Salters Lane, Lower Withington, SK11

A quintessential Georgian farmstead in a wonderful rural location, with a beautifully modernised 4300 square foot farmhouse standing within delightful gardens and grounds, and with a substantial range of traditional brick and portal framed outbuildings and a bothy/cottage, boasting formal gardens, paddocks, woodland and an orchard, in all about 9 acres or thereabouts.

This lovely home has not been on the open market since 1972 and is a rare opportunity to acquire a beautiful, original farmhouse with its complete range of outbuildings, courtyard and surrounding gardens and grounds, still all intact and in this sought after part of Cheshire. The house was acquired by our clients off market in 2006 and taken back to brick. The 3 year refurbishment included new floors, ceilings and windows, full rewire and re-plumb with central heating system, and of course new kitchen and all bathrooms along with significant other work. Further modern portal framed outbuildings were built and these provide huge scope for storage or other uses.

The house today is an utterly charming example of a small country house with five ground floor reception rooms and a wonderful open farmhouse kitchen with far reaching views over the gardens towards The Pennines in the distance.

A natural stone floored entrance hall with charming period staircase gives access to three of the ground floor reception rooms and has a side door onto the original farmyard. The main drawing room is a triple aspect room with a wood burning stove and a lovely view over the formal gardens, a dining room with a range of traditional fitted bookcase and an open fire overlooks the yard and a charming snug/sitting room enjoys a further wood burning stove which is set within an attractive stone surround and has a fitted bookcase with work desk under. This room links into the spacious open-plan heart of the home, a large open traditional kitchen and breakfast room with beautiful handmade cabinets both natural oak and hand painted with a large central island and a range of built-in appliances including a large Aga cooker. There is space for a huge table and extensive built-in cabinetry with pantry and breakfast cupboards. A second staircase leads to the first floor and double doors through to a stunning conservatory with high vaulted glazed ceiling and two sets of double hinged doors leading out to the formal entertaining terrace. Ancillary rooms on the ground floor include a lovely, large walk-in pantry, cloakroom and several WC’s.

At first floor level there are four large double bedrooms, the main bedroom suite with double doors and a walk-in bay overlooking the fields and Pennines in the distance, having an adjacent fully fitted dressing area and an en suite shower room. Access to the main bedroom is via one of the other bedrooms or with its own separate staircase from the kitchen area. Three further large double bedrooms all have lovely views - one with a jack-and-jill bathroom - and there is another large family bathroom with freestanding bath and a walk-in shower.

Externally, the formal gardens include some manicured topiary to the front of the house, a charming orchard, a large flat lawn and extensive entertaining terraces with an adjacent kitchen garden.

There are a several paddocks which mainly lay to the farmyard side of the house and to the rear there is a there is a pretty pond, stream and a good sized area of woodland. A spur from the main driveway runs round to the rear of the outbuildings providing a useful additional access to the yard and parking areas.

The brick buildings extend to nearly 8000 sq feet and are in the form of a traditional two storey brick range and adjacent and adjoining portal framed outbuildings. To the rear of the brick range is a large portal frame utility building constructed around 2014 (1700 square feet) and a timber framed storage shed with double open barn, stabling and storage units to each side.

The Bothy/Cottage - This lovely conversion provides ground and first floor accommodation with an internal staircase that could be utilised for a number of uses, whether it be for ancillary guests or for useful games or hobby rooms. In the ground floor lean to is an excellent estate office providing a work from home space with a wood burning stove, which overlooks the farmhouse and the courtyard.

Tenure: Freehold : Oil fired central heating : Drainage to a private septic tank (non compliant to 2020 regs).

NB: The owners will place restrictive covenants on the incoming buyers as follows. Not to use the property other than as a residential dwelling house in private occupation by a single family unit. The conversion of the buildings into residential units would however be acceptable. Not to carry out any trade or business from the property other than normal working from home requirements. The current owners own the surrounding land and also Brode Hall Cottage, accessed off the driveway, and are trying to protect their peaceful enjoyment of the same.

Garden

Extensive gardens and grounds