Property description
Grade II Listed Property
Five Bedrooms
Period Features
Formal Gardens
Off Street Parking For Several Cars
Norton House is a handsome and imposing Grade II listed country residence situated in the village of Stone, Gloucestershire.
This historic home has a plethora of period features, charm and character and offers substantial and flexible family accommodation arranged over three floors.
Accessed via front door into welcoming entrance hall which acts as the central axis for the home with flag stone flooring, stairs to first floor with period carved balustrade. The drawing room is an elegant reception room with manorial fireplace, bay window to side elevation and window to rear providing dual aspect views over the gardens. There is a door which leads to a more informal but still very characterful family room with feature window to the front with working shutters, inglenook fireplace with substantial wood burner perfect for the cold winter months. The dining room has exposed timber beam, feature window to front with working shutters and window to side with period open fireplace. The kitchen / breakfast room is the heart of the home and has a fully fitted solid wood kitchen with marble work surfaces, space for table, oil fired Aga and door to utility / boot room which in turn leads to downstairs shower room.
To the first floor one will find master bedroom suite with dressing area and ensuite bathroom, two further good sized double bedrooms served by family bathroom. The second floor has two very charming period attic bedrooms, one with ensuite and access to a loft storage area.
Further benefits include two cellar rooms with internal and external access, oil fired heating and no onward chain.
Externally there is space to the front and side of the property providing off street parking, generous formal garden with a variety of mature trees, plants and shrubs and patio seating area with an additional paddock to the rear of the garden
Location: The village of Stone is situated between Bristol and Gloucester and is within easy reach of Junction 14 of the M5 with access to the M4/M5 interchange providing links to London, Bristol, Bath, Wales, The Midlands and The South West. The area offers both state and private education at primary and secondary level. State schools include Stone with Woodford C of E Primary School, Katharine Lady of Berkeley and The Castle in Thornbury. Private schools include Tockington Manor and Wycliffe in Stonehouse. Stone has a public house, church, community hall and primary school. There is a local shop/post office about a mile away. The market town of Thornbury is about six miles to the south west, whilst the historic town of Berkeley is about five miles north, both offer high street shopping and restaurants. Stone is on a bus route linking local villages and towns including Dursley, Berkeley and Thornbury.
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