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A beautifully refurbished detached Edwardian village house and lovely original converted coach house providing ancillary, staff office facilities or perhaps an AirBnB, set within exceptional manicured gated gardens, in an attractive and sought after semi rural location about five minutes drive from Knutsford.

Oakfield is a fabulous period family house, refurbished and redecorated in recent years, presented very well throughout with lovely furnishings. It is rare to find both the original family house still together with its Coach House and the property offers fantastic flexibility of accommodation whether it be for a live work environment or for additional family staff requirements or perhaps AirBnB.

An entrance vestibule with charming original stained glass door leads through to an impressive hall with beautiful marble tiled floor and wide natural wood and wrought iron staircase to the first floor. A cloakroom wc has a marble tiled floor, close coupled WC and stone washbasin on a marble plinth. The Drawing Room is a wonderful principle reception room with large window and walk in bay with French doors, and an open hearth stone fireplace. A front facing Sitting Room has height panelled walls, and a lovely marble fire surround with living flame gas insert, and stripped wooden floor; Dining Room with walk in bay, and twin glass shelved display alcoves with cupboards under. Natural wood floor. The kitchen living room is a large open plan space and incorporates a good sized dining area leading to an orangery family room overlooking and leading out to the garden.

The kitchen area is fitted with a range of hand painted style base and eye level cabinets with granite work surfaces incorporating twin sink bowls with mixer tap and a water dispenser. There are twin ovens with a five ring gas hob and extractor hood over, and space for free standing American fridge freezer, built in dishwasher. A utility area has matching base cupboards with granite work surfaces and a sink, and space and plumbing for a washing machine. The landing has a large box bay window with a seat. The principal bedroom has a large walk in height bay, and an archway through to a dressing room with floor to ceiling built in wardrobes. The en suite bathroom has been recently upgraded to provide a sympathetic yet contemporary finish, across the four pieces. Bedrooms two, three and four share a family bathroom with attractive quality fittings. An upper landing is accessed via a staircase from the main landing, and leads to a large guest bedroom with a dormer window with view over the golf course and an en suite bathroom, refitted in a period style with central free standing claw foot bath, close coupled WC, pedestal wash hand basin and bidet.

The Coach House is a fabulous example of a traditional outbuilding, converted to provide fantastic accommodation for domestic offices, guests or perhaps as a games area for the family. The kitchen dining area was formerly two stables, and has been cleverly split to provide both spaces and yet retains the original brick floor and timber and cast iron stable dividers. An adjacent store room has a mixed quarry tiled floor, superb Victorian glass fronted cabinets and an original range. There is a ground floor wc, and an office games room lounge with partial vaulted glazed ceiling. The first floor has a lounge bedroom with high vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses and a lovely en suite bathroom. The house is approached through a high brick entranceway with double timber remote controlled gates leading to a shingle driveway.

The gardens have been very well maintained by the owners and are beautifully landscaped with an ornamental traditional English garden at the front. At the side and rear are several beautifully managed lawned gardens with mature hedging and trees and well stocked flower and shrub borders. There are various terraces and a covered barbecue area adjacent to the coach house. Plumley is an attractive and sought after semi rural area that lies just several miles to the south west of Knutsford town. Access from here to the A556 is just 5 minutes away with the M6 at junction 19 several miles to the north. Plumley has a good sense of community with a Village Hall and Post Office General Store and Lower Peover village is well known for several excellent Pubs Restaurants, a superb primary school and an independent Montessori school.