The Rooms

The ground floor contains the main public rooms where family life and entertaining take place. This level follows the Victorian tradition of formal reception rooms at the front, with more intimate family spaces towards the rear.

The first floor provides the private sleeping quarters and personal spaces.

The garden level is a self-contained flat with its own entrance, kitchen, living room, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Over the past decade, the garden-level flat has mostly been made available as a holiday let thanks to its convenience for servicing, but could equally serve as a 'granny flat' or accommodation for grown-up children. Both staircases between the ground and garden-level floors have now been opened up, reconnecting the house. It is being marketed as one property through Rettie, although an exceptional offer for either part separately would be considered.

Before 1992, the Fiddes family commissioned the now‑eminent heritage architect Ben Tindall to design a two‑storey conservatory adjoining the western extension. This addition, an example of his early work, harmonised glass, wood, and stone to create a luminous transition between the interior and the garden. It is currently accessible from both the garden level and the ground floor, and has an exit to the back garden and the garage.

The house benefits from the convenience of a drive-in for two cars at the front, one of them under a canopy, with the potential to extend that. To the rear, an open-backed garage reached from a private lane can securely park three or four vehicles if required. The detached garage measures 20'3" x 12'1" (6.17 x 3.68 m).