Detached house for sale in Central Parade, Shildon, Co Durham DL4

This charming Grade II listed executive home is situated in the heart of Shildon the birthplace of passenger railways, Bank House was built in 1899 by renowned architect Walter Brierley who was often described as the “Lutyens of the North” and was responsible for the design of schools, churches, and substantial private homes. The property was awarded its Grade II listing in 1986 having formerly been used as a bank until as recently as 2012. The current owners have lovingly remodeled & refurbished this amazing building back into a stunning family home that future generations can share and enjoy the appointment of the reputable Padgett White Architects helped bring their design to life. The internal accommodation offers over 2685sq ft of contemporary living space with high-specification fixtures and fittings throughout whilst maintaining many of its original features, offered over two levels comprising an entrance lobby, a welcoming reception hall, a fitted ground-floor dining kitchen with patio doors opening to the stunning entertainment area, a first-floor landing, a dual aspect lounge, a second-fitted dining kitchen, a master bedroom with en-suite shower room, a further three double bedrooms, and a four-piece house bathroom. Externally the property boasts an incredibly private landscaped rear garden designed by Addis Garden Design to create a split-level country garden and planting scheme, a patio entertaining area is laid with Indian Stone Paving and features a Bespoke Copper “Acer Leaf” Water Feature Supplied By “The Copper Sculptor” Installed with an underground tank and pump creates the perfect place for Al Fresco Dining. Off-street parking is accessed via electronic gates to the side elevation, and a lengthy graveled driveway leads to the detached double garage which can house several vehicles. With the added benefits of gas central heating and no onward chain, viewing is absolutely essential to appreciate the home on offer.

The Accommodation Comprises

Entrance Lobby (1.78m x 1.5m)

Accessed via the original Oak Front Door with handmade hinges and metal studs, this welcoming area has a small leaded glazed window and features an internal leaded glass arch and half-glazed door, an original Opaline ceiling light, and retains its original ceiling decoration.

Reception Hallway (6.78m x 1.68m)

Featuring an original small format Terracotta tiled floor, a feature arch over the area, an original storage cupboard, and off to the right, a doorway leading into the garden kitchen, and stairs leading to the first-floor landing.

Garden Kitchen (5.28m x 4.5m)

This lovely light and airy dual-aspect room has retained many of its original fire surrounds and tiled back panel, a Dunsley wood-burning stove is fitted and sits on a rustic stone hearth hewn from old pavings found in the garden during renovations. The ceiling paper from the 50s has been preserved, and traditional lighting has been added to reflect a mix of timeless elegance. A fitted Pebble Grey foil-wrapped, shaker door kitchen Designed by Wren is complimented by a Calcatta Noir bespoke granite worktop, under-mounted stainless sink, and the kitchen is fitted with a Siemens 4 burner gas hob, cda electric fan oven, cda warming drawer, Siemens large extractor and a large integrated fridge with 3 drawer compact freezer which helps make entertaining in the garden very simple. This room also provides space and plumbing for a washing machine.

First Floor Landing

The original staircase with a handcrafted oak handrail and newel posts, leads you to a half landing with a large secondary glazed leaded glass window, and high ceilings, this large landing area is separated into two by another two feature archways, and all of these areas have Aurora LED recessed lighting. This first landing area is 7.0m x 2.0m and leads into a smaller middle landing area measuring 5.8m x 1.9m, with the original restored parquet floor and an original Statement leaded glass roof light, to which concealed LED lighting strips have been added within the roof void to create a lovely feature by night.

Lounge (6.2m x 5.18m)

A lovely room that benefits from double aspect stone mullion windows, facing the South, & East elevations, featuring 2.9m ceilings and retaining its stunning restored parquet flooring, original coving, secondary glazed leaded glass windows, a Stovax polished steel period fireplace with limestone mantle, granite hearth and remote control Gazco fire has been installed into this room for those cozy winter nights! An ash pan and grate option is available to convert to solid fuel if desired is available from Stovax.

Dining Kitchen (6.2m x 5.18m)

A stunning handmade shaker kitchen with a large center island is one of the many features of this lovely dual-aspect dining kitchen, the arched feature stone mullion window seating area looks out over the church, the cenotaph with its Lone Soldier war memorial. The room is complimented by its Original parquet flooring, 2.9m ceilings, original ceiling coving, and two LED lighting zones. The kitchen was hand built and hand-painted on-site in Farrow and Ball Pavilion Grey, and the large island unit with a breakfast bar and open shelving unit in F&B Estate Eggshell Black, which highlights the stunning contrast of the sleek Cosentino Silestone Dektron “Tundra” work surfaces, one of which houses an under mounted Villeroy & Boch Ceramic 1.5 bowl sink. This kitchen is fully equipped with top-of-the-range Neff Appliances which include a large American Fridge Freezer, three & two Induction hob, Steam Oven, Fan Oven, Warming Drawer, Microwave Oven & Dishwasher. A special (truncated)

Master Bedroom (4.4m x 4.3m)

This is a lovely airy bedroom space, with a secondary double-glazed leaded glass window, and offers great space with its original coving and 2.9m high ceilings. A semi-fitted wardrobe and two matching side drawers are available by separate negotiation.

En-Suite Shower Room (2.8m x 1.68m)

A spacious very functional fully tiled En-Suite features a large 1700mm x 900mm Kudos bow front sliding shower door and shower tray, a Hansgrohe Select high-pressure shower with 3 function overhead shower, and handset options. Utopia fitted bathroom furniture to match bedroom furniture, with semi-recessed basin, Hansgrohe basin tap, Utopia floor standing back to wall toilet, Stuart Turner Pump, wall mounted mirror storage cabinet, illuminated LED arch mirror to complement original arched leaded glass stone mullion window, with secondary glazing, Luxaflex pleated blind and large Chrome Zehnder heated towel radiator.

Bedroom Two (4.6m x 4.3m)

Another large airy South facing bedroom with a large stone mullion, secondary glazed leaded glass window, original coving, and 2.9m high ceilings. This room has a semi-fitted Utopia wardrobe, available by separate negotiation.

Bedroom Three (4.4m x 4.3m)

Another large airy room, which retains its large leaded glazed window and original fireplace grate with tiled back & hearth and this room incorporates a fully fitted four-door Utopia sliding wardrobe, which offers a huge amount of clothes hanging, shoe storage, and to the side of the fireplace a small original cupboard.

Bedroom Four (4.5m x 3.48m)

Originally the family kitchen this room now houses the Worcester system boiler inside a cupboard and has a large east-facing leaded glass window and a smaller North facing window at a higher level. This unique room offers a fully enclosed rear staircase with its own garden access perfect for multi-generation living.

House Bathroom (3.1m x 2.8m)

A stunning bathroom incorporating a large 1900mm x 900mm bow front vitra Eclipse bath and panel with bath spout, and hand shower option. A Kudos 1200mm x 900mm offset quadrant shower door and shower tray is complemented by a Hansgrohe Select power shower with 3 mode handset. Sanitaryware is by Laufen and is the 90cm Palace bow front basin with towel rail, separate Laufen Palace ceramic shelf, and Laufen Rimless hidden cistern WC Pan. A Utopia LED mirror, Inda Illuminating magnifying mirror, Bisque feature towel drying radiator, Zehnder chrome heated towel rail, and Luxaflex pleated blinds complete this beautiful room which is fully tiled with Porcelanosa tiles and incorporates the use of their wave tiles on a feature wall.

Linen Room (4.98m x 1.2m)

A very useful cupboard that has original shelving and is a great place from which to service this property as a base for utility and cleaning products.

Loft Space

The loft is accessed by its original wooden ladder which opens up into the smallest but probably the most useable of the loft spaces, measuring 4m x 3m with a sloping ceiling, this area also houses the 250 Ltr high-pressure Megaflow unvented water tank fitted with a 3rd heating coil, should solar panels be fitted at some point in the future. There are three other fully insulated roof spaces that can be accessed via trapdoors and allow for maintenance inspections but could be used for additional storage and have designated boarded walkways, but all central heating and electrical services run through these areas.

Exterior

Patio Entertainment Area (14.99m x 12m)

Through the ground floor garden kitchen or rear staircase access brings you into a large Indian Sandstone paved area, surrounded by bespoke hand-built planters featuring Red cedar cladding, unique cedar suspended benches, and a bespoke Copper Acer water feature creating a calm and extremely welcoming entertainment area.

Gardeners Outside WC (3m x 1.2m)

Created within the old coal house we have a fully insulated, fully functional Burlington High-Level WC Pan with Aluminium Cistern and oak thunderbox toilet seat. A small Burlington hand basin and brassware compliment this area and the reclaimed cleaners sink and grate from the original bank have been installed, a great benefit particularly when entertaining friends & family of all ages.

Garden Store (3m x 1.98m)

Was originally the gardener's storage area, and retains its original leaded glass window, sloping ceilings, and single perimeter shelf. A stop tap is fitted to close off the separate water supply which runs through to the main garden area at the side of the greenhouse.

Forecourt Driveway

This driveway is accessed from Central Parade via a large electric Red Cedar sliding gate which was supplied, fitted, and maintained by Gatepower Barnard Castle.
It opens up into a large part hardstanding, part gravel driveway, which is large enough for several vehicles to maneuver.

Detached Garage

More than just an ordinary garage, it was, without doubt, the single most expensive part of the restoration project, due to a very large deep concrete foundation pad being required by the structural engineers and architects. 9.5 Handmade Dalton In Furness Bricks were fired to match the original small section bricks, 4800 of which were cut in half here on site to create the same brick bond used in the construction of the house in 1899, the purchase of a whole reclaimed chapel roof from Northumberland so that the owners could match the graduated Westmorland Slate roof of the main building. Bespoke roof trusses were manufactured locally and a fully sarked timber roof was laid beneath the slates and its membrane, two electric garage doors at 7ft x 7ft give great access along with a small leaded glass window and pedestrian door. The garage space in its current configuration can comfortably accommodate 4 large vehicles and incorporates the original 1970s Midland Bank Counter and (truncated)

Side Access Storage Area With Bin & Log-Store

Through the side gate, you enter into a separate area that is currently used to store surplus handmade engineering-type building bricks used to rebuild a large section of the garden wall, along with paving, coping stones, and relevant materials to this house. (which can be purchased by separate negotiation). There is a semi-mobile storage container used to store timber and other materials and this will be emptied with the exception of all Bank House relevant products such as spare tiles. This outside area is a very useful area that can be accessed from the road via the two metal gates at the bottom of the driveway next to the cenotaph and has a multitude of uses and would be of great value to a home-based business.

Landscaped Garden (32.18m x 28.98m)

The walled garden was created by the award-winning landscapers Addis Garden Design of York, and the homeowners worked closely with Michael Addis to agree on a design, a planting scheme, build program. The area was stripped back to bare walls with the exception of some ivy, and some new external electrical cables in May 2016, and by the end of June 2016 the final planting, and lawn turf laying were completed. The beautifully hand-crafted Oak Arbour, the small raised bed area, to the amazing plants, and the copper beech hedgerows and is a haven for wildlife and nesting birds. There’s a quiet patio area at the bottom of the garden which was purposely designed to catch the last of the sun on an evening and is nicknamed “shady nook” perfect for gin and tonics and an amazing place to sit and listen to the birdsong on a summers evening, or even practice night of the church bell ringers on a Wednesday evening, whatever the reason, it’s a perfect place to chill with friends & family.

Greenhouse

Granted the appropriate planning and listed building consent, a dwarf wall, and a 3m x 2.5m S.W. Traditional timber greenhouse was constructed, supplied, and installed, with temperature-controlled roof lights.

Central Heating System

A new central heating system was designed to incorporate a 3-coil Megaflow water storage system which is capable of having Solar added to it and a large Worcester System boiler which would power the 18 Zehnder Bisque multicolumn radiators, along with 5 designer radiators from the same manufacturer, they are all fitted with Pegler tr valves, and the system has two separate zones to maximize summer & winter heating requirements. The system was installed by Braun Services Teesside, which carry out its annual servicing.

Re-Wire

A full electrical rewire was required and carried out by Auckland Electrics, which would incorporate its 40 plus Aurora LED recessed spotlights along with the many additional lighting and power sockets that were designed into the bespoke wiring drawings which included connection to the new garage building, remote control gates, garden lighting systems, A monumental sized job, with specialist equipment being brought in to hand cut the many chases into the hard blue bricks allowing for heating pipes and wires to be fed around the vast building. These chases, once piped and cabled were then covered with stainless mesh, and lime plastered by Rydale, All light switches and sockets in the house are bespoke brushed stainless period items supplied by Scholmore Click Deco.

Windows & Doors

Erw Windows and doors worked closely with the conservation officer & architects and the brilliant stained glass and leaded windows specialist Brian Lane, to re-manufacture a new rear bay window and entrance door, and replacement of 8 large timber windows using the original glazing panels. Secondary double glazing panels incorporating Pilkington K heat retention glazing for many of the original stone and new timber windows were supplied and fitted by Storm Windows, based in Halesowen which specializes in creating slimline, heritage-approved panels.

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