Castelnau, Barnes, London, SW13

Handsome detached house backing onto the London Wetlands.

Description

This handsome detached house has a beautiful 134ft walled garden and backs directly onto the London Wetlands, so you have unrivalled views from the rear of the house over the 100 acres of beautiful nature reserve and reservoir.

The house currently offers over 6,000 sq ft of well-balanced living and entertaining space with scope to extend and develop, subject to planning permission. The property hasn’t been on the market for over 50 years, so offers a wonderful opportunity to put your stamp on it and create something fantastic for the future.

The house is set back from the road behind a sweeping driveway with off street parking for several cars. Alongside is an integrated coach house with a separate entrance providing additional accommodation.

Ground Floor:
The house opens into a wide central entrance hall creating a wonderful sense of light and space, with access to the utility room and integrated garage as well stairs leading down to the cellar. To the front are two elegant reception rooms with wonderfully high ceilings.

Alongside are two additional reception rooms, one of which opens into the conservatory and the other leads through to the kitchen/dining room.

The elegant conservatory at the rear of the house leads out to a large York stone terrace overlooking the beautifully landscaped 134ft walled garden. Alongside the conservatory is a kitchen/dining room with a range of units, a large central island and fully fitted appliances, including an Aga. The glazed dining area leads out through a glass door extending the entertaining space out into the garden.

Garden:
The spectacular 134ft walled garden has a large York stone terrace to the front overlooking a substantial lawn and professionally planted well considered herbaceous borders.

First Floor:
On the first floor is the principal bedroom suite with an en suite bathroom. There are a further three bedrooms, dressing room and bathroom, with a bathroom and walk in shower, on this floor. One of the bedrooms overlooking the garden has access to a large terrace.

Second Floor:
On the top floor are a further three bedrooms and a shower room. There is also access to eaves storage and a loft on this floor.

Integrated Coach House:
The integrated coach house has a separate entrance and stairs leading up to the first floor which has a spacious open plan reception room and kitchen. The second floor of the coach house has a bedroom with an en suite shower room.

Location

The property is situated on the prestigious Castelnau, close to Barnes Village with its' eclectic range of shops, restaurants, bars and the Olympic Cinema.

For the commuter Barnes Station or Barnes Bridge Station offer a frequent service into Waterloo. There are also bus services serving Putney, Richmond and Hammersmith, all of which offer underground connections. Heathrow airport is easily accessible.

The schools in the area include - St Paul’s School, The Harrodian, The Swedish School and Ibstock Place School. For younger pupils, St Paul’s Juniors, St Osmunds’ (RC), Lowther Primary School and Barnes Primary School.

Square Footage: 6,412 sq ft