3 Bed Cottage House For Sale Post Office Lane, Frodsham, WA6

A pretty 19th century three-bedroom semi-detached cottage, located in a highly desirable rural village location, sitting in an exceptionally private and large south facing garden plot with the benefit of a superb home office/summer house and a large detached garage.

2 Fern Cottages is a most attractive period property located within the much sought after rural village of Norley which lies just North of Delamere Forest. The village, which is listed in the Domesday book boasts a well-supported public house ‘The Tigers Head, a Primary School rated as Good by OFSTED, and a Village Hall which hosts regular community led events and concerts. 

The property is best accessed from the rear off Crabmill Lane, with double gates opening into wonderful private grounds with excellent secure parking in addition to a large brick built garage with loft storage and a utility and WC.

The original entrance fronts onto Post Office Lane with a pedestrian gate leading to the attractive front door with a stain glass window opening into the entrance hallway with decorative ‘Minton style’ tiled flooring and built-in storage cupboards. Off the hall is a generous downstairs cloakroom and WC fitted with modern sanitaryware and further built in storage cupboards. 

The entrance hall leads into a versatile garden room with a high vaulted ceiling incorporating attractive exposed beams and large picture windows to side and rear elevations enjoying splendid views over the rear gardens. 

The garden room is open to a large internal reception hallway with limestone effect tile flooring which runs throughout both spaces and a turning flight staircase leading to the first-floor accommodation. The more formal sitting room is a particularly generous size with three hardwood framed double glazed windows overlooking the front elevation, and exposed ceiling beams providing an abundance of cottage character, complimented by a stone fireplace with a York Stone hearth housing a living flame gas fire.

The large dining kitchen is located to the rear of the house and is fitted with an extensive range of quality shaker style cabinets with contrasting stone coloured marble worktops with an attractive cranberry fleck, with waterfall edges encasing the exposed cabinet sides and a central island which also incorporates a stainless steel over mount sink.  

Sat within a fully tiled chimney housing, there is a stunning pastel blue multi oven Aga range cooker with traditional twin hot plates and a warming plate. Also integrated within the kitchen is a stainless steel fronted horizontal loading two drawer dishwasher and a matching under counter fridge. There is a built-in single electric oven and hob as well as a separate microwave oven and a deep recess larder storeroom which is neatly concealed behind a kitchen cabinet door. 

Marble kitchen worktops are complimented by matching upstands and windowsills. The kitchen area is tiled throughout with light coloured natural stone floor tiles. Magnificent high vaulted ceilings with skylight windows plus large windows and glazed French doors provide an abundance of natural light. 

The property offers fantastic versatility with three double bedrooms in all, including a large ground floor bedroom and an adjoining ensuite shower room located on the ground floor, perfect for mature buyers looking to purchase a future proofed home with all the charm and character of a period cottage. 

On the first-floor level there are two bedrooms which are both of double proportions. The smaller of the bedrooms has a built-in double wardrobe and a front facing window. The largest of the bedrooms is fitted with an extensive range of quality built-in bedroom furniture and enjoys pleasant aspects over the lane and the garden.

The first-floor bathroom is fitted with a quality three-piece suite, comprising a panel bath with a mixer tap, handheld shower attachment and jacuzzi jets. There is a concealed cistern WC and a semi-recessed wash basin with built-in cabinets below, and a fully tiled shower enclosure incorporating both an overhead soaker and additional wall jets.

The property sits in a large private plot with beautifully landscaped gardens which extend to the side and rear of the house. There is a large area of well-maintained flat lawn and well-stocked shrub beds and borders, with stone pathways connecting a large terrace located to the rear of the house which includes a superb gazebo with a slate roof matching to the cottage providing space for all weather outdoor entertaining. 

There are two separate outbuildings including a large garage with an electric roller door and an adjoining utility room with a kitchenette. 

Across the lawn is a magnificent timber frame garden office building which is independently heated with its own boiler and is divided into two main rooms located at either side of a kitchenette and WC, providing a superbly versatile space for auxiliary accommodation.