For life in charming Cheltenham, a Georgian spa town on the edge of the Cotswolds, an impressive villa in the only way to go. This modern, light-filled villa sits in one of the best locations in town and has been beautifully designed and updated to create a luxurious family home with a stylish Georgian theme.
Arrive into a spacious and light entrance hall to enter this 2-storey home that covers over 7,000 square feet. There is even enough space for a piano where lesser mortals may require shoe racks, with the elegant spiral staircase forming a feature of this generous space.
The cantilevered stone staircase is an artistic creation in itself – and top-lit for a cascade of daylight – but stroll further into this ground floor to find multiple reception rooms to cater to all needs.
Perhaps the most striking of the ground floor spaces is the octagonal sitting area, which leads off the large kitchen and breakfast bar. This ‘hub’ is large and modern, providing all that is needed for entertaining or simply chilling out with the rest of the family.
The magnificent kitchen is equipped to highest standard, with the space and convenience to make whipping up meals as pleasurable as the views out of the windows. When not nibbling at the kitchen bar, there is a formal and impressive dining room to use for eating.
The ground floor also has a cosy and private library as well as a comfortable drawing room, with patio doors that open onto the garden and terraces. This ensures a busy household can find privacy and peace as required.
Once the charming staircase has been climbed, you will find four double bedrooms on the first floor, including the extraordinary octagonal master suite complete with large dressing area and sumptuous en-suite.
The three other bedrooms on this floor are spacious and light-filled, albeit in a more uniform shape, and all offer en-suite facilities that are beautifully finished and fitted.
The remaining bedrooms are situated within the Eastern wing of the house, where a real treat is in store for those lazy evenings – the cinema room. There is also a playroom for keeping the little people occupied and a shower room to serve the two guest bedrooms.
The house has been designed and laid out so that the main living areas face south over the gardens and open onto a beautiful terrace within one of the largest gardens in town. The main feature is the swimming pool which dominates and impresses.
This is a property that facilitates entertaining outside when the weather allows, with multiple seating and dining areas as well as a outdoor kitchen for ease of catering.
Potential owners may be interested to hear that 45 The Park, as this villa is known, is award winning, with the Georgian Group’s Giles Worsley Architectural Award 2008 for a ‘New Building in a Georgian Context’ and Best Architecture (single unit) in the Daily Mail Property Awards 2008 in its trophy cabinet.
The Park is in a quiet residential area known to be one of Cheltenham’s most well regarded: Tivoli. The house is close to a range of local independent shops, cafes and stores within the areas of Montpellier and the Promenade (both less than a mile away).
In terms of connections, the house is easily accessible from the M5, north and south and the A419 to Swindon and the M4. There is a world-renowned school in Cheltenham – Cheltenham Ladies College – and the closest airport for flying in would Bristol (53 miles) or Birmingham (57 miles), with London Heathrow 94 miles away.
Source: Right Move
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6 bedroom detached house for sale in The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 (rightmove.co.uk)
