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The RoydsWakefield Road

Denby DaleHuddersfield

HD8 8SD.

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL, PERIOD HOME, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED THROUGHOUT ALL OF ITS THREEFLOORS OF IMPRESSIVE ROOMS AND ACCOMMODATION. IN THE HEART OF THE VILLAGE YET SET INSUPERB MATURE AND SURPRISINGLY PRIVATE GARDENS AND GROUNDS. THE ROYDS WAS BUILT AT ATIME WHEN QUALITY OF FINISH WAS AT ITS HIGHEST WITH HIGH CEILINGS AND A TRULY STUNNINGGALLERIED HALLWAY, WHEN VIEWED IT IS ASSURED THAT THE SIZE, DECOR AND PERIOD FEATURESWILL IMPRESS, WITH A VAST ARRAY OF FLEXIBLE ROOMS, OFF THE BEAUTIFUL PERIOD PANELHALLWAY THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATION CAN BE FOUND; Drawing room, beautiful sitting room, largedining room/family room with glazed doors to garden, snug, library, beautiful breakfast/dining kitchen, utility room, cellar,six bedrooms, four being particularly large, bed one with en-suite, two house bathrooms, top floor office/study area withpleasant outbuildings all is approached through stone gate posts to an extremely long sweeping driveway. There are lovelywell maintained family gardens and grounds, all in this highly commutable delightful village with all village amenitiesranging from cricket club, pubs, restaurants, shops, train station and all 9 miles away from the M1.

Offers around £875,000

81e North Road, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0RLTel: 01484 603399

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ENTRANCEBeautiful oak and glazed timber door givesaccess through to the magnificent receptionhallway. This with galleried first floorlanding and heavily decorated ceiling withbeautiful chandelier point is a hallway that istruly remarkable. The period and very highquality staircase gently turns and rises up tothe galleried landing. There is panelling all ofwhich is finished to a beautiful design, aformer fireplace with a delightful stonefireplace currently used for decorationalpurposes only. Natural light floods the areacourtesy of two windows on the ground floorand a beautiful bank of lateral mullionedwindows to the two thirds landing. This verylarge landing space has window seats and hasa fine view over the hallway. A secret doorgives access to an inner lobby.

INNER LOBBYThis inner lobby gives access to a servants staircase and also a further door leads through to thedownstairs w.c. fitted with low level w.c. and wash hand basin. From here a doorway leadsthrough to the cellars.

The Royds has a whole host of impressive reception rooms all of which enjoy lovely views out overthe gardens and grounds.

STUDYA welcoming family style room with two large period sash windows which overlook the property'sdriveway and gardens beyond. There is a delightful gas, pebble effect fire set within the broadchimney breast with chimney recess shelving. Across the hallway is the drawing room.

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DRAWING ROOMOnce again a fabulous room yet again enjoying a lovely view out over the property's driveway andgarden beyond but perhaps more magnificently very large windows with a super view out over theimmediate and lower lawns beyond with beautiful shrubbery and trees. The very high ceiling heighthas coving to the ceiling, decorative oak work and a chandelier point. There is a huge amount oftimber panelling to all walls to the two thirds height and in particular to the broad chimney breast.This with a stone surround and stone hearth has an antique brick back cloth and was home at onetime for an open fired grate currently blocked. The room has generous proportions and is decoratedto a high standard.

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SITTING ROOMAs the photographs and floor layout plan suggest the sitting room once again is of a generous size. Ithas a fabulous broad bay window giving lovely views down the gardens with mature trees andshrubbery giving a huge amount of privacy. There is coving and decorative work to the ceiling,central chandelier point, beautiful fireplace with open fired grate and broad hearth. The room as therest of the home has high skirting boards and is decorated to a delightful standard.

GARDEN ROOM/FORMAL DININGROOMThe owners sometime ago decided to use thisroom as the formal dining room, please notethere is a dining kitchen. There is a virtual fullbank of glazing giving lovely views out over theproperty's gardens and doors being twin glazedgiving direct access out to the gardens, there isalso a further set of windows giving a pleasantoutlook over the rear enclosed gardens. Theroom has a high ceiling with coving and insetspotlighting.

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LIBRARYThis delightful room has been used as alibrary by the family for many years, it hasa pleasant outlook towards the rear and hasa good ceiling height with chandelierpoint. It is a versatile space and could beused as a home office/study room ifrequired.

DINING KITCHENOnce again a very large reception withfabulous windows giving delightful outlooks over the property's enclosed gardens and enclosedcourtyard, there is timber effect flooring, high ceiling height with a variety of lighting pointsparticularly broad chimney breast all of which is home for the Aga, this being of a four oven designhas the usual chrome top hotplates and further warming plate to one side. Within the delightful highspecification units there are integrated appliances including stainless steel and glazed fronted oven,double shaws classic ceramic sinks with chrome taps over, there is also an integrated hob within theisland unit this with breakfast seating area, there are also glazed display cabinets, shelf racking andthe dining area once again has a high ceiling height and a variety of windows. Doorway leadsthrough to the rear entrance lobby and a further opening provides access through to the utility room.

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UTILITY ROOMThis being of a particularly good size and has inset spotlighting to the ceiling, ceramic tile flooring,large amount of working surfaces with inset stainless steel sink unit.

From the entrance hallway, as previously described the fabulous gallery hall is home to theparticularly majestic staircase. This turns and rises to a three quarter landing, beautiful bilateralmullioned window as previously described and the stairs continue with wonderful oak balustradingup to the first floor landing.

FIRST FLOOR LANDINGThis has a delightful view back downtowards the hallway, there is a doorwaygiving access to the servants staircasewhich also gains access to the first floorlevel, this has a staircase leading up to thetop floor level.

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BEDROOM ONEA beautiful double room positioned abovethe sitting room and having a spectacularview out over the property's gardens andvillage scene beyond, most of whichconcealed by the mature trees andshrubbery. Please note the driveway for TheRoyds gently passes through these maturetrees and shrubs. Bedroom one has a bankof three mullioned windows and furtherwindow to the side, there is a bank ofinbuilt wardrobes and a range of inbuiltbedroom furniture.

EN-SUITEBeautifully finished with ball and claw footdouble ended bath with Victorian handheldmixer tap/shower unit over, delightfulSanitan vanity unit with chrome towel railand period style taps, high flush w.c. andwindow giving a pleasant outlook to therear. The en-suite has the additional featureof a further door to the first floor landing.

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BEDROOM TWOAt one time the principal bedroom, this beautifully finished bedroom has a wonderful array ofspectacularly beautiful period bedroom furniture. This believed to have been in the home from dayone is something that one must take a few moments of time to appreciate, there is a delightful vanityunit with marble surface and splash back, Shanks integrated ceramic wash hand bowl with twoperiod taps over, inbuilt wardrobes, drawers, bed side drawers, further cabinets and a further bankof inbuilt wardrobes all around the beautiful fireplace this inbuilt bedroom furniture reaches up tothe two thirds height. The room has five windows in total giving lovely views out over the gardens,driveway and beyond.

BEDROOM THREEOnce again a large double bedroom with abank of three windows giving an outlook tothe rear, inset spotlighting to the ceiling,coving to the ceiling and all is presented to ahigh standard.

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HOUSE BATHROOMOnce again perhaps best demonstrated by thefloor layout plan and photographs.Beautifully finished with a very large fixedglazed screen shower with high qualitychrome fittings, twin Vernon Tutberry washhand basin with mixer taps over, stlyish lowlevel w.c., two large windows giving a largeamount of natural light and pleasant views,chrome central heating radiator.

TOP FLOOR LEVELStaircase continues up to the top floor level, the top floor landing has a useful storage cupboard,window giving a pleasant outlook to the side, the landing area continues through to a sitting areaand through to a superb study area.

STUDY AREAPlease note this space has been occupied by the families children and has been an incredible spacefor children's friends and family to come and stay, there been a whole host of rooms giving a hugeamount of flexibility.

BEDROOM FOURA lovely double room with two windowsgiving an outlook to the driveway side, tworoof light windows and broad steps anddoorway leading through to the study/guestbedroom.

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STUDY/GUEST BEDROOMSpotlighting to the ceiling and window givinga lovely view out over the gardens.

BEDROOM FIVEYet again a lovely welcoming bedroom witha super view out over the gardens,spotlighting to the ceiling.

BEDROOM SIXBeautifully presented having large roof lightwindow.

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HOUSE BATHROOM NUMBER TWOServing the three/four bedrooms, this isbeautifully presented once again and has aceramic tile floor, ball and claw foot bath,pedestal wash hand basin, low level w.c. window giving a pleasant outlook to the side,appropriate ceramic tiling to the walls andspotlighting to the ceiling.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVELAt the lower ground floor level there are the property's cellars. These provide a good amount ofstorage space, there is external access doors and a wall mounted Worcester gas fired central heatingboiler. This space offers potential for cinema room, gym and the like should this be required.

EXTERNALWhilst being very close to Denby Dale village centre (opposite the cricket ground) the home sitswithin gardens and grounds which approach an acre and this large and mature garden plot providesa setting for the house well back from the road and with a driveway sweeping up through the maturetrees between the road and the house itself. The mature trees and shrubbery are quite simply superb.The principal driveway corners onto Wakefield Road and Leak Hall Lane, the tarmacked broadaccess apron has delightful stone gate posts of a period design, displaying The Royds in carvedstone. Tarmacadam driveway with classical rope edgings leads up to the very large receptiondriveway/turning circle infront of the home/main entrance door. The gardens surround the Roydsbut principally are at the southerly side set down from the home itself, this very large lawned gardenarea is enclosed by mature trees and shrubbery and is exceptionally well tended. The tennis courtsize lawn is over looked by the property's principal rooms and has lovely flowery and rockery bedsleading up to the main house garden at the upper level.

UPPER GARDENThe upper garden is lawned and has stone flagging running the full width of the home and isaccessed directly from the garden room glazed doors. It should be noted to the rear there is adelightful enclosed garden once again with attractive pathways and shaped lawns, this is principallyoverlooked by the dining kitchen and library, there is also an enclosed utility style courtyard withvery useful outbuildings and high stone walling and gateway out to the secondary driveway.

SECONDARY DRIVEWAYThis is in the ownership of The Royds and is a useful asset, it is this secondary driveway has a rightof way over serving the neighbouring property (Leak House)

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GARDENS AND GROUNDSIt should be noted the property sits beautifully in its relatively easy to maintain gardens and groundsand the location must be viewed to be fully understood and appreciated. Being just a walk awayfrom Denby Dales many varied facilities including restaurants, shops, pub, school, church andrailway station also having the added benefit of being a straight forward drive (approx 8/9 milesway from the M1 motorway and easy access to Wakefield train station being approx 20/25 minutesdrive away. The home has an air of dignity and prosperity being an important home within thevillages history this property must be internally viewed to be fully appreciated and understood.

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VIEWINGFor an appointment to view, please contact the Kirkburton Office on 01484 603399

BOUNDARY OWNERSHIPThe boundary ownerships and tenure of the property have not been checked on the title deeds forany discrepancies or rights of way if any (This is a standard statement on all our brochures due tothe Property Misdescription's Act)

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1 There is a six inch measurement tolerance, or metric equivalent and the measurements givenshould not be entirely relied upon and purchasers must make their own measurements if orderingcarpets, curtains or other equipment.

2 None of the main services, i.e gas, water, electricity, drainage or central heating system ( if any)have been tested in any way whatsoever. This also includes appliances which are to be left in situ bythe vendors.

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