Standing to one end of Winster’s historic main street, the interesting and characterful Grade II Listed house, provides quite extensive accommodation across three floors and offers a degree of versatility suitable for the growing or extended family, those seeking space for home working or perhaps to capitalise on the areas tourist trade with room for paying guests. Presently, the accommodation includes kitchen and living facilities on two floors and the owners long standing hair salon to part of the ground floor.

The house has remained in the same ownership for a number of years and believed to have changed hands very infrequently, part of which has been, and continues to be utilised, as a hair salon. There is opportunity for new owners to adapt the accommodation to suit their needs and to undertake a degree of updating if required. The house has the rare advantage of a level garden, driveway parking and workshop / storage space.

Built of limestone with gritstone quoins lintels and roof kneelers, the house has a distinctive rustic character with origins from the 18th Century. The house has changed hands infrequently through its lifetime, for many years home to a saddlery, and one time a paint and paper establishment. Internally, exposed stonework and beams are typical features and there is opportunity for sympathetic updating and adaptation to suit a new owners life’s need.

Winster is an historic village within the eastern boundaries of the Peak District National Park from where ready access is gained to the recreational delights of the surrounding countryside. The village boasts a local primary school, community shop and two public houses, whilst good road links lead to the neighbouring market towns of Bakewell, Matlock and Ashbourne. The cities of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham are each considered to lie within daily commuting distance.

ACCOMMODATION
A panelled and part glazed front door opens to a reception hall, a spacious entrance with borrowed light from the sitting room, locked door to the adjacent salon, and glazed door leading into the same. A separate pine and glazed door opens to the…

Sitting room – 4.45m x 3.91m (14’ 7” x 12’ 10”) with period beams to the ceiling and substantial exposed timber to the dividing wall, reflecting the age and character which continues throughout the house. There is a broad multi-paned window facing the front, being secondary glazed, and as a focal point to the room a stone fireplace is inset with a living coal gas fired stove.

Breakfast kitchen – 4.05m x 3.67m (13’ 3” x 12’ 1”) accessed off the sitting room and with ample space for daily dining. There is a green and black quarry tiled floor, secondary glazed sash window to the rear and a Velux roof light above. There is a range of floor mounted cupboards with work surfaces above, stainless steel sink unit and space for appliances. Within a stone fire surorund there is a position for a range style cooker. A multi-paned glazed door, with occasional bullseye lights, leads through an…

Inner hall - with a continuation of the quarry tiled floor, exposed stonework to the inner walls and stairs leading off to the first floor. A period oak cottage style door opens to a coat store and…

Utility room – 5.59m x 3.93m (18’ 4” x 12’ 11”) maximum, the measurement including the broad lobby which opens beneath the stairs. There is plumbing for an automatic washing machine, full height wall tiling, complementary ceramic tiled floor and two small windows set within the thick outer walls. A wall mounted gas fired boiler serves the central heating and hot water system.

Salon – 4.45m x 3.88m (14’ 7” x 12’ 9”) an integral part of the house and for years was utilised as a hair salon. There are built-in cupboards, doors from two halls and windows to the front and rear. Two hair basins.

A panelled and glazed door leads from the inner hall to a passage with flagged floor, door leading from the driveway at the side and extending to a small enclosed store. The passage also links outbuildings.

Workshop – 4.10m x 3.50m (13’ 5” x 11’ 6”) with a range of benching and stone floor.

From the inner hall, a short flight of stairs leads to a half landing off which there is access to a…

Shower room – fitted with a double width shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC.

Bedroom 1 – 4.37m x 3.50m (14’ 4” x 11’ 6”) with single glazed windows to each side and a central ceiling beam.

Three steps lead from the half landing to a…

Dining kitchen – 4.45m x 3.88m (14’ 7” x 12’ 9”) a second kitchen with opportunity for self catering visitors or independent family who may utilise the first floor accommodation. There is a range of pine fronted cupboards, drawers and work surfaces, stainless steel sink unit, position to a slimline dishwasher, electric cooker point and extractor hood above. The room faces Main Street and West Bank through the multi-paned secondary glazed window, and an open doorway leads to a walk-in pantry.

Also off the kitchen, an inner lobby has stairs which lead off the second floor, interesting multi-paned period window facing the front and door off to a…

Living room – 4.45m x 3.81m (14’ 7” x 12’ 6”) with a “modern” stone fireplace, ceiling beam, recessed display shelving and multi-paned secondary glazed window to the front.

Taking the main landing stairs, we rise to the second floor….

Bedroom 2 – 4.45m x 3.81m (14’ 7” x 12’ 6”) a good double room with windows to the front and side. There is also access to a…

Wash room - with WC and wash basin.

Bedroom 3 – 3.21m x 2.42m (10’ 6” x 7’ 11”) with a front facing window

Bedroom 4 - 4.03m x 2.03m (13’ 3” x 6’ 8”) with side aspect window

From the half landing, stairs wind to a second floor bedroom suite comprising…

Bathroom – fitted with a four piece suite to include corner bath, bidet, WC and wash hand basin set within a tiled vanity surface with storage beneath. Off the bathroom, a door opens to…

Bedroom 5 - 3.64m x 3.50m (11’ 11” x 11’ 6”) a rear aspect double bedroom with Velux roof light, uPVC double glazed window facing the rear and built-in wardrobing with mirrored sliding doors.

OUTSIDE & PARKING
Holmlea stands alongside Winster’s historic main street. To the side, there is an area of principally level garden, including lawns, sitting area and herbaceous borders within a low walled boundary. Also from the side, there is the benefit of driveway parking. On the opposite side of the house, a pathway leads to the rear and access to a walled patio garden which is also accessed from the rear hall and workshop.

TENURE – Freehold

SERVICES – All mains services are available to the property, which enjoys the benefit of gas fired central heating and a combination of secondary glazed single glazing and double glazing. No specific test has been made on the services or their distribution.

EPC RATING – not required as Grade II Listed

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 the A6 north travelling towards Darley Dale. After passing St Elphin’s Park, turn left onto Old Road. Continue beyond Red House and at Four Lane Ends turn left. Continue over Darley Bridge, on through Wensley and on into Winster. Driving through the centre of the village onto Main Street, proceed to the far end and as you approach the left turn to West Bank, Holmlea can be found on the right hand side.

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VIEWING – Strictly by prior arrangement with the Matlock office 01629 580228.

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