Description
UNDER OFFER
For Sale - Freehold
Guide price: £775,000 (subject to contract)
The Old Manse is a Grade II listed property with classic country Georgian presence. A most attractive gentleman’s residence, latterly a family home, previously occupied by L.du Garde Peach, famous writer and playwright. Construction of limestone and gritstone and situated in the centre of a charming Peakland village. Great Hucklow has an excellent junior school, a 16th century public house, a chapel established circa 1635 and has an annual well dressing. The Old Manse is approached through a pretty walled front garden with established herbaceous plants. The stone flagged path is bordered by a low box hedge. To the rear of the house is a large stone flagged patio area and two elevated beds. There is a very private level lawn screened by a tall yew hedge and stone wall.
The raised redwood deck and summer house enjoy a pleasant outlook over this large lawn. An opening leads to a further area of garden with vegetable plot, greenhouse, shed, grassed area and copse of mature trees. This area offering great potential. To the side is a separate stone built store or garage with additional ample space to erect a double garage with studio (full planning permission submitted). The house has retained a number of original oak period features including fielded panel doors, window seats, shutters, cupboards and beamed ceilings.
A particularly attractive staircase with an impressive double height leaded window. Above is a contemporary window by the famous stained glass artist Brian Clarke. The ground floor has an entrance hall and elegant, well proportioned drawing and dining rooms, a kitchen / breakfast room, all with attractive fireplaces. The kitchen overlooks the garden. A large utility room houses the laundry and oil fired central heating boiler and opens into two workshop rooms which offer further potential to an incoming purchaser. The stone arched cellar is accessed by stone steps from the hallway.
The first floor has three double bedrooms, all with featured fireplaces, one with wash hand basin. Bathroom with Edwardian stained glass panel and additional shower room. A second floor has four double bedrooms, one currently a games room, one a study. Separate cloakroom. Great Hucklow is a secluded village within a short drive from Tideswell and Bradwell, both with excellent amenities including shopping and recreational facilities. The house is nearly equidistant from the market town of Bakewell and the spa town of Buxton with their further extensive amenities. Great Hucklow is within easy reach of Sheffield, Chesterfield and Manchester.
ACCOMMODATION
Entrance hall; drawing room; dining room; kitchen/breakfast room; large utility room; cellar; seven double bedrooms (one currently used as a study, one a games room); separate WC; bathroom; shower room; cellar.
AMENITIES
Stone built outhouse with two workshops and store accessed from the utility room and garden. Stone built hen house. Stone built single garage/store. Ample space for a double garage and studio (planning permission submitted). Summer house; front garden, parking; large rear garden, small copse of trees. Land in all extending to half an acre.
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