FALLOWFIELD PLAINS ROAD WETHERAL CUMBRIA

FALLOWFIELD PLAINS ROAD WETHERAL CUMBRIA

FALLOWFIELD PLAINS ROAD WETHERAL CUMBRIA A charming period property in a popular commuter village with stables, garden and paddock amounting to around 1.8 acres APPROXIMATE MILEAGES Wetheral Station 0.7 miles M6 J43 2.4 miles Carlisle City Centre 4.4 miles Brampton 6.6 miles Penrith 17.7 miles ACCOMMODATION IN BRIEF Porch Reception Hall Kitchen/Breakfast Room Larder Sitting Room Dining Room Study Cloakroom/WC Ground Floor Bedroom Utility Room Sun Room Three Bedrooms Bathroom Garage Gardener s WC Stables and Stores Hayloft Log and Coal Stores Garden 1.4 Acre Paddock Finest Properties Crossways Market Place Corbridge Northumberland NE45 5AW Marketing Specialists for Individual & Distinctive Properties T: 01434 622234 E: corbridge@finestproperties.co.uk finestproperties.co.uk

LOCAL INFORMATION Wetheral is a charming village situated in an elevated position overlooking a gorge through which the River Eden flows. Parts of the banks are surround by ancient woodlands, including Wetheral Woods, owned by the National Trust. Wetheral is one of the most popular commuter villages for those working in Carlisle and houses in the village are grouped around a large village green. The village offers a range of everyday amenities including a post office and shop, coffee shop, the upmarket Fantails Restaurant, the Wheatsheaf Pub, Crown Hotel, which has an excellent leisure club, together with doctor and dentist surgeries. The surrounding area provides excellent local walks through nearby woodland, riverside paths along the River Eden and across the impressive Victorian viaduct beside the railway line. The market town of Brampton is nearby and offers a further range of independent shops as well as a small supermarket and bank. The regional capital of Carlisle is within easy reach and offers an excellent range of social, leisure and retail opportunities and an attractive pedestrian area, along with an impressive cathedral and castle. The property is also well located for access to Penrith, the Lake District National Park and the Scottish Borders. There are primary schools in the adjacent villages of Great Corby and Scotby and the property is in the catchment area for William Howard School in Brampton which offers schooling for all ages. In addition the prestigious Sedbergh School is within easy reach and provides private schooling from nursery to 18 years. For the commuter the M6 is within easy reach for onward travel north and south, while the A69 provides easy access to Newcastle in the east. There is a rail station in Wetheral offering regular cross country services between Newcastle and Carlisle, while the rail station in Carlisle provides fast and frequent services to major UK cities north and south. THE PROPERTY Fallowfield dates back to around 1912, towards the end of the Arts and Crafts movement, and is a charming detached house located on the desirable Plains Road in the soughtafter village of Wetheral. The property, which has rarely been on the market, has been well maintained over the years and retains an abundance of period features including original sash windows, panelled doors, dado and picture rails, bell pushes, fireplaces together with original light switches that have been retained after re-wiring the house in 2003. Fallowfield benefits from mature gardens and grounds together with stables and a small paddock. Of particular note is the range of outbuildings which offer enormous potential for conversion into a spacious independent annex subject to the necessary approvals. The front door opens into a bright half-glazed porch with original tiled floor. A half-glazed door with decorative leaded panels to one side and above leads into the welcoming reception hall with original staircase with under stairs storage cupboard and an attractive display alcove. The two main reception rooms have a southerly aspect over the side garden while the third reception room, currently used as a study, has views over the front garden. The spacious dual-aspect sitting room has a period fireplace with wood mantle and tiled insert and hearth fitted with a baxi fire, while the dining room which is also dual aspect and has a period open fireplace and stripped wood floor, offers a delightful room for formal entertaining. The study has double sash windows with views over the pretty front garden and has fitted cupboards and shelves to the alcoves on either side of the fireplace. The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of units and a single sink and drainer, there is a space for a cooker, some original wood panelling, an inglenook fireplace housing the boiler and a door out to the garage area. Off the kitchen there is a useful traditional shelved larder with space for a fridge/freezer. The downstairs bedroom, which would have been the maid s quarters, has a window with views of the rear garden and paddock, a built-in cupboard and a wash hand basin. A cloakroom/wc off the hall with wash hand basin and WC completes the ground floor accommodation. The period carved staircase leads up to the first floor with a large arched window at the half landing offering farreaching views over open countryside to Scotland and flooding the first floor landing with natural light. There are three double bedrooms on this floor, all of which have charming period fireplaces, one of which benefits from a wash hand basin. Two of the bedrooms have elevated views of the side garden and one has views to the front. The bedrooms are served by a bathroom fitted with a bath with shower over, wash hand basin, WC, fitted cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and additional eaves storage cupboard. EXTERNALLY Fallowfield is approached along a driveway that leads through the original front garden to a gated, pillared entrance which opens to a private drive that swings past the front door to a parking area with ample space for several cars and continues round to the garage. The generous front garden is mainly laid to lawn with attractive border planting and mature trees. There is a combination of wall, hedges and fenced boundaries providing privacy and seclusion yet with the convenience of a village setting. To the north side of the house there is a range of attached original outbuildings which currently provide a garage with double timber doors that benefits from power and light, stable with original feeding trough and gardener s WC with a large hayloft above. To the rear of these outbuildings there is a further attached stable and stores which open onto a small yard. This range of outbuildings offers tremendous potential for conversion to create a charming two-storey annex subject to the necessary planning approvals. There is an additional detached log and coal store which is accessed from the side courtyard. Also off the courtyard is a door to the utility room, fitted with a Butler sink and plumbed for a washing machine, which leads to a sun room which is glazed to the south and offers a delightful area to enjoy the gardens. To the rear and southern side of the house are landscaped gardens that offer various rooms that include a paved terrace and sunken herb garden sheltered by mature hedges, a high wall and trees with areas to sit and enjoy the tranquil surroundings and for outdoor entertaining. Two greenhouses, one of which has power and water, offer ample opportunity for the green-fingered gardener. Beyond the garden there is a well-fenced and watered paddock which amounts to 1.40 acres. In all the gardens and grounds amount to around 1.77 acres. Note: Three exclusive Trivselhus by Esh Scandinavian-inspired eco-friendly homes are to be constructed in part of the original front garden of Fallowfield. These homes will be well-screened from Fallowfield which still retains a large front garden together with additional side and rear gardens, paddock land and open, far-reaching countryside views. SERVICES Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage (all renewed in 2015); gas central heating. DIRECTIONS From the M6, leave the motorway at junction 43 and take the A69 eastward towards Newcastle. Follow the A69 for 1.4 miles and take the right turning onto Plains Road signposted to Wetheral. Continue along this road and Fallowfield is on the right hand side after about 1 mile. POSTCODE CA4 8LE FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Some items, such as carpets, curtains and light fittings, not mentioned in these sales particulars may be either excluded from the sale or available by separate negotiation. 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