Explore This Stunning Northumberland Estate On the Market for £7.5 Million

Ghyllheugh House is at the centre of this beautiful Northumbrian estate, and has developed over time from what was originally built as a tower house.

The front door opens into a generous reception hall with a cloakroom, and a staircase leads down to the basement where there’s a gym, wine cellar and utility room as well as general safe and store room. The panelled oak inner hall has a fabulous fireplace, and an oak staircase which rises to the first floor.

The open plan living kitchen has a dining area as well as a sitting area. The kitchen is arranged around an Aga, and there are polished granite work surfaces and integrated appliances. The sitting area has a wood-burning stove as a focal point and a high, cathedral-style ceiling, as well as views of the formal garden. There is a pantry just off the kitchen, with a timber spiral staircase leading to the first floor.

The formal drawing room has a high ceiling and fabulous south-facing views of the garden – there is a feature open fireplace and a door leading to the oak-framed garden room. The snug is an atmospheric room with partly-panelled walls and timbered ceiling, while the dining room has a feature fireplace with stone hearth, timber-panelled ceiling and plenty of room for entertaining.

On the first floor there are five double bedrooms. The principal suite has superb views to the south, and there’s a large walk-in dressing room and an ensuite bathroom with an island bath.

The guest room in the southern elevation has the benefit of a wet room, and a further guest room has a modern ensuite shower room. Three further bedrooms have easy access to the spiral staircase down into the kitchen, as well as a modern bathroom.

On the second floor, there are two further bedrooms with high timber ceilings, an additional family bathroom and excellent storage space. Access to the flat tower roof is from the second floor landing, where the views across the surrounding countryside are particularly impressive. 

Outside, there are sweeping gardens to the south of the property, and mature woodland on either side of the lawn (roe deer and other woodland creatures are often spotted on the lawns). To the eastern side of the house is a formal landscaped garden with a water feature and rill while to the west of the house gravel paths and a sunken garden lead the eye to a double arch or circle within the walled garden.

The outdoor swimming pool has a nearby summer house, and the greenhouse benefits from its own boiler and heating system, with dovecot and nearby workshop building. The Ghyllheugh Millennium Project, undertaken by the previous owners, was the creation of a maze. The maze is in the form of a swan and the figure 2000 (and you’ll get the best views of it from the roof of the tower).

There are also various outbuildings and other properties (including a clock house stable with a fully refurbished two bedroom flat above, a stable block and tack room, plus lodges and cottages), and the property comprises 153 acres in total.

The River Coquet forms part of the northern boundary of the estate, and the property has the benefit of two rods on the River Coquet, which is an increasingly popular and productive salmon and trout river. The control of a further 20 rods will eventually revert back to the ownership of Ghyllheugh.

Ghyllheugh lies approximately nine miles north of the popular, well-located and increasingly vibrant market town of Morpeth in the heart of Northumberland.