Woodcutters Cottage is a handsome double fronted period family home, extended by the current owners to offer more than 2,300 sq. ft. of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. The amenities of modern living are sensitively combined with retained character features including a mix of Gothic and sash casement windows, some exposed beams and original fireplaces.

The main entrance brings you into a welcoming and light filled entrance hall. To your left, providing access to two double bedrooms both with vaulted ceilings and French doors to the terrace, and a modern family bathroom, all suitable for use as a self-contained annexe if required.

To the right of the hall you are lead into a beautifully designed kitchen/breakfast room with vaulted ceiling, a range of wall and base units including a large central island with breakfast bar, granite worktops, double Belfast sink, modern integrated appliances, French doors to the terrace, a useful inter-connecting fitted utility room and a door to the rear hall.

You step down from the rear hall into the original dwelling and into a spacious sitting room with a woodburning stove, open plan layout to the adjoining dining room and study space also with a fireplace with woodburning stove and onward through a doorway to a generous triple aspect family room with timbered ceiling, rear aspect bay window and a fireplace with herringbone brick design and woodburning stove.

Stairs rise from the sitting room to the first floor which provides a generous principal bedroom with built-in storage and modern en suite shower room, two further well-proportioned double bedrooms, both with feature cast iron open fireplaces, and a contemporary family shower room.

Occupying a sizeable plot, the property is approached over a gravelled driveway offering parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to a detached oak-framed outbuilding with garage, carport and open-sided store. The well-maintained mature garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked box hedging and shrub beds and features numerous seating areas, an open-sided circular timber gazebo overlooking an enclosed pond with stepping stones, a cobbled terrace with cottage planting and a large wraparound paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole screened by mature hedging and trees and enjoying far-reaching views over surrounding countryside.

The property sits in the sought-after hamlet of Cuckoo’s Nest on the northern fringes of Pulford village, which lies to the south-west of Chester on the England/Wales border. The village offers a range of amenities including an historic church and the Grosvenor Pulford hotel and spa, with a wide range of independent shopping, public houses and restaurants available in neighbouring villages. More extensive sporting, leisure and retail facilities can be found in Chester, including its unique Rows dating from mediaeval times and believed to feature the oldest shop front in England and an extensive selection of both major national and smaller independent retailers. Ideal for the commuter, the village is situated in close proximity to the A55 North Wales Expressway, offering excellent links to the main motorway networks and key regional centres in both Wales and England, and also offers regular bus services to Chester and Wrexham.

The area offers a good selection of state primary and secondary schooling together with a wide range of noted independent schools including The King’s School Chester, Abbey Gate College, The Queen’s School Chester, The Firs, The Hammond and Ruthin.