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Listed for £450,000
July 11, 2023
Sold for £55,000
1997
This highly individual detached property is built of local gritstone to a particularly interesting design, including lantern lights within a top floor 'studio' which, along with a deep bay at first floor level and other tall windows, command stunning views across the opposing hills and the town. Internally, the house provides accommodation over three floors, including a character sitting room of impressive proportion, the function of three double bedrooms, two bathrooms, and the additional studio/hobby room on the top floor. Outside the gardens are surprisingly good sized for such a town location and terraced to accommodate the hillside and with off street parking at the rear.
The property stands to Matlock Bank, around half a mile from the town's central shops and amenities. Historically, it is believed to have formed part of Oldham House, one of the major hydropathy establishments developed in the town's Victorian heyday as a spa resort. The town continues to draw visitors, being seen as a gateway to the Peak District National Park, and with ready access to the delights of the surrounding Derbyshire Dales countryside.
PROPERTY HISTORY
Ruatha Hold started life as the dining hall to Oldham House and Prospect Place Hydrotherapy Hotel owned and run by the Davies family, appearing in White Directory as a hydropathic establishment in 1862. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph in December 1928 the Derbyshire Football Club stayed and trained there. With the outbreak of the Second World War the RAF took it over along with Rockside to provide hospital facilities, Oldham House was used to house the nursing and medical staff. In 1964, it was bought by two sisters, who ran a small school on Bakewell Road, in order to expand and was run as a school until 1965. Its next life was as a Teacher Training College and then providing a range of degrees managed by Nottingham University. Ruatha was the Students Union building until the whole college site closed as an educational establishment. More information and old photographs can be found in the Andrews Pages and Vernon Lamb Archive.
ACCOMMODATION
Lower ground floor dining kitchen - 4.88m x 4.45m (16' x 14' 7") with ample space for daily dining and taking advantage of views to the front, a pair of glazed French doors provide access from the front terrace entrance. With the kitchen area fitted with a range of modern cupboards and drawers and work surfaces which incorporate a stainless steel sink unit and are set around a range style cooker with an extractor hood above. The room is styled with a black and white theme and features stripped pine floorboards to the rear and an under stairs void provides a useful utility area with plumbing for an automatic washing machine. A door leads to a stair lobby and with access to a boiler store offering useful broom and ancillary storage, and siting the gas fire combination condensing boiler which serves the central heating and hot water system.
From the lobby, a flight of stairs rise to the...
Upper ground floor hallway - accessed from the side terrace entrance and potentially the more formal access to the house. The hall has ample space for occasional furniture and features built-in storage and a herringbone brick tiled floor. Three steps rise to the...
Sitting room - 6.09m x 5.97m (20' x 19' 7") extending to a deep bay window, a stunning living space which takes full advantage of the panoramic views to the south and west, the hills of Masson, High Tor, Bolehill on the far horizon with Riber Castle above the town are all in view from full height windows to the front, with similar side views facing west beyond neighbouring rooftops towards the opposing flanks of the Derwent Valley. There is feature exposed stone and brickwork to the chimney wall, which sites a contemporary solid fuel stove to a tiled hearth, a painted pine floor and some whitewashed stone walls.
Bedroom 1 - 4.16m x 2.77m (13' 7" x 9' 1") a double room with windows to the side terrace and rear paths, allowing good natural light.
Bedroom 2 - 4.15m x 2.84m (13' 7" x 9' 4") a second double bedroom with windows to two elevations.
Bathroom - 2.18m x 2m (7' 2" x 6' 7") fitted with a modern white suite to include a low flush WC, wash hand basin with cabinet storage beneath and a shaped bath with overhead shower and glazed screen. The room is finished with complementary tiling and with additional mosaic tiled shelves providing further storage.
From the sitting room, stairs rise to the first floor landing with doors off to...
Bathroom - 2.18m x 1.80m (7' 2" x 5' 11") with panelled bath, low flush WC and pedestal wash hand basin, complementary splash back tiling and ladder radiator.
Bedroom 3 - 4.81m x 3.96m (15' 7" x 12' 9") maximum, again featuring distinctive carved supports and timbers which lie beneath the high glazed lantern lights, plus an additional Velux window.
From the landing, stairs to a...
Bedroom 4 / study / hobby room - 3.07m x 2.55m (10' x 8' 3") minimum, the room extending into the broad low eaves. The room is built within the main lantern tower, which has been recently fully refurbished by respected conservation joiners Hardwick Windows, and provides an excellent 180 degrees panoramic view across Matlock's stretch of the Derwent Valley landscape. This versatile room perhaps offers a second sitting room, home office or hobby space for those who will appreciate the excellent natural light.
OUTSIDE
Vehicular access to Ruatha Hold is from a driveway to the rear off Cavendish Road, the driveway shared with two neighbouring properties and with the benefit of car parking to a block paved driveway. Pedestrian access is provided from Wellington Street where a broad herringbone brick paved path leads to the front kitchen entrance and from where stairs rise to the side and the principal terrace entrance at upper ground floor level to the side. From the kitchen level, gardens stretch out to the side and include sitting areas, level lawn and a decked terrace; all positioned to take advantage of the southerly aspect and distant views. There is the benefit of a pergola, timber garden shed and broad period stone steps rise to the upper ground floor level.
The upper ground floor is designed to overhang to the front and side, the front providing a sheltered entrance to the kitchen, the side providing useful open storage.
TENURE - Freehold.
SERVICES - All mains services are available to the property, which enjoys the benefit of gas fired central heating (boiler replaced 5 years ago and services annually) and uPVC double glazing to the principal rooms. No specific test has been made on the services or their distribution.
Note: Both flat roofs, over the front bay and rear bedrooms, have been replaced in the last 12 months.
EPC RATING - 39E / Potential 74C
COUNCIL TAX - Band D
FIXTURES & FITTINGS - Only the fixtures and fittings mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. Certain other items may be taken at valuation if required. No specific test has been made on any appliance either included or available by negotiation.
DIRECTIONS - From Matlock Crown Square, take Bank Road rising up the hill, beyond County Hall into Rutland Street. Continue rising and bear right into Wellington Street at the top. Pedestrian access to Ruatha Hold can be found on the left hand side after approximately 200m. For vehicular access, continue up Wellington Street before turning sharp left into Cavendish Road, after around 300m locate a driveway on the left which will lead you to the rear of the properties. For viewing, we recommend parking on Wellington Street to the front of the house.
VIEWING - Strictly by prior arrangement with the Matlock office .
Ref: FTM10371
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