Elegant & spacious detached Edwardian family home, 5 double bedrooms, master ensuite & dressing room, bathroom & ground floor shower, sitting room, drawing room, large dining kitchen, utility and spacious work room. Garden with fine views, off road parking and garage. Popular village.
An immaculately presented, detached, elegant Edwardian property, ideally located within easy reach of excellent local amenities at Darley Dale, this substantial, stone-built family home retains many original features and has accommodation set over three floors, offering five/six bedrooms, master en-suite and walk in wardrobe, family bathroom, sitting room, drawing room, and exceptionally spacious dining kitchen, ground-floor shower room, utility room, and family room creating a useful work-from-home room, hobby space or sixth bedroom. There are delightful gardens enjoying a south east aspect, driveway with off-road parking, and detached garage. Darley Bridge is an attractive village set in the beautiful the Derwent Valley, surrounded by open countryside with many fine walks. There are excellent local amenities at nearby Darley Dale and the towns of Matlock (3 miles) and Bakewell (6.5 miles) are just a few minutes away. The village is within easy commuting distance of the cities of Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby.
Entering the property via a broad original entrance door with decorative and leaded stained glass panel in an Art Nouveau design, with an overdoor light bearing the number of the property. The door opens to:
RECEPTION HALLWAY 24' x 4'5 (7.3m x 1.3m) and 6'10 x 3'11 (2.1m x 1.2m)
A spacious and elegant reception hallway having original coving to the ceiling, decorative corbelled arch and fitted dado rail with Lincrusta panelling beneath. The hallway has travertine tiles to the floor, an original staircase rising to the upper floor accommodation, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and original panelled doors with decorative finger plates opening to:
DRAWING ROOM 16'2 x 13'4 (4.9m x 4.1m) measured into the bay
Having front-aspect original sliding sash bay windows enjoying views over the Derwent Valley to the wooded hills that surround the area. The room has polished oak flooring, original cornice to the ceiling with decorative centre ceiling rose, fitted picture rail, and fire opening with a polished granite surround and hearth housing a multifuel stove. To either side of the chimney breast are open display shelves. The room has a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and deep original skirting boards.
From the hallway, a further original panelled door with leaded and stained glass panel opens to:
SITTING ROOM 12'4 x 10'2 (3.8m x 3.1m)
With a rear-aspect sliding sash window, travertine tiles to the floor following through from the reception hallway, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, wall and centre light points. There is a hole-in-the-wall-style living flame gas fire set within a chimney piece, to either side of which are open display shelves. An original panelled door opens to the rear entrance lobby. The room has a television aerial point with satellite facility.
DINING KITCHEN 26'11 x 13'7 (8.2m x 4.1m) measured into the bay
An exceptionally spacious room having a front-aspect original sliding sash bay window overlooking the gardens and surrounded properties and with views to the wooded hills that surround the area. The dining area of the room has a fitted dado rail with Lincrusta panelling beneath, picture rail with frieze and cornice above, and a fine pierced centre ceiling rose. There is light oak flooring and an original feature fire surround in marble and polished slate housing a multifuel stove. To the side of the chimney breast are open display shelves.
The kitchen area of the room has Amtico flooring, cornice to the ceiling, and a good range of contemporary kitchen units in a cream high-gloss finish with cupboards and drawers set beneath a satin-finish granite worksurface with a matching upstand and an undermounted 1½ bowl sink with mixer tap. To the centre of the room is an island unit with storage cupboards, drawers, tray cupboard, and towel rack beneath a work surface. There is an integral dishwasher and fridge, wall-mounted storage cupboards with under-cabinet lighting. Fitted within the kitchen is a CDA range-style cooker with five-burner hob, double oven and grill, over which is a cooker hood. The room is illuminated by downlight spotlights and there is a side-aspect double-glazed sliding sash window with superb views over the gardens and the open fields beyond. An original panelled door opens back to the reception hallway, and a half-glazed panelled door leads to:
UTILITY ROOM 11'2 x 9'6 (3.4m x 2.9m) and 17' x 3'4 (5.18m x 1m)
A spacious 'L'-shaped room with quarry tiles to the floor and a stable-style entrance door with glazed panel opening onto the gardens to the rear of the property. There are a range of storage cupboards in a wood-effect finish with cupboards and drawers beneath a granite-effect worksurface with tiled splashback; inset stainless sink with mixer tap; space and connection for an automatic washing machine, and space for further white goods. The room has coat hanging space and fitted storage shelving. A fifteen-pane glazed door with obscured glass opens to:
GROUND FLOOR SHOWER ROOM 6'6 x 6' (2.0m x 1.8m)
With a side-aspect UPVC double-glazed window overlooking the gardens. The room has quarry tiles to the floor and suite with: quadrant shower cubicle with Triton electric shower; contemporary wash hand basin with waterfall tap; dual-flush close-coupled WC. Sited within the room is the recently fitted gas-fired boiler which provides central heating and hot water to the property.
From the utility room, a half-glazed panelled door opens to:
REAR ENTRANCE LOBBY 11' x 6'1 (3.4m x 1.9m)
Having a UPVC window and half-glazed UPVC entrance door opening onto the side of the property. There are quarry tiles to the floor following on from the utility room, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and original panelled door opening back to the sitting room. A staircase with turned spindles and newels rises via a half-landing to:
FAMILY ROOM/ BEDROOM SIX 26' x 10'11 (7.9m x 3.3m)
Having Velux rooflight windows and a gable-end UPVC double-glazed window enjoying superb views over the gardens and the Derwent Valley. The room has a flame-effect gas fire set upon a quarry-tiled hearth. This room would make an ideal work-from-home space, hobby room or sixth bedroom.
From the reception hallway, a panelled door opens to a stone staircase which descends to the storage cellars:
STORAGE CELLAR ONE 15'6 x 12'9 (4.7m x 3.9m) maximum measurements
Having front-aspect Yorkshire-style window opening to a lightwell. The room has brick sets to the floor.
STORAGE CELLAR TWO 14'9 x 12'7 (4.5m x 3.8m)
Again with a front-aspect Yorkshire-style window opening to a lightwell. There are brick sets to the floor, original stone thralls, and salting bench.
From the reception hallway, an elegant original staircase with turned spindles and swept hardwood handrail rises to:
FIRST FLOOR LANDING 15'6 x 6'11 (4.7m x 2.1m) maximum measurements
Having a rear-aspect sliding sash window, cornice to the ceiling, fitted dado rail with Lincrusta panelling beneath, and central heating radiator with thermostatic valve.
Original Georgian-style panelled doors open to:
BEDROOM ONE 13'6 x 12'11 (4.1m x 3.9m)
Having front and side-aspect original sliding sash windows taking advantage of the superb far reaching views afforded by the property. The room has original cornice to the ceiling and a feature fireplace with a Derbyshire fossil marble surround and cast-iron insert housing an open grate. There is a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and a door opening leading to:
WALK IN WARDROBE 7'8 x 4'5 (2.3m x 1.3m)
With a front-aspect sliding sash window, and a good range of hanging rails and shelving.
From the bedroom, a further panelled door opens to:
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM 10'2 x 5'7 (3.1m x 1.7m)
Having a rear-aspect window with obscured glass, Amtico flooring, and a newly fitted suite with: level-entry shower cubicle with mixer shower having overhead and handheld shower sprays; contemporary wash hand basin with storage cupboard beneath; dual-flush concealed-cistern WC. Over the wash hand basin is a mirror-fronted bathroom cabinet. There is coving to the ceiling, and a chrome-finished ladder-style towel radiator.
BEDROOM TWO 13'4 x 13' (4.1m x 4.0m)
Having dual-aspect original sliding sash windows enjoying views over Darley Dale and beyond. The room has lightwood-effect laminate flooring, elegant original coving to the ceiling, and a fine feature fireplace with a Derbyshire fossil marble surround and a cast-iron insert. There is a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve.
BEDROOM THREE 13'5 x 10'3 (4.1m x 3.1m)
With dual-aspect original sliding sash windows, lightwood-effect laminate flooring, and a feature fireplace with a Derbyshire fossil marble surround and a cast-iron insert. There is a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve.
FAMILY BATHROOM 10'3 x 5'5 (3.1m x 1.7m)
Having a rear-aspect sliding sash window, suite with: panelled bath having a Dolphin electric shower over and glass shower screen; contemporary semi-countertop wash hand basin with storage cupboard beneath; dual-flush close-coupled WC. There is a ladder-style towel radiator, and a panelled door opening to an airing cupboard with slatted linen shelving, housing the hot water cylinder.
From the landing, a three-quarter-turn staircase with elegant turned spindles and swept hardwood handrail rises to:
SECOND FLOOR LANDING 9'7 x 6'10 (2.9m x 2.1m)
Having panelled doors opening to:
BEDROOM FOUR 15' x 12'7 (4.6m x 3.8m)
With a side-aspect UPVC double-glazed window with superb far reaching views over the garden fields towards Oker Hill. The room has a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and access doors into the eaves space.
BEDROOM FIVE 15' x 12'5 (4.6m x 3.8m)
With a side-aspect UPVC double-glazed window, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and access doors into eaves storage space.
From the landing, door opens to two deep storage cupboard with hanging rail and eaves access.
OUTSIDE
The property is approached via a gated stepped pathway which gives access to the entrance door. To the front of the property is an area of garden with a central lawn and sculptured borders stocked with a good variety of ornamental shrubs and flowering plants, underplanted with spring flowering bulbs. To the side of the pathway, a driveway provides off-road parking for two vehicles and gives access to the garage.
Lying to the side of the property is a good sized area of garden with a gravelled and flagged terrace with a glass veranda taking advantage of the southerly aspect and the superb views. Beyond the terrace is a garden with sculptured lawns and borders well stocked with a variety of ornamental shrubs and flowering plants. To the bottom of the garden is a raised decked seating area, and there is an aluminium greenhouse and two timber garden sheds. To the rear of the property is a small enclosed yard with an access door onto Eversleigh Rise and a stone-built solid fuel store.
GARAGE 17'8 x 9'4 (5.3m x 2.8m)
A detached stone-built garage with an up-and-over vehicular access door, power, lighting, and storage shelving.
SERVICES AND GENERAL INFORMATION
All mains services are connected to the property.
TENURE freehold
COUNCIL TAX BAND (Correct at time of publication) 'F'
DIRECTIONS
Leaving Matlock along the A6 towards Bakewell, upon reaching Darley Dale turn left along the B5057 sign posted Wensley, after crossing the river follow the road around the double bend and up the hill 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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