Croft Drive, Caldy, Wirral, CH48

A spectacular modern house built to an exemplary standard, with stunning indoor swimming pool, occupying a prime location in the village

Accommodation in Brief

Reception Hall; Superbly fitted Kitchen with Seating and Dining Areas; Gym; Lounge; Study; Playroom; Indoor Swimming Pool with Changing Room, Sauna and Steam Room; Cloakroom; Utility.

Lower Ground Floor Entertaining suite comprising; Lounge with Bar and Billiards area; Cinema Room. Laundry; Garage and Plant Room. Self-contained apartment with Bed-sit and Kitchen with seating area.

5 Double bedroom suites; all with dressing rooms and/or walk-in wardrobes; Superbly fitted Bath and Shower Rooms; First floor decked terrace. Extensive parking; Terraces with BBQ, firepit and pizza oven: Astroturf garden.

Description

Sawrey Knotts is an architect designed house built in around 2021. Constructed to the highest of standards with concrete floors and finished with a blend of brick, stone and rendered elevations beneath a slate roof, the house has an impressive front façade with central timber framed full height window lighting the vaulted reception hall and landing. It has evidently been built with no expense spared, with high ceilings, tall mullioned windows, elegant and superbly proportioned reception rooms, and quality kitchen and bathroom fitments throughout, together with a fantastic indoor swimming pool with jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. The house is also wired for sound. With underfloor heating to the majority of the house served by air source, and an intelligent air conditioning system, the house is economically efficient to run, relative to its overall proportions. Sawrey Knotts sits well within its plot, standing back from the road and against the backdrop of a mature, well timbered landscape in one of Caldy’s most desirable locations.

The layout is highly adaptable and designed with modern everyday living in mind, both for practicality and also entertaining, including a lower ground floor suite with lounge, bar with space for billiards table and fully fitted cinema room. There is a useful self-contained bedsit with en-suite shower room and fully fitted kitchen/living area overlooking the front of the house, garaging and plant room with the swimming pool equipment.

The main day to day living area is at the rear of the house with direct access to the terrace with much of the rear wall being a series of oversized glazed doors. The kitchen has been superbly fitted and incorporates integrated appliances, range cooker and has extensive storage beneath work surfaces. To the side is open plan sitting area with gas fire and dining area also overlooking the rear garden. The gym is beyond which has a comprehensive range of equipment, and from which there is access to the changing room and swimming pool. This is a stunning room, with jacuzzi and bar with seating areas, and also opens to the terrace. There is an atmospheric and comfortable formal sitting room, with feature fireplace and twin aspect to the grounds, fitted study with shelving and cupboards and a useful additional reception room, ideal as a playroom or children’s TV room.

At first and second floor levels the extent of living space as equally impressive, with five beautifully appointed suites, each with individually designed and bath or shower rooms, and all bedrooms overlooking the sides or rear of the property. The master suite is particularly spacious with twin dressing rooms both comprehensively fitted, and a large bathroom with oversized vanity unit and twin sinks, and integrated television beside the bath. Two of the suites also have access to a first floor decked terrace overlooking the rear gardens.

Location

Sawrey Knotts occupies an extremely private location close to the centre of Caldy, regarded as one of the most sought after villages on the Wirral Peninsula. The immediate position of the property is of particular significance, being set back from the lane and surrounded by landscaped and well maintained gardens and grounds which provide a high degree of privacy.

A wide range of services is available in the nearby villages of West Kirby and Heswall including doctors and dentists surgeries, parades of shops, pubs, restaurants and supermarkets. The cities of Chester and Liverpool both offer excellent shopping and leisure facilities and are within easy reach either by road or rail.

On the educational front there are both private and state schools in the area including West Kirby Girls School, Calday Grammar, Upton Hall, Hilbre, Birkenhead, and the King’s and Queen’s Schools in Chester. Sporting activities are also well catered for with rugby and golf clubs in the village, other golf courses at Hoylake and Heswall and sailing and windsurfing on the marine lake and Dee Estuary at West Kirby.

Communications

The property benefits from excellent road links being within 3 miles of the M53 motorway which connects with the national motorway network and facilitates easy access to all the major areas of commerce throughout the North West. For travel further afield there are international airports in Liverpool and Manchester, and direct rail services from Liverpool and Chester to London Euston. There is a connection from West Kirby to Liverpool Lime Street.

M53 3 miles • Liverpool 11 miles • Chester 17 miles • Manchester 44 miles (distances approximate)

Directions

To reach the property, take the A540 in a north westerly direction along the Wirral. Having passed through Heswall and Thurstaston continue down the hill with Caldy Rugby Club on the right hand side, and at the roundabout take the first exit. Proceed into the middle of the village, turning left into Croft Drive. After a short distance, turn right into Croft Drive and proceed for about 250 yards where the entrance to Sawrey Knotts will be seen on the right hand side.

Outside

Sawrey Knotts is approached via a pair of electrically operated entrance gates and over a wide tarmacadamed drive to a parking area in front of the house, flanked by low maintenance artificial grassed areas. To the side and beneath a stand of pines is a garden area ideal for children’s climbing frame/play area. The drive extends around the side of the house to the garage and there is an additional store room and boiler plant room, to the side of which a track leads up alongside the house to where the air conditioning and air source systems are.

At the rear of the house is a fantastic wide tiled terrace and raised outdoor kitchen area including a BBQ, firepit and pizza oven, with built in bench style seating. This part of the garden is extremely private and has direct access both to the indoor pool and also beyond to a further area of astroturf garden.

Property Information

Address: Sawrey Knotts, 18 Croft Drive, Caldy, Wirral, CH48 2JW

Services: All mains services are connected. Air source for under floor heating. Fibre Connection. CCTV. Heat recovery system.

Contents: The majority of the contents within the property are available by separate negotiation.

Local Authority: Wirral Borough Council. Tel: . Tax Band H.

Viewing: Only by appointment with Bradshaw & Farnham and Lea West Kirby office and Jackson-Stops Chester office.