Property description
A quite remarkable and historically interesting detached house - dating back to 1846, this was the original Kildwick Railway Station and offers fabulous four bedroom accommodation with large gardens, close to the railway line.
As its name would suggest, Station House was originally Kildwick Railway Station incorporating the Ticket Office, Waiting Room and Station Master's home and is situated alongside the railway line which connects Skipton to Bradford and Leeds. Substantially built and with effective Upvc double glazing throughout, there is minimum impact from being close to the railway track, and the benefits are seeing the wonderful steam trains at close hand. The Station House has since been converted into a residential dwelling and has created a wonderfully spacious family home set within delightful and very well-screened level lawned gardens. On the ground floor of the house there are no less than three generous reception rooms, as well as a study and well-fitted breakfast kitchen. There are sizable cellars with limited head height, but excellent for storage. On the first floor there are four double bedrooms and two bathrooms, grouped around a lovely large landing. Throughout the house there is a feeling of light, with many rooms having windows to two sides - the windows are an interesting mix of design with circular and arrow-head shapes, as well as high ridged dormers.
Cross Hills is a popular residential area, located approximately midway between Skipton and Keighley (both circa five miles). Within the centre of the village is a good range of local shops as well as a supermarket, health centre, secondary school and there is a primary school at nearby Glusburn. For the commuter, the nearest passenger stations are at Cononley (approximately three miles) and Silsden/Steeton (also approximately three miles) as well as a good road network to give access into West Yorkshire, and into East Lancashire where the M65 links into the central motorway system.
Benefitting from Upvc double glazed windows and doors as well as gas-fired central heating, the accommodation briefly comprises:-
Outside, there is ample parking as well as a large Double Garage which is detached from the main house.
| GROUND FLOOR |
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| Front Entrance | to:-
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| Central Hallway | with ceramic tiled floor. Stained timber ceiling boards with recessed spotlighting. Access to Cellar.
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| Cloakroom | with two piece white suite comprising low suite w.c. and hand basin. Part timber panelled walls. Timber ceiling. Wall light point.
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| Sitting Room | - a lovely through room with log-burning cast-iron Villager stove (with grate for adapting to coal) set in a stone surround with stone hearth and an adjacent recess for logs storage. Ceiling coving. Double French doors to the front garden. Three wall light points. Radiator.
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| Study | with fitted shelving in recess. Wall light point. Stripped pine timber features to the window. Radiator.
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| Breakfast Kitchen | fitted with a range of pine wall/base units including wine rack and corner display. Matching worktops incorporating breakfast bar. Integrated appliances comprise:- Indesit double electric oven/grill; Proline four-ring gas hob; extractor hood. Built-in cupboard to house a fridge freezer. Splay-bay window to the rear. Plumbing for dishwasher. Ideal Mexico heating boiler. Sealed and varnished original stone flagged floors. Radiator.
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| Dining Room | with open fire in an arched period cast-iron surround having a Victoriana-style tiled hearth. Picture rails. Windows to two sides. Two wall light points. Radiator.
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| Side Hallway | with external door and staircase to first floor.
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| Living Room | with Living Flame gas fire set in an ornate Adam style surround with marble inset and hearth. Windows to two sides, both with painted Victorian timber panelling, two radiators, picture rail. Two wall light points.
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| Cellar | From the hallway there are stone steps down to the cellar - a substantial area measuring approximately 15' x 14'6" overall, with a head height of circa 4'6".
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| FIRST FLOOR |
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| Generous Landing | with ridged dormer. Fitted book shelving. Two wall light points. Ceiling coving. Radiator.
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| Bedroom 1 | (rear) with windows to two sides. Fitted wardrobes in pale oak laminate, with overhead cupboards, bedside shelving, dresser and drawers. Access to part boarded and insulated roof space. Radiator.
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| En Suite Shower Room | with two piece suite comprising tiled shower cubicle and wall mounted hand basin. Partly tiled walls. Laminate flooring. Radiator.
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| Bedroom 2 | (Front) with good views over the village rooftops to the hills beyond. Picture rail. Two radiators.
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| Bedroom 3 | (Rear) with circular/oblong window. Radiator.
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| Bedroom 4 | (rear) with circular/oblong window and arrowhead side panels. Picture rail. Second access into insulated roof space. Radiator.
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| Large Bathroom | with four-piece white suite comprising panelled bath, large shower cubicle, pedestal hand basin, low suite wc. Ridge dormer. Chrome heated towel rail.
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| OUTSIDE |
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| . | The gardens are a surprisingly good feature of the property, being screened within high conifer hedging. The property is approached by way of a cast iron gate and pea gravel driveway leading to a pergola car port with climbing ivy. There is a Detached Double Garage measuring 24' x 23'3 with twin up and over doors, light, power and water supplies. A paved pathway leads to the front door past an ornamental pond and stone flagged patio. Within the gardens are a good variety of mature trees and shrubs with level lawn, hedging and another water feature with lily pond to the side of the property. There is also hard standing for a greenhouse.
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