6 bedroom detached house to rent

A 19th Century canal side property with 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, cobbled courtyard, stables annexe and barn with snooker table. Outdoor entertaining with barbeque on raised deck with views and a country pub next door.

Featuring a spacious entrance hallway, a lounge with large comfy sofas, a log burner and French doors to the wrap-around veranda to sit and enjoy feeding the ducks and watch narrow boats sail by.

Open-plan kitchen and dining area with an impressive breakfast island, Chesterfield sofa and log burner, French doors onto a balcony with bistro table and chairs. Food pantry and utility area with washing machine, dryer and WC and access to the deck.

Upstairs are four double bedrooms, two of which boast French doors overlooking the canal with glass Juliette balconies. Two bedrooms have ensuites while the other two can enjoy the luxurious family bathroom which has a separate bath and shower.

Leading from the hallway is a cloakroom and internal access to the sympathetically renovated stables annexe. This two-storey, quirky accommodation has its own ensuite and bedroom with a spiral staircase to the dressing room which can be a sixth double bedroom or an additional sitting area with access to the courtyard.

The lawned garden has a terrace with original water well, shrubbery, stone table and benches. A stocked greenhouse and vegetable bed provide seasonal vegetables to pick and cook.

Enjoy entertaining outdoors on the raised deck with a large table and chairs under a slated canopy and a smoker barbeque while the lower deck provides comfortable outdoor seating.

The detached barn houses a canoe and three paddleboards with life jackets. Upstairs is a quirky games room with a full-sized snooker table, darts board and stocked bar.

With a welcoming country pub on your doorstep and the historic thatched 14th Century, Scotch Piper pub just a fifteen-minute canal walk away, this is the perfect Royal Birkdale Golf Open event stay.