4 bedroom detached house

Dating from 1774 and incorporating an earlier building, Stobb Green House is an imposing stone-built family home offering over 3,300 sq. ft. of light-filled flexible accommodation. Arranged in an L-shaped configuration over two floors, Stobb Green House has been sensitively modernised to combine the amenities of modern living with retained period features including some sash windows and exposed beams. Designed to create an ideal family and entertaining space and featuring a wealth of wooden flooring throughout. The property has been previously run as boutique Bed & Breakfast and offers the prospective purchaser an ongoing business opportunity, if required.

The ground floor accommodation flows from a bright and welcoming reception hall and comprises a generous reception room with a large bay window and a spacious drawing room all of which feature a stone built fireplace, each one designed for its space. The drawing room has the added benefit of a wood burning stove and French doors to the garden.
A separate wing with flagstone flooring throughout provides an extensive 25 ft. living kitchen with vaulted exposed A frame ceiling with skylights, a range of wall and floor units, granite worktops and oak bi-fold doors to both aspects. The kitchen leads to a generous dining room also with bi-fold doors to the garden, a fitted utility room and a boot room with garden access. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a well-proportioned study and two cloakrooms.

The first floor accommodation is accessible over two separate staircases. The first, from the reception hall, gives access to a spacious principal bedroom with dressing room and contemporary fully-tiled en-suite bathroom with twin sinks, bath and double walk-in shower. There are two further good sized en-suite double bedrooms, both of which have doors to the raised walled garden.

The second staircase rises from the dining room to the property’s remaining bedroom which benefits from wooden flooring and a modern en-suite bathroom.

Stobb Green House occupies a stunning elevated position overlooking the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which offers a wide range of outdoor pursuits. Nearby attractions include Eggleston Hall Gardens, Raby Castle, the Bowes Museum and High Force Waterfall. The picturesque village of Eggleston has a village green and a good range of day-to-day amenities including a tearoom, two local public houses, church and village hall. The property is ideally situated for easy access to the local towns of Barnard Castle and Darlington, both of which offer more extensive shopping, leisure and recreational facilities, while the cities of Newcastle, Durham, York and Leeds are within easy reach.

The property is within easy commuting distance of the national motorway network via the A1(M). Darlington rail station is on the East Coast main line, and offers direct access to many destinations including Edinburgh, Leeds, York and Manchester and has a fast service to London Kings Cross taking 2 hrs 17 mins.

The area offers a good range of state schooling including Cotherstone Primary School and Teesdale School and Sixth Form (both rated Outstanding by Ofsted) together with Barnard Castle independent school.

Set back from the roadside and set in 3 acres of land, largely woodlands and with a beck, the property is approached over a tarmac driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to an integral triple garage. The terraced garden is laid mainly to lawn interspersed with mature trees with numerous well-stocked flowerbeds and features a raised walled garden with an area of level lawn and gravelled terrace off the two first floor bedrooms. There are numerous seating areas and paved terraces off the drawing room, dining room and kitchen, all ideal for entertaining. The whole enjoys panoramic views over neighbouring stock-fenced paddocks to the rolling countryside beyond.