Detached house for sale in Cumberworth Lane, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield HD8

This fantastic 4/5 bedroom detached family home of which approaches 3000sq ft offers a very versatile layout combining home living and home working, as well as the potential for accommodating extended family. Enjoyed by the current owners for the past 18 years who have extended and adapted this family home creating a modern layout with spacious rooms and plenty of outside space. The property benefits from being in a great location with far reaching and has good commuter links and village amenities just on your doorstep. Having gated driveway parking, a double garage and fully enclosed rear garden. The property is completed with double glazing and gas central heating.

About Lonsdale House
This outstanding detached double fronted home retains original features and incorporates sympathetic replacements within the recent extensions, but displays tasteful modern design features making this a home appealing to those who favour both traditional and contemporary styling.

The current owners have extended and adapted this Edwardian family home, creating a very successful blend of period features and contemporary design; offering a flexible layout, spacious rooms and plenty of outside space. In particular it offers the chance to easily create an attractive and useful annexe, suitable for business premises, extended family accommodation or rented living space.

Lower Cumberworth village occupies an ideal geographical location, with easy access to the M1 motorway and a number of towns and cities. Denby Dale station is within walking distance for connections to Sheffield and Huddersfield.

The main house offers 4 bedrooms, 3 of which are large doubles. Two of these have en suite shower rooms. This area also has three large reception rooms, a sizeable kitchen and a useful 2 room basement. The more recent extensions are currently integrated into the house, but also provide the opportunity for a useful annexe, which would include a potential kitchen space, a large and airy lounge area, a flexible double bedroom / gym / office / play room / games room / cinema room and an office / sitting space. It would be relatively easy to add a shower room / WC as plumbing and drainage is already in place. The potential annexe includes areas on the floor plan marked as breakfast area, garden room, mezzanine and office / gym.

The property sits on a generous plot, with a long frontage and lovely, low-maintenance traditional front gardens and gated driveway parking for several vehicles. There is an electricity supply to the gates, to enable powered operation. To the rear of the property there is a generous sized flat and level lawned garden, which is fully pet and child secure, with mature trees and shrubbery to provide a high degree of privacy. There are 4 separate paved or decked patio areas.

It is within the catchment for well regarded schools, and Shelley High School and 6th Form College are within comfortable walking distance.

The village has its own pub and restaurant, active cricket club and Community Hall. Several neighbouring villages are within walking distance or a short drive, and have a full range of facilities.<br /><br />

Accommodation

Ground Floor

Entrance Hall

At the front of the property there is a formal entrance which leads into the entrance hall. There is modern parquet style lvt flooring and a traditional style staircase leading to the first floor landing. Doors lead to the sitting room, lounge and dining kitchen. Access to the cellar is disguised within decorative panelling within the staircase.

Sitting Room (4.4m x 4.11m)

The dual aspect sitting room offers more of a formal setting away from the hustle and bustle of the house. The room benefits from having plenty of natural light with a window to the front of the property and an additional window to the side. There is an ornamental style fireplace with complementary book shelving at either side and features including deep skirting, coving to the ceiling and a traditional style ceiling rose.

Lounge (4.4m x 3.63m)

Located at the front of the property, this cosy lounge has a fireplace with a log burner, built in shelving to both sides, window to the front of the property and modern tall standing radiator, in addition to deep skirting boards, coving to the high ceiling and a traditional style ceiling rose. A door leads to the family room.

Family Room (6.15m x 3.86m)

This fabulous room offers a spacious and flexible space, with double patio doors that open onto a stone terrace. Currently this is used as a dining room, but has been a sitting room, family room and play room at different times in the past. It has a gas fire which sits within a traditional style cast iron and stone surround. The modern décor blends with deep skirting boards, picture rails, traditional style plaster coving to the ceiling, two ceiling roses and stripped pine Victorian panelled doors.

Basement

A door within the staircase panelling leads to the useful basement area with a central heating radiator, fluorescent lighting and power supply. It has two rooms, and there is floor drainage in both rooms. The larger room is a keeping cellar with a row of stone slab storage tables. The second is a storage cellar currently used as a wine cellar. It currently houses a second fridge freezer.

Breakfast Kitchen

Kitchen 20'9" x 9'6"
Breakfast Area 14'2" x 7'9"

This generous size, recently updated kitchen is completed with a modern crisp finish and has a transportable island unit with black granite work surface. To the kitchen there are modern shaker style base units and integrated appliances including a freestanding Rangemaster cooker with a 5 ring gas hob and extractor fan over, freestanding fridge freezer and integrated dishwasher all of which are included in the sale. From the kitchen there is a step down that leads to an open plan breakfast area that has built in base units and two windows with an outlook to the rear. The breakfast room leads to the garden room. A door from the kitchen leads to the boot room.

Inner Hallway

From the garden room there is an inner hallway with an under-stairs area. This provides internal access into the garage, and a staircase to the first floor bedroom/gym/annexe room. There is plumbing and drainage for adding a further cloakroom, shower and/or toilet.

Boot Room

At the side of the property there is a family entrance into the boot room, which has a quarry tiled floor and is ideal for wet weather, muddy dog walks or work boots. It provides plenty of storage for coats, shoes and boots, and also leads into the cloakroom / WC. Two full size sliding doors mask an area for a washing machine, tumble drier, Worcester Bosch floor standing combi boiler and storage shelving.

Garden Room (4.04m x 4.04m)

The Garden Room provides an additional entrance into the property from the driveway parking. This room is a real showstopper and definitely has the Wow factor! On entering the property your attention is immediately drawn to the floor-to-ceiling sliding aluminium /glass doors that look out into the rear garden. These open onto a decked terrace and really do bring the garden into the house. The room has underfloor heating and a tiled floor. There is a first floor mezzanine with 3 roof windows above the garden room, again creating an eye-catching feature and bringing in even more light.

First Floor

Bedroom/Gym/Annex Room (5.87m x 5.4m)

This fantastic versatile room offers potential for a range of uses. In the past this room was used as home business premises, but could be a shared or private office, treatment room, gym, studio, cinema room, playroom or rented accommodation, etc. It could be used with other nearby rooms to create useful separate annexe accommodation.

Mezzanine (4.06m x 3.28m)

Above the garden room there is a mezzanine which creates a great space for use as a home office. Taking full advantage of the far reaching views at the rear there are 3 skylight windows and a contemporary chrome and glass balustrade.

Main House First Floor

First Floor Landing And Loft Storage

From the entrance hall, stairs rise to the first floor. These have a runner carpet, with stair rods. There is a window to the front of the landing with a traditional column radiator beneath and stripped pine doors to all the bedrooms and bathroom. There is drop down loft access with a wooden ladder leading to the loft area. The loft benefits from a large boarded out storage area and has fluorescent lighting.

Bedroom 1 (6.4m x 3.58m)

This lovely spacious bedroom is located at the rear of the property and has 2 windows with a 180° picturesque outlook. The room is open plan to a dressing area which provides space for plenty of bedroom furniture and leads into the en-suite shower room. Gloss white fitted wardrobes are also included.

En-Suite Shower Room (3.53m x 0.84m)

Having a white suite which comprises a shower cubicle with Mira electric shower, WC and basin.

Bedroom 2 (4.4m x 3.9m)

A double bedroom located at the front of the property and having an ornamental cast iron fire surround. A door leads to the en-suite shower room.

En-Suite Shower Room 2 (2.03m x 1.27m)

Having a white suite comprising of a step in shower cubicle, WC and sink.

Bedroom 3 (4.4m x 3.63m)

This spacious double size bedroom is located at the front of the property. A large free standing wardrobe is included.

Bedroom 4 (3.02m x 2.82m)

A smaller 4th bedroom that would make a good size single bedroom, nursery or dressing room.

Family Bathroom (3.07m x 2.67m)

This stunning house bathroom perfectly blends modern décor with traditional styling. There is a walk-in shower cubicle, separate double-ended bath, traditional style high-flush WC and basin, column radiator with chrome towel rail and back-lit mirror. It has part metro-tiled walls, tiled flooring, a window to the rear and an extractor fan.

Outside

Driveway Parking And Double Garage

The property benefits from extensive gated driveway parking which offers space for several cars (4 can easily park side by side). There is power to the broad double gates. The double garage has internal access, internal taps to the front and back and remote controlled insulated sectional doors.

Garden

The garden sits within a generous plot with a low maintenance decorative garden to the front of the property, enclosed by a stone wall with traditional iron railings. This is very much in keeping with the style of the house and reflects the original boundary wall. There is a pedestrian gate that leads to the front door. To the rear of the property there is a generous fully enclosed garden which offers a lawn, a series of sitting areas, a garden shed and established trees and shrubs and is enclosed by fencing and mature hedges. This has been designed for entertaining. The garden has a good degree of privacy and is pet and child secure. There is a water supply and two double electric sockets.

There is an outdoor storage area to the side of the garage, accessed front and back via timber gates.

Additional Information

The property is Freehold. Energy rating 67 (Band D), Council tax band E. Our online checks show that Superfast Fibre Broadband (Fibre to the Cabinet fttc) is available and mobile coverage at the property is offered by several providers.

Viewing

By appointment with Wm Sykes & Son.

Location

The property is located in Lower Cumberworth village centre along Cumberworth Lane and can be identified by a Wm Sykes & Son for sale board.