Property description
Who would have thought you would ever find a cottage so close to the town centre. Poppy Cottage sits on the edge of Market Drayton just minutes walk from all of your local amenities whilst maintaining all of its original character and charm, remaining as the original cottage structure built around 120 years ago. This detached cottage sits in an elevated position on a quiet one way street. The ground floor accommodation consists of the spacious living room with a large feature fireplace, a dining room, the kitchen and utility room and the family bathroom with access either through the main door at the side of the property or directly out to the back through the utility room. Upstairs you find three double bedrooms with the master being the full width of the house and the further two bedrooms having views out to the front of the property along with a shower room. Throughout the property there are orginal features maintained, any recent refurbishment helping to maintain all character. Outside, steps rise up from the road to the property with a paved path way around the property and low maintenance garden to the front. A woodland rockery with seating is situated to one side at the back there is a wrap around lawn with mature shrubbery to the borders and decorative wild flower planting. Poppy Cottage needs to be viewed to be appreciated! Call us now to arrange your viewing.
Ground Floor
Entrance Porch - 8' 1'' x 4' 4'' (2.46m x 1.32m)
Creating a threshold between the exterior and interior of the house this entrance porch way ia s bric built porch with wooden framed double glazed windows and a wooden door with inset glazed panelling. The flooring is laid with tiles, there are decorative beams to the ceiling and hanging ceiling lighting.
Living Room - 13' 1'' x 12' 1'' (3.98m x 3.68m)
A spacious living room with front aspect views through a UPVC framed double glazed window. A feature fireplace with log burner creates a focal point for the room with a deep recess into the exterior wall and dark red and black tiling surrounding and laid to the hearth. The flooring is laid with carpet and the room is neutrally decorated with hanging ceiling lighting and doors accessing the rest of the ground floor accommodation and a doorway leading to the stairs rising up to the first floor accommodation. There is a radiator and television aerial connection point.
Dining Room - 10' 0'' x 7' 8'' (3.05m x 2.34m)
Located just off the utility room the dining room has a front facing UPVC double glazed window. An excellent addition to the living space this room has potential for other uses with neutral decor, tiles laid to the floor and hanging ceiling lights.
Kitchen - 7' 10'' x 6' 2'' (2.39m x 1.88m)
The farmhoue style kitchen is located towards the rear of the property with matching base and wall units with painted wooden doors in a cream colouring with polished work surface surrounding three walls. There is an inset ceramic sink with chrome mixer tap above, space for a free standing gas cooked with cooker hood above and dual aspect UPVC double glazed windows looking out to the rear and side of the property. All units are storage units provding some unique storage solutions.
Utility Room - 12' 3'' max x 6' 4'' (3.73m max x 1.93m)
With matching units and work surfaces to those used in the kitchen this space is the prefect addition to the kitchen providing additional working space and storage. There is plumbing for the washing machine and electric power points for a free standing fridge and freezer. Additional storage shelving is located under the stairs and there is a wooden farmhouse style door leading out to the rear garden. A UPVC double glazed window looks out to the rear garden and an internal window through to the dining room. This room is in the centre of the house and access is provided to all downstairs rooms.
Bathroom - 7' 9'' x 9' 8'' (2.36m x 2.94m)
This family bathroom is accessed from an inner hallway from the utility and kitchen. The room benefits from plenty of storage and a three piece white bathroom suite consisting of a bath with chrome mixer taps and shower attachment, a white pedestal wash hand basin with chrome taps and a low level flush WC. Tiles are laid to the floor and there are hanging ceiling lights. A UPVC double glazed window looks out to the front of the property benefiting from privacy glazing. The room is partially tiled with tiles to the walls and to the floor.
First Floor
Landing - 11' 9'' x 5' 6'' (3.58m x 1.68m)
With stairs rising from the ground floor accommodation this landing provides access to all upstairs accommodation and an ideal rising place with storage and UPVC double glazed windows looking out over the rear garden.
Master bedroom - 13' 1'' x 12' 1'' (3.98m x 3.68m)
A very well proportioned master bedroom access from the landing this room spans the width of the house with a chimney breast made a feature of with wall mounted TV and decorative art work. The room has a front facing UPVC double glazed window and is neutrally decorated with the exception of the chimney breast art work. There is a hanging ceiling light and carpet laid to the floor.
Bedroom Two - 11' 0'' x 7' 11'' (3.35m x 2.41m)
A second bedroom with views through the UPVC double glazed window to the front of the property. The room has neutral carpet laid to the floor and hanging ceiling lighting.
Bedroom Three/Study - 12' 5'' x 7' 10'' (3.78m x 2.39m)
A third double bedroom currently being used as an office. This room has a front facing UPVC double glazed window and has been neutrally decorated with hanging lighting to the ceiling ans neutral carpets laid to the floor.
Shower Room - 7' 3'' x 4' 8'' (2.21m x 1.42m)
A additional shower room with spectacular rounded shower cubicle. The shower has been designed for the room with walk in raised shower tray and rounded glazed cubicle with thermostatic mixer shower and chrome effect shower head. There is a pedestal wash hand basin with chrome taps and low level flush WC. A privacy glazed UPCV double glazed window looks out to the rear of the property. The room is partially tiled with tiling around the shower and splash back to the wash hand basin. There are also tiles laid to the floor.
Exterior
The property sits raised above the road therefore having paved steps rising up from the pavement below. Low maintenance planting and gravel is laid to the front garden with access around all sides of the property. There is a seating area to the side of the property with rockery and woodland surrounding creating a secluded environment and to the back there is a lawned area with mature tree border and decorative planting scheme.
Directions
Leave Eccleshall on the B5026 Chester Road and pass through the villages to Pershall, Sugnall and Croxton and then turn left onto the A53 Newcastle Road in Loggerheads. Leave the A53 on the left hand turning to Market Drayton opposite Tunstall Hall and follow the road past The Grove school, continuing straight at the mini roundabout. Join the A529 and bear left onto Great Hales Street. The property can be found on the right hand side opposite the church and indicated by our For sale board.