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11 June 2003
A dream house is being created by Countryside Properties in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. 'Garrick House' is a magnificent one-off, seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom, 'Arts and Crafts' style country house, which has been valued at £3.5 million. The house incorporates grand English classical style architecture with the finest luxury features of a modern home, combining the best of Buckinghamshire countryside living with the benefits of being located in one of the South East's most prestigious commuter towns.
Garrick House is set within an acre of its own private land and surrounded by mature trees and hedging in the prestigious Burkes Road, one of the smartest streets in this charming town.
Chris Crook, Managing Director of Countryside Properties' North Thames division, comments, "Beaconsfield has long been associated with exclusive homes, so a new house design has to be exceptional in order to be granted planning permission in this very fashionable address.
"Garrick House is a truly magnificent home that offers outstanding levels of luxury, supported by the latest technology to facilitate an easier, modern lifestyle. In order to ensure that it blends in with the surrounding architecture, we have also incorporated many authentic features of a grand Arts and Crafts style house into the design, such as a substantial oak front door, numerous large rooms with high ceilings, hand crafted clay roof tiles, impressive gables and mullion windows above the main entrance."
The interior of this magnificent house offers extensive living space over three floors, dominated by a central, double-height hallway. The ground floor incorporates no less than five main reception rooms and a separate orangery. It also boasts a substantial, double-height, vaulted kitchen/breakfast room with a full-height window, which opens out onto the garden, a walk-in pantry and numerous nooks and crannies which lead to cloakrooms, store cupboards and even a second hallway with a second staircase.
Quality has been incorporated into every aspect of Garrick House, with columns in the main entrance hall and a grand staircase leading up to a galleried landing, which has its own reading area with an oak window seat overlooking the driveway and front garden. The master bedroom suite demonstrates the luxury of this extraordinary new home, with two fully-fitted dressing rooms, as well as the double size en-suite bathroom.
In addition to the main house, Garrick House incorporates a separate self-contained suite above a triple garage, which has its own separate entrance, making it ideal for use as a leisure annex or staff accommodation.
Some of the country's finest schools are located in and around Beaconsfield. There is an excellent selection of independent schools, including Eton, Wycombe Abbey and Radley, as well as the American Community School at Hiddington. In addition, Beaconsfield falls within the Buckinghamshire Grammar School system. Other amenities in the town itself include an array of excellent shops and restaurants.
Popular Beaconsfield owes its initial prosperity to rapid growth in the coaching trade during the 18th century, with travellers from London to Oxford and beyond making overnight stops in the town. Today, the M40 snakes around Beaconsfield to Oxford and a journey into central London by car is approximately 25 miles. Beaconsfield train station offers direct services to London Marylebone, with journey times taking approximately 35 minutes.
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Information correct as at 11/06/2003