September 2001 -
The last stage in converting the
existing buildings - Richardson Hall and the Headmaster's House - is now
all but complete. This page illustrates the plan and apartment at the
very top of the Headmasters House.
The asking price is £200,000 - one of six apartments left for sale
at the end of September 2001
One has to ponder on what the many
previous incumbents and their families in Headmasters House over the
last 150-years might have
said about the level of comfort seen here - sybaritic perhaps? In
the spartan Ayton School days - when central heating was something the
body generated when adequately dressed for the weather - this level of
luxury would have been hard to comprehend.
The
plan - left - is reproduced from the Wimpey's brochure and - as it is a large
reduction - not very clear. The stairs (in yellow) pass up through the
old stairwell and past the arched window to a top landing.
The front door opens to a narrow hallway - turn right
into a very large through Living and Dining room with views of both
playground area and the Village Green.
To the left is a very nice kitchen and opposite are two
bedrooms - both looking onto the Green - one with an en-suite bathroom
and loo.
The Entrance Hall - viewed from the left of the front door. The Living
and Dining can be seen at the end of the Hall.
All rooms are accessed from the hall with the exception of the
en-suite bathroom.
The Living and Dining room runs
through the full width of the building with views both back and front.
It is clearly in the roof space with original beams - A-frames and
purlins featured.
This is a very attractive room - ideal for chilling out on ones own or
for throwing a party.
The kitchen - which looks over the old
girls' playground - seems to lack for nothing - excellent appliances
and good quality cupboards. The parquet floor gives a nice
finishing touch.
This is bedroom two
- better for photographing. Both bedrooms looked out over the Village
Green. This one had access to a bathroom at the end of the hall whereas
the master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom.
The master bedroom en-suite
bathroom - very nice indeed. A shower is visible in the bath and a floor
to ceiling towel radiator is visible on the right
The
plan - left - is reproduced from the Wimpey's brochure and - as it is a large
reduction - not very clear. The stairs (in yellow) pass up through the
old stairwell and past the arched window to a top landing.
