For sale - Gateways Manor in Alwoodley, a former school given a stunning renovation by its owners
The period house was converted into Gateways Manor School in 1941. By 1947, the popular private school moved to a bigger site inIt took three years to give the house a no expense spared update and now the opulent interors and the glorious gardens are picture perfect
Paula and Richard had lived and worked all over the world when they bought it, after deciding to retire to his native Yorkshire. “We spent two years looking for ‘the one’ and when we viewed this house, we fell in love with it,” says Paula. Its spectacular transformation took over three years and was well worth the wait. Among the highlights are the staircase by Westcliffe Staircases and a new, extended kitchen by Cabtech Bespoke Interiors. The gardens are beautiful and include vegetable plots, fruit trees and beehives tended by a localThe Wallises are selling to downsize and Paula says: “We feel very humbled and blessed to have had the opportunity to do this house and to live here because it is extraordinary.
The property is close to two golf courses and to Leeds Grammar School, while Leeds city centre and Leeds Bradford Airport are 15 minutes drive away. The house has a cloakroom, rhall, sitting room, dining room, study, garden room, wine tasting room, living/dining kitchen, butler’s pantry, larder, utility room, gymnasium and shower room. There are lifts to the upper floors.
On the first floor there is a principal bedroom with dressing rooms, bathroom and balcony, two bedroom suites and a self-contained annexe.On the second floor are two bedrooms, a TV room, bathroom and store rooms. Outside is a garage with storage loft plus gardens with terracing, a greenhouse and a domed folly.
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