This Grade II Listed home on Winster’s Main Street is full of surprises. It is unusually bright and airy, with a beautiful courtyard, charming cottage garden and the opportunity for private off-street parking. The principal three storey house is of Georgian origin with handwritten deeds dating back to 1767. It extends into an adjoining former two storey coach house to create a generously proportioned home.
With four bedrooms, three reception rooms and three bathrooms, two of which are en-suite, The Old House has the versatility to accommodate most family’s needs. Stylishly and extensively modernised by the current owners, period features have nevertheless been retained and light floods through the well-proportioned rooms throughout the day. Internal viewing is essential to appreciate this special home.
Winster lies amongst the delights of the Derbyshire Dales and Peak District National Park countryside and is renowned as a former centre for the lead mining industry. It retains a host of character buildings and a thriving village community. There is a local primary school, public houses and community-run village shop. The local road network leads to the neighbouring market towns of Matlock five miles, Bakewell six miles and Ashbourne eight miles. The cities of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham all lie within daily commuting distance.
Accommodation
Sheltered beneath a corbelled stone arch canopy, the front door opens to an entrance hall with a coloured quarry tiled floor and hallway providing access to ground floor accommodation. The dining kitchen is a spacious dual-aspect room with limestone flooring and ample space for a family dining table and chairs. A floor-to-ceiling glazed door opens directly onto a courtyard garden, creating a light and sociable living space. The kitchen is fitted with a range of contemporary-style units complemented by granite worktops and incorporating an integrated fridge freezer, dishwasher, sink-and-a-half, and a five-burner Fisher & Paykel range cooker. Accessed from the kitchen is a pantry with bespoke fitted cabinetry and shelving. A cloakroom with shower facilities is located from here, and a separate door provides direct access to the rear garden. At the heart of the ground floor is a cosy snug, enjoying a pleasant front-facing aspect, fitted book shelving, and a working open fireplace with gritstone surround. Covering the floor is beautiful Derbyshire Mandale fossil limestone. The main reception room is an elegant sitting room featuring a bay window, oak flooring, and a stone-built fireplace housing a log-burning stove. A spacious utility room lies at the rear of the property and provides additional fitted storage, a sink and drainer, space and plumbing for a washing machine. There is room for additional fridge freezers, and the room retains an attractive original gritstone chimney breast.
First floor and second floor accommodation
A staircase with panelling and artistic Venetian plaster rises to the first-floor landing, where stripped timber flooring and a large rear window provide excellent natural light and pleasant views. The master bedroom is a spacious dual-aspect double bedroom, benefitting from a luxurious adjoining en-suite shower room. Bedroom two is a further double bedroom with two front-facing windows overlooking Main Street, fitted storage, and its own en-suite shower room. Bedroom three is another generously proportioned double bedroom featuring fitted storage, a feature fireplace, and a front-facing aspect. The especially large family bathroom is also located on the first floor and is appointed with a freestanding bath, low-flush WC, stylish countertop wash basin, oak flooring, and excellent built-in storage.
From the landing, a further staircase rises to the second floor, where an occasional room provides a versatile space ideal for use as a home office or additional bedroom, enjoying views along Main Street.
Adjoining this is the fourth bedroom, which benefits from a dual aspect, fitted storage, and distant views across the surrounding countryside.
Outside
Completing this well balance and substantial home are good sized gardens at the rear of the property which include the opportunity to create off street parking, each being quite rare benefits for a central village property. Immediately adjacent to the house is a broad paved patio courtyard sheltered within mature herbaceous borders which are well stocked to provide privacy, colour and interest through the seasons, as well as an open shed for bins and storage. Walking through the courtyard, a path leads to a larger walled garden. This beautifully planted ‘secret’ garden is laid to lawn surrounded by flower beds which provide the occupants cut flowers and foliage throughout the year. At the head of the garden is an area of hardstanding with a potting shed, the site of a former car port and to which there is the benefit of a vehicular right of way across neighbouring land through the rear boundary.
Note: adjoining the property’s utility room at the rear of house, is an adjoining two storey barn which is in the ownership of the neighbouring property.
Important Information
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