ROMAN HALL HENSHAW BARDON MILL NORTHUMBERLAND

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1 ROMAN HALL HENSHAW BARDON MILL NORTHUMBERLAND

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3 ROMAN HALL HENSHAW BARDON MILL NORTHUMBERLAND A converted Chapel offering charming and flexible accommodation APPROXIMATE MILEAGES Bardon Mill 0.9 miles Haydon Bridge 5.2 miles Haltwhistle 5.9 miles Hexham 11.8 miles Corbridge 15.3 miles Carlisle 26.8 miles Newcastle International Airport 29.9 miles Newcastle City Centre 32.4 miles ACCOMMODATION IN BRIEF Hall Kitchen/Breakfast Room Drawing/Dining Room Three Bedrooms Bathroom Cloakroom/WC Courtyard Cellar Finest Properties Crossways Market Place Corbridge Northumberland NE45 5AW Marketing Specialists for Individual & Distinctive Properties T: E: corbridge@finestproperties.co.uk finestproperties.co.uk

4 LOCAL INFORMATION Henshaw is a picturesque little hamlet which sits in an elevated position above Bardon Mill offering a peaceful environment and beautiful setting yet within easy reach of local amenities. Bardon Mill offers everyday amenities with a village store and tea room, pub, mobile post office and pottery. The new Bardon Mill & Henshaw village hall is the UK s first earth-sheltered village hall and offers a range of clubs and facilities for the active community. The delightful surrounding area provides walks and other country pursuits with Hadrian s Wall country and the Northumberland National Park nearby and Hadrian s Wall Cycleway from which to enjoy the spectacular countryside. The Lake District is also easy to reach. Nearby Haydon Bridge offers further facilities including a small supermarket while Haltwhistle offers supermarkets, a good selection of shops, leisure centre and outdoor swimming pool, primary and secondary schooling, professional services and a new hospital. Additional services including larger supermarkets, schooling, a larger hospital, a further range of shops and eateries are available in Hexham. Both Newcastle and Carlisle are easily accessible and provide further cultural, educational, recreational and shopping facilities. For the commuter the A69 provides excellent access to Newcastle to the east and Carlisle to the west, with onward access to the A1 and M6 respectively. Newcastle International Airport is also easily accessible. The rail station at Bardon Mill provides regular cross country services, which in turn link to other main line services to major UK cities. There is also a bus service to Carlisle and Newcastle which runs through the village. THE PROPERTY Roman Hall is a stone built former Chapel which dates back to 1835 and was sympathetically renovated and converted by the current owners in The property now provides flexible accommodation with an abundance of charm and character that retains original features, including stained glass mullioned windows, wood flooring, fireplaces and vaulted ceilings, combined with contemporary fixtures and fittings. Roman Hall sits on the edge of the picturesque hamlet of Henshaw in an accessible yet rural location, amidst beautiful Hadrian s Wall country; the property is ideal as a home or as holiday accommodation. The front door opens into a hallway which has a vaulted ceiling and leads into a spacious reception room which has a part-vaulted ceiling, stripped wood flooring throughout and two clearly defined areas for sitting and dining. There is a multifuel stove with stone mantle in the sitting area and the entire room is flooded with light from arched windows, some of which have original stained glass. An inner hall leads to the kitchen/breakfast room, which also has arched stained glass windows and vaulted ceiling, has the original range set in the stone surround and multi-fuel stove. The kitchen, which is fitted with a range of cream units, 1 1 / 2 bowl corner sink and drainer, has space for a cooker and plumbing for a dishwasher and washing machine. With ample space for informal dining the kitchen/breakfast room also has a door to outside and a window overlooking the rear courtyard which is accessed off the inner hall and two under stairs storage cupboards. THE PROPERTY (CONTINUED) The bedroom accommodation is flexible and could be extended by utilising the vaulted ceiling spaces over the kitchen/breakfast room and reception room. There are two mezzanine bedrooms, one accessed from the kitchen and the other from the sitting room, together with a further bedroom off the inner hall which offers far-reaching Tyne Valley views. The mezzanine master bedroom has a feature arched stained glass window. The bedrooms have use of a bathroom which is fitted with a contemporary white suite comprising doubleended bath, open shower, wash hand basin set in a vanity unit with granite surface and WC. A separate cloakroom with wash hand basin and WC completes the accommodation. EXTERNALLY There are two gravelled areas to either side of the front door which provide off-street parking for a number of cars. The original stone steps with border planting to either side lead up to the original Chapel portico and the front door. To one side there is a door giving access to the cellar (5.35m x 3.24m max) which has power and light, houses three electric boilers and provides excellent storage space. A ramp to the side of the property, with attractive original cast iron railings, leads to the kitchen door and a small, south-facing gravelled sitting area from which to enjoy the valley views. A private courtyard to the rear is accessed from the inner hall. SERVICES Mains electricity, private water and drainage; electric central heating system. DIRECTIONS Travel west from Corbridge on the A69 and just after passing the petrol station on the right hand side take the turning signposted to Henshaw. Roman Hall is situated on Well Bank a short distance along on the right hand side. POSTCODE NE47 7EN EPC Rating F COUNCIL TAX Band E FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Some items, such as carpets, curtains and light fittings, not mentioned in these sales particulars may be either excluded from the sale or available by separate negotiation. TENURE Freehold IMPORTANT NOTICE The property misdescriptions act: Finest Properties Limited, for themselves and for the Vendors and Lessors of this property whose Agents they are give notice that: (1) The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intended purchasers or lessees and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract; (2) All descriptions, dimensions, reference to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given without responsibility and any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them; (3) No person in the employment of Finest Properties Limited, has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. VIEWINGS STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT corbridge@finestproperties.co.uk

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