Home of the Day – Apartment at Longhirst Hall, Dere Street Homes

The WhatHouse? team reports on our current favourite new build home for sale – it’s a two-bedroom apartment at a special conversion/new build development of Longhirst Hall, a period building just outside Morpeth, Northumberland, from regional housebuilder Dere Street Homes.

The apartment on Plot 21 is actually a duplex with private entrance in the Lawson Square part of the gated scheme, giving it the feel of a house, with living and sleeping areas separated by stairs. In all, it provides a generous 891 sq ft of space.

The apartment comes complete with a luxury kitchen with integrated Bosch and Zanussi appliances, and granite work surfaces from Red Onion Design Studio. This is part of an open-plan living, dining and kitchen space with two windows providing lots of natural light and woodland view. Off this large room are a large storage cupboard and a WC. Upstairs are a shower room and two double bedrooms. This property comes with flooring included and allocated parking, and is priced at £215,000. Key worker buyers are invited to ask about a special deal as a ‘thank you’ for their exceptional services over the past months.

Longhirst Hall itself was built between 1824-8 for local landowner, William Lawson and the mansion and its grounds were later sold to a self-made coalmining magnate. Now, the estate has been converted into a range of apartments and houses while restoring and retaining many original features, and there are some sympathetically designed new build townhouses.

There’s a three-bedroom show home here, open by appointment only from 10.00am to 5.00pm, Thursday to Monday.

Find out more about Longhirst Hall from Dere Street Homes.

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