6 bedroom detached house for sale

A period farmhouse together with courtyard range of outbuildings set in attractive gardens & grounds adjoining open countryside.

GROUND FLOOR

- Front Entrance Hall
- Dining Room
- Drawing Room
- Snug
- Cellar
- Kitchen with Breakfast & Sitting Areas
- Rear Entrance Hall
- Cloakroom
- Utility/Boiler Room

FIRST & SECOND FLOOR

- 4 bedrooms
- 2 Bath/Shower Rooms
- Studio/Bedroom 5

ANNEXE/WING

- Study
- Dressing Room
- Bedroom with En-Suite Bathroom
- Bedroom with Dressing Room & En-Suite Shower Room
- Office

OUTBUILDINGS

- Garden/Boot Room
- Coal & Wood Stores
- Courtyard range with Garaging & Storage
- Stable Building with 2 loose boxes

GARDENS & GROUNDS

- Extensive Parking
- Lawned Gardens with Specimen Trees and Shrubs
- Kitchen Garden
- Paddock/Wild Flower Meadow
- Pond & Woodland Shelterbelts
- In all about 3.74 acres (1.51 ha)

DESCRIPTION

Black Dog Farm comprises a period farmhouse which originally formed part of a working farm on the Grosvenor Estate. The property stands in a south west facing garden beyond which there are woodland shelterbelts, an attractive pond and paddock land. To complement the farmhouse there is an attractive courtyard range of traditional buildings together with stabling which is ideal for those with equestrian interests. The original part of the farmhouse is built in the Georgian style with symmetrical front façade and has subsequently been extended. It is constructed principally of brick together with white painted rendered elevations under a slate roof and benefits from double glazed windows.

Black Dog Farm is approached via a splayed stone entrance with white painted gate opening onto a drive which sweeps round the traditional range of buildings into an enclosed courtyard behind the farmhouse.

Internally the property offers extremely generous and adaptable family accommodation which includes a 2 bedroom wing which was originally built as a self-contained annexe. Within the main part of the farmhouse there are formal reception rooms and an open plan kitchen with sitting and breakfast area overlooking the garden. On the first and second floors there are 4/5 bedrooms served by 2 bathrooms.

LOCATION

Black Dog Farm occupies a rural yet convenient position adjoining open countryside between the villages of Waverton and Saighton being some 4 miles to the south east of Chester. Waverton is a fully serviced village with a parade of shops, post office, and primary school and in Old Waverton there is a nursery school and church. Black Dog Farm is also within close proximity to the historic city of Chester which is 4 miles distant offering a more comprehensive range of services with many national retailers, banks and supermarkets complemented by out of town retail parks at Cheshire Oaks and Broughton.

In addition to the state primary school in the village there is a secondary school in the neighbouring village of Christleton together with a good selection of independent schools locally including Abbeygate College at Saighton and The Kings & Queens schools in Chester. On the recreational front there is football in Waverton, cricket at Christleton & Boughton Hall, rugby at Vicars Cross, golf at Eaton Golf Club on the edge of Waverton and at Christleton High School an indoor sports facility with swimming pool.

COMMUNICATIONS

The area enjoys excellent road links being convenient for the Chester Business Park, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Deeside Industrial Park and all areas of commerce throughout the North West. On the edge of Chester access is gained to the A55 Expressway which connects to the M53 and M56 motorways permitting daily travel to Liverpool and Manchester which are both served by international airports. Travel to London is available via Chester station from which there is a 2 hour intercity service to Euston.

DISTANCES

Chester 4 miles
Liverpool 25 miles
Manchester 40 miles
A55 Expressway 2 miles
M53 Motorway 3 miles
M56 Motorway 4 miles
(DISTANCES APPROXIMATE)