Pemberton’s first residential home will be at the Stoneleigh show in June; it’s well worth the trip to see it, as I discovered…

The Lyndale will be at the Stoneleigh World of Park and Leisure Homes in June. This is the home’s first unveiling at a show where the focus is very much on residential park homes.

The show takes place on 9 and 10 June, at Stoneleigh Park, near Kenilworth in Warwickshire (CV8 2TA).

Pemberton has been building holiday homes since the early 1940s. The Lyndale is the North West manufacturer’s first venture into the residential homes market. The first Lyndale is a 40ft x 20ft unit; shortly, Pemberton will be building a 45ft x 20ft, two-bedoom bed version which will incorporate a snug, at the front of the unit, alongside the lounge. The floorplan for this unit can be found on the Pemberton website.

The Lyndale has box bay windows and pale cream stucco features on the exterior, alongside CanExel panelling. The 40ft x 20ft version which you can see at Stoneleigh is a sizeable home. When you step inside you really do feel that this is a park home that blurs the lines between conventional bungalow and park home; one to consider, then, if you’d rather like a bungalow but can’t find one to your taste, given that new bungalows are something of a rarity on the housing market.

Hallway

Just like a ‘conventional’ bungalow, there’s a sensible-sized hallway. And this one has an array of cabinets and shelves, for coats, hats, gloves, shoes… All manner of stuff can hide away in these satin-white units. 

Across the central corridor, in the hub of the Lyndale, is a large, square kitchen-dining room and totally separate lounge.

Kitchen-dining room

This is an awesomely impressive design creation of white satin and gloss, of wooden parquet flooring, of glass and chrome. Those elements fuse together to create a stunning kitchen-dining room that feels homely and ultra modern.

The parquet flooring is arranged in a herringbone design. The big window is dressed in heavy brocade curtains in a traditional pattern that is subtle in tone – shades of cream fawn and yellow inject a soft touch of tradition alongside the lovely stark modernity; it’s a design theme that runs throughout the Lyndale.

In the centre of this generously-proportioned room sits the glass-top dining table with a trestle-style pale wooden frame. Dark fawn, tactile matt leather-look fabric upholsters four high-backed, comfortable chairs. The table is alongside an island kitchen unit containing six drawers. Its top makes the perfect area for serving to the table. That’s just one element of practical design about the Lyndale’s kitchen. There’s real flow here, from the five-burner hob, grill and oven on one side of the kitchen’s L-shape to the sink on the other and on to the microwave (at waist height, so convenient for all statures) and then to the giant Hotpoint double-doored fridge-freezer. All along, cabinets and drawers abound. And here’s a full-height cabinet, containing shelves. It houses the central heating unit but there’s space in here, too, for essentials like an ironing board. Practicality doesn’t stop in the kitchen; the Lyndale has a utility room…

Utility room

Back across the corridor, and to the right of the door, is a hideaway for the washing machine (with drying function), a sink and both wall and lower cabinets.

Lounge

The Lyndale’s lounge is ultra cosy, with a central ottoman seat that’s also a storage box, facing the log-burner-style fire that augments the central heating with a waft of warm air. There are three windows, ensuring plenty of daylight flooding in. Pastel brocade fabric curtains one window; the same gorgeous material forms Roman-style blinds on the other two.

The plain fawn and cream palette is restful. The furniture is comfortable – a settee, two chairs plus the ottoman as a focal point.

Bi-fold doors

The really special thing about the Lyndale’s daytime area is the way the lounge and kitchen can be separated from one another, by two bi-folding doors – you can have two totally separate rooms, you can have one door open and the other closed, or you can have them open. This is the best of all worlds.

Bedrooms and shower rooms

The main bedroom has a desk-style dressing table. Sockets are here conveniently for charging media devices and powering a hairdryer. Like the kitchen, practicality abounds here – leading off from the bedroom is a walk-through dressing area.

Open a door and you’re in showering luxury. A huge shower with walls that really do look like polished stone, a big circular basin (so stylish – just look at the picture!) sits up on a cabinet, a towel rail built into the cabinet, another above the radiator. It’s all here, in delightful style.

At the other end of the corridor is the guest room. There’s a desk-style dressing table here too; it’s smaller this time, but still so convenient.
Twin beds have a tactile-upholstered headboard matching the one in the master bedroom. And, again like the main bedroom a large window lets in plenty of light.

Your guests staying here have their own bathroom, next to this bedroom. It has a bath with over-bath shower and part-screen with built-in towel rail. More polished stone effect, another large circular basin – the Lyndale stamp of style is everywhere.

Contact
Pemberton Park and Leisure Homes
Wigan, Lancashire WN6 7NF
pembertonlh.co.uk
01942 321 221