Altrincham Road, Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9

A Magnificent grade II listed Georgian family home with six bedrooms, a separate two bedroom Coach House and set in with just under an acre of gardens.

Description

Sundial House is a wonderful, deceptively large family house of immeasurable charm with three floors of accommodation, all with exceptional ceiling height. This grand Georgian house is Grade II Listed with period features including corniced ceilings, decorative fireplaces, sash windows, oak floors and large bow windows on the eastern elevation of the house across all three floors.

The ground floor has a galleried entrance hall with a marble floor and three lovely, generously proportioned reception rooms, namely the sitting room, dining room and drawing room, all with period fireplaces, the drawing room having a magnificent bow window that overlooks the gardens. A vast kitchen/breakfast room is open-plan to the family room. There is a comprehensive range of white painted, granite-topped hand-crafted Shaker units with four oven gas AGA and large central island unit. There is room for a breakfast table and sofas, with oak flooring and two sets of French doors to the raised timber decked terrace. There is also a boot room and WC.

The first floor houses six good-sized bedrooms. The principal suite has a bow window overlooking the gardens, with stunning en suite bathroom with free-standing bath, separate shower and separate WC. The family bathroom was recently refitted and includes a large shower, free-standing Victorian style bath and heated tiled flooring.
The lower ground floor houses the games room, utility, cold store and WC, with various other store rooms. External rooms include a bike/golf room, workshop and a garden store room. These other store rooms have great potential to provide further accommodation.
Attached to the gable end of the house is the coach house with its own cottage garden - a separately accessed, independent building with potential for a myriad of different uses including office suite, granny/staff accommodation or simply income producing, with the potential for Airbnb or longer rental. The coach house has great ceiling height and much potential with an entrance hall, two reception rooms, kitchen, two bedrooms and a separate WC with room for a bath or shower. The two properties could easily be combined with a doorway that could be opened up again. There is a large single garage attached to the coach house and a private sunken courtyard, adorned with an established wall of wisteria, at the rear of the property.

A shared tarmacadam entrance leads to a brick pillared entrance with double wooden gates opening into a tarmacadam parking and turning area for numerous cars with the double carport, gym and log store surrounding.
To the front of the house sits a gravel path leading to the front door. A formal terrace with wide herbaceous borders abut the house and partly walled hedge boundary. The well-stocked borders and level lawns are overlooked by a summer house with graduated stone roof.

The wonderful gardens wrap around the house with a wide raised timber decked alfresco dining area accessed by French doors in the kitchen/family room. This large decked terrace overlooks the manicured lawns, with a herbaceous border with period mellow brick wall behind. The wall is adorned with figs, climbing roses, clematis and shrubs.
A deep bow window to the eastern elevation of the house overlooks the garden rooms, which are resplendent, with a sunken lawn with formal water feature and stone steps rising up under a canopy of mature blue cedar and oak trees to a further formal planted area, with two parallel paths leading through the well-stocked flower borders and a separate rose garden. At the end of this display of colour is a mature orchard with apple trees. A further area of lawn is currently used as a putting green.

The gardens are a real feature of the house, being so colourful, mature and private, and are planted as separate ‘rooms’, incorporating a wide variety of plants including a range of mature rhododendrons and azaleas.

Location

Sundial House enjoys a truly special location, tucked away behind a partly walled garden providing a quiet, private, peaceful and secure environment, yet is within walking distance of the primary school, The Ship public house, Earlams coffee shop, El Bosc tapas bar, Kirks butchers and Primrose Cottage nursery. The village of Styal is very close to the popular town of Wilmslow, which offers extensive facilities and schooling opportunities.

Styal is a very popular and pretty village, some of which is owned by The National Trust, and the close proximity of Styal Country Park provides a great location for walks and runs in the countryside from the house. Facilities include tennis, golf, cricket football and lacrosse clubs, a quaint pub, independent shops and railway station, making for an easy commute to the major conurbations, and is only 3 miles from Manchester Airport for international travel. The motorway network is only a short drive away.

Sundial House is a Grade II Listed Georgian house and a sundial adorns the front elevation with the Greg family motto. Samuel Greg was an industrialist and entrepreneur of the early Industrial Revolution who built Quarry Bank Mill, situated on the River Bollin, in Styal. The Greg family constructed the model village of Styal to house the workers.

Square Footage: 7,734 sq ft


Acreage: 0.97 Acres