Location

Willaston 3 miles, Neston 3.5 miles, Chester 8 miles, Liverpool 13 miles

Dunstan Wood occupies a superb, private position at the head of a long sweeping drive just outside the popular South Wirral village of Burton. It is an impressive position, in wonderful mature gardens and grounds in arguably the most exclusive south Wirral location.

Nearby Neston has a broad range of facilities, shops and restaurants and the historic walled city of Chester lies 11 miles to the east providing a more comprehensive range of services together with out of town retail parks.

Schooling is well provided for with a good selection of Wirral schools including nearby Caldy Grange, in addition to Abbey Gate College and the Kings & Queens schools in Chester. Birkenhead High School is 10 miles from the property.

The area enjoys good road communications being convenient for the M53, allowing for ease of travel to all areas of commerce throughout the North West.

Liverpool and Manchester are within daily commuting distance and are both served by international airports. Hawarden Airport, which is 11 miles away, provides excellent facilities for Private Business Aircraft.

For travel to London there is a regular 2 hour rail service from Chester station to Euston.

On the recreational front there are four Premier League football clubs within easy reach, rugby, cricket and tennis clubs locally, sailing on the Dee Estuary and several golf courses including Heswall, Caldy and Royal Liverpool Open Championship course at Hoylake.

Excellent field sports are just a short drive away and for the equestrian enthusiasts there is racing at Chester and Aintree and at Oulton Park, beyond Chester, there is a motor racing circuit.

Description

Dunstan Wood is approached from Dunstan Lane via electric gates opening into a beautiful wooded oasis. The substantial house, extending to 8,145 sqft, is centrally positioned with gardens and grounds extending to 6.43 acres. It is the most beautiful, private setting.

The house was built as his own family home by the architect Walter Aubrey Thomas, probably best known for designing the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. Dunstan Wood is notably constructed in concrete, making for an impressively strong and stable structure.

The drive winds through the grounds reaching an area for parking beside the detached garage block. The front door opens into a glazed porch and entrance hall linking the ground floor rooms. At the heart of the home is a spectacular open plan family kitchen with fitted storage units, a range of integrated Miele appliances, an island and areas for dining, relaxing and entertaining. It links seamlessly to the garden via bifold doors opening onto a south facing decked terrace, ideal for outside entertaining and sunbathing.

The kitchen links to a sitting room with a large bay window overlooking the garden and the dining room and drawing room are accessed via the staircase hall. Also off the kitchen is a utility room with steps down to the basement, a media room/gym, with spiral stairs to the first floor and a bathroom. On the first floor is a impressive principal bedroom suite, with a dressing room and ensuite together with access to a large balcony and spiral stairs to the gym. There are four further bedrooms on the first floor and two bathrooms (one ensuite). On the second floor are two bedrooms and two bathrooms (one ensuite).

Gardens and grounds

Dunstan Wood is in the most wonderful setting with landscaped gardens making way to mature woodland with an under storey of Rhododendrons and other plants and shrubs. The house is centrally positioned offering considerable privacy and the outdoor swimming pool, with pool house, and the tennis court (requiring refurbishment) and pavilion offering excellent leisure options. The detached garage block has electric doors offers excellent storage space.