Mill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3

A CHARMING PERIOD HOUSE OCCUPYING AN EXTREMELY PEACEFUL, MATURE GARDEN SETTING WITH ATTRACTIVE MILL STREAM AND WOODLAND.

GROUND FLOOR

- Hall
- Kitchen with Breakfast Area
- Dining Room
- Sitting Room
- Lounge
- Conservatory
- Rear Porch
- Utility Room
- Downstairs W.C.

FIRST FLOOR

- Bedroom 1 with en-suite Shower Room & Dressing Room
- Bedroom 2 with en-suite Shower Room
- Bedroom 3
- Bedroom 4
- Study/Bedroom 5
- Family Bathroom

OUTSIDE

- Double garage
- Self contained office
- Parking -
- Mill stream & waterfall
- Mature, lawned gardens
- Woodland
- In all about 3.73 acres (1.51 hectares)

LOCATION

The Mill House occupies a delightful setting situated at the end of a quiet, no through lane in the village of Great Barrow which is a village of charm, history and character, and enjoys a strong community spirit, situated within the green belt and a conservation area. The village has a church, village hall, cafe and pub whilst the city of Chester offers a more comprehensive range of services with many high street retailers, banks, restaurants, leisure facilities and supermarkets complemented by the Outlet Village at Cheshire Oaks.

On the recreational front there is a village playing field, bowling green and cricket club in Great Barrow, rugby & squash at Vicars Cross, football & hockey in Chester, rowing & sailing on the River Dee and horse racing at the Roodee. There are several golf courses locally including Vicars Cross, Eaton & Delamere.

On the educational front there is a state primary school in Great Barrow together with an excellent selection of primary & secondary schools in and around Chester including The Firs, The Hammond, Bishops’ Blue Coat, Abbeygate College at Saighton and The Kings and Queens Schools. The Grange at Hartford is also within daily travelling distance.

COMMUNICATIONS

The area enjoys excellent road links being allowing for ease of travel to all areas of commerce throughout the North-West including the Chester Business Park, Deeside Industrial Park and Wrexham Industrial Estate, and Liverpool & Manchester. On the edge of Chester access is gained to the M53 & M56 motorways permitting daily travel to Liverpool & Manchester which are both served by international airports. For travel to London there is a sub 2 hour inter-city service from Chester Station to Euston.

DESCRIPTION

The Mill House is an attractive period house dating from the Georgian era, with substantial additions and alterations, but having retained much of its original charm & character including the beautiful front facade. The property is constructed of brick, in Flemish bond, beneath a slate roof, having sash windows with stone sills and headers. The original house was symmetrical in design and has been sensitively extended to the side and rear over the years, and now comprises a superbly proportioned and well maintained family home.

The front door opens into the hallway which has an original tiled floor with shallow tread staircase at the far end, with useful understairs storage beneath. To the right of the hall is the dining room, with the black & beige tiling, dual aspect, moulded cornice, built-in shelving and feature fireplace with glazed tile surround. Adjacent to the dining room, also accessed off the hall is the living room, which offers a cosy living space again with wood strip floor, dual aspect, exposed brick fireplace with Clearview log burning stove and a set of French doors overlooking and opening to the rear garden.

To the left of the hall is the open plan kitchen with dining area. The kitchen has a tiled floor throughout and extends the full depth of the house, having a dual aspect providing for a great degree of light and pleasant outlook across the front and rear gardens. There is ample space for table & chairs, and fireplace with gas fire and slate hearth, adjacent to which is a door to the conservatory. At the working end of the room is a range of hand painted wall and base units with a central island unit under granite work tops with breakfast bar to one end. There is an integrated wine cooler, a 3 oven gas Aga, 1½ bowl sink with drainer, Bosch dishwasher, 2 ring ceramic hob and multi-use oven. Off the kitchen is a useful pantry with tiled floor, base units and space for fridge/freezer unit. Beyond, a door opens into the side hall & rear porch, off which is a utility with further storage, boiler and cloakroom with W.C. There is also access from the rear hall to the lounge with moulded ceiling cornice and decorative fireplace with gas fire and stone hearth. The conservatory is at the front of the house and can be accessed from the lounge and kitchen, and it has French doors to the south west facing front garden.

A shallow staircase leads to half landing which splits two ways, firstly straight on to bedroom 5/study, and secondly to the main landing. The main landing gives access to all remaining first floor rooms and at the end of which is an attractive bay window seat overlooking the front garden. All bedrooms are double, and of similar proportions, both with dual aspect, and ample space for free standing wardrobes. Bedroom 2 has the benefit of an en-suite shower room containing tiled walls & floor, a heated towel rail, low flush w.c., shower cubicle and hand basin with cupboards below. There is a comprehensively fitted family bathroom with tiled walls and floor, built-in Jacuzzi bath, tiled shower cubicle, heated towel rail, built-in hand basin and low flush w.c. At the end of the landing is the master suite which comprises a large double bedroom with triple aspect, built-in wardrobe/cupboard space and door to dressing room which contains a range of fitted wardrobes, bench seating and drawer unit. A separate door provides access to the en-suite shower room with tiled floor, shower cubicle, pedestal hand basin, heated towel rail and low flush w.c.

OUTSIDE

The Mill House is accessed off Mill Lane, via an electrically operated 5 bar gate which opens onto a tarmacadam drive, beside which is a triangular grassed area in front of the neighbouring dwelling, which leads past the house to a parking and turning area against the rear elevation. To the side is the garage and office building. This is attached to the neighbouring dwelling and comprises a double garage, having an electric up and over door, and self contained office. This is centrally heated and has two rooms accessed off an entrance hall. The office was purpose built and provides excellent ancillary accommodation to the main house.

To the left of the drive is a mature hedge with pedestrian gate giving access to a York stone flag terrace which leads to the front door and garden. The front garden is laid to lawn and extremely private with several mature shrubs and trees to include holly, rhododendrons and silver birch, beneath which is a separate 5 bar gate opening onto Mill Lane. The summerhouse is excluded unless otherwise agreed.

To the rear a circular patio with former mill stone within, which offers a particularly private and attractive seating area. Beyond he parking area is the stream and waterfall, with bridge from he drive to the main gardens. The stream is bunded by retaining walls, and provides a lovely water feature particularly against the backdrop of the waterfall. The gardens comprise a wide lawn which is sheltered by mature trees & hedges, to include a rare metasequoia and numerous rhododendrons, and at the end of which a set of sandstone steps leads to a further lawn. Beyond is a garden shed and path leading towards the stream and over into woodland.

There are several mature trees to include a particularly impressive weeping beech, and on the other side of the mill stream is an extensive area of woodland with further specimen trees to include, silver birch, oak and beech with sporadic underplanting of Spring bulbs. The woodland area continues away from the house.

PROPERTY INFORMATION

Address: The Mill House, Mill Lane, Great Barrow, Nr Chester, Cheshire, CH3 7JF.

Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession.

Services: Mains water, electric & drainage. Gas central heating to House. Gas central heating to Office. Telephone line and broadband connection.

Local Authority: Cheshire West & Chester Council. Tel:

Council Tax: Band G - £3,839.60 payable 2024/25.

Third Party Rights: The property is sold subject to all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way, public or private whether specifically mentioned or not. In this connection, it should be noted that The Mill House enjoys a vehicular & pedestrian right of way across the neighbouring property to access the woodland area beyond the mill stream. There is a public footpath which runs along the drive and across to the neighbouring field.