Castelnau, Barnes, London, SW13

Elegant family house on Castelnau.

Description

This impressive house has been meticulously finished with wonderful lateral living space and a beautiful landscaped garden.

The house offers a spacious and contemporary interior while retaining period features throughout. Set back from the road on a corner plot with a gravelled drive for off street parking and benefitting from an integrated garage.

Ground Floor:

The house opens into a wide entrance hall which is laid with an encaustic-tiled floor in a traditional mosaic pattern with bay fronted living rooms to the front; a formal dining room and an elegant reception room. Both spaces provide wonderful family and entertaining spaces with high ceilings and period fireplaces and are flooded with natural light from the bay fronted windows. Alongside the formal dining room is a library with bespoke cabinetry and display shelving. The rear of the library leads through to a further reception space overlooking the garden with glass doors leading out to steps down to the beautifully landscaped garden.

Overlooking the garden is a wonderful open plan kitchen/dining area, providing a multi-purpose living space. The stunning bespoke kitchen features an extensive range of units and cupboards, a large central island/breakfast bar and fully integrated appliances, including a range cooker. The kitchen opens into a beautiful conservatory, flooding the space with light and with double glass doors extending the entertaining space further out to a large raised terrace with steps leading down to the garden.

Lower Ground Floor:

Stairs from the entrance hall lead down to the lower ground floor which benefits from high ceilings, creating a wonderful sense of light and space. This floor comprises a large media room, a study and a gym, as well as a wine cellar and a boiler room. The large media room is a great family area with a large pull down cinema screen and a well-designed bar area. Sliding glass doors open to a paved courtyard with steps leading up to the garden.

First Floor:

The principal bedroom suite on the first floor overlooks the garden, with built in wardrobes and an en suite bathroom. The bedroom suite to the front has a walk in wardrobe and en suite bathroom. There are a further two bedrooms, all with en suite bathrooms on this floor.

Second Floor:

The second floor has a further four bedrooms, a Jack and Jill shower room and a further bathroom.

Garden:

The beautifully landscaped walled garden has a substantial lawn and is professionally planted, with low level box hedging, well considered herbaceous boarders and mature trees. The garden has been cleverly designed to provide a number of entertaining spaces with a large raised terrace at the front of the garden with steps down to the lawn. As well as a tranquil seating area and outdoor dining area with outdoor kitchen to the rear of the garden. To the side of the garden is a charming 'secret' paved walk with a pergola and attractive potted box hedges leading to the front of the house.

Location

The property is situated on the prestigious Castelnau, close to Barnes Village with its' eclectic range of shops, restaurants, bars and the Olympic Cinema.

For the commuter Barnes Station or Barnes Bridge Station offer a frequent service into Waterloo. There are also bus services serving Putney, Richmond and Hammersmith, all of which offer underground connections. Heathrow airport is easily accessible.

The schools in the area include - St Paul’s School, The Harrodian, The Swedish School and Ibstock Place School. For younger pupils, St Paul’s Juniors, St Osmunds’ (RC), Lowther Primary School and Barnes Primary School.

Square Footage: 6,735 sq ft