3 bed detached house for sale

High Street, Frodsham WA6

Summary
Swetenhams are delighted to showcase this amazing Grade II listed link detached home composed of originally three mediaeval cottages believed to date to the 14th century. Now conjoined this house provides a truly unique personal living experience and must be viewed.

Description
Swetenhams are delighted to showcase this amazing Grade II listed link detached home composed of originally three mediaeval cottages believed to date to the 14th century. Now conjoined this house provides a truly unique personal living experience and must be viewed. The central one comprised a one-roomed cottage, incorporated a full cruck timber
frame suggesting that the property perhaps dated from the 14th century. It is because of this that the present dwelling, which now incorporates this possibly older cottage, is said to be the town's oldest inhabited cottage.
It is Listed Grade II (Late 16th century (probable)) and is described as, "A cottage built with timber framing that has been largely replaced by brick. It stands on a bedrock outcrop and a sandstone plinth, and has a slate roof. The exterior is rendered, and inside is the lower part of a cruck frame."
In essence the property just exudes period charm, the current owners are now looking for a new 'custodian' to begin a new chapter in the history of this amazing home.

Accommodation briefly comprises:

Hall, sitting room /ground floor bedroom
Lounge, bathroom, kitchen, conservatory, first floor landing two bedrooms and further shower room
Externally, there is a rear courtyard to tackroom additional to a multi faceted garden which has formed part of the national open garden scheme in the past.

Accommodation in more detail comprises:-

Agents Note
This is a chance for purchasers willing to take on the challenge of owning and caring for a piece of Cheshire history with its unique surrounding infrastructure.
This is an unconventional home and it will not be for those unused to the challenges that such properties present.

The House
Originally three dwellings: A two storey late 16th century, Tudor, timber framed building and two cojoined one roomed cottages. One cottage contains a wall with a timber cruck, a 14" century construction. Thus it is the oldest inhabited building in Frodsham. It was Grade II listed by Historic England in 1977.
Come 1949, what the Breckins bought was the two storey timber framed building with a slate roof alongside two derelict and roofless cottages. All with white painted walls and black painted timbers.
In a ca. 1900 photograph the buildings had thatched roofs and bare brick walls.
In 1970, the left hand single storey cottage was roofed and joined to the Tudor dwelling to create the front door, hall and bathroom. The right hand cottage was then just a street facing wall with a small wooden shed behind it and known as the "tack room". In 2009 the utility room was built on this wall and on the foot print of the cottage that once stood there.
Many original features are found throughout the house: Carpenters marks, the carpenter who cut the timbers for the Tudor house used a chisel to mark them to aid its construction.
Some wickerwork wattle and daub which was used to infill the wall panels remains. The house stands on a sandstone bedrock out crop with the rear wall of the ground floor cut into the sandstone. This keeps the ground floor of the house cool during hot weather.

The Garden
The 2/3rds of an acre plot is a wildlife friendly, no-dig organic garden hedges have been used to separate the garden into several "rooms" It contains a number of mature native and specimen trees including 4 found in the fossil record. One is a Wollemi pine, " the rarest and oldest" tree in the world.
The garden has an allotment-sized vegetable plot, many fruit trees and greenhouses. Organised to provide vegetables, fruit and flowers for the house. From 2011 to 2019 it was opened to the public through the National Garden Scheme, raising money for charity. It has been featured in magazines, such as Amateur Gardening Magazine, and local newspapers
In 2010 it received a Gold Wildlife Friendly Award from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust for the many wild life supporting features incorporated into the garden.

Entrance
Front entrance door leads to:-

Hall radiator, parquet flooring and window to front.

Sitting Room/ Ground Floor Bed 12' 7" x 13' 9" ( 3.84m x 4.19m )
With window to front and French door to rear, radiator, exposed timber work, stained glazed internal window.

Bathroom
With white suite comprising panel bath, pedestal wash base and low flush WC tiling to dado height, radiator, window to rear.

Lounge 16' 3" to recess x 15' 8" to recess ( 4.95m to recess x 4.78m to recess )
Brick lined Inglenook style fireplace incorporating Log burning stove, beam ceiling, radiator, Staircase to 1st floor.

Kitchen 14' 9" x 9' 7" ( 4.50m x 2.92m )
Range of traditional panel wall and base units incorporating granite worktops with inset Belfast style sink. 'Rangemaster' range style cooker.
With overhead cooker hood, integrated fridge and dishwasher. Beamed ceiling, bifold doors lead through to:-

Conservatory 12' x 9' 6" ( 3.66m x 2.90m )
Ceramic flooring access to rear court yard.

On The First Floor
Staircase leads from lounge to 1st floor landing with exposed Timberwork and window to side.

Bedroom Two 10' 10" x 17' to dormer and reduced headroom ( 3.30m x 5.18m to dormer and reduced headroom )
Radiator, The nature of the site allows this first floor room access via French doors to a patio at rear.

Bedroom Three 14' 5" to recess and reduced headroom x 7' 1" ( 4.39m to recess and reduced headroom x 2.16m )
Radiator, window to front, loft access.

First Floor Shower Room
Presented with suite in white comprising corner quadrant shower cubicle, vanity wash handbasin and low flush WC. Built-in cupboard beams to ceiling.

Outside
Rear courtyard provides access to:-
Tack room (14' x 11'10") window to front and rear, return access to frontage building cupboards, stainless steel sink unit, plumbing wash washing machine, wall mounted gas boiler,
Mezzanine level storage area.

It should be noted that the garden is a main focal feature of this property and is a multifaceted horticultural achievement. It has formed part of the National open garden scheme in past years and has been awarded a Gold award by Cheshire Wildlife Trust .

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