Main Street, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Derby, Leicestershire, DE73

A handsome period detached property boasting over 6,500 sqft of versatile accommodation, nestling in the heart of this sought after village. Also benefitting from secondary accommodation.

Description

A Distinguished Late Georgian Manor House in the Heart of Breedon. An exceptional late Georgian manor house, discreetly positioned behind high walled boundaries in the centre of Breedon, offering extensive private parking, elegant period accommodation and a mature walled garden of considerable charm.

Approached through an impressive pillared entrance, the house is set well back from the road along a tarmacadam driveway with a circular lawned turning area and generous parking for numerous vehicles. The property combines handsome period architecture with versatile accommodation arranged over three floors, together with useful cellars, a private apartment area and beautifully established gardens.

The house retains a wealth of original character, including sash windows, high ceilings, deep cornicing, fireplaces, window seats, panelled doors and exposed beams. The scale and flexibility of the accommodation make it suitable for a variety of uses, subject to any necessary consents.

Accommodation
The principal entrance opens into an impressive reception hall with tiled flooring, high ceilings, deep cornicing and sash windows to the front elevation.

The principal reception rooms are of excellent proportions and enjoy generous natural light. The drawing room is a particularly elegant space, featuring a fine fireplace with cast iron log burning stove set on a stone hearth, together with sash windows to two elevations and attractive window seating.

The dining room overlooks the rear walled garden and connects to an inner hallway, while the snug provides a more informal sitting room, also enjoying garden views and a fireplace with electric fire.

A range of dry cellars provides excellent storage and utility space, divided into four generous compartments, one of which houses the oil-fired boiler.

The inner hallway gives access to the beautiful open-spindle staircase, a useful study area and understairs storage. Beyond this is an office/study with timber-framed French doors opening to the rear garden, creating a peaceful working space with a delightful outlook.

The ground floor also includes a cloakroom/WC, two utility rooms, a side lobby and a spacious open-plan dining kitchen.

The kitchen is fitted with a range of base and wall units, laminated work surfaces, tiled splashbacks and an industrial-duty Everhot electric range cooker. High ceilings, deep cornicing, sash windows and window seating add to the room’s character and sense of scale.

First Floor - The first floor provides a series of beautifully proportioned bedroom suites, approached from the main landing with open-spindle staircase rising to the second floor.

The Meynell Room enjoys far-reaching views through two sash windows to the front elevation, with window seating and an en suite shower room.

The Quorn Room is another generous double bedroom with high ceilings, deep cornicing, sash windows, window seating and an en suite bathroom featuring a roll-edged bath.

A separate private apartment area is accessed from the half landing and offers independent and flexible accommodation. This includes an entrance area with fitted storage, a passageway with separate external access, a bedroom with en suite shower room, and a kitchen area with stainless steel sink, plumbing for a washing machine and space for a tumble dryer.

The principal bedroom suite enjoys a superb outlook over the rear garden through three sash windows and includes fitted wardrobes, cornicing, radiators and wall light points.

The adjoining bathroom features a claw-foot roll-top bath, glazed shower enclosure, part-panelled walls and a wash hand basin set into a marble-topped antique vanity unit.

A further bedroom on this level also overlooks the garden and benefits from an en suite shower room.

Second Floor - The second floor continues the sense of character and space, with three further bedrooms.

The Belvoir Room has two sash windows to the front, exposed vaulted truss beams, built-in wardrobes and an en suite bathroom with twin sinks, panelled bath with shower over and views across the walled garden.

The Atherstone Room features exposed beams, a sash window overlooking the garden and an en suite shower room.

The Fernie Room also enjoys garden views, open truss beams and access to a walk-in boiler room housing the pressurised hot water cylinder, with timber double doors providing access to the roof.

Location

Breedon On The Hill is ideally situated close to the border with Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire and enjoys all the convenience of excellent road, rail and air links. The nearby market towns of Castle Donington, Ticknall, Staunton Harold Reservoir, Ashby-de-la-Zouch offer a full range of amenities. Nottingham 14 miles / Leicester 19 miles / Derby 14.5 miles.

The area has an array of sought after schools including:
Primary schools : Breedon, Melbourne infants and juniors, Repton Prep. Secondary schools include, Ashby Grammer, Repton School, Castle Donington.

All distances and timings are approximate

Square Footage: 6,533 sq ft



Additional Info

Gardens and Grounds - The approach to the property is particularly impressive, with the house set beyond high walled boundaries and entered through a pillared gateway. A tarmacadam driveway leads to a circular lawned turning area, with extensive in-and-out parking and a side car park providing space for multiple vehicles.

The gardens are a notable feature of the property. Enclosed by mature walling, they offer a high degree of privacy and are laid out with shaped lawns, established borders, mature trees and shrubs. A gravelled, stone-edged path leads through the garden to an orchard area with fruit trees, together with vegetable plots and raised beds.

Additional external features include outside security lighting, power sockets, a large timber log store, external access to the cellars via steps with wrought iron balustrading, and further practical parking and unloading space to the side.

Quadruple garage block with up and over doors.

Two integral coach houses with a large first floor area, currently used as a basic entertainment room.

Curzon House, a single storey apartment with sitting room, dining kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom.

Planning permission was granted (now lapsed) for a coach house conversion scheme, plans available for inspection. Planning would need to be re-submitted.

North West Leicestershire Council
Band G