House for sale in Highford Lane, Hexham, NE46 2NA - 5 bedrooms

Highford Cottage is an attractive stone built detached house, enjoying a stunning elevated position at the top of Highford Lane with superb uninterrupted views over Hexham town centre and the Tyne Valley, and occupying a mature garden site of approximately 7 acres.

Highford Cottage is an attractive stone built detached house, enjoying a stunning elevated position at the top of Highford Lane with superb uninterrupted views over Hexham town centre and the Tyne Valley, and occupying a mature garden site of approximately 7 acres.

Originally a smaller cottage under a slate roof, the five bedroom family home has been substantially extended over the last fifty years, to create a fabulous home offering well proportioned accommodation, predominantly to the ground floor, with two bedrooms to the first floor. The property accommodation, most of which enjoys fabulous open aspect views over the gardens and countryside, comprises: vestibule, hallway, study, 27ft living room, generous dining room, kitchen/breakfast room with oil fired AGA, sauna/shower room/wc, master bedroom with fitted wardrobes and ensuite bathroom/wc, two further bedrooms and utility/laundry room/wc. To the first floor there are two excellent sized bedrooms, one with patio doors leading to a terrace overlooking the adjoining paddocks, and a family bathroom/wc. Externally, the property is approached via a lovely tree lined driveway leading to extensive lawns surrounding the house - there are excellent woodland walks down the adjacent dene and old quarry through mature trees, rhododenrons and azaleas. The house has a large double garage/workshop, as well as a newly fitted oil tank and spacious parking area to the front. Separate from the property is a detached stone stable and to the south and east of the house are two grazing paddocks, whilst to the south and west of the property the picturesque dene runs up into the nearby quarry.

The property comprises:

• ENTRANCE VESITBULE 6'7 x 4'10 (2.0m x 1.47m) This entrance lobby has a radiator, coving to ceiling and glazed French doors leading to the entrance hallway.
• ENTRANCE HALLWAY This spacious hallway runs the length of the entire cottage. With glazed doors leading to the principal reception rooms, radiator and door leading to the built-in cloaks cupboard and shower/wc.
• SHOWER/WC 5'1 x 13'9 man (1.55m x 4.19m This useful shower room has a white close coupled wc, wash hand pedestal basin, shower with timber sauna, radiator and double glazed window to the front elevation.
• STUDY 12'4 x 10'1 (3.76m x 3.07m) A versatile 3rd reception room with double glazed window to the front, coving to ceiling, radiator and TV point.
• LIVING ROOM 27'9 x 15'10 (max) (8.46m x 4.83m) An impressive principal reception room allowing good natural light from the three double glazed windows to the side elevation, overlooking the fields and open countryside. French doors lead to the paved patio to the rear and garden. The living room has an open fire with stone hearth and surround, three radiators, TV and telephone point.
• DINING ROOM 11'10 x 19'10 (3.61m 6.05m) A good sized formal dining room with three double glazed windows enjoying superb views to the front and side elevations overlooking the gardens and open fields. The dining room has two radiators, coving to ceiling and built-in storage to one wall.
• KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 14'8 x 14'8 (4.47m x 4.47m) This excellent family kitchen/breakfast room has a main focal point of a white oil fired Aga and a range of fitted wall and base units, incorporating a stainless steel sink, electric cooker point and space for a fridge freezer, double glazed window overlooking the garden and surrounding fields, TV point and glazed door leading to the rear hallway.
• UTILITY LAUNDRY 11'3 x 7'6 (3.43m x 2.29m) A useful laundry room with Belfast sink, plumbing for an automatic washing machine and floor standing oil central heating boiler. The utility has a double glazed window to the rear, door leading to the double garage and an additional separate wc.
• SEPARATE WC Close coupled wc, small wall mounted wash hand basin and double glazed window to the rear.
• REAR HALLWAY The hallway has stairs leading to the first floor bedroom accommodation, large built-in pantry cupboard, radiator and door leading directly to the patio and garden.
• BEDROOM ONE 12'8 x 13'4 (3.86m 4.06m) A large double bedroom with double glazed windows to the front elevation, radiator and door leading to the en-suite bathroom.
• EN-SUITE BATHROOM 6'9 x 6'9 (2.06 x 2.06) An en-suite bathroom with bath and shower off taps, close coupled wc, bidet, wash hand basin, radiator and extractor fan.
• BEDROOM TWO 11'2 x 11'3 (3.40m x 3.43m) A second double bedroom with window overlooking the rear garden and open fields, wash hand basin housed in a double door cupboard, built-in wardrobes to one wall and radiator.
• BEDROOM THREE 11'1 x 9'3 (3.38m x 2.82m) A third bedroom with basin in vanity unit, double glazed window to the rear overlooking the garden, radiator and built-in wardrobes.
• LARGE GARAGE/ WORKSHOP 19' x 26' 9 (Irregular shape) (5.80m 8.15m) An extremely large attached double garage/workshop with electric roller door, main power points, and lighting and door leading to an enclosed area for the oil tank.
• FIRST FLOOR LANDING With velux style window to the roof, radiator and extensive built-in storage cupboard's extending the length of the hallway, radiator and additional cupboard housing the water tank.
• BATHROOM/WC 11'8 x 8'1 (3.56m x 2.46m) This family bathroom has a coloured suite with bath, close coupled wc, bidet, wash hand pedestal basin, with a velux style window to roof, built-in linen cupboard with shelving and radiator.
• BEDROOM FOUR 15'11 x 12'5 (max) (4.85m x 3.79m) A good sized double bedroom, double glazed window with superb views over the open fields, built-in dressing table and wardrobes to one wall and radiator.
• BEDROOM FIVE 15'10 x 19'6 (max) (4.83m 5.74m) A splendid first floor double bedroom which is light and spacious, patio doors lead directly to the terrace overlooking the garden and open countryside. The bedroom has a double glazed window to the side elevation overlooking the fields, radiators and built-in double door wardrobes to one wall, providing extensive storage, dressing table and TV point.
• EXTERNALLY Highford Cottage sits in approximately 7 acres of mature gardens and woodland and is approached by a long private tree lined driveway. There is ample parking to the front of the property in addition to the large double garage. The immediate gardens surrounding the cottage are predominately lawned with mature trees and shrubs and overlook the adjoining paddock and fields. A paved patio area leads directly from the property and to the rear of the cottage is a stone built barn/stable with stone wall boundary to the side. There are lovely woodland walks down to the quarry with mature rhododendrons and azaleas.
• DIRECTIONS From the A69, follow the A6079 into Hexham town centre - take the B6305 through the centre of town, and on leaving the centre turn left onto Causey Hill Road. Take an immediate right onto Highford Lane and follow the lane for approximately one mile - Highford Cottage is at the top of Highford Lane, along a long private driveway.

property reference: SANC999000280

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