4 bedroom detached house

Church Farm is a handsome family home offering almost 4,100 sq. ft. of accommodation over three floors, benefiting from an additional 1,154 sq. ft. of garaging, 9,660 sq. ft. of stabling and almost 8,400 sq. ft. of barns. The ground floor flows from a spacious reception where a spiral staircase rises to a self-contained office. From the hall are steps down to the wine cellar. The warm family room/kitchen has quarry-tile flooring, open fireplace and a kitchen area with a range of wall and floor units including a large central island and breakfast bar, granite worktops and an electric Aga. A door leads into a separate kitchen with a range of wall and floor units and integrated appliances.

An inner hall leads into a spacious dining room/lounge with exposed beams, open fireplace and a door to a generous garden room with two sets of French doors to the garden. Stairs from the inner hall lead to the first floor providing a large principal bedroom with built-in storage, two further well-proportioned bedrooms, both with built-in storage, and two large family bathrooms. On the second floor is a further bedroom and a large family shower room.

Little Leigh is a small attractive village located close to the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. It has a popular primary school, two churches and two country dining pubs.
Several state schools are within easy reach including the Little Leigh Primary School and Weaverham High School. Two local, noted independent Schools are the The Grange School
at Hartford and Cransley School at Great Budworth.

The nearby town of Northwich boasts a wide selection of amenities including shops, major- name supermarkets, bars, restaurants, a cinema, library and leisure centre. Slightly further afield, the historic City of Chester provides an excellent choice of retail and commercial services. The area has a good range of sports and leisure facilities including golf clubs at Hartford, Sandiway, Delamere and Tarporley. Delamere Forest is the largest woodland area in the county fand offers numerous outdoor activities including good walks, mountain biking, horse riding, nature trails and Go Ape adventures.

Communications links are excellent: nearby Acton Bridge Station offers regular services to London in around two hours and the property enjoys good road links to the M56, connecting with the M53, M6 and the wider national motorway network. Also, there is fast road access to Manchester and Liverpool Airports in around 30 minutes.

The property is approached through twin wrought iron gates over a tarmacadam driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the property’s attached fitted utility room and two carports. Facing the house is a large brick-built two-storey barn with stabling, feed rooms, garage/workshop, store rooms and internal and external stairs to an extensive first floor over, suitable for a variety of uses. The garden lies to the side and rear of the property and is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well stocked flowerbeds, mature shrubs and trees, a large paved terrace and a separate raised decked terrace. Arranged around a yard, the property has extensive outbuildings including a stable block with 12 loose boxes, a large 90 ft. open-sided barn and a second 104 ft. barn with indoor exercise area and link-attached stable block with 8 loose boxes, the whole enjoying easy access to an outdoor all-weather manège and c.14.5 acres of stock-fenced paddocks with far reaching views over surrounding countryside.