Guide Price £2,600,000 Subject to Contract
4 Bedrooms
3 Receptions
Box Tree House is a unique and beautifully presented property, with a variety of internal features to include Tuscan-style columns, arches, vaulted ceilings, marble fireplaces to most rooms and exposed wooden beams. This four-bedroom family home, located in a quiet road on the Coombe estate, boasts a bright and spacious triple-aspect reception area, family room, study, kitchen/breakfast room with matching utility room and guest cloakroom on the ground floor, with an impressive principal bedroom suite, a second bedroom with ensuite and two other bedrooms sharing a shower room.
Location
Beverley Lane is conveniently located close to Kingston and Wimbledon town centres with their excellent shopping facilities, as is the A3 trunk road offering fast access to central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway. The nearest train stations at Raynes Park and New Malden are within walking distance and provide frequent services to Waterloo (25 minutes approx.) with its underground links to points throughout the city. The 57 bus stops wo Wimbledon and Kingston are within walking distance along Coombe Lane West at the end of this private lane.
The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including three golf courses, tennis and squash clubs. The 2,360 acres of Richmond Park, area of outstanding beauty easily accessed from Kingston Gate and Ladderstile Gate, provide a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk. Theatres at Wimbledon and Richmond are also popular alternatives to the West End together with an excellent choice of restaurants.
There are also numerous private, state and international schools for all ages within the immediate vicinity and are also within walking distance. For Holy Cross Prep School for Girls, Rokeby School for Boys and Marymount International IB School for Girls along George Road, these can be approached on foot via a footpath off Warren Cutting which is approached towards the end of Golf Club Drive which leads into Edgecoombe Close and onto Warren and George Road.
The Property
Approached from the main road via a set of wrought-iron gates to a private driveway (with right of access given to Garden Cottage and Hoppingwood Place), which leads to the double garage and a double pedestrian gate leading in turn to the front door as well as the rear garden.
The front door, flanked by two glass panels, opens onto the entrance hall, which benefits from Oak wood strip flooring which carries onto the next room. A set of double doors leads onto the triple aspect drawing/dining room, visually separated by four columns. Floor to ceiling windows and a set of French doors flood the space with natural light, and a wood burner with marble surround acts as a focal point to the room. This is a marvellous room, with arched openings with steps leading up to the adjacent family room, which is also accessed from the hall via a glazed door, flanked by two glazed panels. This room benefits from a practical lift (currently de-commissioned), which directly serves the principal bedroom suite on the first floor, the lift being an added benefit of this family home.
A door leads to the rear-aspect study, a pretty room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the rear garden. This room also benefits from bespoke, fitted base cupboards with shelving above and a marble fireplace.
The kitchen/breakfast room offers wide views over the front and boasts wood strip flooring, a corner fireplace and a shaker-style range of wall and base units with some glass-fronted units, with a Corian worktop incorporating a double sink and drainer, with tiled splash back. The range of integrated appliances includes a dishwasher, fridge/freezer, a six-ring gas hob with extractor fan above and double ovens. A door leads to a walled courtyard garden and another leads to the double aspect utility room. This room, with wood strip flooring, offers a similar range of wall and base units topped with a Corian worktop, tiled splash back and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. It also has a door that leads to the side garden.
From the hall, a few steps up to a small landing where an easy rising staircase leads to the first-floor landing.
The principal bedroom suite, with its vaulted ceiling and a wide window overlooking the front, benefits from the lift providing access to the ground floor, a corner fireplace and an ensuite bathroom, with tiled floor and part-tiled walls, and a white suite comprising a wash hand basin with a vanity unit above, a WC, free-standing bath and a walk-in wet area with a fixed glass screen. There is also access to the deep eaves’ storage.
An arched opening from the bedroom leads to the walk-in dressing room, well-equipped with hanging, shelving and a shoe cupboard.
Bedroom two benefits from an ensuite shower room, with wood strip flooring and part-tiled walls, and a white suite comprising a wash hand basin, WC and a fully tiled walk-in shower with fixed glass screen. A few steps down lead to the double-aspect bedroom, which benefits from two large dormer windows, exposed ceiling beams and a wall of built-in bespoke wardrobes.
Bedroom three, another spacious double aspect, double bedroom, benefits from a large dormer to the side, a fireplace and a range of built-in bespoke wardrobes. Lastly, bedroom four is a spacious single bedroom. The family shower room offers a white suite comprising a wash hand basin, WC and fully tiled shower with a fixed glass screen.
The property is surrounded by York stone paving with mature borders and a semi-circular area of Astroturf to the main part of the secure gated garden. There is also another solid metal gate leading to Beverley Lane with a possible off street parking space for a small car (like a mini).