Springside, Smithy Lane, Mouldsworth CH3 8AR

Discover your own peaceful corner of Cheshire countryside at Springside, a super-sized character cottage enveloped in an acre of gardens and paddock, designed for outdoor family living.

Off Smithy Lane, pull in through the electric-gated entrance and along the lengthy driveway, which offers ample parking, illuminated after dark. There is also a separate, detached garage served by power and lighting.

OWNER QUOTE: “It feels like your own private corner. You have all the positives of children being able to ride their bike along the lane to their friends, but when the electric gates shut, you’d never know you had neighbours.”

Family haven

A home updated by the current owners over the last several years, with new windows to the front, and additional planting to the large, family-friendly garden, Springside is a home simply designed for family living.

Outside, trailing vines and wisteria frame all the entrances, drawing you through a green tunnel on your way indoors; just another way Springside introduces the outdoors into every element of life.

A warm welcome

Make your way indoors, onto the herringbone floor of the broad and bright entrance hall. Sense the embrace of Springside immediately, a warm and welcoming home with a cheerful ambience, as light floods in.

Freshen up in the cloakroom on the right, with a handy utility cupboard with plumbing for washing machine and dryer also available close by. There is also plumbing and scope to create a shower room or wet room here.

Take the wooden door on the left to arrive at the large lounge, currently used as a home office, where blue-grey walls and high white skirtings afford a sense of formality, alongside the cast iron fireplace. Light streams in through a large bay window to the front, with herringbone flooring continuing underfoot.

Room for all

Glazed double doors ahead open into the ‘movie room’, where deep teal green walls are supplemented by shelving fitted within the recesses to either side of the chimney breast; a great space for storing books and DVDs. Nestled within the exposed brick surround, the Clearview log-burning stove keeps the room cosy and warm in the winter months.

OWNER QUOTE: “Between the Aga and Clearview stove, you don’t need heating in the winter. Christmas is so cosy and warm in this home; it wraps itself around you.”

Opening up to the dining room, further storage can be found in the fitted cabinetry, with another exposed brick fireplace featuring. Light flows in through the large picture window, framing views out over the paddock.

Savour the view

Glazed double doors deliver you through into the large, farmhouse-feel kitchen, where the grandly sized white Aga emanates warmth and welcome. An array of cupboards and drawers provide a profusion of storage, with a large central island breakfast bar. Appliances include two undercounter fridges and a dishwasher.

Opening up to the expansive family room beyond, windows and bifolding doors invite the outdoors in, opening to let air flow through. Warmed by the sun throughout the day and into the evening, this family sized, open and airy room is the sociable heart of the home. Fitted storage, a feature throughout the home, is found to the sides of the room, with oak wooden flooring taking over in the family room from the tiles of the kitchen.

OWNER QUOTE: “Everybody is drawn to the Aga. If someone’s having a hard day – they sit there with a cup of tea. I spend a lot of my day leaning against it; that’s my happy place.”

Secret sanctuary

A secret flight of stairs guides you up from the family room to the master bedroom. A secluded sanctuary, where windows to two sides present far reaching views out over the garden and paddock, and out towards the Beeston Hills.

Your own private wing, shimmering and elegant wallpaper creates a sense of calm, whilst the spacious en suite allows you to enjoy a private soak in the bath (or shower).

Beyond, steps lead up from the en suite, connecting you with a hallway off the main landing, where another set of stairs leads up to the second floor and a supremely sized and versatile room with incredible views out over the countryside. Ideal as an office, dressing room, play room or reading room, with its high, beam bedecked vaulted ceiling, open the windows and invite the morning breeze to flow through…it’s almost like being outdoors.

OWNER QUOTE: “One of the things I always wanted, growing up, was two staircases. The children run laps around the house – it’s a really happy family home.”

Soak and sleep

Returning to the main landing, discover the first of the guest bedrooms. Dressed in soothing shades of green, this peaceful, tranquil room offers phenomenal views directly down the valley, best enjoyed from the bed with a cup of tea in hand.

Next, overlooking the distant hills, an attractive ornamental fireplace could be reinstated, in the third double bedroom.

Back on the main landing, fitted wardrobes in the fourth of the spacious double bedrooms provide an abundance or storage.

Serving the bedrooms, recharge your batteries in the blissful bathroom, where blue walls and crisp white metro tiles are refreshing and a bath with separate shower can be found. Underfloor heating is the perfect modern addition, balancing the traditional charm of the overhead cistern WC and gold fixtures of the pedestal wash basin.

Reconnecting with the main landing once more, you can descend to the entrance hall via the primary staircase.

The Good Life Garden

OWNER QUOTE: “Children love to run in the space outside – the ponies and chickens, the stream, the large lawn and the firepit.”

A treasure trove of garden rooms await exploration outside, with a large paddock perfect for ponies, accompanied by a trio of stables and a tack room.

The large lawn stretches back, perfect for handstands, trampolines and ball games, whilst, towards the paddock, the child-friendly stream is the perfect place for a paddle, its low gradient and slow flow into fairy pool ideal for building dams with pebbles and discovering the delights of nature.

A mature screen of trees provides shelter and screening around the garden, with wood stores dotted about.

With scope to embrace ‘The Good Life’, there is currently a large, well-populated, chicken coop, with a vegetable patch, green house and potting shed also in situ.

Outside the home, soak up the sunshine on the large wraparound patio, sheltered behind a curving brick wall, as the children play in the sand pit at the end of the patio, or enjoy the restorative powers of the wood fired hot tub – crafted from an antique water tank.

Make your way to the secret garden at the far end to discover the ‘forest school’, where children can run barefoot along wooded paths, swing in hammocks and clamber in the boughs.

Gather around the firepit, as close as can be to camping without a tent, and sizzle steaks on the fire with a glass of wine, dining alfresco as the children play.

OWNER QUOTE: “You play as a family because everyone is together. It’s hard to explain how something so simple can be so important in our lives. The garden pulls you out of the home, away from screens and into the great outdoors; you’re out in nature, with all benefit of your home right there.”

Out and about

Nestled within a warm and welcoming neighbourhood with a sense of real community, just a five-minute stroll down the road, the Village Hall is a hive of activity, with numerous clubs and societies. Tennis enthusiasts can also enjoy a match at the local club.

Families are well served by the excellent local primary school and reachable within a pleasant 15-minute walk. Meander through the fields to reach the Goshawk gastropub, a famous Cheshire eatery.

Embrace nature on your doorstep, a mere ten-minute walk takes you to the trails and pathways of Delamere Forest, where you can ride your horse or ride your bike, while the Sandstone Trail is also just a five-minute walk from the door.

The local community shop, a five-minute drive away, offers a friendly vibe; a place where ‘everybody knows your name’. For more extensive shopping, a supermarket in Helsby awaits just ten minutes away, completing the perfect blend of convenience and community. Mouldsworth also has its own train station, less than a mile walk away, with trains to Chester and Manchester for those who need to commute for work or simply wish to explore!

A home that could be straight out of the pages of Country Life magazine, Springside is the ideal sanctuary for an outdoors-loving family, with a passion for animals and nature-filled adventures.

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