Even on its own, Springwell House would offer a marvellous opportunity for buyers thanks to its wealth of beautiful accommodation, landscaped gardens and an expanse of ground that could be used as a paddock for those with equestrian interests... but it need not be on its own as it’s also for sale as part of a 106-acre package which includes a farm. And that opens up all sorts of possibilities.
But first to the house...
Built for the vendor’s family in 1994, Springwell House encompasses 6,230sq.ft of accommodation, including the garage and pool area.
Briefly, this comprises the entrance porch with feature stained glass crest and the impressive reception hall with a mahogany feature staircase which sweeps up to the first floor landing and a large brick fireplace housing a wood-burning stove.
Off the hall lie the main reception rooms, including the large sitting room with attractive carved marble fireplace, dining room, morning room with marble fire surround, a study and the large family kitchen which is home to modern fitted cherry wood units and a central island.
The kitchen opens into a garden room and from there onto a terrace. There is also a large conservatory linking the garden room and sitting room.
Completing the ground floor are a cloakroom, bathroom and a utility room from which a passage leads to a door to the back garden, the four car garage and the leisure suite. Housed in a single-storey wing, the leisure suite includes a plant room, changing rooms and impressive swimming pool with tiled and timber flooring, pine panelled roof and a series of doors opening onto the garden terrace and sun lounge.
Upstairs in the house are a central landing off of which lie a spacious family bathroom and four bedrooms, two of which have en-suite bathrooms.
Outside, the tree-lined driveway leads to a parking and turning area behind the house.
The main gardens lie to the west and are home to terraces and seating areas leading down steps and across bridges over a water feature to the lawned garden and large feature pond.
Adjacent to the drive is a large mown grass lawn which lends itself to use as paddocks, while to the north of the house is a side garden, greenhouse, garden store and further hard landscaping.
The other part of the package – Springwell Farm – extends to some 98.73 acres and includes two stable yards, an outdoor arena, an extensive range of storage buildings, level grazing land with paddocks and two ranges of glass houses previously used for a nursery business on site. They are now in a poor condition but provide a useful footprint for potential alternative uses.
There is also a modernised two-bedroom cottage with adjacent offices which offer the potential to extend the accommodation.
The cottage comprises a kitchen, dining room, large sitting room with feature brick fireplace and exposed beam ceiling, a further reception room and shower room on the ground floor plus a family bathroom and two double bedrooms upstairs.
At first-floor level the cottage’s accommodation links to two large offices with potential to be converted into additional accommodation.
Below the offices – at ground floor level – is a study, office, cloakroom and conservatory.
The farm’s facilities are ideal for buyers with equestrian requirements or those with general storage or livestock interests.
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The farmland lies within a ringfence and is generally level and divided into good-sized paddocks and fields for mowing and grazing. The surrounding land is under arable production and, it is believed, would be suitable for a variety of crops if desired. The paddocks are fenced for horses with field shelters in two enclosures.
Springwell House and Farm – which lies in a private and largely unspoilt rural position midway between Dalton Piercy and Newton Bewley, near Billingham – is available either as a whole or in two lots, with a guide price of £995,000 for the house alone or £2.995m for the house and farm.
For more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact the York office of Savills on 01904 617800.
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