Property description
A splendid detached farmhouse dating back to the Victorian era having undergone complete renovation, with original features and spacious accommodation, set in a super rural setting with far reaching views over Cheshire and the surrounding hills. With four acres of paddocks and ten acres of your own, private woodland nature reserve, attractive formal gardens and stables, a carriage house with garage and other outbuildings close to Somerford Park Farm.
This delightful Cheshire farmhouse has an abundance of charming features that one might expect from a dwelling built around 1850 and was originally part of the Somerford estate. Attention to detail is evident throughout and care has been taken in restoring the period features that are now on offer which include sash windows internal doors, original floor boards and quarry tiled flooring. There are also 3 log burning stoves helping to create the cosiest evenings in winter. There are Jim Lawrence light fittings and Farrow and Ball products have been used to decorate both internally and externally. The restoration was completed with cast iron guttering and finials/fascia boards copied from a 1926 photo. Having been extended to the back it now provides a spacious, charming family home. In brief the bright and airy accommodation comprises rear porch, downstairs WC, utility room, the stunning extended farmhouse breakfast kitchen has double doors to the garden, superb 24ft lounge with feature log burner, dining room and a further sitting room completes the ground floor.
Access to the first floor is provided via two separate staircases, there are four double bedrooms all offering fantastic views and are served by two separate bathrooms of a Victorian style and fitted with four piece suites.
Grounds and Gardens
The property is approached via a long, gravelled driveway and this leads to ample parking for several vehicles and sufficient turning space for a horsebox/trailer. The delightful mature gardens have a range of fruit trees with flower beds, shrubs, surrounding by mature hawthorn hedging and a spacious productive vegetable plot. The patio area faces the west for evening alfresco dining. The property is set in a total of 14 acres which offer a variety of uses. 4 acres are subdivided into 5 individual paddocks with post and rail fencing. There is also a 10 acre woodland nature reserve and an 80 metre long wildlife pond. The wood requires minimal maintenance, is a source of fuel for the log burners and provides blackberries, damsons and wild plums which make amazing preserves. The wood is also filled with unusual plants and many bird species or local importance, hence designated a Site of Biological Interest, Grade A by Cheshire Wildlife Trust. There is gated access leading from 1 paddock to Moss Lane for riding out and any of the paddocks could be transformed into a menage, if desired (subject to planning permission).
| Rear Entrance Porch | 8'5\" x 6'3\" (2.57m x 1.9m). Used as the main entrance by the vendors with tiled flooring and part tongue and groove panelling.
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| Cloakroom/WC | Fitted with a two piece white suite and tiled flooring.
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| Lounge | 24'7\" (7.5m) x 13'7\" (4.14m) reducing to 12'1\" (3.68m). A large lounge with three sash windows and the original quarry tiled flooring to half of the room and original floor boards in the other half. Ornate cast iron radiators and a wood burner set into a brick chimney breast with quarry tiled hearth, shelving built into chimney recess.
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| Dining Room | 13'7\" x 12'1\" (4.14m x 3.68m). Accessed from the kitchen diner, with sash window, original quarry tiled flooring, multi-fuel burner set into a brick chimney with quarry tiled hearth, ornate cast iron radiator along with door to first floor landing.
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| Sitting Room | 12' x 12' (3.66m x 3.66m). Sash window, ornate cast iron radiator along with the original stripped floor boards. Multi-fuel burner set into the chimney breast with slate hearth along with shelving built into the chimney recess.
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| Farmhouse Kitchen Diner | 24'7\" x 11'11\" (7.5m x 3.63m). A beautiful farmhouse style kitchen which is a more recent addition to the property, Double doors to the garden and two Period roof lights. The kitchen is handmade in frame with a solid wood work top and double Belfast sink. Space set into a brick chimney with wood mantle and brick hearth for a large Rangemaster. Limestone flooring and ornate cast iron radiator.
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| Utility Room | 12' x 12' (3.66m x 3.66m). With a sash window, a large utility room with Tudor stone flag floor of which part is the original flooring, built in cupboard and sink unit with a Belfast sink.
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| FIRST FLOOR |
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| Landing | First landing accessed from the dining room to the first two bedrooms.
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| Bedroom One | 13'4\" x 12'1\" (4.06m x 3.68m). Sash window, ornate cast iron radiator and built in wardrobe into the over stairs recess.
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| Bedroom Two | 12'1\" x 12' (3.68m x 3.66m). Sash window, ornate cast iron radiator and cast iron feature fireplace.
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| Large Bathroom | 12'5\" x 12' (3.78m x 3.66m). Double glazed window and vaulted ceilings, fitted with a four piece white suite including a large corner shower cubicle. Part tongue and groove wall panelling. Built in cupboard with radiator for airing, English ash wood floor and radiator combined with a chrome heated towel rail.
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| FIRST FLOOR |
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| Second Landing | Second landing accessed from the Lounge to bedrooms three and four along with the second bathroom.
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| Bedroom Three | 12'1\" x 11' (3.68m x 3.35m). Sash window, ornate cast iron radiator and loft hatch.
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| Bedroom Four | 12'1\" x 12' (3.68m x 3.66m). Two sash windows, ornate cast iron radiator and built in cupboard with shelving.
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| Large Bathroom | 12' x 12' (3.66m x 3.66m). Two windows, one being a sash window, a large bathroom with a four piece white suite including a double shower cubicle. Part tongue and groove wall panelling, English ash wood flooring and cupboard built into recess with a radiator for airing. Radiator combined with a chrome heated towel rail.
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| Outside | 29'6\" x 19'8\" (9m x 6m). Carriage House/Garage
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| Stable 1 | 11'10\" x 18'1\" (3.6m x 5.51m). Stable 1
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| Stable 2 | 3.7 x 3.6. With (hay/straw storage behind 3.7m x 1.8m)
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| Outhouse Bay 1 | 5.5 x 5.5. (currently sub divided to incorporate feed store)
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| Outhouse Bay 2 | 13'9\" x 18'1\" (4.2m x 5.51m).
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| Outhouse Bay 3 | 2.8 x 5.5. Bays 2 and 3 could easily be combined into one large bay
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