Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 8 - Bathrooms: 9
Agent: The London Broker - London Phone: 020 3641 2397
In 2021 this substantial freehold originally 5-bedroom mansion with 6.4 acres was extended to 8 bedrooms and extensively refurbished throughout.<br/><br/> Sitting on generous grounds comprising of 3 lots totalling 6.4 acres, the house of 7704 square feet (715.7 sq m) comes with additional stables, barn, cabin, and other outbuildings of 2772 sq feet, for a total of 10476 sq feet (973 square metres) excluding a carport.<br/><br/>The open plan kitchen is the centre of the entertaining area and is of a high quality with a black granite bench top and island, handmade oak cabinets and drawers. The kitchen has a walk-in pantry and ceramic marble effect floors with underfloor heating.<br/><br/>Whilst the open plan kitchen with its large glass doors opening onto a terrace is a centre of entertaining, there are 6 reception areas in all, which include a formal drawing room, dining room, office, snug, family room and indoor swimming pool and sauna with a bathroom/changing room. The drawing room is a substantial room for entertaining measuring over 13 metres long and nearly 6 meters wide.<br/><br/>Upstairs the main bedroom suite has a separate dressing room and ensuite bathroom. Five additional bedrooms have ensuites and a further two bedrooms have a two-way bathroom. There is a further bedroom on the ground floor with its own ensuite. The bathrooms are finished to a high standard.<br/><br/>An extensive terrace across the back of the house overlooks the lawn and has a gazebo for outdoor entertaining. Shelter belts of mixed deciduous and evergreen trees ensure there aren’t any neighbours in sight. To the back of the grounds there is woodland comprising large mature trees. A driveway extends from the electric gates and front fountain at the front of the property, all the way to the back of the property, for horse floats, providing access to the stables and barn. A small self-contained wooden cabin overlooks a large pond within the grounds.<br/><br/>The house has underfloor heating throughout with distributed air-conditioning units.<br/><br/>Warfield is a village some 5 miles (11 minutes’ drive) from Ascot racecourse and has some 11,000 inhabitants. The village was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement and is recorded in the Domesday Book. The medieval church is one of the finest in Berkshire and is also a Grade II* listed building.<br/><br/>The village adjoins Hayley Green Wood, a nature reserve. According to government statistics men in the Warfield Harvest Ride ward had the highest life expectancy at birth, 90.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.<br/><br/>Warfield village is only 2 miles from Bracknell's vibrant new shopping centre, The Lexicon, with over 100 retailers, numerous restaurants and a 12 screen cinema complex under one roof. Bracknell is undergoing extensive renewal as the U.K.s new and developing "Silicon Valley", already home to 27 global tech companies. Being so close to Ascot and Smiths Lawn polo, this is also a major equestrian centre with over 32 stables to choose from and plenty of rides. Horse riders pass along the road in front of the house almost daily.<br/><br/>This is England’s best area for Schools and sporting facilities. Local schools include Eton College, Sunningdale prep school, Ludgrove prep school, St Georges, St Marys, Papplewick, Heathfield, The Marist, Lambrook and the American School. There is golf at the famous World championship Wentworth Golf Club and at Royal Berkshire. Tennis is available at the tennis and health club at Wentworth, and a large number of indoor courts are available at The Royal Berkshire David Lloyd gym. Polo is played at Smiths Lawn where a private club offers dining and bar facilities. Both Coworth Park Dorchester Collection, Ascot, and Penny Hill in Bagshot offer Spas. <br/><br/>Services:<br/>Gas boiler<br/>Mains electricity<br/>Mains sewerage<br/><br/>Council Tax band H - £4032 per year for 2024 - 2025.<br/><br/>
