The Steppes Bishopstone

Agent: Knight Frank

Offers: £530,000

Call: 01432 273087

THE Steppes, which lies beyond the village of Bishopstone, is a listed property with late 17th century origins.

It has an historical past and farming links to the surrounding estate and has been sympatheticly updated to include the conversion of the adjoining barn in the 1980s.

The property stands beside the lane and has commanding views.

The front hall has the old staircase.

To the left is the sitting room with its open fireplace and wood burning stove, beyond which is the kitchen with tiled floor and walk-in larder.

The utility room has a separate WC and stable door out to the rear garden. To the right of the front door is the dining room also with an open fireplace.

The new hall has the second staircase, access to the good sized study, and a further door out to the back of the house.

The drawing room beyond has a large open fireplace with stone hearth and surround, and French doors out to the front garden.

The new staircase leads up to the landing, off which is the main bedroom, a bathroom and the second bedroom with its Victorian firegrate and fitted cupboards.

This room connects to the old landing, beyond which is a further bedroom and bathroom.

The original staircase continues up to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms and a box room, large enough to be a bathroom.

The pretty gardens lie mainly to the front and side of the house on the bank.

Steps behind and to the side lead to the orchard and behind the house is a useful garden shed. In the paddock beyond the owners have a summer house affording even more extensive views over the Black Mountains.