• 5 bedrooms +
• 3 reception rooms +
• 4 bathrooms +
• Detached +
• Garden +
• Rural +
• Standalone secondary accommodation +

Saddlestones is an outstanding property constructed in 2008 of oak timber frame beneath a pitch, clay tiled roof with rendered and brick elevations, by award-winning Rajkowski Development. The property combines classic architecture with modern construction methods, and offers well-proportioned accommodation finished to an excellent standard using high-quality building materials. The property benefits from oak internal doors with cast iron handles, a fully integrated media system, Rako intelligent and fully programmable lighting system, and zoned underfloor heating to the ground floor.

A stone entrance vestibule leads to the reception hall with a wealth of exposed ceiling beams and limestone floor with a beautiful oak staircase rising to the first floor. The reception hall provides access to the elegant, dual aspect sitting/dining room and further to the spacious drawing room with feature inglenook brick fireplace housing a wood-burning stove and glazed double doors opening to the rear garden and patio. A door from the reception hall opens to the magnificent kitchen/dining/family room with ceramic floor and exposed ceiling beams. The bespoke handmade kitchen combines oak and hand-painted units with granite work surfaces, and offers a double Belfast sink, waste disposal unit, integrated Fischer and Paykel dishwasher, Bosch electric oven, gas-fired 4-oven Aga with AIMS system, Rangemaster, wine chiller and fridge/freezer. This flows into the family room, complete with a fireplace including a gas stove and further to the bright and airy Orangery with vaulted ceiling, exposed ceiling beams and oak double doors on both sides providing access to the beautiful garden and patio area. The ground floor further extends to a utility room with bespoke hand-painted base units incorporating space and plumbing for washing machine, with access to the internal double garage, and two modern cloakrooms.

Stairs in the reception hall rise to the first-floor landing, which provides access to the Principal bedroom with Juliet balcony overlooking open countryside to the rear, a spacious dressing room with bespoke storage space and shelving, and an en suite bathroom with downlighters, heating towel rail, electric underfloor heating and fitted Duravit white suite comprising a bath, wash hand basin, wc and separate shower cubicle. The first floor offers another generous bedroom which benefits from a Juliet balcony and a modern en suite shower room with electric underfloor heating, and three further well-proportioned bedrooms, all of which offer a different aspect of the beautiful surrounding countryside and are served by two family bathrooms. There is a second staircase in the utility room which rises to the first floor and provides separate access to one of the bedrooms and a bathroom, which would lend itself well to multi-generational living or a teenager suite.