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This is a very special house.  The driveway, flanked by yew hedges, leads to a formal garden that has box hedges and topiary and a huge magnolia growing near the welcoming front door. Enter into the stone-floored hallway.  Two windows look onto the croquet lawn.  Stairs lead up to a galleried landing that has a round window.  There is an antique tapestry hanging above a large antique Spanish table and, next to that, a rocking horse.  A doll’s house fits in a little nook and, under the stairs, a playroom that has a toy box and dressing-up clothes.

To the left of the hallway, the dining room has a 10-foot antique pine table, a massive sideboard, honey-colored Cotswold-stone floors and under floor heating.
 

The kitchen has Cotswold-stone floors and under floor heating, Shaker cupboards, a big center island, an American style refrigerator-freezer with ice maker, a stove, microwave and two dishwashers.  While this is not ordinarily an eat-in kitchen, a round table for 10 can be added. The adjacent utility room/guest powder room has space for muddy wellies and wet macs.

 

Kitchen doors open onto a terrace that has outdoor furniture and a barbecue.  Enjoy meals under the vine-covered pergola.

 

At the far end of the dining room, folding wood doors open into the games room.  It has a 42” plasma TV with surround sound, a wall of books, a toy cupboard, a games table.  The seating area has rosy-red chenille sofas and chairs around a large leather-topped table.  A French door opens onto a  terrace.  For large gatherings, the folding doors can be pushed back and two 5-foot tables can be added to the dining room’s table.  The games room then becomes an extension of the dining room and 30 people can dine together.

The large, elegant drawing room has a stone fireplace and a pitched, beamed ceiling.  It is decorated in rosy-red, ochre and off-white. A huge ottoman sits in front of the long sofa.  Two antique French chairs flank the fireplace.  There are large comfortable armchairs, an elegant 18th C. bureau,  antique marble-topped tables, a TV and VCR.  Tapestries and other art hang on the walls.  Windows look out onto the north terrace, lawn and flower beds.  French doors open onto the south terrace and the deep woodland border and trees.

Three of the bedrooms are on the main floor.
 

One bedroom has a queen-size 4-poster bed hung with linen curtains hand embroidered with a trellis of flowers and gray-green scallops.  The walls are ochre. There are comfortable chairs, a chest of drawers and a desk. Two windows and a French door that open onto a terrace. The en suite marble bathroom has a shower big enough for two.

Another bedroom has French 19th C. twin beds and Louis XVI chairs that are upholstered in red and creme toile de jouy fabric that matches the curtains.  Walls are gray and there’s a Venetian glass mirror over the large chest of drawers.  The en suite shower room is tiled in gray and white Carrara marble.

The third bedroom has twin mahogany 4-poster beds with fabric of yellow roses on a beige and white striped background.  There is a beautiful 19th C. secretaire, comfortable chairs and a writing table.  The walls are gray-green.  Two windows and a French door open onto the north terrace.  The tiled en suite bathroom has a tub and shower over tub. The other two bedrooms are upstairs.  They occupy the full width of the house and have high pitched ceilings and windows facing both directions.

The master bedroom is large and impressive.  It has a king-size half-tester bed hung in blue and white toile de jouy fabric.  The  furniture is upholstered in blues and off white and the walls are tobacco brown.  The large en suite bathroom is up a flight of narrow stairs.  It has a teak-topped vanity, a bathtub and a separate shower.

The twin bedroom has green wallpaper and white bed hangings, white curtains and a white chaise lounge, a campaign wardrobe with brass along the pediment,  mahogany bedside tables and a 19th C. campaign chest.  The en suite bathroom is tiled in Carrara marble to match the rare antique pine vanity from France.  There is a tub and a separate tiled shower.

The formal gardens have beech and yew hedges, topiary and exuberant planting.  Both terraces receive sun in the morning and afternoon. There is a swing and seesaw, croquet, a hammock, an Italian garden, fountains with the sound of splashing water.

Weir House can be the hub of big family gatherings in several cottages.  As with Cope Cottage, it is able to seat 30 people for meals.
 
 

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