A characterful and historic, extended, grade II listed former stationmaster's house. 3 bedrooms, family bathroom, 2 reception rooms, breakfast kitchen & utility. Driveway parking & delightful enclosed gardens. Outskirts of popular village & easy reach of excellent amenities and major transport links. Situated next to the newly renovated former Wingfield station, the oldest railway station in the UK.
STATION HOUSE, South Wingfield
An historic, Grade II listed, stone-built, semi-detached property, constructed in 1840 when George Stephenson built the railway line, designed by the architect Francis Thompson, as accommodation for the stationmaster of Wingfield Station. The property sits alongside the railway in delightful, enclosed gardens, and has been tastefully extended with the most recent addition added in 1992. The immaculately presented accommodation offers: three bedrooms; family bathroom; sitting room; dining room; fitted kitchen; and utility room. A gravelled driveway provides off road parking for several vehicles.
Wingfield Station is believed to be the oldest station in the UK opening in 1840 and being closed by Beeching in 1967. The Grade II* listed building has recently undergone extensive refurbishment by Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust. Now complete, the building will be handed over to a local charity.
Entering the property via a panelled entrance door, which opens to:
HALLWAY
Having central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, polished light oak flooring, and fifteen-pane glazed doors opening to:
UTILITY ROOM
With dual-aspect casement windows, light oak storage cupboards set beneath a worksurface, and wall-mounted storage cupboards. There is space in connection for an automatic washing machine and space for a tumble dryer. Sited within the room is the Worcester gas-fired boiler, which provides hot water and central heating to the property. The room has coat hanging space.
KITCHEN
A delightfully spacious room with front-aspect windows overlooking the gardens. The room has polished light oak flooring, and a good range of kitchen units in a shaker-style finish, with cupboards and drawers beneath a granite-effect worksurface with a tile splashback. There are wall-mounted storage cupboards with under-cabinet lighting. Set within the worksurface is a one-and-a-half-bowl sink with mixer tap and a four-ring ceramic hob, over which is a cooker hood. There is an eye-level Bosch double oven and grill. Beneath the worksurface, there is space and connection for a dishwasher, and space for an American-style side-by-side fridge-freezer. The room has a feature exposed dressed stone wall, and there is ample space for a breakfast table if required. From the kitchen, openings lead to:
INNER LOBBY
With a louvered door opening to a useful understairs storage cupboard, and a fifteen-pane glazed door leading to:
SITTING ROOM
With rear-aspect casement windows overlooking the gardens and the railway line to the mature trees of the Vicarage Garden beyond. The room has a feature fireplace with a cast iron insert and raised hearth, housing an open grate. There is a fitted picture rail, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, wall lamp points and television aerial point with satellite facility. A fifteen-pane glazed door opens to:
ORIGINAL ENTRANCE PORCH
Having a half-glazed door opening onto the garden, and a side-aspect window. The porch is designed in such a way that the stationmaster could see down the line in both directions. The entrance porch has fitted open-display shelving.
From the kitchen, a further opening leads to:
DINING ROOM
With rear-aspect casement windows, polished light oak flooring, and a feature fire surround in a scumble finish. There is a central heating radiator, and panelled door opening to a quarter-turn staircase, which rises to:
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
From where original panelled doors open to:
BEDROOM ONE
With rear-aspect casement windows overlooking the enclosed garden. The room has original broad painted floorboards and a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve.
BEDROOM TWO
Having dual-aspect casement windows overlooking the gardens and the newly-restored station next door. The room has light wood-effect laminate flooring and central heating radiator with thermostatic valve. This room would make an ideal work-from-home space if not required as a bedroom.
BEDROOM THREE
With front-aspect casement windows overlooking the garden. The room has a feature cast iron bedroom fireplace in an Art Nouveau style, and a central heating radiator.
FAMILY BATHROOM
With rear-aspect casement windows, light wood-effect laminate flooring, and suite with: P-shaped shower-bath with curved glass shower screen; pedestal wash hand basin; and dual-flush close-coupled WC. There is a useful deep storage cupboard over the head of the stairs, and the room has a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve.
OUTSIDE
The property is approached from the station driveway, and accessed via a pair of wooden gates which open to a good-sized gravelled parking space for three or four vehicles. To the rear of the property is a good-sized area of cottage-style garden, with a gravel seating area and borders well-stocked with a good variety of ornamental shrubs and flowering plants designed to give colour and interest throughout the year. To the side and front of the property is an area of garden with a level lawn and borders again well-stocked with a good variety of flowers, shrubs, and plants. Immediately to the front of the property is a flagged seating area. Accessed from the side of the property is a stone-built lean-to garden store under a traditional slate roof. The property has outside lighting.
SERVICES AND GENERAL INFORMATION
All mains services are connected to the property.
TENURE Freehold
COUNCIL TAX BAND (Correct at time of publication) ‘C’
DIRECTIONS
Leaving Alfreton along the A615 (Wingfield Road) towards Matlock, at the traffic lights turn left and immediately right into the B5035 signposted South Wingfield, shortly before the railway bridge turn right to Wingfield Station where the property can be found on the left hand side.
Disclaimer
All measurements in these details are approximate. None of the fixed appliances or services have been tested and no warranty can be given to their condition. The deeds have not been inspected by the writers of these details. These particulars are produced in good faith with the approval of the vendor but they should not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact and they do not constitute any part of an offer or contract.
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