This stunning Hartlepool property cleverly combines great period features with modern living.
The five-bedroom home on Hartlepool’s Park Road, on the market with Manners and Harrison for £600,000, has its own pool and sauna, as well as a quiet reading library area.
If you are looking for a home with character, this grand home containing a wealth of original period features could be the home for you.
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With three reception rooms, the Hartlepool home has been greatly expanded to accommodate the pool, sauna, and recreational features, and it also has a walled driveway, pretty gardens, and two garages.
A solid wood door with stained glass panel and a window leads to the entrance balcony, which in turn leads to a massive and impressive entrance with oak staircase, handrails, new columns, picture rail, covered ledges, and original paneled doors. There is also a toilet outside the hall.
The large study/sitting room features an open fireplace with a marble surround and the dining room has an Adam style fireplace with an indoor electric fireplace. Both rooms have picture rails and covered ledges.
In the kitchen there is a large selection of wall and base units in dark oak with underlights, contrasting worktops and a complementing tiled look, integrated appliances, double stainless steel oven, four ring gas stove with hood, built-in refrigerator and dishwasher, one and half sink / Drain unit with water tap. The laundry room also contains a combination of wall and pedestal units, sink, and plumbing for an American-style washer and fridge freezer.
The large living room has patio doors overlooking the garden, an arched window to the side that provides plenty of natural light, an attractive cast-iron fireplace with live gas stove with a charcoal effect, and covered ledges.
Flagship is the gorgeous 38-foot-9 by 23-foot-10-inch entertainment area, with an 18-foot pool, four-person sauna, four sets of French doors overlooking the garden, raised seating, floodlighting during the break, a built-in surround sound system, and shower room.
A spacious suspended landing very nicely frames the library area and includes an oak built bookcase, picture rail, covered pit, and storage area.
One bedroom has wardrobes, an attractive fireplace, and an en suite bathroom. The two- and three-bedroom bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom with a Jacuzzi-style bathtub and walk-in shower.
The fourth bedroom is double sided with a large bay window in the front, fitted wardrobes, and features a fire frame and covered ledges, the five bedroom also has a large walk-in bay window and wardrobes.
On the first floor there is also a luxuriously appointed family bathroom with Jacuzzi-style corner bathtub and separate toilet.
Externally there is a sweeping driveway in and out, a double gated driveway, surrounded by mature trees and shrubs, and off-street parking for several cars. There are also two garages. In the depth there is a large patio area that leads into a beautiful manicured garden, set mostly on the lawn, complemented by mature trees and shrubs.
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