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5 bedroom detached house

Detached house
5 beds
3 baths
Added > 14 days

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Features and description

  • Stunning, unique Grade II Listed period house
  • Many charming original features
  • Magnificent 0.45 acre walled garden site
  • Short walk from Whitburn sea front

GRADE II LISTED PERIOD HOUSE WITH 0.45 ACRE WALLED GARDEN SITE, A SHORT WALK FROM WHITBURN SEA FRONT

The Red Cottage is a stunning and unique five bedroom Grade II Listed period house, well positioned on Church Lane adjacent to Whitburn Parish Church, on an attractive wooded lane leading to Cornthwaite Park, approximately 300 yards from the seafront. Originally built in 1842 by the noted local architect, Benjamin Green, the handsome building was created as a show house for a wealthy brickworks owner displaying a range of extravagant and ornate design features including detailed finials incorporating a cricketing theme, and the use of a variation of roof tiles. Lewis Carroll is believed to have been in residence whilst writing about Alice.

This charming detached house, which occupies a magnificent 0.45 acre garden site, boasts many original features and was first extended in the 1930s, with a more recent addition in 2002. Externally, The Red Cottage is set in a beautiful south facing walled and landscaped garden with extensive lawns, patio areas, a variety of fruit trees and a grape house. Outbuildings include workshop/store, air raid shelter, greenhouse and a detached garage, with extensive parking on the driveway for 4-5 cars.

Entrance hall - Lounge with feature fireplace and doors opening to the terrace and garden - Living room - Dining room - Garden room - Impressive family kitchen/breakfast room with an extensive range of cabinets and an AGA - WC - First floor - Fabulous master bedroom with en suite bathroom - Four further double bedrooms - Two bathrooms - Beautiful, private walled garden with south facing aspect, generous lawns, stone terrace seating area, fruit trees and well established planted beds - Garage and generous driveway

Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage - Tenure: Freehold - Council Tax Band: G - EPC Rating: E



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Sanderson Young - Rare!
Sanderson Young - Rare!
95 High Street Gosforth NE3 4AA
0191 244 9150
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With years of experience in the North East property market we are widely regarded as the leading estate agent within the North East. If you are looking to buy, sell or let property anywhere in the North East, Sanderson Young is the place to find professional property management. 'In 1999, I was delighted to open the first office of Sanderson Young, in Gosforth. We now have four branches offering a diverse range of services throughout the North East of England. I am very proud of the reputation that we have formed as Sanderson Young, where the company is recognized for its maturity and wealth of knowledge, with many of my colleagues having worked in estate agency since 1985. Our focus and mission is to provide exceptional service when dealing with the sale and letting of your property. I am confident that we show a great deal of care and attention, to provide the requirements you need when moving home, and to support our excellent knowledge and discrete service with professional marketing material, which will be tiered to your profile & personal requirements. Sanderson Young principally focuses on the sale and letting of properties throughout Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Co Durham. We are supported by professional surveyors and mortgage experts with a wealth of knowledge, to guide you through the maize, and to give you the very best levels of service and the most competitive packages that are available at that time. We believe in strong marketing techniques and we are very privileged to be working with so many beautiful homes, where professional photography, beautiful brochures, and high profile websites, enable us to reach out to the maximum number of prospective buyers and tenants. We are experts in the sale and letting of high value properties and beautiful homes, but we also have the experience to be able to support and market brand new developments with house prices to suit all pockets, and proven marketing techniques, which enable us to sell from £80,000 to £5 million. We are a caring family run business, exceeding the expectations of our clients in everything we do. I very much look forward to being able to help you with your home move, and please do not hesitate to contact me personally if I can assist you in any way. With my kindest regards and best wishes.' -Duncan Young, Dip.Est.Man. FNAEA, Managing Director
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