Shooters Hill, Lower Street Great Addington NN15

"Shooters Hill"

This striking, significant residence is full of character occupying wondrous grounds, with manicured gardens, Orchards and Paddocks, with equestrian options and potential commercial use with an industrial scale greenhouse and four separate barns totalling over 8000 sq ft.  A unique opportunity to combine a wonderful period home and setting and the option to combine with a commercial entity, or small holding.  Development options include the detached coach house as well as the scale of the grounds and adjoining barns subject to planning permission.  The substantial accommodation of the main residence includes a wonderful reception hall with sweeping staircase and balustrade, formal dining room, drawing room and billiards room, the scale amplified by tall ceilings and complemented by stone minster style fireplaces.  There is a kitchen/breakfast room, utility/scullery and pantry as well as a basement.  Upstairs seven/eight bedrooms in all are arranged over two floors with a principal bathroom, shower room , wash room an ensuite.  Double garaging with electric sectional door leads to a workshop and two store rooms.  Ground source heat pump and solar panels aid efficiency.  A very unique proposition – for further detail, or to discuss a viewing, please contact a member of our team on

- A significant character residence built in 1869 occupying significant grounds 
- The striking stone porch with pillars and period timber door with detailed arched glazed light over leads to the entrance vestibule with period interior doors leading to; 
- Guest Cloakroom - suite comprising of low-level WC, wash handbasin, wood effect specialist flooring
- Entrance Hall - a wonderful sweeping staircase with detailed balustrade rises to the first floor, ornate cove cornicing and ceiling rose deep skirting boards, period  interior doors leading to;     
- Dining Room - an impressive room with a stone Minster fireplace and the option of a working fire, the scale of the room is amplified by tall ceilings and a wonderful bay window overlooking the garden
- Living Room - an impressive room with stone Minster style fireplace and working fire, detailed cornicing and ceiling rose, complementing bay window overlooking the gardens
- Billiards Room- a substantial room offering a multitude of uses, a wonderful bay window once again overlooks the garden
- Kitchen/Breakfast Room - with a range of base and eye level cupboards and drawers, single bowl, double drainer, monobloc tap, ceramic tiled splash back, rolled worksurface, space for dishwasher, and American style/fridge freezer, range cooker with extractor over, attractive red brick fireplace with optional working fire
- Inner Hallway - with a separate staircase leading to what would have previously been servants quarters. Interior doors lead to;
- Utility/Scullery - a generous space with a range of base units, single bowl, double drainer, space and plumbing for a washing machine
- Pantry - a generous walk in pantry with shelving and storage cupboards
- Dry store - with a range of base units and shelving, meat hanging area
- Basement steps lead down to a generous basement offering useful storage
- Upstairs the landing is flooded with natural light with elegant period roof light, detailed balustrade surrounds the stairway and period interior doors lead to the principal bathroom with generous spa bath and a shower enclosure, there is a separate wet room which features a pedestal wash handbasin with monobloc tap and mains shower, also a separate WC.  Four significant double bedrooms are accessed from the main landing, one of which enjoys an ensuite to include low-level WC and pedestal wash hand basin.  The doorway with step drops down to a lower tier where there  is a further double bedroom with a period fireplace, as well as a walk-in laundry room complete with linen shelving. This generous space could also be utilised as a further bedroom.  An additional stairway leads up from the servants staircase to a further landing with two double bedrooms and a walk box room which could be utilised potentially as a shower room
- Solar Panels to one of the barns provide an annual income of around £1000, ground source heat pump supplement the electric supply, the central heating is powered by oil

Shooters Hill is approached via electric gates with a meandering gravel driveway flanked by hedging and mature trees.  The striking architecture of Shooters Hill provides an impressive backdrop. Wonderful gardens complement this significant home with manicured lawns, mature plantings, established hedging and trees.  The formal gardens wrap around the property and provide the perfect vantage point from which to admire this wonderful home.  A private parking quadrant to the front the house provides parking for three/four cars. A further driveway leads to the double garage, accessed via an electric sectional door.  An internal door from the double garage leads to a substantial workshop with loft storage above.  The connecting building also includes a further two storerooms, one with base units, sink and drainer.  There is an inner courtyard with blue brick paving which opens through to a further room housing a diesel generator for supplementary power in the event of a power cut.

The Coach House 
Surrounded by stone walling with complementing pillars.  There is a private driveway which extends to a double coach house with vaulted ceilings, a storeroom and two stables.  There is potential to convert subject to appropriate planning permission.

Grounds
The extensive grounds amount to almost 16 acres with a substantial greenhouse which previously used on a commercial basis for growing flowers.  An adjoining barn is significant with doors to either end and also an in built storeroom.  In all there are four separate barns offering huge potential for a commercial element one of the barns even contains a nuclear bunker.  The four individual barns are approximately 8000 sq. ft.   The grounds include two separate orchards full of variety of fruit trees to include a variety of apple trees and what are now rarely found, the Quince, an ancient fruit known to the Greeks and Romans.  A lake with stream passing through is set within a woodland area.  The gardens also have a borehole for water supply, which is perfect for all year round watering and a ground source heat pump provides efficient energy.  There are significant paddock areas ideal for Equestrian, grazing all of, which offers so much potential and a variety of options.