Guide Price £650,000 - £700,000 Historic G.II Listed home in centre of village of Ashover. Beamed ceilings, mullioned windows & feature fireplaces. 3 beds & attic room, bathroom & en-suite, sitting room with log burner, breakfast kitchen/dining snug, garden room, workshop & WC. Garage, parking & garden.

An exceptionally characterful and historic, detached Grade-II-listed stone-built cottage, with a date stone of 1666, ideally located at the centre of the popular village of Ashover. Once a small thatched cottage, extensively extended in the Georgian period, the property retains many original features including beamed ceilings, mullioned windows, and an early fireplace. The accommodation offers: three good-sized bedrooms; spacious attic room; family bathroom; sitting room; dining room; kitchen; utility room; ground-floor WC; and garden room. There is a detached garage, ample off road parking, and a delightful cottage-style garden.

Ashover is a delightful village in a peaceful rural setting surrounded by beautiful open countryside. The village has excellent amenities including post office, butchers, local shop, doctors, pubs and a good primary school with an excellent reputation. The village is located within easy reach of the towns of Chesterfield (7 miles) and Matlock (4.3 miles) and is within easy commuting distance of Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby.

Entering the property via a half-glazed panelled door, which opens to:

GARDEN ROOM 4.71m x 2.33m

Having double-glazed cottage-style windows overlooking the driveway and garden. There are conservation Velux roof lights flooding the room with natural light. The room has terracotta-style tiles to the floor, cast iron column central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, wall lamp points, and inset downlights. Stone steps lead to a batten door which opens onto the rear yard. A further batten door with thumb latch opens to:

WORKSHOP 2.59m x 2.27m

Having a side-aspect window, quarry tiles to the floor, power, and lighting. There is a solid fuel storage area with a delivery hatch to the driveway.

From the garden room, a stable-style entrance door with a decorative glazed pane opens to:

INNER LOBBY 1.52m x 0.80m

Having ceramic tiles to the floor, a half-glazed panelled door with etched glass opens to:

GROUND FLOOR WC 1.67m x 0.84m

Having close-coupled WC and central heating radiator with thermostatic valve.

UTILITY ROOM 2.83m x 1.94m

Having a borrowed light window to the garden room, ceramic tiles to the floor, and a good range of units with cupboards and drawers set beneath a timber-effect worksurface with a tiled splashback. There are wall-mounted storage cupboards and open-display shelves. Sited within the room is a Belfast-style butler's sink, and there is space and connection for a washing machine, and space and vent for a tumble dryer. The room has a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve. A panelled door opens to:

PANTRY 1.95m x 1.30m

Being partially-tiled with a ceramic tile floor and having a rear-aspect window. There is free-standing shelving and space for a fridge and freezer.

From the inner lobby, a batten door with brass thumb latch opens to:

BREAKFAST KITCHEN 3.75m x 2.75m

With front-aspect mullioned windows, terracotta tiles to the floor, and a good range of hand-painted solid pine kitchen units, with cupboards and drawers set beneath a polished granite worksurface. There is a Belfast-style butler's sink, and set within the worksurface is a four-ring gas hob, over which is an extractor canopy. There is a fitted breakfast table, open-display shelves, and glass-fronted display cabinets. Within the kitchen there is an eye level NEFF fan-assisted oven and a Kenwood slimline dishwasher. There is a fitted kickspace heater, a storage cupboard beneath the staircase, and the room is illuminated by LED lighting and downlight spotlights. The kitchen is open to:

DINING ROOM / SNUG 4.89m by 4.28m (maximum measurements)

Having front-aspect Georgian-style sliding sash windows with fitted panelled shutters, and a half-glazed entrance door opening onto the front of the property. There is a further rear-aspect window flooding the room with natural light. The room has exposed beams to the ceiling with a heavy central beam, and an original feature fire opening with a heavy corbelled lintel and raised hearth housing a newly-installed living-flame gas fire. The room is illuminated by wall lamp points, there is a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, a point for a wall-mounted TV, and telephone point with internet connection. A half-glazed door with bevelled glass panels opens to:

SITTING ROOM 5.12m x 4.71m

Located in the earliest part of the house and having a front-aspect shop-style window with a pair of panelled doors opening to the street. There is a side-aspect window with fitted shutters overlooking the gardens, and rear-aspect casement windows. The room has exposed beams to the ceiling, with an early heavy exposed central beam. There is a feature minster fireplace, with a raised hearth and an inset Clearview multifuel stove. The room is illuminated by wall lamp points. There are television aerial points and central heating radiators. It is believed this room formed a village shop or tea room at some point in the history of the building.

From the breakfast kitchen, a staircase rises to:

FIRST FLOOR LANDING 7.61m x 1.02m

Over the head of the stairs, a pair of doors open to cupboard concealing the combination gas-fired boiler, which provides hot water and central heating to the property. The landing has borrowed light decorative coloured-glass leaded windows, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and colonial-style pine panelled doors, opening to:

BEDROOM ONE 3.90m x 3.57m

Having a Georgian-style sliding sash window with fitted panelled shutters overlooking the gardens. The room has a central heating radiator with thermostatic valve. A pair of mirror-fronted doors open to a walk-in wardrobe (2.15m x 1.06m), having fitted shelving, hanging rails, shoe racks, and a light. From the bedroom, a panelled door leads to:

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM 3.75m x 1.67m

With a side-aspect sliding sash window with fitted shutters, and enjoying views towards the church. The room has light wood-effect flooring, and suite with: quadrant shower cubicle with mixer shower; dual-flush close-coupled WC; and contemporary wash hand basin with storage cupboards beneath and illuminated mirror-fronted cabinet over. The room has a ladder-style towel radiator and an extractor fan.

BEDROOM TWO 4.44m x 3.56m

Having early mullioned windows with inset casements, and Georgian-style sliding sashes with fitted shutters. There are painted exposed beams to the ceiling, central heating radiator with thermostatic valve, and an alcove with fitted storage shelving. Set in the early part of the house, there is evidence from the outside, that the mullioned window once sat within the gable end of a small thatched cottage. A curved recess in the wall indicates where the original staircase used to rise from the room below.

FAMILY BATHROOM 3.40m x 1.64m

Having panelling and tiling to dado height, light wood-effect flooring, and having panelled bath with Victorian-style side-fill taps with handheld shower spray. Over the bath is a mixer shower and glass shower screen. The room has a vanity-style heritage wash hand basin with storage cupboard beneath and illuminated mirror over. There is a dual-flush close-coupled WC, extractor fan, and towel radiator with brass rails.

From the landing, a staircase rises to a half landing, with a pair of doors opening to a useful deep storage cupboard. From the half landing, steps rise to:

BEDROOM THREE 4.58m x 4.04m

Built into the shape of the roof, with exposed roof purlins, and a truss believed to be the upper portion of a crook beam. The room has a gable end casement window, with views towards the church. There are access doors into the eaves space where there is storage. Concealed with in an eaves cupboard is the fan unit for a whole house positive pressure system designed to prevent drafts and condensation.

From the half-landing, further steps rise to a batten door with thumb latch, which opens to:

ATTIC ROOM 4.56m x 4.51m

Having power, lighting, and exposed roof purlins.

OUTSIDE

The property is approached by a gravelled driveway, over which the neighbouring properties have an access. Lying to the front of the property is a good sized area of garden with a gravelled parking area with borders stocked with soft fruits and a vegetable patch. To the side of this is a good sized area of garden with a central lawn, and borders stocked with flowering plants. The garden is enclosed by beech hedging and there is a pergola seat to the lawn and a further pergola seating area. Beyond the lawn is a cobbled patio with an ornamental pond stocked with fish and a timber-constructed summer house, having power and lighting. The summer house is available by separate negotiation. To the rear of the property is an enclosed yard with two log stores and a greenhouse.

GARAGE 5.48m x 2.95m

Having an electrically-operated up-and-over vehicular access door, as well as power, lighting, and side-aspect windows.

SERVICES AND GENERAL INFORMATION

All mains services are connected to the property.

TENURE Freehold

COUNCIL TAX BAND (Correct at time of publication) ‘E’

DIRECTIONS

Leaving Matlock along the A632 towards Chesterfield, after descending Slack Hill turn right after the Kelstedge Inn along the B6036 Ashover Road, follow the road into the village where the property can be found on the left hand side shortly before the road junction into Church Street.

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.