*A WONDERFULLY SPACIOUS PERIOD RESIDENCE* *IN THE SOUGHT AFTER AREA OF SANDAL* *FOUR DOUBLE BEDROOMS AND FOUR RECEPTION ROOMS* *RETAINING A WEALTH OF CHARACTER* *BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED THROUGHOUT*
A beautifully presented and exceptionally well maintained Victorian semi-detached residence, furnished with the finest quality fixtures and fittings, retaining a wealth of original period features. Set back and screened from the road by a veil of mature trees, the property is situated in the sought after area of Sandal, on Barnsley Road, which offers direct transport links by bus and car to Wakefield City Centre and further afield. Local amenities include Wakefield Golf Club, Sandal RUFC and various restaurants and local shops. Calder Grove Park is walking distance and is popular with families and dog walkers. Nearby schools include St Thomas a Becket, Sandal Primary and Sandal Endowed Junior, and for those with cultural interest, nearby Sandal Castle is a popular tourist attraction. In neighbouring Newmillerdam, the boathouse on the lake is a Grade II Listed building, and the nearby country park is popular with families and walkers. Offering wonderfully spacious accommodation with stunning Victorian features including decorative coving, solid oak finishings, stained glass bay windows and high ceilings, the property has been sympathetically modernised to the highest standard. The three storey accommodation comprises a sitting room, office, utlity area and large integral garage to the lower ground floor, a lounge, dining room, breakfast kitchen and WC to the ground floor and four double bedrooms with en suite to master and separate family bathroom to the first floor. Externally, there are private landscaped gardens to front and rear and a driveway. Viewing is essential to appreciate this characterful family home.
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| Utility Area | 14'9\" x 6' (4.5m x 1.83m). Accessed by a staircase from the ground floor, with ceiling spotlights and alarm keypad. Featuring laminate flooring, a radiator, smoke alarm, internal door to the large garage and a work bench with space under for appliances such as a tumble dryer.
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| Office | 13'3\" x 11'4\" (4.04m x 3.45m). A practical room that could be employed for a number of purposes, including an office. Decorative coving, alcove to the chimney stack with built in down-lights, telephone point, radiator, cupboard housing the wall mounted combi boiler, with space and plumbing for an automatic washing machine. uPVC double glazed French doors to the rear elevation open out onto the patio, with steps up to the garden. Archway to:
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| Sitting Room | 16'3\" x 13'3\" (4.95m x 4.04m). A sizeable third reception room, with radiator, television and telephone points, built in surround sound, and a built in cupboard housing the utility meters and consumer unit.
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| Entrance Hall | Entrance to the property is from a tiled front porch, through the original front door with complementary original Victorian windows either side to the front elevation, opening into a spacious reception hall with decorative coving, solid oak flooring, staircase to the first floor with the original solid beech banister and spindle balustrade, radiator, smoke alarm, rear door with complementary window over opening onto a flight of stone steps down to the garden, internal door and a flight of stairs to the lower ground floor and original solid wood doors to the ground floor rooms.
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| Lounge | 17' x 13' (5.18m x 3.96m). A beautifully presented main reception room, lit by original sash bay windows to the front elevation with stained glass lights, and featuring a granite fireplace incorporating a living flame gas fire with cast iron surround and solid oak mantelpiece. The room retains many Victorian features including decorative skirting, coving and a rose to the ceiling, with a radiator and a television point.
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| Dining Room | 16'10\" x 13'5\" (5.13m x 4.1m). An attractive and spacious second reception room, lit by an original bay window to the front elevation with period features including stained glass lights, decorative skirting, coving and a ceiling rose. Feature built in burnished steel living flame gas fire to the chimney stack, with radiator and a television point.
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| Breakfast Kitchen | 13'6\" x 11'6\" (4.11m x 3.5m). A superb fitted suite, furnished with a bespoke range of solid oak wall and base units with granite work surfaces and splash backs, incorporating a drainer alongside a deep ceramic Belfast sink with chrome mixer tap, an integrated stainless steel fronted electric oven with four ring gas hob and wall mounted stainless steel extractor hood over, integrated dishwasher, feature Aga inset into the chimney breast on a tiled hearth, space for an American style fridge/freezer, radiator, soild oak flooring, original long window to the rear elevation providing views over the rear garden and walk-in pantry with shelving and window to the rear elevation.
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| WC | Furnished with a two piece suite comprising a wall mounted wash hand basin with mosaic tiled splash backs and a low level WC with button flush, with ceramic tiled flooring and window to the rear elevation.
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| Galleried Landing | Benefitting from decorative coving and skirting, an original solid beech spindled bannister, sash window to the side elevation, and a radiator. The landing provides access to the loft space in addition to all of the first floor rooms, which have original soild wood doors.
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| Master Bedroom | 13'11\" x 11'10\" (4.24m x 3.6m). A beautifully presented and spacious main bedroom, decorated with a feature wall and offering ample space for a double bed and free standing furniture. Original sash window to the front elevation, radiator, television point, telephone point, and an archway providing access to the en suite.
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| En Suite Shower Room | A superb contemporary suite comprising a walk-in corner shower unit with chrome power-shower and glass folding doors, a pedestal wash hand basin with chrome mixer tap and a low level WC with button flush. Ceramic tiled flooring, chrome heated towel rail, partially tiled walls with feature dado border, wall mounted mirrored vanity cabinet and display unit with built in spotlights, spotlights to the ceiling and an extractor fan.
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| Bedroom Two | 13'11\" x 11'6\" (4.24m x 3.5m). A generous second bedroom, with space for a double bed and free standing furniture, lit by an original sash window to the front elevation, with radiator and a television point.
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| Bedroom Three | 11'7\" x 10'11\" (3.53m x 3.33m). Also offering space for a double bed and free standing furniture, the third bedroom is lit by an original sash window to the rear elevation offering attractive views, with decorative feature wall, radiator and a television point.
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| Bedroom Four | 9'5\" x 8'11\" (2.87m x 2.72m). A fourth double bedroom, lit by an original sash window to the front elevation, with radiator and a television point.
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| Bathroom | Furnished with a modern white three piece suite comprising a pedestal wash hand basin with chrome mixer tap, a low level WC with button flush, and a deep panelled bath with central tap, chrome power shower over, chrome bath and shower flow and temperature controls and a glass shower screen. Inset spotlighting, ceramic tiled flooring, radiator, partially tiled walls with feature dado border, extractor fan and an obscuring sash window to the side elevation.
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| OUTSIDE | To the front of the property is a well stocked lawned garden with borders of mature trees providing a screen from the road. A central stone path runs to the tiled entrance porch for access to the property. To the side of the property is a driveway providing off road parking for two cars, leading back to a large integral garage with further parking for a car and ample storage space. To the rear of the property is a paved patio area with walled borders and steps leading up to a landscaped garden with mature trees and shrubs and a loose stone bed. Additional paved areas to the rear and side provide a platform for entertaining, with stone steps from the latter leading up to the property's rear door for access to the main hallway. A further door at ground level opens into an integrated sizeable brick storage bunker.
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