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An extensive FOUR bedroom 'Dormer' style DETACHED BUNGALOW full of character, with a separate and sizeable ANNEXE building in this idyllic, remote and beautiful village of High Westwood in County Durham. A rare opportunity to secure this prestigious family home in a rural location with a FREEHOLD tenure, and surrounded by rolling countryside with fantastic views and a splendid variety of wildlife to watch on a regular basis!

Accessed from the spacious vestibule to the front of the property, the ground floor has one bedroom and two reception areas. Family bathroom with a separate washroom and utility, a well stocked kitchen/diner with breakfast bar, providing access to the conservatory and garden at the rear of the property. To the first floor are the THREE additional larger style bedrooms for those fabulous views. Please check out the floor plan attached with the photographs.

Externally the house offers fantastic views of the local area with the wrap-around gardens and ample off-road parking at the front of the house, and opposite with the extensive grass verge. The separate Annexe building benefits from electrics and a water supply with a multitude of potential uses available to the astute buyer. Additional storage facilities are also available to the rear of the property.

Astley House in High Westwood provides prestigious living in a quiet rural location, and still benefits from excellent transport links to Newcastle and Durham City centres.

Built in 1924 for the then Westwood Coal-Pit Manager, and after the decline of the Coal Industry, Astley House was fully refurbished, extended and developed to provide the stunning family home that it is today. Surrounded by rolling countryside, the house offers unrivalled views to the West in particular which are protected from development, allowing the magnificent landscape and sunsets over Waskerley Moors and the Pennine Hills to fill the panoramic window of the kitchen.

Within the village, is a buoyant and developing cricket club with both women and men's teams, which adds a traditional backdrop to the long and relaxing summer evenings in the expansive garden. Not to mention a wide variety of wildlife that happily continue to pass close by, including deer, red squirrels, foxes and a multitude of birds including the majestic red kite, a popular inhabitant of the Derwent Valley Country Park, which is also on your doorstep.