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SOUTH GRANGE | LANE HEAD, RYTON, TYNE & WEAR

SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION

South Grange is a fabulous stone-built detached villa, set in the heart of Ryton village dating originally from the 17th century, and then rebuilt in circa 1875. The impressive family home has been extensively renovated, refurbished and improved to an extremely high standard by the current owner, with beautiful period and bespoke design features throughout.The house has magnificent architectural features, with dressed stone work and beautiful refurbished sash windows with shutters, and a superb pillared portico entrance. The front of the hall leads to a lovely drawing room with period fireplace and superb proportions. To the east of the property there are two reception rooms providing an impressive entertaining area, whilst to the opposite wing access leads on to the principal kitchen/breakfast room, which is superbly appointed and ideal for a day-to-day breakfasting area. The 36ft kitchen is very well equipped and fitted with handmade quality cabinets and built-in appliances, as well as a gas fired AGA with electric backup and hob.A stunning garden room, with Atrium roof, leads from the kitchen/breakfast room and opens to the private courtyard terrace and has great natural light.There is access from the kitchen/breakfast room to a further front sun lounge and laundry room, which has a separate access to a useful dog/store room. The sun lounge is ideal for its aspect overlooking the gardens and leads on in turn through a passageway with a glazed full-height door into a leisure wing. The leisure wing of the house, formerly a separate bungalow, accommodates a third conservatory and sun lounge, as well as a gym and games/snooker room and also a separate leisure area with sauna, steam room and showers etc. All of these areas are beautifully furnished and tiled with fabulous fittings. The whole leisure wing is highly impressive.Returning to the principal house, the main staircase leads to the first floor with access into the master bedroom suite, which includes a very well-appointed, large double bedroom with en-suite luxury bathroom comprising Jacuzzi bath and separate shower, as well as ‘his and hers’ vanity wash basins and lovely tiling. There are four further double bedrooms as well as a family bathroom/wc. One of the double bedrooms is currently set out as a professional dressing room and leads on to a fifth bedroom, which has its own independent access from the kitchen below via a frosted glass spiral staircase, as well as its own en-suite shower room.The gardens are set principally to the front of the house, enjoying a south and west facing aspect. The gardens are beautifully maintained with an open lawned area and an extensive gravel driveway and courtyard providing parking for many cars. To the side and rear of the property there are outbuildings, log stores and general storage places, as well as a terrace that leads around the rear of the house. To the front of the property, on its southern boundary, there is a beautiful water feature and duck pond, as well as a separate duck house and a hen house, which could be easily adapted as an aviary if required.There are also two large stone outbuildings, ideal for potting and general purpose storage.The entrance to the property is discreet with electrically operated gates, as well as a separate pedestrian gate leading from the stone wall boundary into the private grounds. The property has gas central heating with underfloor heating in many rooms, high quality flooring finishes, period style radiators and lovely plantation shutters to many of the windows. The decoration is of a very high standard and the house is immaculately presented.

THE PROPERTY COMPRISES:

VESTIBULE 6’9 x 4’2 (2.06m x 1.27m)With sash window and shutters, a cast iron radiator, ceiling coving, wood flooring and glazed door leading to the hallway.

HALLWAYA traditional balustrade staircase leads up to the first floor landing with LED feature lighting, a stained glass leaded window to the half landing, decorative ceiling coving, wooden floor and two cast iron radiators. An archway and steps lead to a second hall area giving access to the living room, kitchen/breakfast room and log room.

DRAWING ROOM 22’7 x 17’8 (6.88m x 5.38m)An impressive drawing room with bay window to the front elevation with original and plantation shutters, a beautiful open fire with a tiled insert, brass canopy and marble surround and hearth. The drawing room has deep skirting boards, a dado rail and ceiling coving, wood flooring, cast iron radiator and two contemporary vertical radiators.

LIVING ROOM 18’7 x 15’6 (5.66m x 4.72m)(Maximum measurements into French doors and alcoves)A lovely informal living room with a bay window and French doors to the rear terrace and garden, a beautiful period fireplace with tiled inset, brass canopy and grey marble surround and hearth. There is moulding to the ceiling, a window to the front with original and plantation shutters, two contemporary vertical radiators and wood flooring.

A doorway leads through to the home office.

HOME OFFICE 16’4 x 13’10 (4.98m x 4.22m)A versatile third reception room with an attractive brushed steel insert to a gas living flame fire with stone surround. The home office has windows with plantation shutters to both the front and rear elevations, decorative ceiling coving, picture rail, two cast iron radiators, inset spots and wood flooring.

LOG/BOOT ROOM 6’6 x 5’7 (1.98m x 1.70m)A useful boot/log room with a cast iron radiator, wood flooring and doors to the rear terrace with plantation shutters.

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM 36’9 x 15’8 (11.20m x 4.78m)A magnificent open plan kitchen/dining room with a bespoke open tread frosted glass spiral staircase to the first floor and glazed door opening to the laundry room and archway to the garden room.

The kitchen is fitted with an extensive range of white high gloss wall and base cabinets with granite work tops and a four oven gas fired AGA and a large central island, incorporating a round ‘Franke’ stainless steel sink.

In addition to this, there is a separate ‘Franke’ inset stainless steel sink, integrated dishwasher, integrated microwave/oven, plumbing for an American style fridge freezer and a wine store. Design features include: inset spots, travertine tiled flooring with underfloor heating, a decorative cast iron radiator, window to the rear with plantation shutters, and two stainless steel coil vertical radiators.

A frosted glass spiral staircase leads to the first floor.

GARDEN ROOM 19’8 x 14’10 (5.99m x 4.52m)A lovely garden room with a glass atrium style roof, sash windows, a travertine tiled floor with underfloor heating, inset spots, air conditioning unit and exposed stonework. French doors lead through to the enclosed courtyard terrace.

Returning to the kitchen/dining room, a door leads to the laundry.

LAUNDRY 23’5 x 12’5 plus 11’7 x 10’8 (7.14m x 3.78m plus 3.53m x 3.25m)A large L-shaped informal garden room area and laundry. Within the garden room there are sash windows and French doors to the front garden with a glass atrium roof giving excellent natural light to the room.

The laundry area has a range of floor to ceiling storage cabinets with integrated washing machine and tumble dryer. The laundry and garden room have a travertine tiled floor with underfloor heating, with an air conditioning unit and inset spots.

UTILITY STORE/DOG ROOM 12’4 x 12’1 (3.76m x 3.68m) (Maximum measurements, inclusive of cupboards)From the laundry there is an additional store/utility area. An excellent storage area with floor to ceiling cabinets, one housing the gas boiler and water tank and also a fridge freezer.

An attractive hallway connects the main house to the annexe leisure wing.

LEISURE WING

GYM 20’4 x 9’3 (6.2m x 2.82m)The gym has a tiled floor, inset spots, an air conditioning unit and a window and door to the kitchen/breakfast room.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM TWO 17’8 x 9’1 (5.39m x 2.77m)A second kitchen/breakfast room fitted with a range of base cabinets, a stainless steel sink and

drainer and space for a fridge. There is a tiled floor, inset spots, three sash windows and a doorway leading through to the games room.

GAMES ROOM 17’8 x 12’4 (5.39m x 3.76m)A versatile room with a tiled floor, inset spots and doors to the separate wc with close coupled wc and small wall-mounted basin.

SAUNA/STEAM ROOMThere is a wet room with Velux window to the roof, a door to the side and an ‘Oceanic’ steam room and separate sauna.

SITTING ROOM 24’5 x 21’2 (7.44m x 6.45m)A fabulous entertaining area with a bar. The sitting room has a vaulted beam ceiling, exposed stone work, sash windows and French doors to the garden. There is an air conditioning unit, four Velux windows and a travertine tiled floor.

Returning to the main house and hallway, a staircase leads to the first floor bedroom accommodation, and at half landing level there is a beautiful stained glass leaded window and cast iron radiator. The first floor landing has a window with plantation shutters, tiled flooring, a radiator and decorative ceiling coving.

MASTER BEDROOM 17’3 x 13’6 (5.26m x 4.11m)An impressive master bedroom with dual aspect windows overlooking the gardens with plantation shutters, decorative ceiling coving, wood flooring, air conditioning unit, two cast iron radiators and two fans to the ceiling.

EN-SUITE BATHROOM 13’3 x 5’5 (4.04m x 1.65m) (Minimum measurements)An excellent master en-suite with a Jacuzzi bath, mains shower, twin round basins set within a vanity unit and a sash window to the side aspect with plantation shutters. There is a chrome ladder radiator, inset spots and a television to the wall.

There is a further hallway area with a cast iron radiator, inset spots, floor level LED lighting and access to the loft via a pull-down ladder.

BEDROOM TWO 16’9 x 14’2 (5.11m x 4.32m)A large double bedroom with sash windows to both front and rear elevations with plantation shutters, two decorative cast iron radiators, ceiling coving, inset spots and wood flooring.

BEDROOM THREE 13’8 x 10’7 (4.17m x 3.23m)The double bedroom, currently used as a dressing room, has a large window to the rear with plantation and original shutters, wood flooring, ceiling coving, inset spots and a range of sliding door wardrobes.

BATHROOM 10’2 x 6’6 (3.10m x 1.98m)A family bathroom with a Jacuzzi whirlpool bath with shower over and glass enclosure. There is a bath, wash basin housed within a vanity unit, close coupled wc, window to the rear with plantation shutters, chrome ladder radiator, ceiling coving and inset spots.

DRESSING ROOM 15’1 x 14’4 (4.60m x 4.37m)This dressing room, accessed from the landing, could equally be used as a fifth bedroom with built-in wardrobes to three walls, wood flooring, decorative ceiling coving, sash window with plantation shutters and a door leading through to bedroom four.

BEDROOM FOUR 20’2 x 15’9 (6.15m x 4.80m) (max. inclusive of mezzanine and en-suite)A superb bedroom, with separate access from the glass spiral staircase from the kitchen dining room, a vaulted open beam ceiling and access to a small mezzanine study area. The bedroom has built-in wardrobes, a window to the rear with plantation shutters, two vertical radiators, wood flooring and an electrically operated Velux window to the roof.

A door leads to an en-suite wet room incorporating walk-in shower with rainfall shower head, glass enclosure, wash hand basin in vanity unit, close coupled wc, a window with plantation shutters, inset spots and stylish neutral tiling.

EXTERNALLYSouth Grange is approached via electric secure double timber gates to a large gravel driveway providing parking for several cars.

The garden lies predominantly to the front of the house and is lawned with well-stocked planted borders and offering a great degree of privacy. Within the garden there is a koi carp pond and a variety of sheds and outbuildings including a chicken run, duck house and stone built storage areas. To the rear there is an enclosed terrace seating area with two further stores and a gate giving access to the main garden.

SERVICESThe property has mains gas, electricity, water & drainage.

TENUREFreehold

COUNCIL TAXPlease see website: www.voa.gov.uk

ENERGY PERFORMANCE RATINGGrade: D

From Sanderson Young

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