Oakleigh House, Blithbury

Oakleigh House is an impressive detached family home internally offering just over 2,500 square feet, enjoying a rural position with the popular Staffordshire village of Blithbury. This delightful location enjoys the many benefits of country life yet is still convenient for commuters. It is within easy access of the villages of Abbots Bromley and Hill Ridware along with the Cathedral city of Lichfield and county town of Stafford. Lichfield has a range of upmarket restaurants and bars and two railway stations – the cross-city line has services to Birmingham stopping at suburban holts along the way, and Trent Valley line offering excellent services to London Euston. The M6 toll provides direct access into the national motorway network.

Accommodation – Step inside the welcoming porch with tiled flooring, loft hatch access, window to the front and a glazed entrance door with two side windows opening into the hallway that has oak flooring and stairs rising to the first floor landing. This family home boasts four/five versatile reception rooms, on your right is a very generously sized reception room, ideal as a home office, bedroom or playroom that is dual aspect including a bay window to the front. Opposite is the impressive extended living room which is a lovely light and spacious yet cosy room, with a log burning stove on a tiled hearth. French doors open into the stunning orangery with wooden effect laminate flooring, spotlights to the ceiling, a roof lantern, windows to the front and side aspects and French doors opening out to the gardens.

The heart of the home is the impressive farmhouse style breakfast kitchen fitted with an extensive range of matching wall and base units with granite worksurfaces over, built in Aga, Belfast sink, a range of integral kitchen appliances, tiled flooring, two windows to the rear aspect, a barn style door leading out to the rear garden and a doors leading off into the dining room and utility room. The dining room has an ornate ceiling rose and French doors to the rear garden. The useful utility room can be accessed either from the front of the property, a door leading from the kitchen or a door from the rear garden. It has a floor mounted boiler, a range of wall and base units with inset stainless-steel sink, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer plus a useful storage cupboard ideal as a pantry. Accessed from the hallway within the utility room is a separate guest’s WC and a versatile ground floor fifth bedroom, currently used as a family room.

Upstairs there are four well-proportioned bedrooms, three generously sized doubles and one large single, the single bedroom is currently being utilised as a dressing room but could be used easily as a bedroom or home office. The impressive master bedroom has windows to the both the side and front aspect offering breathtaking countryside views and a range of fitted wardrobes. It also has the added benefit of its own en-suite bathroom comprising of corner bath, double shower with rainfall shower, low level WC, ‘his and hers’ sinks, spotlights to the ceiling, chrome style heated towel rail and window to rear.

The modern shower room serves the other three bedrooms and comprises a double walk-in shower with rainfall shower, low level WC, wash hand basin, tiled flooring, half tiled walls, spotlights to the ceiling and two rear facing windows.

To the front of the property is a block-paved driveway providing ample off road parking leading to the garage with an up and over door and lighting. The front also has a feature small pond with attractive timber bridge surrounded by mature plants and shrubs. This detached family home benefits from superb wrap around gardens with shaped lawns, a newly fitted composite decking seating area, well stocked borders hosting a variety of plants, trees and shrubs along with a further garden pond and waterfall feature.

Tenure: Freehold (purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves as to the tenure via their legal representative).
Please note: It is quite common for some properties to have a Ring doorbell and internal recording devices.
Property construction: Traditional
Parking: Drive
Electricity supply: Mains
Water supply: Mains
Sewerage: Septic tank
Heating: Oil
(Purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves as to their suitability).
Broadband type: Fibre
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Local Authority/Tax Band: Lichfield District Council / Tax Band F
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Our Ref: JGA/07032025

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