Reference
Z449/1/32
Title
Sale particulars of Streatley House
Date free text
May 2001
Production date
From: 1053 To: 2001
Scope and Content
Sale particulars of Streatley House
- agents: Jackson-Stops & Staff of 20 Bridge Street, Northampton and 17c Curzon Street, London;
- description: "Streatley House is an elegant Georgian property dating from the mid 18th Century. It is set in about one and a half acres of beautifully maintained grounds which provide the house with seclusion and privacy. The chequered brickwork, now partly covered by creeper, and the mellow clay tile roof soften the formal lines of this imposing village house, whilst the cut bracket pediment door hood and field panel door clearly demonstrate this is a house of some importance. The house stands beside the church in this small rural hamlet and in many respects there is an air of timelessness. The wonderful mature specimen trees, many of which predate the house by several centuries, indicate that there was a settlement here long before the present house. The earliest known mention of Streatley is in the Will of Eadwine of Caddington in 1053 when he bequeathed the majority of his estates, including Streatley, to his son…. Streatley House has remained at the heart of the village since it was built. Despite extensive research by the present owners it has not been possible to establish exactly when the house was constructed or for whom. the first known occupant was James Haddow, who studied at Baliol College, Oxford, and became Vicar of Streatley at the age of 24 in 1781. The house was not built as a vicarage, but as the original vicarage, which stood on glebe land opposite Streatley House, had fallen into complete disrepair by the mid-18th Century and was demolished in 1771, Streatley House became not only the most convenient but also the prominent house in the area. The house remained in the ownership of the Haddow family until 1876 when the Revd.Charles Harris and his family came to Streatley House. the name of Charles Harris's eldest son, Arthur S.Harris, who is described in the 1881 census as a sailor, is inscribed on the brickwork on the front of the house, together with the date 1880. Their occupation of Streatley House was brief and by the mid 1880's the house was owned by George Carruthers, a successful local businessman, who was to take an active interest in local and parish affairs. It is probably during his ownership that the alterations to the panelled sitting room, with its French doors opening onto the tennis or croquet lawn and its fine chimneypiece, was carried out. For a large part of the 20th century, from 1919 to 1870, Streatley House was in the hands of one family. It was then sold three times in a relatively short space of time before being purchased by the existing owners in 1986. Over the last decade care and attention has been paid to the careful and very sympathetic refurbishment if the house. The accommodation, which is arranged on the ground and two upper floors, with extensive under par of the house, is light, spacious and flexible and would seem to meet the needs of life in the 21st century as well as it must have done when first built. The extensive range of outbuildings which once would have formed coach-houses, stables, tack rooms and coachman's quarters, have nee partly converted into a billiard room, store rooms and garaging. Two stalls, with their original partitioning, still remain and planning consent was granted some years ago for the coachman's quarters to be converted into a cottage. The interior has a simple elegance and retains its original architectural features with dado and picture rails in most of the reception rooms, a carved overmantel in the dining hall and polished Tasmanian oak floor in the dining hall and drawing room. The large kitchen/breakfast room is ideal for formal dining, whilst the main reception rooms running along the front of the house and overlooking the garden are ideal for entertaining";
- layout: ground floor: entrance; dining hall (4.85m by 4.22m); drawing room (8.10m by 4.86m); sitting room (5.71m by 4.52m); inner hall; cloakroom; kitchen/breakfast room (5.43m by 3.89m); utility room;
- layout: first floor: five bedrooms; cloakroom; bathroom; landing;
- layout: second floor: two bedrooms; shower room;
- layout: cellar: two cellars; one wine cellar;
- outside: boiler house; coachhouse with workshop, two single garages and log store; coachman's cottage; stable block; two roomed cottage; garden implement store; billiard/games room (9.73m by 3.39m); tennis/croquet lawn; lawns; gardens;
- photographs [colour]: exterior front;
- site layout plan; entrance; billiard room; drawing room; sitting room; exterior rear; gardens; coachhouse
- no floor plans;
- no price
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No. of pieces: 1
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