing room and sole use of a terrace. Bedroom 2 also has an en-suite shower room and there is a main family bathroom on this floor. From the first floor there are two separate staircases to the second floors, one accesses Bedroom 5 with it's own en-suite, the other to bedroom 6 and to the superb roof terrace.

On the lower ground floor are 2 further bedrooms, presumably at one time used for staff, a shower room, access to the boiler room and cellars/store rooms and the utility room.

Outside
The rear gardens are simply lovely being mostly laid to lawn. There is also a detached double garage and off street parking at the front for several cars all within this gated environment.

Directions

Transport
Oakhurst Heights is 1.2 miles from Harrow on the Hill Metropolitan Line Station at the foot of the hill or 0.6 miles from South Harrow Piccadilly Line Station. Harrow Town Centre has two shopping centres, St Georges & St Ann's, there is also Debenhams, Marks & Spencer and a multi-screen Vue Cinema.

From Harrow on the Hill station, Baker Street can be reached in approximately 21 mins and London Marylebone in just 16 mins.

London Heathrow airport is just 10.6 miles distant, the journey time by car is estimated at 25 mins.


Directions
From Harrow on the Hill Green on the High Street proceed towards Roxeth Hill, turn left onto London Road at the crest of the hill and take the first road on the right into Mount Park Avenue. Just past St Dominics, turn left into the gated Mount Park Road. The subject property can be found a short way down on the left hand side beyond gates.