Franklin Cottage, Main Street, Hopton, DE4 4DF

Standing alongside similar mews style cottages, this attractive three bedroom stone and tiled cottage provides well proportioned single storey living, which is well suited to the busy professionals, the active retirees or perhaps a small family seeking an easily managed home. The characterful accommodation, which has scope for updating, includes well proportioned living space, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Outside, a flagged patio fronts the property and there is the benefit of two allocated parking spaces.

The cottage is set well back from any main thoroughfare and offers ready access to the delights of the surrounding Derbyshire Dales countryside and the recreational delights of Carsington Water, the High Peak Trail and Black Rocks, all close at hand. The historic market town of Wirksworth lies around 2 miles away and provides a wide range of shops, eateries and other facilities. There are good road links to the nearby centres of employment to include Matlock (6 miles), Ashbourne (8 miles), Bakewell (10 miles).

ACCOMMODATION
A part glazed cottage door opens directly into the...

Sitting and dining room - 7.60m x 4.80m (24' 11" x 16' 4") maximum, good natural light is enjoyed through three windows which look across the courtyard. There are ceiling cross beams and, as a focal point to the room, a stone fireplace, with plinth and display shelving to one side, houses a cast iron solid fuel stove.

Kitchen - 2.45m x 2.10m (8' x 6' 11") part open to the dining area, and being fitted with a range of cupboards, drawers and work surfaces, stainless steel sink unit, 4-ring gas hob with electric oven beneath. There is space for additional white goods and feature timbers to the partition wall.

From the sitting room, an open door leads to an inner lobby where there is a built-in storage cupboard and doors leading off to the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Principal bedroom 1 - 3.25m x 3.12m (10' 8" x 10' 3") a comfortable double bedroom having access to the roof void, two windows facing the courtyard and a built-in wardrobe. A door opens to an...

Ensuite shower room - 3.12m x 1.22m (10' 3" x 4') fitted with a modern white suite to include a broad shower cubicle, WC and pedestal wash hand basin. Large ceramic wall tiles within the shower and to half height with similar tiling to the floor. Velux roof light.

Bathroom - 2.80m x 1.70m (9' 2" x 5' 7") fitted with a coloured suite, roof light to the part vaulted ceiling. The suite includes a panelled bath, WC and wash hand basin. Quarry tiled floor, ceramic tiling to the walls and a built-in store houses the gas (LPG) fired boiler which serves the central heating and hot water system.

Bedroom 2 - 3.29m x 1.82m (10' 9" x 5' 11") with roof light and single wardrobe.

Bedroom 3 - 2.34m x 1.88m (7' 8" x 6' 2") a good third bedroom or office with roof light.

OUTSIDE & PARKING
There is the benefit of a flagged patio to the front of the cottage with an open aspect to the shared courtyard. There is space for fuel and bin storage and the advantage of vehicular right of way for loading / unloading. Off lying a short way from the courtyard there is allocated parking for two vehicles.

TENURE - Freehold. The property is not to be used for commercial purposes - eg. holiday letting.

SERVICES - Mains electricity and water are available to the property; there is shared managed septic tank drainage. Central heating is via bottle LPG (gas). No specific test has been made on the services or their distribution.

EPC RATING - to be confirmed

COUNCIL TAX - Band D

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 the A6 travelling south to Cromford. At the traffic light crossroads, turn right into Market Place and proceed up The Hill. As the road levels, turn right as signed Middleton and Ashbourne, continue across the following crossroads and on for a further mile before turning right as signed Hopton. Follow this road for around 800m and the entrance to Home Farm can be found on the left hand side, just opposite the junction which leads to the right and Ryder Point. Follow the private drive and Franklin Cottage is found within the second courtyard off the driveway.

VIEWING - Strictly by prior arrangement with the Matlock office .

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