A FLOOD-LIT all-weather tennis court, gymnasium, a separate detached barn and wonderful formal gardens are just some of the features of this grand and luxurious £3m Lancashire home.
This resplendent Grade II listed seven bedroom home dates back to 1709 on the east game and epitomises charm and character from the homemade bricks and the exposed oak ceilings and wall beams in the elegant rooms.
Finches Farm, Syd Brook Lane in Mawdesley is on the market with Maria B Evans Estate Agents, Croston and you get a real impression of grandeur and class as you walk through the oak-panelled door with it's diamond glass insets which opens to the foyer onto the central hallway.
You feel like you are taking a step back in time when you enter the elegant dining room and withdrawing area has exposed oak floorboards, two French doors to the side terrace and two windows overlook the gardens while a stone Minster open fireplace provides warmth.
The spacious lounge has a contemporary style raised log burning stove set beneath a beamed ingle and having an exposed brick feature wall and sandstone fire surround.
The living-dining-kitchen includes an extensive breakfast bar and there is an integrated appliances include a fridge-freezer, microwave oven and automatic dish washer and on one end is a white electric Aga.
The dining area has a deep fireplace with recessed wood burner set beneath a wall-mounted television point. A central pendant light sits above the table space and the stone flooring continues through to the living room which is accessed via a recessed sliding glass pocket door and has French windows leading to the garden. This comfortable room is wired for wall lights and has a television point set into the white wall panelling and also benefits from under-floor heating.
The vaulted ceilings and exposed beams carry on into the master bedroom and lead onto a boudoir and luxurious en-suite bathroom and you can keep your toes warm with underfloor heating but that kind of attention to detail and no stone left unturned by the owners to make for a great family home.
Across the cobbled courtyard, the two-storey converted barn with ranch-style porch and doors to each side offers myriad uses as either superb office space, cinema and/or games rooms.
This home has formal landscaped exquisite and extensive formal gardens which includes a parterre rose garden, cherry orchard and also a Koi carp pond along with some astounding pastoral views.
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