- Viewing Strongly Advised +
- Beautifully Preserved Four-Bedroom Semi Detached Family Home In Chinley Village +
- Abundance Of Original Features +
- Large Easily Accessible and Convertible Loft Space to Create Additional Bathroom and Bedroom +
- Established Garden With Lawn and Terrace, Workshop and Wooden Summer House +
- Two Large Reception Rooms / Original High Ceilings / Large Entrance Hallway +
- Part Double Glazing / Gas Central Heating / EPC Rating TBC +
- Off-Street Parking For 2 Vehicles +
- Excellent Transport Links To Manchester And Sheffield By Rail And Road +
- Close To The Village Primary Nursery, Primary School And All Local Amenities +
This beautifully preserved four-bedroom semi-detached family home boasting an abundance of original features. The property offers a large, easily accessible and convertible loft space, providing the opportunity to create an additional bathroom and bedroom to suit your needs. With quaint rear gardens featuring a workshop and further outbuilding, this residence is perfect for those seeking a blend of character and practicality. Inside, two large reception rooms with original high ceilings and a spacious entrance hallway offer ample living space, while modern conveniences such as double glazing, gas central heating, and an EPC rating to be confirmed ensure comfort and efficiency. Off-street parking for two vehicles adds to the appeal, complemented by excellent transport links to Manchester and Sheffield by both rail and road. Situated close to the village primary nursery, primary school, and all local amenities, this property provides a wonderful setting for family life.
The property's outdoor space is equally enticing, with gardens to the rear and side offering a large patio dining area, two lawned sections, and established plantings including a mature apple tree, providing a charming backdrop for outdoor activities. A large timber workshop and stone-built outbuilding present versatile options for hobbies, storage, or even potential studio use, catering to a variety of needs. A small front garden, adorned with raised planting beds and bordered by a stone wall, welcomes you to the home with its attractive greenery. Completing the picture, a front driveway provides off-road parking for two vehicles, ensuring convenience and practicality for residents of this delightful Edwardian property.
HISTORY OF RHUDDLAN HOUSE
Rhuddlan House is a double-fronted detached dwelling built in 1904, dating it to the early Edwardian era. It was built on a plot of land known as Chinley Green and the Tithe map of 1841, with its accompanying Apportionment, tells us that the land was owned by James Goddard Jnr and occupied by Samuel Goddard. The field was aligned north to south and stretched from lower Lane in the north to the lane in the south which leads of Green Lane to Clare Lees which in 1841 was known as Warth Cottage.
Rhuddlan House was constructed from coursed gritstone (which may have come from Chinley Moor Quarry or Cracken Edge Quarry at Chinley Churn) with ashlar dressings. It has a slate roof and is set in grounds to three sides with a frontage onto Green Lane. A low-wall, with dwarf railings to the Green Lane frontage provides physical separation between the curtilage and the pedestrian walk-way. The house exhibits some survival of large-paned single-hung timber-framed and horned sash windows, but there have been some uPVC casement frame replacements. The door surround is ornate with fluted, square-section pillars surmounted with a volute-style projection and entablature.
There is a later two-storey extension on the north-facing elevation, with its own doorway, above which is a leaded-light window including the word SURGERY. This is consistent with later occupants of the house. The 1939 Register notes that head of the household at the start of the Second World War was Dr. John Mowat.