House For Sale £4,750,000
Legh Road, Knutsford

An exceptional period house, truly one of Knutsford’s finest, standing in the most beautiful, expansive garden plot with tennis court, indoor swimming pool complex and fully independent coach house, in all about 1.25 acres or thereabouts

Legh Road is the town’s most prestigious and sought after road, home to some of the most unique houses in the county, famed for its Italianate style architecture designed and constructed to mirror houses in Tuscany that local architect Richard Harding Watt observed during his travels in the late 20th Century.

Legh Lodge is situated on the opposite side of the road, a handsome mid-Victorian family house in probably the best plot in the whole area.  The house sits elevated from the road, screened for privacy with substantial timber gates and mature planting, atop an immaculate gravelled driveway, and thereafter the entire plot is completely flat, expansive and beautifully landscaped, including a fully independent coach house to the rear of the garden and a wonderful entertaining space for external barbecues and fun in the tennis court area to the side.  The gardens and lawns are beautifully maintained and include substantial split-level natural stone terraces which spill out from both the kitchen, gym and swimming pool complex.  The lawns are structured, with a breeze house, box hedging, and clipped trees and the gravel drive runs around the side of the house to the coach house at the rear, where there is garaging.

Internally, the house was completely remodelled some years ago and is beautifully presented, the sense of space and quality is evident at every turn and the layout is wonderful for a family.  

On entry a quarry tiled porch opens through an inner door into a spacious reception hall which gives access to each of the principle ground floor reception rooms, which include a large main lounge with bow window, substantial marble fireplace and part mirrored walls, and an adjacent sitting room with bay window, open hearth fireplace in a more contemporary style and a range of fitted bookcases. Both rooms have a beautiful dark wooden floor.  

Leading off the hall is a substantial boot room and WC and a third reception room currently used as a gymnasium with a French door to the rear terrace and glazed inner doors to the swimming pool complex, built-in bespoke shelving and mirrors including a hidden mirror-fronted TV.  To the rear of the house, extended with a contemporary glass frame, is a stunning kitchen/dining/living room with huge ceiling lantern and opening windows to the rear terrace.  The floor is principally a wenge coloured wood with quarry tile inset and the kitchen was remodelled just a few years ago with a range of hand painted cabinets, Belfast sink, huge central island with breakfast bar and exceptional appliances by Sub-Zero and La Cornue with a stunning centre piece range cooker.  There is enough room in the kitchen for a large eight-seater dining table and a cleverly designed coffee bar sits to one side with breakfast cabinets and further high-level seating.  A boot room lies to the side of the kitchen with rear access.

The indoor swimming pool complex is a stunning, tranquil room with banks of glazing overlooking the rear garden and a fabulous high ceiling lantern light.  There are part mirrored walls, dark surface tiling and a wet bar with fridge.  The swimming pool and adjacent hot tub run together seamlessly and there is a good sized seating area.  Off the main pool room is a changing room and WC, steam room, shower and plant room.

The lower ground floor spaces have been converted to several useful rooms – including a comm’s room, a tank room, and a fabulous cinema/media room with adjacent storeroom or children’s playroom.

The bedrooms are over two upper floors and depending on the family size can be flexible as some are fitted out as dressing rooms and a study.  The wooden floored first-floor landing gives access to four bedrooms – a fabulous principal room with bow window and freestanding feature bath, fireplace with wood burning stove and fitted mirrored and upholstered bedhead with concealed door to a stunning en suite shower room.  Bedroom two, to the rear of the house, overlooks the gardens with a range of built-in wardrobes and a large, beautifully remodelled en suite shower room and bedrooms three and four – one to the front and one to the rear – share a fabulous, large family bathroom which has been beautifully finished throughout with a freestanding bath and walk-through shower enclosure.  A dressing room designed to complement the main suite is beautifully fitted with exceptional furniture but could double as a fifth bedroom here.  On the upper floor there are potentially two further bedrooms but are currently used as a gentleman’s dressing room with wonderful walnut cabinetry and a fully fitted home study.

At the far end of the garden is a fully refurbished detached coach house which provides ideal guest accommodation perhaps also suitable for a relative.  The main reception room with flagged floor and wooden clad walls has as a substantial wood burning stove and is open to a hand painted kitchen with large central island.  To the first floor is a large double bedroom and beautiful bathroom refurbished in a period style and it could be expanded further into the integral double garage at ground floor level (subject to planning).

A tennis court, fully fenced, is situated at a dog leg to the garden, has its own adjacent garden area, fabulous barbecue and party entertaining space which is walled and private and there is a children’s play area.