Broadith Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire

A gorgeous home, loved by the current family and now ready for the next owners to bring to their own tastes and specifications. With a date stone of 1684 above the door, this Grade II listed property oozes character features and provides a super opportunity to create a ‘forever home’. Whether you enjoy pottering in the garden or simply wish to enjoy the peaceful location with all of the space, we love the lifestyle this home has the potential to offer.The rustic charm and character of the house is evident from the outset. There are an array of fabulous features throughout the property to include exposed beams, an exposed wattle and daub feature and character fireplaces to name a few. A timber front door opens into the entrance hall and a WC is found off which has fitted bookshelves. The hall opens out and leads through to doors to various ground floor rooms and also a staircase that rises to the first floor.

The dining kitchen is in a farmhouse style with windows to both the front and rear of the property making this a bright room. There are a range of kitchen units with contrasting work surfaces. There is an integrated oven, a point for a fridge, 2 ½ sink and drainer with mixer tap. An electric Everhot range cooker sits within the chimney breast, creating a warming focal point to the room. We understand from the vendors that this room has underfloor heating. This room is likely to be the hub of this wonderful house. There is plenty of space for a dining table centrally in the room.

The dining room has a welcoming ambience with a woodburning stove set in a character fireplace. There are a range of fitted storage and display cabinets. There are windows into the garden room at the rear and a door through to the pantry. The pantry and larder are shelved and make great additions to the room. We understand that the larder has some of the original cold stones that have been used at the property for many years albeit repositioned.

The garden room is found to the rear of the dining room and has a tiled floor with patio doors out to the rear gardens. This is a lovely, sunny and relaxing room. To the rear of the garden room is a utility room space and also a room that has been used as a workshop to the rear. This has been a fantastic retreat for the current vendors. There is a further side porch and store to the rear.

A study is provided at the front of the property and has views out to the front and a door out to the dining room. Again, this room is nicely tucked away.

The staircase rises up to the first floor where there is an attractive window half way and a window on the landing along with character beams. A stone fireplace is also positioned in the landing ensuring the character theme continues. There are four bedrooms in total. Bedroom one has windows out to the rear of the property and includes a range of fitted furniture and built in storage. The second and third bedroom have windows looking out to the front of the property. These are serviced by the family bathroom which has a bath, WC and pedestal wash handbasin along with built in storage. On the opposite side of the landing is a further bedroom which would make a fantastic guest suite or principal bedroom with a ’jack and jill’ style ensuite.

The main sitting room is positioned on this floor with direct access out to the gardens through a part glazed door to the rear. There are windows out to the side with a wood burning stove set in a fireplace and vaulted ceilings making a fantastically bright room.

There is parking at the front of the property and also at the side of the property ahead of the garage. The gardens to the rear are beautifully stocked and include expanses of lawn, beautifully bedded areas along with a range of shrubs and mature trees including damson trees. There are carefully selected view points from the garden which can be shown on viewing. A rectangular pond is also included and provides a fabulous feature to the garden space.

Diagonally opposite the house is a charming orchard and vegetable garden along with a useful greenhouse and shed. There are redcurrants, blackcurrants, white currants and raspberries as well as pear, damson and greengauge trees. This area of the gardens is bordered to one side by an attractive stream, a real haven for the current vendors.

History from the vendor

“Carved in the stone plinth above the front door of Brook Farm is the date 1684, but according to ‘The History of Brook Farm, Goosnargh’ there is likely to have been a dwelling here dating back to 1619. It almost certainly started as a tenement farmstead in the early 1600s.

During the renovation of Brook Farm in the late 1970s features were uncovered which confirmed that a seventeenth century cruck framed cottage was at the heart of this building. One of these cruck trusses is still in evidence today and there is a plank and batten door between the dining room and utility which may have been part of the original cottage.

The earliest recorded inhabitant is John Taylor of Brooke who lived there with his wife and 4 children. John’s son James and James’ wife Isabella have their initials carved in the plinth above the door to mark the refurbishment (which included the addition of a porch) that they made at this time. The land over the road is designated as an orchard on the 1892 Ordnance Survey map and in 1728 the will of James Taylor mentions a new orchard (producing ‘peires and plumbs’)

James Cross inherited Brook Farm from his Uncle James Taylor in 1758, and modernised it -doubling the size of the porch and adding a Georgian parlour (current kitchen) on the South side. The inset cupboard and dado rail are likely to date from this period. He also added decorative fire grates to two of the bedrooms.

Brook Farm was passed down through a number of farming families over the ensuing years until 1977 when the farm, its land and buildings were divided up for sale. Brook Farm was sold to the current vendors. At the time of sale it had no bathroom, an outside two-hole privy and an agricultural field to the rear, but the current vendors transformed it into a happy family home with a magical garden.”