A superb and beautifully presented smallholding, including a substantial fully refurbished and extended three bedroom detached farmhouse with attached traditional barn being part converted for residential and storage purposes.
The yard includes a complete new range of multipurpose steel portal framed buildings, suitable for livestock housing, equestrian and storage purposes, with the whole property being set in approx. 23.06 acres, or thereabouts. The property is accessed via a private tarmacadam driveway and will be of interest to a variety of purchasers, ranging from agricultural, lifestyle farmers, equestrian and those with business/workshop/storage interests.
The property sits in a sought after rural location, yet is within easy reach of Rawtenstall, Haslingden and the main A56 highway providing easy access to Bolton, Bury and Manchester to the south and Blackburn, Burnley and Preston to the north.
The farmhouse has been recently fully re-developed to the highest standard, being constructed of dressed stone under a pitched slate roof. The property is set out over two floors and in brief comprises entrance hallway, kitchen diner, lounge, sitting room, utility room and cloakroom to the ground floor. To the first floor is a large gym and three spacious double bedrooms. The main room includes a walk-in wardrobe and ensuite with sauna room and steam room. Bedrooms two and three also both include ensuites. All the ground floor rooms benefit from beautiful oak parquet flooring and underfloor heating.
The main entrance doorway is positioned beneath an attractive stone flagged slate open canopy porch supported by large stone columns. The front door leads into a spacious entrance hallway with staircase rising to the first floor and doors leading through to the lounge, kitchen diner and utility. The hallway also provides access to an understairs storage cupboard and cloakroom including a wc and wash hand basin.
The main lounge is positioned to the side and includes a window overlooking the front, painted wood wall panelling and a central feature marble surround fireplace enclosing a multi fuel wood burning stove, creating a real warmth to the room. An open doorway leads through to the sitting room which benefits from full glass bifold patio doors overlooking the rear garden and patio, bathing the room with natural light and allowing for superb views out over the garden and surrounding landscape.
The breath-taking kitchen also benefits from large bi-folding doors and two sets of patio doors leading onto the rear patio area, flooding the room with natural light, connecting the room with the garden for outdoor entertaining and allowing for superb views over the surrounding land. The kitchen is fitted with a stunning range of wall and base mounted units with central island. The room includes space for an American style fridge freezer with built-in cupboard space above, whilst a black electric Aga is positioned with a feature overhead extractor, providing a focal point and warmth to the room. The kitchen also provides for a further character cream Range Master electric oven with five ring gas hob, microwave unit and integrated sink. The island includes storage cupboards beneath. The room includes a large space for a current family dining table, providing for a true family kitchen.
The utility room is fitted with base and wall units, including Belfast sink and plumbing for washing machine appliances. The room includes additional boot room style facilities and a door leading out into the rear garden.
The oak staircase leads to the first floor landing with oak balustrade and wall panelling, two glass pendant centre ceiling chandeliers and window overlooking the front.
The main bedroom has dual aspect windows overlooking the front and side garden areas, a walk-in wardrobe and a large beautiful ensuite providing for sauna with pine panelled walls and seating, steam room with tiled floor and white Upvc wall panelling and seating, shower, double wash hand basins, slipper bath and raised jacuzzi with tiled surround. The room includes a separate toilet with wash hand basin and wc, with the full ensuite including tiled flooring and walls with ornate sculptured panelling to the ceiling. The ensuite includes four windows overlooking the rear garden and land beyond.
The two further bedrooms benefit from windows overlooking the rear and both including ensuite shower rooms including wc, wash hand basin and showers.
The ensuite for bedroom two comprises a jack and jill shower room with a large gym which is also accessed off the main landing. This gym offers huge scope for the creation of additional bedrooms or for use as storage, entertainment room or office, dependant on a purchasers own specifications and requirements.
The attached barn offers huge scope for the further extension of the farmhouse or the creation of annex accommodation and includes a large storage area with concrete flooring and double doors to the front and rear single entrance doorway. Also within the barn, is the boiler room housing the biomass pellet boiler and wood burning boiler, with a timber staircase leading to a storage area above. A further food preparation / kitchen room is positioned to the side and provides for extensive stainless kitchen units set up for food preparation, with a spiral staircase leading to storage room above.
Externally, the property includes a beautiful rear patio seating area and further lawned garden area, whilst to the front is an extensive driveway leading to a four bay wood framed carport.
The farm buildings comprise a superb range of newly constructed predominantly steel framed buildings with concrete flooring and either steel sheet or timber boarded cladding. The majority of the buildings include open fronts, however two buildings include metal doors to provide workshop and storage areas. The property also provides for three polytunnels, manure store, dog kennels and piggery, with the buildings and yard having a vast area of surrounding newly concreted yard connecting all the buildings and allowing for ease of movement.
The land surrounds the house and buildings within a ring fence and offers tremendous scope as a lifestyle and smallholding property. The total property extends to 23.06 acres of meadow, pasture and woodland, classified as Grade 4 on Defras Agricultural Land Classification Maps for England and Wales.
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