1880's Home in a Quintessential English Village

A 1880's house designed by English architect John Douglas who was inspired by French, German and Dutch architecture and the English Gotich era.

A 3 bedroom semi-detached house shares a drive with our neighbours to the back of the property. We have our own car parking area for 3 cars at the back.

Downstairs are 3 rooms:

*a small kitchen but perfectly formed (with electric oven/hob, microwave, large fridge freezer, dishwasher),

*a dining room with seating for 4 round the table,

*a lounge with an open log burning fireplace, large 3 seater sofa and 2 side chairs.

Upstairs we have 3 double size bedrooms:

*1 child room with a double bed,
*1 child room with a single bed,
*1 adult room with a king bed

There is also a family bathroom upstairs with a bath, overhead shower and toilet.

The garden is open onto the lane and wraps round 3 sides of the house and backs onto a mini wood. The back is private and set up for children with the old animal houses converted to play areas (sand, water, kitchen etc), a climbing frame, low trampoline, mini zip wire and ninja line, football area and space to just run around.

We use the side garden for seating (a bit of an adult area) and have an internal courtyard area too for more privacy. On the other side of the courtyard there is an outside toilet, washroom and a large 'den' room where we keep the paddle boards, store outdoor equipment and kids bits n bobs.

The washroom where you will find the washing machine, tumble dryer & clothes drying racks.

Only a few local villagers wander past the front of the house on their dog walk down the lane so it's quite private.

About the location

The village is rural but only 7 mins to the city centre by car, 20 minutes by bike or a 60 minute walk along the river.

The village has no shop but does have a village hall which hosts a few activities like Pilates, gong bath nights, dancing etc. Residents also have a pub night in the village hall on Wednesday night.

There is also a lovely church and grounds you can walk around and the river Dee is only 5 minutes down the hill from our house, near the village hall.

You can walk in both directions along the river for miles (one way to city centre or other direction to Aldford)

It's roughly 10k to the city centre and back to the house along the river, hubby does this regularly and it takes him 2 hours for the round trip.

Aldford is another estate-owned village with similar architecture and also has a village shop, pub and other amenities. This is also roughly a 60 minute walk along the river in the other direction.

The nearest supermarket (Tesco) is 15 minutes drive away and does local deliveries. It's in a central shopping area called Broughton Shopping Park (just over the boarder into Wales) and has top high-street brands and shops, restaurants, cafes and a cinema.

50 minutes from Manchester Airport & 30 minutes from Liverpool Airport - 2hr train from London Euston

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