The House
Renovated to a high standard, 1851 at heart.
No.1 Arthurstone Gardens is a Category B listed country home dating to 1851, renovated and upgraded to a very high standard by the present owners while keeping its period character intact. Slightly curved wings reach out on either side of the central folly tower, giving generous, largely all-on-the-level accommodation.
The signature
Three reception rooms under glass
At the rear of the house, a converted 1851 glasshouse holds three south-facing reception rooms that look directly onto the walled Georgian garden: a 27ft dining room, a 24ft drawing room and a 24ft sitting room — wooden floors, double-glazed glass roofs with bespoke blinds, and garden views from every seat.
This is the light people remember. It is also why photographers, painters and anyone who works to a window have walked in and quietly recalculated their lives.
The heart
A four-storey folly tower
The folly rises at the very centre of the house, carrying the main hallway and, on the first floor, a music room reached by a feature spiral staircase from the dining room. Use it as a study, a studio, a quiet bedroom, or an observatory for the dramatic Strathmore skies — it is the kind of room most houses simply don't have.
A near-unique residential feature, and the easiest room in the house to fall for.
Rooms that flex
Space that adapts to your life, not the other way round
The accommodation is designed to be read more than one way — which is exactly how the owners have lived in it.
Kitchen & family area
A bespoke open-plan kitchen and breakfast room with an Aga, modern units and a walk-in larder, opening through French doors to the paved patio and garden. A utility room and reception hall sit alongside.
The principal suite
On the west wing, with built-in furniture, a full-length arched window and French doors to a south-facing flagstone terrace. A second double and further bedrooms sit off the hall, with bath and shower rooms.
Study / music / bedroom
The folly room is the clearest example: study one year, music room the next, a guest bedroom when family descend. Rooms here earn their keep in more than one way.
Floor coverings, blinds and built-in kitchen appliances are included in the sale.
Best understood in person.
Plans and photographs only go so far with a house this particular. Arrange a private viewing and let the light do the talking.