You’ll Fall In Love With The Balcony Valley Views - And Being Able To Wander Down To The Village (Or Drive It In 5 Mins) Makes It A No-Brainer. A beautifully upgraded, stylish stone farmhouse sitting above the Ryburn Valley in around an acre of South facing private, grounds.

You wake up, open the balcony doors, and the Ryburn Valley is just there below you. The whole panorama opening up in front of you while the rest of the world is still stuck in traffic.

The footpaths drop through the fields to the village amenities in Rishworth or Ripponden or are a 5 minutes drive away.

The house itself sits within around an acre plot, with private, landscaped gardens, a field to the rear, all accessed via a sweeping gated driveway - the kind of entrance that still catches you off guard, even after you've lived here a while.

Quebec Farm started life as a row of Victorian stone cottages - you can see the age and substance of the place in the stone mullioned windows, the exposed beams, the original stonework chimney breasts.

The current and previous owners have thoroughly upgraded and extended it, and the result feels fresh and contemporary. There’s neutral and calming decor throughout, a kitchen that means business, and a layout that works for real family life.

That kitchen is the heart of it. Oak-framed units in Purbeck Stone with granite worktops, a black range style cooker with induction hob, and a large island with a butcher's block top that doubles as a breakfast bar.

A wide arched opening connects it directly to the family room - the biggest and lightest room in the house, with herringbone oak flooring running underfoot. Arched French doors open onto the Yorkshire stone terrace for the warmer months and for the colder evenings there's a log burner sitting within a stunning Ashlar stone fireplace. A separate sitting room, with its own wood burner, allows for the evenings when you want something a bit quieter or gives the kids a separate space.

The utility and boot room is a proper one. It has an external door for when you are coming home from a muddy dog walk - shaker units, Belfast sink, space for coats, wellies and the washing machine - and there's a downstairs WC off it.

Upstairs, the beautiful master bedroom has glazed French doors opening onto the balcony - letting you take in those breathtaking valley views again. The en suite has a free-standing roll top bath and beamed ceiling and is crying out for a candle light evening.

Three further spacious bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate shower room mean the question of who sleeps where is easier than in most four-bedroom houses.

In addition, there is a a lower ground floor room with its own access, currently used as a gym. It already has a decorative stone fireplace and beamed ceiling - there's real scope here for a home office, studio or business space with a bit of work.

Outside, the hillside gardens are South West facing and landscaped into terraced lawns with seating areas, a greenhouse and garden shed and a covered decked terrace. To the rear of the property, beyond a stone flagged pathway, there is a small field/paddock which is included in the sale and there is also a further option to purchase an additional 0.7 acre field to the rear by separate negotiation.

Quebec Farm is the rare thing - a period home with real character, upgraded to a modern turn-key standard, in a hillside position that delivers the kind of views and privacy most people only dream about - with Rishworth and Ripponden genuinely on the doorstep.

Directions: From The Fleece Countryside Inn on Ripponden New Bank, proceed down the hill towards the village of Ripponden and just before the sweeping righthand bend, turn left up Bank Hey Bottom Lane. Follow this for a while and then bear left at the first fork in the road onto Cliff Lane and then bear right at the second fork. Continue for a short while and after passing the semi detached cottages on the right, turn immediately right and the driveway down to Quebec Farm will shortly be seen on the left.

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