Matlock Green, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4

Standing semi-detached and believed to date from the mid 19th Century this character stone built property holds a certain elegant style which has been adapted and extended to provide well proportioned open living spaces, which are complemented by three good bedrooms. Low maintenance gardens and a broad graveled driveway are shielded from the roadside all contributing to an individual home of merit.

Planning consent in land to the rear is granted for the erection of two independent dwellings - please refer to the relevant Note in these particulars for more information.

Paxton House lies within the Old Matlock Conservation area being well placed to access the local amenities within Matlock Green and those of the town centre, which are found around half a mile away. The town can be accessed on foot by a leisurely stroll through the delightful Hall Leys Park, alongside the River Derwent, and other opportunities to explore further afield. The town offers well respected schooling and a wide range of market town shops and facilities, whilst good road communications lead to the neighbouring centres of employment to include Chesterfield, Alfreton and Bakewell. The cities of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham all lie within daily commuting distance and the delights of the Derbyshire Dales and Peak District countryside are close at hand.

ACCOMMODATION
A broad panelled front door is set to an arched entrance which leads to a small lobby which, in turn, opens to the:

Sitting room - 5.83m x 4.36m (19' 1" x 14' 3") with front aspect window, French doors opening to the side, feature stone fireplace with display niches and a living coal gas fire above a raised hearth. There is also vertical boarding and an open doorway which adjoins the:

Dining room - 4.9m x 4.36m (16' 1" x 14' 3") again with a front aspect window and feature fireplace incorporating display shelving with bookcasing plus ceiling and wall light points.

From the sitting room, a door leads through an inner hallway, where stairs rise to the first floor with useful storage beneath and access to the:

Breakfast kitchen - 6.4m x 4m (20' 1" x 13') a generously proportioned room, extended with an open aspect to a garden room extension. The kitchen is fitted with a range of solid wood hand painted cupboards and drawers plus work surfaces, sink unit and appliances. There are windows to two elevations and, to the chimney breast, a substantial gas fired Aga which forms an impressive focal point.

Living/garden room - 7.6m x 2.4m (24' 9" x 7' 9") an extension to the original house providing excellent all day living space off the kitchen. There is a door and lobby leading from the side of the house, and two windows set either side of fully glazed patio doors to make best use of natural light and access to the gardens. To one end, there is exposed stonework and a raised hearth siting a modern cast iron stove. The ceiling has hardwood strips complemented by clad beams and low level panelling.

Of the kitchen, a door opens to the sun room and adjacent utility room.

Sun room - 2.76m x 1.4m (9' 1" x 4' 6") useful as a rear porch or hobby area and with an open plan to the adjacent:

Utility room - with plumbing for an automatic washing machine and sink The utility room wraps around a:

Cloak room - with low flush WC and wash hand basin.

From the inner hall, stairs rise to the first floor landing with access to...

Bedroom 1 - 6.72m x 4.4m (22' x 14' 4") a generously proportioned double bedroom with two windows to the front allowing good natural light. There is deep integral storage and additional built in wardrobes.

Bedroom 2 - 4.59m x 3.71m (15' 1" x 12' 2") a front facing double bedroom with the benefit of a wash hand basin.

Bathroom - accessed off the landing and well fitted with full height linen storage and airing cupboard which houses the lagged hot water cylinder and the gas fired boiler which serves the central heating and hot water system. A wash hand basin is set to a broad vanity surface with cupboards beneath and corner panelled bath.

Bedroom 3 - 3.12m x 2.7m (10' 2" x 8' 9") maximum. A smaller bedroom with windows to the front and side and the benefit of a wash hand basin set above a modern cabinet.

Shower room - a useful second bathroom being fitted with a double width shower cubicle, wash hand basin and low flush WC.

OUTSIDE
The house is screened from the roadside behind a mature evergreen hedge. A private drive provides access to Paxton House and with right of way for the neighbouring properties around to the back of the buildings.

By the drive entrance from the roadside, a pair of tall wooden gates open to a broad pebbled driveway, which provides car standing and turning for several vehicles at the front of the house.

The remaining gardens have been landscaped for ease of maintenance and are principally found at the side and rear of the property. Here stepped pathways lead through raised patios and terracing ideal for pot planting and with some mature shrubs and trees which, combined with a fenced boundary, provides privacy and shelter.

TENURE - Freehold.

Note: Proposed development of adjacent land
Land to the rear of Paxton House has a current planning application for the erection of two detached dwellings. The development site will have ownership of the surfaced drive, with Paxton House enjoying a right of way across it into the gated frontage. The proposed development will require the roadside boundary of Paxton House to be amended to ensure a suitable visibility splay is achieved to meet the criteria of the planning and highways authorities. It is a condition of that planning consent for the visibility splay to be constructed at the outset of the development meaning changes to Paxton House front boundary by the developer and at the developers expense. Such works will be seen as a benefit for both Paxton House and the new plots. Planning ref 22/00572/OUT

SERVICES - All mains services are available to the property which benefits from gas fired central heating. No test has been made on services or their distribution.

EPC RATING - Current 52E / Potential 79C

COUNCIL TAX - Band F

FIXTURES & FITTINGS - Only the fixtures and fittings mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. Certain other items may be taken at valuation if required. No specific test has been made on any appliance either included or available by negotiation.

DIRECTIONS - From Matlock Crown Square take Causeway Lane proceeding beyond Hall Leys Park and the football ground and on into Matlock Green. Continue passed the crossroads and Paxton House can be found on the left hand side around 40m before the turn into Mornington Rise.

VIEWING - Strictly by prior arrangement with the Matlock office .

Ref: FTM9778