* Freehold
* Handsome, detached, stone built three - storey home
* Detached brick - built annex/games room to the rear
* Dining hall with full height vaulted beamed ceiling
* Comfortably spacious lounge with gas log burning stove
* Adjacent snug with space for home office equipment
* Well appointed breakfast kitchen with utility off
* Two galleried landings overlooking the dining hall
* Three bedrooms and bathroom to the first floor
* Master and bedroom two with en suite facilities
* Parking and turning area for several vehicles
This detached, stone built, three - storey residence and offering some 257
square metres of immaculate accommodation, sits within a small enclave of
similarly impressive properties which are reached via a lengthy private
driveway and enjoy far reaching rural aspects. The characterful features meld
perfectly with the more contemporary additions to create a wonderful family
home surrounded by extensive gardens with woodland and Douglas valley views
and having a double garage, parking for several cars and a spacious detached
annex.
Sheltered by the beamed overhang porch, the superb, full - height original barn
door is inset with glazed panels and opens to the entrance hall with stone
flagged flooring and galleried landing above. A spindle staircase rises and
turns to the first floor with chandelier point over and having a storage
cupboard beneath.
Steps descend to the dining hall where a further full height barn door with
double doors to the rear allows natural light to flow through and highlights
the exposed brick feature wall and the solid oak flooring. For evening
ambience there are four wall lights, a ceiling spotlight bar and pine latch
doors open to the rooms off.
Just off the hallway and warmed by a radiator, the cloakroom is fitted with a
Heritage two - piece white suite of low flush w. c. And a vanity set wash hand
basin with splash tiling over.
The comfortably spacious dual aspect lounge has a rear window, two side
windows and recessed downlighting for evening ambience along with the warm
glow from the coal - effect gas stove within a limestone fire surround and
resting on a stone flagged hearth in a raised ingle. There is a television
point, a radiator and this characterful room also has exposed ceiling beams, a
stone feature wall and two stone steps rise to the snug.
The snug has front and side windows, recessed downlighting and a radiator.
This room also has an exposed stone feature wall plus a wall mounted
television point.
The breakfast kitchen has two rear windows with stone cills overlooking
garden, woodland and rural views and is lit by recessed down - lights set into
the beamed ceiling. The kitchen is fitted with a good range of pine wall and
base units with brass door furniture and incorporating glazed display
cabinets, drawers, plate rack and a breakfast bar and having hand - made wall
tiling between levels. The oak worktops have an inset Belfast sink unit with
etched side drainer and a French style mixer tap over whilst, close by, there
is plumbing for an automatic dishwasher. There is space inset for a two oven
Aga, a television point and the terracotta style ceramic tiled flooring
continues into the adjacent utility room.
The utility room has a window to the front and an exit door to the side. The
tiled worktop has under - counter space for a washing machine and tumble dryer,
there is space for a fridge freezer and housing for the Vaillant central
heating boiler and the hot water cylinder tank.
The first - floor galleried landing has recessed down - lighting, a spindle
staircase to the second floor and pine latch doors to each of the rooms.
Bedroom two has a side window, pendant light and radiator. This double room
has a pendant light to the beamed ceiling and ample space for furniture.
Bedrooms three and four have side windows, pendant lights, radiators and the
former also has a stone feature wall and is currently used as a study. These
two comfy double rooms could be combined to create one large double room if
required.
The family bathroom has white wall tiling to dado height with a turquoise
relief and coordinating floor tiling showcased by the recessed down - lighting
and the natural light from the window to the front. The white four - piece
Heritage suite comprises a mosaic topped vanity unit with inset console wash
hand basin, a large fully tiled shower cabinet with extractor fan, tile -
panelled bath with a central mixer tap, and a low flush w. c. There is also a
heated towel rail to warm the towels.
The second - floor galleried landing has a raised spindle balustrade, an exposed
brick wall, exposed ceiling beams and is lit by three wall lights.
The master bedroom has a side window, two Velux skylight windows and a pendant
light to the beamed ceiling. This spacious double room has a television point
opposite the bed - space and is fitted with pine wardrobes to two walls.
Two steps descend to the en suite, tiled in natural shades and having a white
four - piece suite comprising vanity set console wash hand basin with mixer tap,
a corner shower cabinet with extractor fan over, a tile - panelled bath with
central mixer tap, and a close coupled w. c. Recessed down - lights illuminate
the exposed wall beams and there is a chromed heated towel rail.
Bedroom two, another good - sized double room, has a side window with rural
views, two Velux windows and a spotlight bar to the ceiling. There are fitted
wardrobes and fitted bookshelves continue into a small niche.
The en suite has white tiled walls to dado height with blue shaded mosaic
relief and matching floor tiles beyond the three - piece white Heritage suite
comprising corner shower cabinet, pedestal wash hand basin and close coupled
w. c. A heated towel rail warms the room, there are recessed down - lights and an
extractor fan.
From the patio, a stone flagged path gives way to the brick - built, single
storey annex with hardwood stable - style door. Offering excellent additional
accommodation, the annex is currently used principally as a games room having
ample space for both a table - tennis and pool tables and also space for a king -
sized bed. With laminate flooring, the triple aspect room has three ceiling
spotlights, three wall - mounted radiators and a walk - in storage cupboard.
The en suite is tiled to floor and all splash areas and is fitted with a white
Heritage three - piece suite comprising a corner shower cabinet with Mira Sport
electric shower, a pedestal wash hand basin with Triton wall heater above plus
mono - block tap, and a close coupled w. c. There is also recessed down - lighting,
a wall - mounted radiator and an extractor fan.
The property is approached through a five - barred gate opening to the pebbled
driveway which sweeps around to a side parking area with outside lighting and
a stone flagged turning and parking area for several cars. Alongside is the
detached, stone built double garage with pitched slate tiled roof, up and over
doors, power and light and having a bin storage area to the rear. To the rear
elevation of the property is a stone flagged patio, ideal for al fresco
dining, abutting an extensive lawn with shrub borders to the side and rear and
dotted with specimen trees. There is a small orchard, a stock fenced far
boundary and there are wonderful woodland views over the Douglas valley.
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Viewing is strictly by appointment through Maria B Evans Estate Agents_
_We are reliably informed that the Tenure_ _of the_ _property is_ _Freehold_
_The Local Authority is Chorley Borough Council_
_The EPC rating is D_
_The Council Tax Band is F_
_The property is served by mains drainage_
_Please note: _
Room measurements given in these property details are approximate and are
supplied as a guide only.
All land measurements are supplied by the Vendor and should be verified by the
buyer's solicitor. We
would advise that all services, appliances and heating facilities be confirmed
in working order by an
appropriately registered service company or surveyor on behalf of the buyer as
Maria B. Evans Estate
Agency cannot be held responsible for any faults found. No responsibility can
be accepted for any
expenses incurred by prospective purchasers.

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