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Elegy HousePark Road ◆ Stoke Poges ◆ Buckinghamshire SL2 4PE

A FINE GEORGIAN VICARAGE LISTED GRADE II AND BUILT BY THE RENOWNED ARCHITECT JAMES WYATT

Elegy HousePark Road ◆ Stoke Poges ◆ Buckinghamshire SL2 4PE

THIS GEORGIAN FAMILY HOME OFFERS CHARMING VERSATILE ACCOMMODATION WITHIN PRIVATE GARDENS WITH A SWIMMING POOL

Reception hall ◆ drawing room ◆ dining room ◆ sitting room ◆ kitchen/breakfast room ◆ utility room ◆ two cloakrooms ◆ cinema room ◆ family room ◆ wine cellar ◆ master bedroom with neighbouring dressing room (bedroom 3) and en suite bathroom ◆ guest bedroom with en suite ◆ 5 further bedrooms ◆ 2 further bathrooms ◆

double garage ◆ store ◆ swimming pool with removable telescopic cover ◆ automated gated access ◆ landscaped gardens ◆ parking area and turning circle ◆ secondary drive

Main House Built by the renowned architect James Wyatt, Elegy House (formerly The Old Vicarage) is believed to date from around 1802 with later additions, and is concealed by established copse bordering Park Road.

It is a wonderful and warm home, rich in character and period features within beautifully presented accommodation of some 5000 square feet, arranged over four floors. The layout is suited to both family living and more formal entertaining with the principal reception rooms adjacent at the front of the house. To the rear is the kitchen/breakfast room which leads through to the large dining room complete with ornate hand painted walls in the Chinese style, both with views over the gardens and a glazed door leads from the dining room to the garden. The house has been thoughtfully designed with bespoke kitchen cabinets repeating the Georgian gothic style of the original architecture. There are a wealth of original features including tall oak panelled doors with pediment architraves. The windows include sash and leaded and have concealed sliding shutters to many rooms. All this is complemented with modern conveniences for today’s living.

There is much of note: the drawing room is a bright, double room with ornamental arch and cornicing to the high ceilings and dual aspect views to the front and side through large sash windows with working shutters. The focal point is the chimney piece with log effect gas fire and ornate surround which is particularly pleasing. The adjacent sitting room was once the study and is still used as an office. At 20’3 x 19’6, the impressive dining room is perfect for family gatherings or large scale entertaining, with an appealing chimney piece and attractive deep bay window. The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of bespoke pale painted units, topped with wooden surfaces, and a central island unit with a Neff 6 ring gas hob with extractor hood above. In addition, there is a Neff double oven and a microwave/combi oven. The spacious utility room has a quarry tiled floor, butler sink, French doors to the garden, a door to the garage and plumbing for a washing machine. From an inner hall, stairs lead down to the basement with a large cinema room, a wine cellar and a useful family room or play room.

The first floor landing offers access to the four bedrooms on this floor and stairs to the second floor with a tall

window providing views across neighbouring countryside, and the secondary landing. The master bedroom is a fine room with sash windows and door to the en suite bathroom with both a shower cubicle, a bath and a pleasing white suite. Next door is bedroom three which is used as a dressing room. There is a well appointed guest suite with en suite bathroom and a further double bedroom and family bathroom room on this floor.

The second floor provides four further bedrooms and a bathroom, all with good ceiling heights which might be useful as teenage, au pair or study accommodation, according to personal requirements. These rooms enjoy some of the best views from the house, particularly bedroom eight.

Garage and Store Both attached to the house. The double Garage is off the utility room and is built to complement the style of the main house. The store is opposite the garage and offers useful storage/workshop space.

The Gardens The mature gardens have been carefully landscaped to provide year-round interest, with tall trees, hedges and copse providing screening and privacy to the front and sides. The rear garden is arranged as lawn, crossed by long gravel paths. Formal planting of shrubs and herbs in two central beds are edged with clipped box hedging. The swimming pool has a retractable, telescopic cover and length of 30’ with a depth of 3’ extending to 6’6. A summer house has a fine view across the garden to the swimming pool and is ideally placed to enjoy the afternoon and evening sun. There is open pasture land beyond the rear boundary.

To the front the drive opens into a large parking area and continues to the garage and to the secondary drive. There are established trees and shrubs forming a copse.

Situation Stoke Poges is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and is famous for the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” written by Thomas Gray. Stoke Poges is home to the renowned Stoke Park Golf and Country Club and also known for its open fields, meadows, beech woods, extensive common and heath land. Gerrards Cross,

Beaconsfield, Uxbridge, Slough and Maidenhead are all within driving distance and offer good shopping facilities and fast commuter train services to London (Crossrail due to operate from Slough). The M40 (5 miles) and M4 (3.5 miles) afford access to the M25, Heathrow and Gatwick airports and central London. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Stoke Park, South Buckinghamshire, Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield; polo and horse racing at Windsor and Ascot together with rowing at Dorney Lake.

Buckinghamshire is renowned for its choice and standard of schooling. The county is one of the last to maintain the traditional grammar school system and independent schools in the area include Eton College, Wycombe Abbey, Caldicott, The Beacon, Godstowe and Davenies.

History Formerly part of the Stoke Park estate in 1802 John Penn, son of William Penn (the founder of Pennsylvania) set about building a larger mansion house that is now home to the Stoke Park Club. He commissioned James Wyatt as architect and employed Humphry Repton to improve the landscape and the Park. As part of these works the original vicarage was removed to improve the view from the Manor. Wyatt replaced it with this fine Gothic style building we have today. This is one of the few smaller residences to have been designed by James Wyatt who is notable for building other stately homes and public buildings.

Sir Thomas Gray whose ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ in the village church of St Giles brought renown to the village and a sarcophagus to commemorate Thomas Gray stands next to the church.

General Remarks And Stipulations Local Authority: South Bucks District Council. Tenure: Freehold. Services: All mains services.

Fixtures and Fittings: All curtains, light fittings, home cinema projector and amplifier are expressly excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

Please note that that none of the services have been tested.

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Shed2.71 x 2.308'11 x 7'7

Summer House3.81 x 3.61

12'6 x 11'10

Covered Pool14.70 x 7.7948'3 x 25'7

Family Room4.66 x 4.2615'3 x 14'0

Cinema Room7.28 x 4.2623'11 x 14'0

Wine Cellar4.61 x 3.3915'1 x 11'1

Garage5.41 x 4.8617'9 x 15'11

Utility5.54 x 2.3618'2 x 7'9

Kitchen4.97 x 4.6216'4 x 15'2

Dining Room6.18 x 5.9420'3 x 19'6

Drawing Room8.23 x 4.8827'0 x 16'0

Sitting Room4.85 x 4.3515'11 x 14'3

Store2.82 x 2.27

9'3 x 7'5

Bedroom 34.68 x 3.5015'4 x 11'6

Bedroom 14.91 x 4.3616'1 x 14'4

Bedroom 24.88 x 4.3916'0 x 14'5

Bedroom 44.95 x 3.1116'3 x 10'2

Bedroom 84.85 x 3.5415'11 x 11'7

Bedroom 54.87 x 4.3616'0 x 14'4

Bedroom 64.87 x 4.3816'0 x 14'4

Bedroom 74.77 x 3.5415'8 x 11'7

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Elegy House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, SL2 4PEGross Internal Area (approx) = 416.1 sq m / 4479 sq ft (Excluding Shed)Basement = 76.4 sq m / 822 sq ftGarage = 25.9 sq m / 279 sq ftPool Room = 114.7 sq m / 1235 sq ftStore = 7.3 sq m / 78 sq ftSummer House = 13.7 sq m / 147 sq ftTotal = 654.1 sq m / 7041 sq ftFor identification only. Not to scale.© Floorplanz Ltd

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