Royds HouseMirfield, West Yorkshire

A very special Grade II Listed country home with outbuildings and a beautiful parkland setting

Reception hall, breakfast kitchen, sitting room, drawing room, dining room, cloakroom, boot room, stores & pantrys.

Lower floor keeping cellars.

Open landings, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and dressing area, guest bedroom with en suite shower room, four bedrooms sharing two en suite bathrooms & a shower room.

Coach house with separate first floor room, garage, fuel store, gardener’s loo.

The separate Lodge house may be available by separate negotiation.

Distances: Mirfield 2, Leeds 19, Manchester 35, Motorway M62 (junction 25) 5. (approximate distances in miles)

Royds HouseWoodbottom, Mirfield

West Yorkshire, WF14 8HG

The Area

Wood Bottom is a well kept secret. This beautiful rural area has some really impressive homes along with easy access to the centre of Mirfield and the train station which has direct services to London King’s Cross.

Mirfield is a small town with a charming character and some pleasing period architecture. There are various boutique and convenience shops, a popular spa and a variety of places to eat and drink in the area. Wood bottom is also well positioned for access

to both the M62 and the M1 motorways.

There is a modern office park within Wood Bottom which could provide a very easy commute for a business owner who would like to locate their office within a short drive of their home.

Key FeaturesRoyds House is an immensely charming home which possesses a great character and delightful original features. This impressive and

very welcoming family home has been lovingly renovated by the current owners to a fine standard. The interior is sympathetically finished and has some exceptional original cornices, mouldings, window shutters and fireplaces. There is a stylish contemporary

kitchen, beautiful bathrooms and the original details have been complemented by a modern infrastructure.

Royds House principally has a traditional four square layout and spacious central hallways and landings.

The long driveway sweeps up through the parkland grounds to the elegant facades of Royds House. The drive continues into a cobbled courtyard off which there is a detached garage. The separate Coach House could easily be converted into an ancillary

accommodation or superb office, studio or retail space, all subject to consents.

There is a stone lodge house near the start of the driveway which may also be available to purchase by separate negotiation, this could be ideal for live in staff or family members, enabling the ability to live within easy reach of the main house whilst enjoying

privacy and independence.

Ground Floor

Concentric stone steps lead up to the glass panelled front entrance door which opens into the stone flagged reception hall. Arches open into the central stairwell where the elegant staircase with a mahogany hand rail runs up beneath a beautiful coloured and

etched glass half window. A door leads from beneath the staircase into a service corridor which connects the kitchen to the dining room via a series of stores and pantrys.

The breakfast kitchen has a range of stylish modern cabinets with granite surrounds. The gas fired AGA is complemented by a glass topped hob and an electric oven. The kitchen window looks over the courtyard, which is an easily enclosed space, perfect for

children to play in. A door leads to the adjoining boot room which has access to the courtyard and there is a door from the kitchen to the service staircase.

The side hall accesses the sitting room, the kitchen and a cloakroom. This wing can provide a more casual area where the whole family can cook, dine, relax and play close to each other. The sitting room has a gas cast iron fireplace within a carved wooden

surround and the adjacent study has an open fire with fine period bookcases recessed either side of the fireplace.

The side hall also provides access to the lower floor keeping cellars which have open barrel vaulted rooms and a wine cellar.

There are two principal reception rooms which are set at the far wing of Royds House and enjoy superb views over the gardens towards the tennis lawn. The drawing room has windows to two sides and a full length window which was formerly a door to the

gardens. There is an open fireplace with a marble inset and a carved marble surround. This tranquil room has a classical style and is a lovely room which is perfect for Christmas day. The dining room is a really impressive entertaining space. There is a large full height

splay bay window, an arched recess, a butler’s pantry and an open fireplace within a grand marble surround.

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First Floor

The principal bedrooms are arranged around the open central landings with windows providing views over the grounds.

The master bedroom has an open cast iron fireplace with a tiled inset and marble surround. The adjoining dressing room has fitted wardrobes and leads into a classically styled en suite. There is a discreet shower, a bath with a marble surround and twin wash basins

with marble surrounds and storage cabinets.

There are two further spacious double bedrooms accessed from the central landing, both have fireplaces and are serviced by the house bathroom. The side landing has access to the service staircase from the kitchen and there is also access to the attic rooms.

There are two further double bedrooms either side of a stylish bathroom and shower room.

A staircase leads up from the boot room to a superb guest bedroom which has an en suite shower room. This is an ideal space for long term guests, family members or older children who seek privacy.

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The Outbuildings

The cobbled courtyard leads to the second driveway and there is a spacious garage with sliding doors.

The Coach House is a great building with lots of potential. The lower floor carriage house can accommodate three or four cars as well as stores and workshop spaces. This floor could also make great stables or a superb ground floor apartment, subject to consents.

Stone steps lead up to an open first floor room which has exposed timbers and a door to the upper level lawn. This floor could also make a great studio apartment, a games and party room or a home office. Both floors could be united into a substantial ancillary

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The Lodge House

At the base of the principal drive sits a charming stone built Lodge House which has been refurbished to provide additional ancillary accommodation. This superb property may be available to purchase as an additional lot by the successful buyers of Royds House.

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The Grounds

Royds House sits at the top of an open area of parkland which slopes down into the valley. The far side rises to a wooded ridge beneath which there is the local cricket club pitch.

The parkland is great amenity space which could be used for grazing ponies or could look especially good as grazing land for sheep or Highland Cattle.

The principal gardens sit to the side of this outstanding home. There are a series of lawns with well stocked mature borders which lead to the tennis lawn which has a timber pavilion, perfects for Pimms.

There is a sheltered BBQ patio next to the double doors which open from the dining room.

There is also a lawned area behind the upper level of the Coach House.

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