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6 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Superb 5/6 bedroom detached residence.
- Beautiful family home with flexible living accommodation
- Immaculately presented and upgraded
- Rural location with superb open views
- Excellent location for commuting
- 1 Bed Annexe with private parking
- Within catchment for local schools
- Beautiful Landscaped gardens and adjoining paddock
A beautifully positioned country house of generous proportions, taking full advantage of its delightful setting in the beautiful Ribble Valley, a desirable and aspirational place to live.
Skirden Hall occupies a convenient yet private location close to Bolton By Bowland. The market town of Clitheroe is a short drive away which is an area renowned for its local produce and many superb restaurants and pubs. Clitheroe has a wide range of other facilities, with supermarkets, sports facilities, shopping and entertainment as well as some of the region’s best schools.
This sumptuous family home has been has been substantially improved and refined over recent years and offers exceptional and versatile accommodation which is beautifully presented with high quality fixtures and fittings and immaculate decoration throughout. Set within ample grounds with outstanding rural views the house has mature lawned gardens, numerous terraced patios and rear central courtyard.
There is ample parking and garaging for numerous vehicles in addition to a range of outbuildings suitable for conversion subject to planning consent. The land to the side of the house faces in a Southerly direction and comprises gardens and a separate paddock.
The accommodation briefly comprises:-
Ground Floor
Front Entrance Porch leading to -
Dining Room, A spacious and airy room perfect for entertaining with timber sashed bay window and side and ceiling panelling.
Side Hallway - with stone flagged flooring, leading to Sitting Room - Feature log burning stove set on steel plinth with raised stone hearth and wood store, windows to either side.
Inner Reception Hallway
Living / Kitchen:-
Kitchen Area
Range of high quality fitted kitchen furniture with island unit containing double bowl ceramic Belfast sink, marble effect Silestone work surfaces, built-in electric grill, built-in ‘Bosch’ dishwasher, built-in double fridge and freezer, limed timber boarded flooring, timber ceiling with low voltage spotlighting, built-in ‘Everhot’ electric stove with timber mantle over. Timber French doors leading to front gardens and patio area.
Living Area - Timber French doors and side windows leading to front gardens and patio area. Limed timber flooring.
Playroom - ‘Clearview’ log burning stove on raised stone hearth with timber mantle. Stone mullioned windows to rear elevation, timber beamed ceiling.
Rear Entrance Porch
French doors leading to side stone patio and barbecue area.
Utility Room
Fitted base units, stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer.
First Floor
Staircase
Traditional return staircase with wrought-iron balustrade.
Mezzanine Floor
Shower Room
Travertine tiled shower with full screen, travertine flooring, bowl sink in timber vanity, low-level wc.
Main Landing
Bedroom One
Timber French doors to wrought iron balcony, timber stone mullioned windows to gable elevation, range of fully fitted wardrobes.
Ensuite Bathroom
Containing three piece suite comprising; boat bath with chrome floor mounted tap and shower, travertine tiled floor and walls, ‘Villeroy & Boch’ sink on timber vanity unit with chrome wall mounted mixer tap. Low-level wc.
Dressing Room
Full wall wardrobes and shelving.
Ensuite Shower Room
Containing fully tiled shower cubicle, wash hand basin.
Bedroom Two
Window to front and gable elevation, fitted wardrobes, timber beamed ceiling. Secondary staircase leading to;
Second Floor
Original timber trussed roof beams, semi-circular window to side elevation, arched leaded window to rear elevation, eaves storage.
This area is presently used as an open storage area and occasional overflow accommodation.
Bedroom Three with Ensuite Shower Room
Containing three-piece suite comprising glazed shower cubicle, wash hand basin.
Bedroom Four (Guest Bedroom)
Separate staircase leading from the rear of the sitting room up to a spacious bedroom with ensuite bathroom.
The Coach House
Comprising of a detached Stone Double Garage & First Floor Apartment.
Ground Floor
Double garage with electrically operated up and over door, double panel radiator, timber windows to rear elevation, fitted storage cupboards. Stone tiled flooring.
First Floor
A well-proportioned apartment comprising, living kitchen, double bedroom and ensuite bathroom.
Detached Barn to the rear of the property offering useful garden storage with the potential for further development.
Gardens & Grounds
Most of the gardens lie to the side of the property and are mature with surrounding stone walls, mature tree coppice, stone flagged patio and barbecue area and separate stone folly. To the rear of the property is ample parking and storage with a separate car valeting bay.
Paddock
Beyond the main gardens there is a separate fenced paddock extending to approximately 4.375 acres.
Clitheroe offers a varied range of amenities including an excellent range of shops, bars, cafés and salons, as well as supermarkets and the impressive Bowland Brewery leisure complex boasting an Everyman cinema. The area is a renowned “Foodie Heaven” with excellent pubs and restaurants, many set within the Area of outstanding natural beauty, Trough of Bowland. The Ribble valley is an affluent area with a café culture and rural heritage and is a desirable and aspirational place to live and visit, offering many outdoor pursuits as well.
East Lancashire, Manchester and Yorkshire business centres as well as the northern motorway network are within striking distance. Travel distances are approximate, Blackburn 9 miles / Preston 10 miles / Manchester 39 miles / Lancaster 27 miles Manchester International Airport 46 miles/ Kendal and the Lake District 48 miles. M6 North and South 12 miles.
Schools locally have an excellent reputation and there is a wide variety of both state run and independent to choose from. There are numerous village primary schools and secondary schools locally as highly regarded schools including Stonyhurst and Clitheroe Grammar School.
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Services
Mains electricity, mains water, oil fired central heating and domestic hot water. Sewerage to septic tank.
Tenure
Freehold with the benefit of vacant possession upon legal completion.
Council Tax
Band F payable to Ribble Valley Borough Council.
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