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Price: £545,000

Agent: Michael CL Hodgson

T: 01539-721375

W: www.michael-cl-hodgson.co.uk

A FANTASTIC kitchen with handmade, bespoke elm units is among the highlights of this 17th century former farmhouse at Hale.

Park End is a detached, stone-and-slate built property full of characterful features. The picturesque location is on the edge of the hamlet, at the end of a quiet country lane beside fields and woodland. The views are described as spectacular.

Park End has been sympathetically improved to create a superb family home with five bedrooms - four of them doubles - and two reception rooms each with wood-burning stoves.

A driveway secured by a five-bar gate leads to ample off-road parking for several cars. The former farmhouse occupies a plot extending to around a third of an acre, with well-stocked herbaceous borders in the front garden, and a sweeping lawn, walled gardens, raised vegetable bed and fruit trees at the back.

A traditional slate-roofed porch with stone bench seats leads inside the house, where the dining room, sitting room and kitchen offer a wealth of charm. Both reception rooms feature beamed ceilings and fine open fireplaces with stone lintels and multi-fuel burning stoves.

The kitchen has been beautifully designed and fitted to feature an open ceiling with three double-glazed skylights, elm units handmade by John Purcell of Kendal, a Belfast sink, Rangemaster stove, limestone flagged floor and underfloor heating.

The five bedrooms, set over two floors, have lovely beamed ceilings, and the bathroom has been stylishly refitted with a white suite,including bath and shower cubicle.