House for sale in Dotland Grange, Hexham, NE462JY - 4 bedrooms

A fabulous property set within its own private gardens and grounds of 22 acres, including mature trees, open grazing paddock, lawns and an all weather tennis court, enjoying stunning views over surrounding countryside.

Believed to have been originally constructed circa 1956 and occupying a stunning situation within its own private gardens and grounds is this fabulous detached family home.

Dotland Grange is set to the south of Hexham in the shires and enjoys beautiful views from its principal reception rooms to the south and the west of the house, overlooking surrounding countryside and farmland. The property has a great deal of privacy, with a mature wooded site and a total of approximately 22 acres of private gardens and grounds. The entrance to the house is impressive, with a beech hedge lined tarmacadam drive leading up to the front approach and courtyard. The house has a number of outbuildings and general storage areas, as well as a fabulous triple garage and workshop, ideal for a professional car enthusiast. The property itself has a great deal of style, reminiscent of its building era from the 1950s, with a Cumberland slate roof and large windows overlooking the gardens and grounds.

The entrance vestibule leads to a study, as well as connecting to the main hall with its oak flooring, a feature that runs through the main sitting room and dining room. Both of the principal reception rooms are large rooms and have solid oak floors, as well as marble fireplaces and lovely views. The living room connects on to a sun lounge and conservatory with fabulous aspect over the gardens and adjacent paddock. The kitchen has a range of white laminate units and an aga, as well as being open to a breakfasting and family area, with patio doors overlooking the gardens and tennis court. To the ground floor there are three bedrooms, the master with an en-suite bathroom/wc and separate shower. Two further ground floor bedrooms have access to the family bathroom/wc. The fourth bedroom is set into the first floor of the house and is currently used as a study. Leading from the kitchen is a separate wing of the house, providing a very substantial laundry and utility room, as well as a second wc and access to a billiard room.

The property has oil fired central heating. Dotland Grange is a very impressive property and has a fabulous setting. It could provide larger bedrooms if required, since the majority of the house does not have first floor accommodation.

A mature fir woodland surrounds the gardens and grounds and there is a large grazing paddock and stone walled boundary. To the foreground of the house there are open planned lawns with stone terraces and well stocked flower and shrub borders. There is a good quality all weather tennis court and a range of outbuildings, as well as a vegetable and soft fruit garden.

Dotland Grange is an impressive property which has good access into Hexham, a local market town with shops, banks, offices and schools and connections via the A69 road network, as well as rail network into Newcastle and Tyneside. A beautiful home in a lovely country setting.

The property comprises: Access to the front of the property is beautiful, with two large oak panelled doors leading through to the entrance vestibule, with quarry tiled flooring and a glazed door connecting to the:

STUDY (front facing)
(3.569m x 2.398m)
A very pleasant room overlooking the front approach to the house. It has a fitted bookcase with open shelving, central heating radiator and telephone point. A second glazed door leads from the vestibule to the:


RECEPTION/HALLWAY
(5.922m x 3.065m)
This is a super hall which enjoys a large window overlooking the front approach and courtyard. It has a light oak floor, a fitted bookcase with excellent storage space, central heating radiator, ceiling coving, infra red alarm sensor and central heating timer controls.


CLOAKROOM
With pedestal wash hand basin, double panelled radiator, cloak pegs and separate close coupled wc. The principal reception rooms are the southern elevation of the house.


SITTING ROOM (side facing)
22'2 x 16'10 into the chimney breast recess (6.745m x 5.136m)
This is a fabulous room and one of three entertaining and reception areas, which are all open plan. The room has two large windows overlooking the side facing elevation of the house towards the tennis court and terrace, a fabulous marble fireplace with hearth surround and chrome insert to the open fire, ceiling coving, solid oak flooring, two double panelled radiators, wiring for audio speakers, infra red alarm sensor, TV aerial point, telephone point and standard lamp sockets. An open archway leads through to the:


DINING ROOM (south facing)
16'1 x 12'10 (4.891m x 3.917m)
This room enjoys a large window overlooking the south facing gardens, marble fireplace surround and hearth with open brick insert and built-in base store cupboards to either side of the chimney breast, solid oak flooring, double panelled radiator, wall lighting with dimmer switch controls and a serving hatch through to the kitchen. This room also its own independent access door from the hall. The main sitting room also has steps leading down to the:


CONSERVATORY & SUN LOUNGE (south & west facing)
18'1 x 11'2 (5.5m x 3.386m)
This was constructed as an addition to the house circa 1993 and is a very useful room enjoying a tremendous amount of natural light from its glazed roof, with double doors connecting onto the terraces and gardens. All the windows are double glazed and set in wood frames and there is a magnificent view over the surrounding Tyne Valley. The terracotta floor tiles are attractive and there are two central heating radiators. Returning to the hall, a glazed door leads to a passageway connecting to the:


KITCHEN (southeast facing)
16'8 x 11'2 (5.078m x 3.39m)
Equipped with a range of white base, wall and drawer cabinets with white laminate worktop surfaces incorporating an oil fired aga with two ovens and two hotplates, a single drainer sink unit with separate waste and mono bloc tap and spacing for a dishwasher and refrigerator. The passageway adjacent to the kitchen has the old bell display box and opens through to the:


BREAKFASTING & FAMILY ROOM (south east facing)
20'0 x 10'11 (6.089 x 3.319m)
The breakfasting area is adjacent to the rear of the kitchen, from which there is a serving recess and spotlight. The woodwork to the reverse of these cabinets has open shelving and storage cupboards. The family room has large patio doors overlooking the stone terrace and tennis courts, a raised quarry tiled hearth surrounding the wood burning stove, open shelving, TV and audio display plinths, log store, central heating radiator and a door leading to a staircase connecting to the first floor. There is a useful under-stair access into the basement, where there is an oil fired central heating boiler for central heating and domestic hot water to the house, as well as good storage space and shelving.


UTILITY & LAUNDRY ROOM
14'9 x 17'2 (4.51m x 5.25m) maximum measurements
With Belfast sink, plumbing for an automatic washing machine, storage cupboards, fluorescent tube lighting, circuit breaker control panel, shelved pantry and door connecting to a:


CLOAKROOM/WC
With close coupled wc, pedestal wash hand basin with mirror above and chrome fittings. The laundry room also gives access to a side porch with cloak pegs and leads onto the drive and courtyard at the side of the house.


BILLIARDS ROOM
30'9 x 16'7 (9.364m x 5.05m)
Converted from the previous garage, this large room has exposed roofing timbers, windows to the side of the property looking onto the courtyard, spotlighting and two wall mounted gas convector heaters. This room currently accommodates a Reilly billiards table that may be available subject to separate negotiation.


NIGHT PASSAGEWAY
Returning to the main entrance hall, a door leads on to a night passageway with central heating radiator and a pull-down roof ladder connecting into the roof space above. The passageway has a door to a very useful linen store cupboard, as well as four doors leading to main bedroom accommodation:


BEDROOM ONE (west & south facing)
15'4 x 17'4 (4.684 x 5.293m) measurements to fitted wardrobe fronts
With large double glazed window enjoying a stunning view of the surrounding countryside, central heating radiator, reading wall lights, telephone point and extensive built-in wardrobes with shelving and hanging rail space.


EN-SUITE BATHROOM/WC
Very well equipped with large white bath set into stone tiled surrounds with chrome mono bloc tap, close coupled wc, contemporary basin set onto a maple wood and granite shelf with chrome mono bloc tap and separate double shower cubicle with Grohe shower unit. The bathroom has spotlighting to the ceiling and heated upright towel rail and radiator


BEDROOM TWO (west & south facing)
13'10 x 15'2 (4.227m x 4.626m)
With windows to the side of the property enjoying fabulous views, extensive built-in wardrobes with hanging rail and shelf storage space, telephone point and central heating radiator.


BEDROOM THREE (front facing)
11'4 x 9'10 (3.449m x 3.01m)
With windows overlooking the approach to the property, built-in store cupboards with study desk, single wardrobe, open shelving and central heating radiator.


FAMILY BATHROOM
Comprising large cast iron bath with shower unit above, pedestal wash hand basin with mirror above, close coupled wc, half wall height tiling, shaver socket and heated chrome towel rail/radiator. Returning to the breakfasting room, a staircase leads up to the first floor of the property, where a door leads to:


BEDROOM FOUR (rear facing)
12'9 x 14'9 (3.89m x 4.5m)
Currently used as a working office and study with bookshelves, study desk, dormer window enjoying lovely views over the tennis court and gardens, wash hand basin with mirror above and alarm control panel. From the landing two doors lead off to the roof space, where there is excellent storage.


EXTERNALLY
The gardens and grounds that surround Dotland Grange extend to approximately 22 acres. The main entrance to the house is impressive, with a mature fir tree woodland and beech hedge lining the tarmacadam drive which leads to Dotland Grange. The approach has open grazing paddocks and a grass lawn. A tarmacadam drive leads down to the side of the property, where a gravelled courtyard provides parking for many cars. There is a useful recess proving refuse and log storage. Adjacent to the courtyard is a range of timber store buildings, as well as a greenhouse (requires new glazing) and a beech hedge surrounding the vegetable and fruit garden. The side of the property has oil storage tanks. To the rear of the property, lawned gardens are complemented by flower and shrub borders and these lie adjacent to a professional all weather tennis court, with a good quality playing surface. The foreground of the house has a lovely stone flagged terrace and patio, as well as access to the cellar. The stone flagged terrace continues to the southern elevation of the property, with further lawned areas and beautiful shrub and flower borders. A random stone boundary wall with gated access leads on to the paddock. Beautiful rhododendron bushes surround the stone flagged terraces and the paddock itself is surrounded on all sides by tall mature fir trees and woodland. The views to the south and west of the property are superb and yet the house enjoys tremendous privacy from its secluded setting. The exterior of the property has halogen lighting with infra red sensors and the approach to the main house is attractive, with a lovely block paved courtyard.


TRIPLE GARAGE
39'1 x 22'3 (11.89m x 6.79m)
This is a fabulous working garage, ideal for a professional mechanic and people who require a first class workshop. It has exposed steel roofing joists, sliding doors and gives excellent storage space. From the rear of the garage, a pedestrian door leads on to the gardens.

property reference: SANC999000165

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