7 Bedrooms Detached house for sale in Queen Annes Road, Windsor SL4 | £ 2,750,000

Property Description

Key features

7 Bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, Utility Room, 3 Reception Rooms, Games Room. Granny Suite, Reception Hall, Cloakroom, Drying Room, Galleried Apartment, Office, 2 dining Rooms, electronic Gates to Secured Extensive Parking, Pool, Grape Vines, with built in Barbecue on Patio, Garden terraces, 2 Patio's, Gate to Windsor Great Park.

Set in a wonderful position with own gate onto Windsor Great Park. Close to the dog walk.
Unique architect designed property and gardens.
The latest in design with extensive, accommodation and land.
On the right side of the house: Field for development or maybe a helipad
On the left side of the house: Electronic gates to gravel parking for eight cars
Separate Apartment/office accommodation.
EPC rating = E

Location

Windsor is surrounded by miles of beautiful countryside yet is still within easy commuting distance of Central London. The various local attractions include Windsor Castle (currently the official residence of Her Majesty The Queen) Windsor Great Park, the Theatre Royal Windsor, Legoland, Savill Gardens, and Virginia Water Lake.

Windsor offers a fine choice of shops, bars and restaurants, close to the gastronomic village of Bray, just 5.5 miles away. Offers Michelin starred restaurants including the renowned Fat Duck, Waterside Inn and Hinds Head, plus Caldes in Campagne, and The Crown. The additional shopping facilities bars and restaurants of the quaint and historic town of, Eton can be accessed from Windsor via a footbridge.

For the commuter, road travel is excellent with the M4 (J6) providing access to Heathrow Airport, Central London and the West Country and also linking with the M25 in turn linking with the M3. Rail communications are equally as convenient with Windsor’s two stations. Windsor & Eton Central and Windsor and Eton Riverside, offering services to London Waterloo and London Paddington (via Slough) respectively. Crossrail, the new high-speed rail service is due to begin running in 2019 and will link Maidenhead directly with Heathrow and the City.

Sporting facilities in the region include golf at “ Wentworth”, Sunningdale, The Berkshire & Swinley Forest golf clubs, horse racing at Windsor and Ascot, polo at the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club, & Guards Polo club. Leisure facilities include flying at White Waltham Airfield, walking and riding in Windsor Great Park and the surrounding countryside. Water pursuits include rowing at Eton Exclesoir Rowing club, Dorny Lake, and Henley, and boating on some stretches of the River Thames.

Educational opportunities are excellent and include St George’s Windsor Castle. Queensmead, and Upton House in Windsor. St George’s, St Mary’s Heathfield and Papplewick in Ascot Lambrook in Winkfield Row. Eton College, Wellington College in Crowthorn and Royal Holloway University in Egham. Tasis and acs, both international schools, are also located in Thorpe & Egham.

Description

Castlemead, 2 Queen Anne’s Road, This an architect designed house, built with the lovely “Ockley” purple and red clay brick.
To avoid any foundation problems due to the clay in this area. It is built on a strong, Bison Raft base.
This unique residence in Windsor offers extensive accommodation.

Ground Floor
Reception hall
With autumn red, tiled floor, lovely light oak surrounding door and picture window. The expensive, “ Iroko, ” hardwood wooden panelled double doors are throughout the split-level hall. Leading to the lounge, and dining room, with a further pair to the kitchen. The other two panelled doors, lead to the office and the granny suite.

Open Plan split level Lounge
With feature fireplace with marble tiles, wood floor, beamed ceiling and south facing views, from three sets of patio doors, leading to the garden.

Dining room on lower level down two steps with the lounge, also with south facing views from large, patio doors leading to the garden. Brick faced, wall to complement the wood, Parki floors on both levels with carpet in the lower dining room.

Apartment/Office
Off hall, through to a panelled, door, to the lobby and fully equipped bathroom on the right, and then through another panelled door to. A magnificent huge galleried office with north facing views onto the landscaped garden through two patio doors. Further window and door to the outside for private entrance. Fully fitted, Kitchen under a flight of stairs to galleried double bedroom with large window. High ceiling clad with timber and large beams, with brick-lined walls make this. An outstanding piece of architecture, unique giving, a real feeling of space and freedom.

Granny Suite
Down two steps in the hall left through the panelled door you arrive at the hall of the suite with a pretty double bedroom with airy windows and private, en-suite.

Gym Room/Man’s Den
Spacious, well lit, equipped, with TV, billiards table, and bar for the gentleman of the house. All round windows and overhead, Velox, window beaming sunlight into the room below.

Breakfast Room/Kitchen
Through two panelled doors to a large breakfast room with window showing views of the garden. Plenty of room for table and chairs. Kitchen with extensive range of bespoke wooden units, tiled floor, breakfast bar, integrated appliances and large windows and patio doors leading onto the large patio of the back garden which leads to own private gate to Windsor Great Park.

Utility Room

Which provides generous additional storage, appliances, and windows on two sides giving the room light and views.

Cloakroom
Under stairs with plenty of storage space

First Floor

The luxurious master bedroom suite has glorious views over Windsor Park through the Hornbeam hedge put there by the original inhabitants of the land The Marlborough family, relatives of Winston Churchill. Letters from the family at “the original Castlemead house, built on the same site years ago, appear in his papers. Sumptuous, en-suite bathroom with power shower, sink and toilet.

Bedroom 2

Has fitted wardrobes and views over gardens, with integrated, wash hand basin.

Bedroom 3

Has large window with wonderful views of Windsor Park

Family Bathroom

With his and hers sinks, bidet toilet and large bath with shower.

Two Further Bedrooms

Complete the accommodation on this floor.

Access to Loft storage.

Gardens and grounds

Grounds of approximately l.08 acres.
Castlemead 2, Queen Anne’s Road is set back from the road in an exclusive Gated development with a horseshoe drive and gardens designed by David Stevens, a Chelsea award-winning designer. With special trees and winding path, it enhances the viewers.

On the left-hand side of the house through electronically operated double gates is the secured parking area for cars.

Past the gates is there is a handy shed and a Wendy playhouse which can hold the ride on mower or be used by children. Both are in fine condition. A large Patio features and is accessed by the kitchen patio doors. Good area for children to play and be watched. There is a higher sun patio accessed by steps from the lower patio with a small swimming pool or sandpit area. There is a pump for a fountain, operated and viewed from the lounge. Grass in front for sunbathing or al fresco dining.

The large chimney on the side of the house is for barbeques. The overhead, grapevine provides, a lovely shaded area in the summer for dining outside. The storage for the fire is in a coal bunker which is built to provide a good tabletop for food. This area is privy to views over the large field of the property

Services – All Mains services

Fixtures and Fittings

All items of fixtures and fittings, including carpets/blinds and kitchen equipment are specifically excluded unless mentioned.

Square Footage: 4329
Acreage: 1.06 Acres

The History of 2, Queen Annes Road, Windsor

The original Victorian mansion called Castlemead which stood on the land of 2 Queen Annes Road
today, was designed by wf Lyon for Henri cj Henry of the Royal Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory
who leased the land from the Crown Commissioners in 1880s. The following provides a timeline of
the famous occupiers of this historical property.

By 1890, Castlemead was occupied by the Viscount of Spoelbech family, historic members of
Belgium nobility.

The next occupiers were members of the illustrious Marlborough family, John Spencer Churchill, 7 th
Duke of Marlborough and Lady Francis Anne Spencer Churchill. Her son Lord Randolph Churchill was
the father of Sir Winston Churchill, knight, statesman and Prime Minister (1874 – 1965).

Their principal home was the monumental Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Yet they
resided time to time at Castlemead, Windsor.
In the archives of the Churchill papers, Lady Frances, Duchess of Marlborough writes to Sir Winston
Churchill from Castlemead, on the draft of his novel ‘Savrola’, suggesting that he should show it to
sone of Lord Randolph’s literary friends.
Her grandson, Sir Winston Churchill wrote of her ‘She was a women of exceptional capacity, energy
and decision.’
The next occupier was Alexander Augustus Berens, Lieutenant by the Queens Commission.
Alexander was the son of a very successful textiles trader – Otto Adolph Victor Alexander Berens, memorialised by a spectacular tomb in West Norwood Cemetery today. Alexander’s daughter Olivia
Elizabeth Berens obe, marries Arthur William Cairns, 2 nd Earl of the Cairns family.

The next occupiers were the Zouche family, Mary Cecil Frankland, nee Curzon, the 17 th Baroness
Zouche and Frederick William Francis George Frankland, 10 th Baronet.
Originally build in 1880s

Henri Charles Joseph Henry Lived with his mother Marguerite Amelia Henry

Lord John Spencer Churchill & Lady Frances Anne Spencer Churchill
7 th Duke of Marlborough The Duchess of Marlborough

Alexander Augustus Berens Louisa Winifred Stewart
Olivia Elizabeth Cairns nee Berens obe

Frederick William Francis George Frankland & Mary Cecil Frankland nee Curzon
10 th Baronet 17th Baroness Zouche of Haryngworth
Their children: Major Hon Sir Thomas Wilson Frankland, Hon Barbara Mary Frankland &
W/cd-r Hon Roger Nathaniel Frankland
Louis Thierry Henri Marie De Spoelberch & Francoise Marie Ghislaine Philippine De Spoelbech
Viscount of Spoelberch Viscountess of Spoelberch
Their children: Louise Viscomtesse & Thierry Viscomtesse De Spoelbech

The Zouche family had three children. The 10 th Baronet Frederick William Francis George Frankland
died at Castlemead in 1937, tragically in 1945, their son, Major Honourable Sir Thomas Wilson
Frankland died in a motor vehicle accident. Mary Cecil Frankland the 17 th Baroness Zouche remained
in Castlemead until her death in 1965.
In the late 1960s, the Castlemead mansion was demolished and today stands the new house on the
original land of 2 Queen Annes Road.

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