Church Brow, Bowdon, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14

An opportunity to acquire one of Bowdon’s landmark 18th century Church Brow Cottages and at a price point that you won’t find possible anywhere else in “Old Bowdon”.

This small but perfectly formed Grade II listed one bedroomed cottage built in the mid 1700’s has been painstakingly and lovingly refurbished by the current owners, the work has been undertaken in complete sympathy with its original character of the cottage and now incorporates every modern convenience.

The front door opens into the main sitting room which has original stone floor, exposed original ceiling beams and a wood burner stove, a sliding oak door provides access to the rear living room which has space for a dining table, one wall in this room has been cleverly fitted with custom built wall units providing a study area with store cupboards and integrated light fittings.

The Kitchen is accessed off the dining room and has a tiled floor and has been fitted with a range of custom-built kitchen units equipped with an integrated electric induction hob, dishwasher, fridge, freezer, and a Carrara quartz counter top, feature radiator, and a skylight bathes the whole kitchen in masses of natural light.

A narrow oak staircase leads to the first floor landing with oak floor in the old days there were two bedrooms, and an outside toilet and a tin bath in front of the fire would serve as your bathroom. In todays more civilised world the second bedroom is now a beautiful shower room with tiled floor and recently re fitted with white suite and large double sized shower cubicle. The adjacent Double bedroom as views to the front of the property, lovely, panelled walls with bedhead wall lights and a concealed wardrobe.

Outside the property is pavement fronted to the front whilst to the rear there is a small patch of land that belongs to this property and an adjacent patch of land that is shared with a neighbour, rights of way ruin across the rear for the refuse bin management of this and neighbouring properties so no waste has be taken through the house.

A unique and appealing feature is that the flat roof of the kitchen has been engineered to be walk on and the glazed horizontal sky light of the kitchen is also a walk on toughed panel, as such the kitchen roof serves as a west facing terrace / balcony accessed from the rear garden. The seating on this roof structure was purchased specifically for the space and is included within the sale.

The nearby centres of both Hale Village and Altrincham Market Town are within easy walking distance from the cottage, the two Bowdon pubs, The Griffin and The Stamford are at the top of Church Brow, Dunham Park and Bowdon’s Devisdale a protected green space are also within walking distance. There is no designated or off-street parking, however residents of Church Brow and their visitors never have a problem with on street parking and there is an electric car charge point fitted to the front of this property.

Offers are Invited in excess of £395,000.