6 bed detached house for sale

Essendon Manor, Essendon, Hertfordshire AL9

Essendon Manor is a unique and immaculately presented spacious country house set within 9 acres of substantial gardens and grounds that provide a breath-taking parkland setting complete with stunning views, a wonderful indoor pool complex and a self contained 1 bedroom apartment.

The house is set behind a high boundary wall, offering considerable privacy, with an electrically operated gated entrance, situated at the edge of the much sought-after Essendon village.

Essendon Manor has unbridled views of the Hertfordshire countryside with substantial gardens and grounds that provide a breath-taking parkland setting of approximately 9 acres. There are many fine and mature specimen trees, a large area of rhododendrons, a natualised lake and a golf green and is Grade II listed.

Some of the many prominent features of this home is the magnificent indoor pool complex benefitting from the following systems:

*Air-Handling System (Recotherm) with underfloor ducting, pool water, pool hall and humidity control
*Minder/Astral Chemical Dosing
*Key operated hidden Aquatrac Safety Pool Cover
*Swim jet
*Changing room with shower and separate toilet
*Internal access to plant room

The Garage building can accommodate four/five cars with a 1 bedroomed fully self-contained apartment above, accessed by an external staircase with its own front door. There is also a Garden Studio, equipped with a small kitchen and first floor storage area plus various timber outbuildings.

Location

Essendon is a delightful village in one of the areas most desirable locations in Hertfordshire.

The much-respected Essendon Country Club with both the New and Old courses being ranked in the top 100 has a Brasserie open to non members and is within walking distance. The village pub, The Rose and Crown is within easy walking distance.

For commuting there is a direct train service to London’s Kings Cross and Moorgate from Hatfield and Potters Bar Stations. Broxbourne Station has a direct link to Liverpool Street. Hertford and Bayford Stations are also within easy reach.

The Piccadilly underground Cockfosters station is approximately 8 miles away.

The A1(M) (3 miles) and junction 24 on the M25 (6 miles), provide access to London.

Educational facilities in the area include Stormont, Lochinver, Dame Alice Owen, Haileybury, Queenswood, Haberdashers’ Askes, St Albans Abbey School as well as many others.
Freehold

Council Tax Band H
Local Authority : Welwyn & Hatifeld

Main House

Ground Floor

Reception Hall Entrance (7m x 4.14m)

Gallery (15.98m x 2.2m)

Guest Cloakroom

Drawing Room (10.46m x 6.25m)

Dining Room (5.94m x 5.3m)

Sitting Room (9.37m x 4.47m)

Study (7.72m x 4.17m)

Fitted Kitchen/Breakfast Room (7.87m x 4.78m)

Comprehensive range of bespoke wall and base units with granite work surfaces and central island. Integrated 'Gaggeneau' oven and hob, 'Bosch' microwave

Utility Room (4.3m x 2.2m)

Boiler Room

First Floor

Master Bedroom Suite (5.38m x 4.85m)

With double doors opening onto terrace with spiral staircase to gardens.

Dressing Room (5.1m x 3.05m)

En-Suite Bathroom

Guest Bedroom Suite (5.05m x 4.95m)

With double doors opening onto balcony.

En-Suite Dressing Room (2.72m x 2.03m)

En-Suite Bathroom

Bedroom Three (4.98m x 4.22m)

Bathroom Three

Bedroom Four (4.32m x 4.2m)

Bedroom Five (4.2m x 2.77m)

Family Bathroom

Exterior

Four/Five Car Garage Block With Additional Accommodation

Additional Accommodation: Sitting room with open plan kitchen and eating area. Bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Electrically operated Garage Doors.

Indoor Pool Complex

9.5m x 4.5m heated pool with swim jet. Key operated 'Aquatrac' safety cover. 'Recotherm' climate control equipment. Bar area. Changing room with shower. Cloakroom. Plant room.

Cat Cottage

Studio room and kitchen. First floor storage. Category five cabling to garage block.

Outbuildings

Summer House (Old Changing Room)

Timber Stable/Tractor Garage

Single Timber Garage

Timber Garden Storage Shed

Timber Garden Store

Grounds

Gardens And Grounds Extending To About 9 Acres

Extensive landscaped gardens and grounds that extend to approximately 9 acres

Post And Rail Boundary Fencing

Security Gated Entrance

CCTV And Intercom System