Newmarket: Edwardian country house for sale for £1.95m

Aynsley House, on the market with Savills, is an impressive six-bed, four-bath property with open-plan living spaces and its own heated pool. The mature gardens and grounds provide stunning views over the village and an attractive former water tower in the grounds has also been assigned permission to convert into an annexe.

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Conveniently located in Newmarket, a hub for British horse racing, Aynsley House has its own links to the sport as it was built and owned by a successful local bookmaker.

“I’m given to understand that Elijah Moore built and subsequently lived in Aynsley House for many years,” said property agent Lucy Banks, director in the residential sales team at Savills Cambridge. “He was a prosperous and successful Newmarket turf accountant. In 1910 village folklore has it that he cleared £3,000 as a one-off bet on one race and named his house after the winning horse.

The property was built and owned for many years by a successful Newmarket turf accountant (Image: Savills)

“Several horses were kept at Aynsley House in those days as evidenced by the former stables. It is understood that emus and ostriches also roamed the garden in Edwardian times – although more recently the paddock has been grazed by cattle and sheep. Mr Moore was also a world champion pigeon shot and a keen billiards player. The panelled billiards room remains.”

The original drawing room with wood panels and a large bay window with seating still remains (Image: Savills)

The main reception hall welcomes you into the home with its oak flooring and grand turning staircase with scroll detailing. To the right of this room is the drawing room, the first of several reception rooms, with a box bay window and open fireplace with carved wooden surround, marble insets and hearth, and to the left is a sitting room/playroom which could also serve as a cosy snug with a bay window and gas fireplace.

The sitting room with fireplace and large bay window (Image: Savills)

The impressive, open-plan kitchen/breakfast room has its own side bay window and an arched former chimney breast housing an oil-fired Aga. The kitchen area has a range of painted floor and wall units, a central island with granite worktop, glazed lantern roof light, twin Neff electric hob, microwave and oven, space for a dishwasher and a fridge/freezer.

The kitchen leads to a vaulted raised garden room (Image: Savills)

This room also provides access to a utility/pantry and a dining room with an Adams' style fireplace with marble insets and a slate hearth, while steps in the kitchen area lead to a vaulted upper garden room with another central glazed lantern. This light and airy family space includes underfloor heating, a fireplace with Stovax wood burner and two sets of French doors opening into the garden.

The light and airy garden room with wood burning stove (Image: Savills)

Also on the ground floor is the striking part-panelled billiards room with high ceiling and a large window with seating, as well as a fireplace with a raised hearth, Severn wood burner and seating area.

Beyond this is a cloakroom and a double aspect study with a corner fireplace and oval window, and across the main hall is a side hall with cellar access and a second cloakroom.

On the first floor, a spacious landing provides access to six double bedrooms, three with en suite bathrooms and one with its own dressing room, and a family bathroom.

There are six double bedrooms on the first floor (Image: Savills)

Outside, a front lawn with central steps, pillars and stone spheres leads to the front door, while a gated shingle drive runs to one side of the house. Several useful former stables with three phase electricity are ideal for a variety of uses such as workshops, car bays and stores.

The property sits in a conservation area of about 3.68 acres (Image: Savills)

Overall, Aynsley House sits in a conservation area of about 3.68 acres including paddocks, orchards, and the stepped mature gardens and grounds with lawns and ponds.

The property boasts its own heated swimming pool (Image: Savills)

A former water tower in the grounds has been assigned permission to convert into an annexe (Image: Savills)

Also in the grounds are a former air raid shelter, heated swimming pool, vegetable garden, garage, and open bay cart shed, as well as an underground rainwater collection chamber, additional garaging and an open bay tractor barn.

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The brick and pantiled former water tower lies to the north and has potential to be converted to an annexe if required – making it ideal for extended family or for use as a holiday let subject to the correct permissions.

For more information, please contact Savills.

PROPERTY FACTS

Aynsley House, Stetchworth Road

Guide price: £1,950,000

Savills, 01223 347178

Savills.com