6 bedroom detached house for sale

A delightful six bedroom, L-shaped Victorian home featuring a long, south facing, three storey elevated front and a perpendicular two storey wing. This house seamlessly blends timeless elegance with modern functionality offering both family relaxation and professional workspaces for a sophisticated balanced lifestyle.

An exceptionally well proportioned home retaining original period features, offering spacious six bedroom accommodation with three reception rooms to the ground floor complimenting a breakfast kitchen and a spacious home office, whilst offering the potential to create ancillary accommodation. Externally the property enjoys private gardens and parking for several vehicles in addition to a stone built barn measuring circa 1000 sqft plus a large garage. 

The property enjoys an elevated position above Fenay Lane resulting in a high degree of privacy and glorious views over the Woodsome Valley. The impressive location is privately enclosed within ½ an acre grounds and yet positioned close to the village centre.

Local village facilities include highly regarded schools, bus services, bakery, butchers, newsagents, Co-Op, wine shop, cafes, Chinese takeaway, Indian restaurant, fish and chip shop, post office as well as churches, pubs and a doctors’ surgery. The town centre and train station are close by and a short drive to the M62 or M1 motorway network ensures convenient access throughout the region and beyond.

The property has recent boiler, all rewired, re-roofed and re-plumbed (no lead) during the present ownership. 

With the size and design of the home it provides excellent opportunities for future personalisation and potential improvements, from updating a few details or embarking on larger scale projects.

Ground Floor

A solid entrance door opens to a generous reception hallway, which offers an impressive introduction to the home, displaying original period features including deep skirting boards and ornate coving to the ceiling. An original spindle staircase gains access to the first floor rising past a feature window that invites good levels of natural light into the property. There is access to the cellar, a walk-in cloaks cupboard, and a W.C which is presented with a two-piece suite finished in white off the hallway.

The rear hall has a door to the side aspect opening to the courtyard and gains access to the utility which is home to the central heating boiler, has plumbing for an automatic washing machine and has a secondary staircase to the first floor.

The breakfast kitchen enjoys a double aspect position, one window overlooking the gardens whilst a large picture window commands stunning cross valley views over Woodsome Valley. The room is presented with a comprehensive range of furniture, with a stainless-steel double bowl sink unit and a complement of appliances including an integral oven and grill, a five ring hob with a concealed extraction unit over, a dishwasher and a fridge.

An open archway leads you through to the spacious dining room, resulting in a sociable entertaining space. The room offers generous proportions with retained period features, including cornice to the ceiling and deep skirting boards. Full height windows sit on either side of French doors, which take you onto a south facing terrace with views across the valley.

The lounge has a walk-in bay window, directing the eye towards stunning long distance views beyond Woodsome Valley capturing Emley Moor in the distance. Once again, the room has retained period features and a fireplace with living flame gas fire to the chimney breast. 

Across the hallway into the house wing there is a home office, which offers exceptionally well-proportioned accommodation and has three large windows. The room lends itself to a number of possibilities in terms of use including annexed accommodation. An adjoining room has a window and a door to the driveway. A walk-in wet room is presented with a modern suite finished in white, comprising a low flush W.C, and a wash hand basin with vanity cupboards beneath. The room has complimentary tiling to both the walls and floor, a wet room shower, a heated towel radiator and an opaque sash window.

First Floor

A spindle staircase gains access to the second floor, has a window overlooking the courtyard and a wet room style shower room with complimentary tiling to the walls and floor.

On this floor three large double bedrooms enjoy a south facing aspect and command amazing cross valley views over the Woodsome Valley and towards Emley Moor. Each room retains original period features including cornices to the ceilings and deep skirting boards whilst two of these rooms present feature fireplaces to the chimney breasts. An additional room offers exceptional proportions and has triple glazed windows to three aspects ensuring tremendous levels of natural light lending itself to a variety of uses including a studio, home office, gym, cinema room or even an additional bedroom suite.  A triple glazed door opens onto an external stone staircase to the courtyard.

The family bathroom is presented with a three-piece suite, has complimentary tiling and wood panelling to the walls, and a sash window to the rear aspect. A cupboard is home to the hot water cylinder tank.

Second Floor

A spacious landing has a sash window and access is presented to three additional bedrooms, all offering exceptional double proportions. The central room is positioned to the south aspect of the property, commanding stunning long-distance views. The additional bedrooms have windows set to stone mullioned surrounds, commanding views over the gardens, Almondbury and Woodsome Valley.

Externally

The property occupies a generous plot extending to approximately 0.6 of an acre; electronic timber gates opening to a courtyard that provides off road parking for several vehicles and gains access to the outbuildings. To the south aspect of the property, extending to the rear there is a flagged terrace which commands impressive views across the valley and over the gardens. There is an additional sunken garden which is flagged. Beyond the courtyard is a lawn, which is wrapped within a tree-lined boundary with an open fronted summer house, beyond which is a small strip of land set within a fenced boundary.

The outbuildings consist of a substantial stone-built barn with a mezzanine, power, lighting and water. To the ground floor storage and parking is provided for several vehicles and a staircase gains access to the first-floor accommodation There is also a fitted wood burning stove.

The adjoining garage has a sliding door, offers spacious accommodation with power and lighting. There are also two small additional storage units/garden stores with Upvc double glazed entrance doors.

Additional Information

A Freehold property with mains gas, water, electricity and drainage. Council Tax Band - F. EPC Rating - D. Fixtures and fittings by separate negotiation.

1967 & MISDESCRIPTION ACT 1991 - When instructed to market this property every effort was made by visual inspection and from information supplied by the vendor to provide these details which are for description purposes only. Certain information was not verified, and we advise that the details are checked to your personal satisfaction. In particular, none of the services or fittings and equipment have been tested nor have any boundaries been confirmed with the registered deed plans. Fine & Country or any persons in their employment cannot give any representations of warranty whatsoever in relation to this property and we would ask prospective purchasers to bear this in mind when formulating their offer. We advise purchasers to have these areas checked by their own surveyor, solicitor and tradesman. Fine & Country accept no responsibility for errors or omissions. These particulars do not form the basis of any contract nor constitute any part of an offer of a contract.

Directions

From Huddersfield centre leave town on Greenhead Road and turn right onto Park Avenue. Immediately turn right onto Trinity Street and then turn left onto Castlegate slip. Continue (A62) and bear left onto Southgate before bearing left onto Wakefield Road (A629). Proceed for approximately two miles before turning right onto Fenay Lane which becomes Northgate. The property is on the righthand side.