Mottram Road, Stalybridge, SK15 2QX

A chance to purchase a characterful period home on the popular, tree-lined, prestigious Mottram Road. A property very deceiving from the outside with an abundance of space, original features and boasting the most fantastic garden. 

 

The current owners have lived here happily for nearly three decades, raising their family in what proved to be the perfect home. They list it now with heavy hearts but hope the new owners can take as much joy from it as they have in the years to come. Updating is required with the property offering so much scope and potential, making it an exciting project for the right buyers. 

 

Set back from the road behind a hedge row is Bank House, which you would be forgiven for mistaking as a traditional end terrace. It's when you step inside you realise it is anything but. 

 

The entrance porch offers a glimpse of the large bright hallway and the array of rooms to the ground floor. The wooden staircase captures your attention with the character and charm of the home immediately evident. To the right is the study, formally used as the 6th bedroom. The sheer size of this home makes it incredibly versatile with endless possibilities. The grandest room downstairs is the living room, to the left of the hallway. A vast space with a beautiful bay window and brimming with original features, a lovely space to sit and capture the sunset. You're spoilt for choice with another reception room to the rear, known as the family room, looking out to the garden. There is additional hall space to the rear with a large cupboard for coats and shoes. As befits a home of this size there is a downstairs WC and also a downstairs shower room which, with the option to use one of the downstairs rooms as a bedroom, makes it very handy when accommodating guests. A Worcester Gas boiler in the downstairs WC feeds the central heating system. From the end of the hallway, you enter the dining room with exposed wooden floor. There is a door opening in to a pantry space and a further door leading down to two cellar chambers ('the man cave'). Through a sliding glazed door, you access the kitchen which is across the rear of the property with enviable views of the garden and hills beyond. It features a much loved AGA and a range of wall and base units and space for fridge/freezer, cooker and slim line dishwasher. A space for two to sit and eat in front of the window looks out over the patio. This enables you to watch birds at the bird-feeders, with over thirty varieties visiting the garden through the year, highlighting the proximity and abundance of trees and nearby countryside. The utility area is to the left with plumbing for a washer and dryer and a place to take off your wellies when coming back in from the garden. 

 

The grand staircase takes you up to a large landing and the five bedrooms and family bathroom, with four sky lights adding a focal point and a huge amount of light to the space.

The master bedroom is at the front of the home; a vast, beautifully bright room with leafy green views. It also has a useful wash-hand basin. The smallest of the bedrooms is next door which can accommodate a single bed. Currently used as an office, it would also make a perfect walk-in closet or even an en-suite for the master bedroom. The next bedroom to the front of the home has a view of the courts at Priory Tennis Club, just across the road, next to Mottram Road Allotments. There are two further double rooms, both spacious, facing the sunrise and overlooking the rear garden with views of Hobson Moor. The family bathroom features a toilet, basin, corner bath and shower with an airing cupboard providing storage. 

 

The garden is vast, at approximately 52 metres and is any gardener's dream. There is a patio area to step out to from the utility room and a lawned area to the left. Steps take you down to the detached garage, approximately 9 x 5 metres with power. Currently used as a workshop and storage facility as well as having space to house the car. The area is reached with shared access through a private side road at the other end of the terrace of four houses. If you count horticulture as a hobby,  you'll love the large greenhouse and the many crops the current owners have sown in their vegetable garden. Beyond there you reach the lower small lawn and decking area with the summer house; a real sun spot to enjoy the tranquility of the space with only the sounds of nature. You can venture further still, through an arbor, to another paved area leading to circular path. There's lots of potential to make even more use of these spaces. 

 

This section of Mottram Road is located just under a mile away from the centre of Stalybridge with a selection of shops, cafes and public houses. Stalybridge Railway Station is a 5 minute drive away with regular direct services in to Manchester City centre with a journey time of just 15 minutes, and also towards Huddersfield, Leeds and York. Just over 100 metres up the road is an entrance to Cheetham Park, a wonderful mix of old woodland and waterside walks, beautiful open spaces, children's playgrounds, and outdoor gym equipment.  The same park entrance gives access to the tennis and archery clubs. Seven minutes walk away is a large gym and Stalybridge Celtic football ground. Just a four minute drive up the hill is Hobson Quarry, popular with rock climbers, and Hobson Moor with plenty of walks with fabulous views across to Manchester, 9 miles away, or other reservoirs and up the Woodhead pass. Nearby are various country pubs, including the Waggon & Horses and The Rising Moon in Matley.