4 bedroom detached house

A traditional stone-built home with extensive gardens, versatile outbuildings, garages, driveway parking and stunning views.

Oakfield House is situated in beautiful semi-rural Northumberland, in the hamlet of High Mickley, just outside Stocksfield. The property comprises a traditional home with elements dating back to 1860, which has been lovingly updated and improved by the current owners. Offering generous proportions, the layout has been thoughtfully designed with modern living in mind, while retaining charming original features.

The accommodation briefly comprises; entrance porch with terracotta tiled floor, glazed door to the hallway and a staircase leading to the first floor. There is a family room/home office situated to the front elevation, with laminated flooring. The sitting room has beamed ceilings and an exposed stone fire breast housing a wood burning/ multi-fuel stove. A small step-up leads into a separate dining room/ snug with terracotta tiles and stunning open views. The terracotta tiles lead through into a well-appointed kitchen with wall and base units, the focal point being the oil-fired AGA. The kitchen has internal access into a rear lobby, leading to a utility room with WC, a cloakroom with oil boiler, integral garage and an external door to the rear garden. A particularly lovely feature of Oakfield house is the garden room, accessed from the sitting room, this area is bright and spacious with an external door to the garden and spectacular views.

The first floor enjoys four double bedrooms, one with en suite comprising of shower cubicle and wash hand basin with vanity unit under. The family bathroom comprises of bath, separate shower cubicle, WC, wash hand basin and airing cupboard.

Externally, there are beautiful gardens extending to 0.4 acres, with well stocked herbaceous borders and specimen trees, including fruit trees, a formal garden area with landscaped raised beds and separate screened area with raised vegetable beds. There is a stone-built detached garage, stone barn, wood stable and further stone garden store and patio seating area.

Oakfield House is ideally located with stunning rural views, whilst still remaining part of a village community. High Mickley is a small hamlet situated south of the River Tyne near the more established village of Stocksfield which offers local shops, GP practice and garage, and is near Prudhoe offering a full range of professional services, retail, and leisure facilities as well as major supermarkets, which are also available in the regional town centre of Hexham 10 miles away. Stocksfield train station offers additional public transport links, for the commuter, rail services west to Carlisle and east to Newcastle Upon Tyne are regularly available in addition to the excellent road networks via the A68 and A69 dual carriageway