Ladybrook Road

Sheringham House, nestled amongst an entire wood’s worth of mature trees and shrubs set back from Ladybrook Road, is very special indeed. The property boasts an enviable location yet is undoubtedly the star of the show: this is a home that takes one’s breath away. Imposing in stature and chock-full of period charm, standing proud on a sought-after road in an undoubtedly sought-after area. Beautiful Bramhall Park and the highly regarded Bramall Park Golf Club are each just a short walk away. Ladybrook Road is also within easy reach of both local village centres - Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme - and everything each has to offer.
Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme’s connectivity make it easy to see why properties here are always in demand. Convenient yet unobtrusive railway stations make travel a breeze, while the advantageous A34 and A555 put Manchester airport mere minutes away. Yet these pleasant villages are no sprawling suburbs. Both Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme retain abundant character and real village charm, plus a remarkable community spirit – often more synonymous with rural hamlets. And here, on the northeastern reaches of Cheshire, idyllic countryside is still right on the doorstep.
Around the Property
Ladybrook Road is a fifteen-minute stroll – or a two-minute drive - from the very heart of Cheadle Hulme village and just a little more to the centre of Bramhall. Bramall Park Golf Club, Carr Woods – which, every May, is carpeted in bluebells - and the rolling grounds of Bramhall Park are all just a few minutes’ walk away. Sheringham House is set discreetly back from the road, and, although Ladybrook Road is far from busy, the generous frontage and gravel driveway deliver privacy and peace.
Sheringham House is a truly classic Victorian villa, handsome and distinctive. Sympathetic improvements and a sizeable extension in recent years blend seamlessly with all the cherished original features. The house sits proudly in generous grounds encircled with lush gardens and greenery, with its discreet entrance marked by a spreading copper beech tree. The gravel drive has room for all the family’s cars and visiting vehicles, while extensive lawns, separated into distinct areas with elegant hedging, are enhanced with subtle, undemanding planting and mature trees, giving a feeling of peace, and privacy. A further, entirely separate and gated drive is accessed a little further down Ladybrook Road and leads to a vast double garage and a further generous parking area.
Within one generous lawn area is an entirely separate cottage, as carefully and thoughtfully finished as Sheringham House itself. Comprising a double bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, ample living space, and a pretty courtyard, Garden Cottage offers boundless potential. Having already been home to elderly family, the cottage could continue in that capacity or provide continued independence for adult children returning from university. There are options for business ventures too – perhaps a self-contained salon or studio. It would even make a charming Airbnb. The cottage can be accessed from the rear driveway and enjoys privacy and seclusion, due to the lawn’s hedge borders it’s not overlooked by the main house.
Sheringham House - home to the same family for over half a century - has always been loved, and treasured, and it shows.
The exterior aesthetics are unmistakeably Victorian, with an open porch, with exquisite original tiles, inset into the corner of the home. Set amid mature landscapes and leafy streets, Sheringham House exudes character and prestige befitting one of Bramhall’s sought-after neighbourhoods - where period charm meets contemporary lifestyle expectations. Its position within a conservation-worthy enclave underscores not only architectural significance but also enduring value and appeal.
“My family has loved this house for a lifetime. Sheringham House is the most incredible home, and I know someone else will love it just as much.”
The Best of Both Villages
“Sheringham House is a perfect family home, and we think it’s the perfect location, too, close to Bramhall and just a short walk from the shops and bars of Cheadle Hulme.”
Bramhall retains its village feel, with its Village Square: small but perfectly formed and boasting a wealth of independent shops, salons, cafés, and bars. The square is surrounded by yet more wonderful eateries, bars, and all manner of shops. Bramhall village is a pleasant place to while away a morning, or a most enjoyable evening. There’s something for everyone, and events throughout the year afford abundant opportunities to explore the village further and immerse oneself in the vibrant community.
Cheadle Hulme - merely a scattered collection of farms and hamlets when Sheringham House was built - is now a popular and bustling village. Station Road is home to an inviting array of cafés, restaurants, and bars. A useful Waitrose lives happily over the road from Pimlott’s, a proper butcher of over a century’s standing, and around the corner from a similarly well-loved greengrocer and health food store, Waterhouse’s. Cheadle Hulme is also home to a handful of other thriving enclaves, such as Church Road – a few minutes’ walk – starting with the well-loved hostelry, the Church Inn and featuring a ‘proper’ hardware shop, Snape & Son. Just off Station Road is Mellor Road, home to Chad’s Theatre, the library, an indie bar Archive, as well as a delightful community pub, the Chiverton Tap.
Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall’s proximity to lush green spaces and magical wooded walks adds to their desirability. These are lively, accessible villages, which enjoy countryside on the doorstep. Bramhall Park has a wealth of history and a positively cherished Tudor Hall set in acres of parkland and woods. The Ladybrook meanders through its small valley and offers country walking all the way from Cheadle and as far as Lyme Park. The plot on which Sheringham House sits was one of the very first sold by the Bromley Davenports, who once owned Bramall Hall and its far-reaching grounds.
Also within easy reach are Poynton and the extensive Middlewood Way, Alderley Edge, and Wilmslow Carrs, which, following the river Bollin, leads to the National Trust’s imposing Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Country Park. Everywhere is within easy reach.
Welcome Home
“This has been a much-loved family home for over fifty years. The work we’ve done has transformed the house while always respecting its history and heritage.”
Neither expense nor effort have ever been spared on this perfect family home, which was the owners’ pure pride and joy. This is a home with a rich history; with stories to tell – including the WW2 commandeering of its original outbuildings as grain stores. Later, every feature and every fitting, indeed every little detail, was carefully planned to deliver maximum space, light, and flow - all facilitating family harmony and comfort. Here, the beauty and understated elegance are never at the expense of homeliness, despite substantial proportions and sleek fittings. Every contemporary addition – including a full alarm system, partial underfloor heating, a rewire, and, just this year, a powerful new boiler - only enhances this as a happy ever after home, which will also impress. There really is an unmistakeable feel of love, family, and history here.
The solid wood panelled front door is suitably grand, opening into a large, light, and airy entrance hall from which the accommodation opens. The owners have carefully retained, and occasionally reproduced, all the period features. These include stained glass windows, picture and dado rails, coving, corbels, ceiling roses, a serving hatch, and even mahogany curtain rails. Immaculate Lincrusta bears witness to the elegant splendour of not only Sheringham House, reflecting countless stately homes of its time, while an incredible arched window throws light through beautiful stained glass.
Three beautiful reception rooms – all spacious and flooded with natural light – lead immediately from the hallway. The first, currently used as a music room and library, would also make a generously proportioned snug, playroom, or roomy study. Opposite is a large, formal dining room, filled with light from an exquisite bay of three beautiful windows overlooking the gardens, and a further window to the alcove. A cast iron period fireplace complete with original tiles and brass hearth forms a focal point making this room a delightful sitting or family room. A further main drawing room, is again vast and filled with light from three beautiful windows. The windows offer near-panoramic views of the impressive gardens. A striking plaid carpet and heritage wall colour are elegant,  stylishly giving a nod to the home’s era, as does an intricately carved wooden fireplace with art nouveau detailing and tiles. There’s a distinct grandeur, softened by intimacy.
Heading back into the hallway, there’s a large wc nestled discreetly behind the stairway. This is as beautifully appointed as the rest of this stunning home – the care and attention to detail really do extend into every corner. An expansive informal dining or breakfast room continues into the kitchen, which occupies a well-thought-out extension, added in 2013. Much of the recent work was undertaken at the same time, and the extension feels almost grown on – and indeed looks so from the outside, too, with painstakingly matched brickwork - such was the care and diligence involved. There’s access to a good-sized utility room and stairs down to a roomed cellar which offers great storage. The kitchen itself is light and bright, with plenty of cupboard space, ample shelving, and a large, central island. The kitchen cabinetry continues elegantly and seamlessly into a large storage unit facing into the breakfast room. Wooden flooring is both beautiful and hardwearing and carries through into the large breakfast room, flooded with light from a full run of windows and French doors to the garden. This is the perfect place for family breakfasts or relaxing with a morning coffee and the Sunday paper – it’s also simply perfect for entertaining. The access to the garden from here offers a seamless inside-outside feel, lending itself even more to parties and entertaining.
“This room could’ve been made for entertaining.”
A Home of Warmth and Wows
The ground floor is exceptional: exquisitely beautiful and delivering space for a large family, or multi-generational living. The first and second floors continue in the same vein and have benefited from the same total care and attention.
A beautifully crafted, original wooden banister rail guides us up carpeted stairs complete with brass stair rods. An incredible decorative stained-glass ceiling draws light from above onto the landing, where firstly, there are four double bedrooms - each beautifully decorated - and two good-sized contemporary bathrooms. The first three bedrooms follow the footprints of their ground floor counterparts and again boast many original features such as fireplaces, stained glass, picture rails, beautiful windows, and attractive bays. One, a natural master bedroom, sits above the drawing room and enjoys views across the garden from three windows echoing those downstairs. Decorated in William Morris ‘Willow Bough,’ a calming leaf print complemented by ‘bowling green’ to the ceiling, it’s a veritable sanctuary of a bedroom. Another, over the music room, enjoys a dual aspect – one of which is a bay, into which fits a desk or dressing table – looking over the lawn and, when the time is right, a splendid cherry blossom. The spacious bedroom above the dining room enjoys the same aspect.
Leading off the other side of the landing is a study area with generous cupboard space and another small hand wash/toilet room. The first floor, at first glance, is completed with a fourth large double bedroom. However, leading off the other end of the study area there’s a rather fantastic surprise: a door leads into a stunning room, above the kitchen. This could be another reception room, a fifth first-floor bedroom, an older child’s suite, or an office... Really, the potential tremendous. The room is large, resplendent in natural light from its triple aspect, offering sweeping garden views. A feature wooden divider shields a staircase, which returns us to the rear of the kitchen, meaning that with a little work and an additional door, this space could become entirely self-contained. This magnificent house really does have everything, in abundance.
The second floor is accessed from the landing and comprises yet another double bedroom, complete with shower room. There is also capacious attic space, which is fully boarded and thus extremely useful. This is a house which, although undoubtedly substantial and imposing is, above all, liveable. It’s a home; a perfect, happy, family home.
“We’ve improved the house while always respecting and embracing its provenance. It’s a snapshot of local history in a home ready to live in.”
Love Where You Live
Between them, Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall have everything, and Sheringham House is ideally placed to enjoy the best of both. With such superb local bars, pubs, and restaurants, it’s easy to stay local – but with Manchester, Wilmslow and beyond all accessible, the metropolitan life is as accessible as that glorious countryside.
Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall’s schools are exceptional, with the high schools consistently over-subscribed and highly sought-after. Prep and public schools are also nearby, and several highly rated nurseries. Our high-performing educational establishments are key to the sought-after nature of Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall properties. Should you need larger shops, the nation’s favourite department store, John Lewis, is not far away, with Marks & Spencer and Handforth Dean retail park also close by. For those who like to play a round, you couldn’t get much closer to the golf club, plus there are two other golf clubs nearby. There are vibrant and welcoming churches, and innumerable sports clubs and facilities are merely minutes away, as well as those marvellous walks in every direction – and always with a hostelry nearby.
“We have a fantastic community here on Ladybrook Road and are right on the doorstep of beautiful places. The schools are superb, and the bars and restaurants mean never needing to go elsewhere. Our location is everything.”
This is a dream home, and for someone, that dream is about to come true.
Disclaimer: Two of the images showing the interior of the cottage in this advert have computer-generated furnishings (CGI) and are for illustrative purposes only. This is intended to provide a general idea of the design and finish but may not accurately represent the final appearance of the home. Specifications, materials, and layouts may be subject to change.
EPC Rating: D