Orchard Drive, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6

From the main sitting room, the eye travels through wide glazed doors, across the garden room and out to the rear lawn. It’s a lovely aspect of this four-bedroom detached home in Whittle-le-Woods. The garden is part of the outlook from indoors, and the rooflit room gives you somewhere to sit and enjoy it in any season. It’s also a house with a distinctly practical arrangement. The dining room sits beside the kitchen, the office has its own door away from the main living rooms, and all four bedrooms are upstairs.

Living Space. The sitting room and garden room have quite different characters. One is somewhere to settle for the evening. The other looks straight onto the lawn and established borders, with daylight coming in through the roof as well as the windows. On an afternoon with friends round, the glazed doors can stand open so conversation carries between the two rooms. On an ordinary day, you might use one for the television and the other to read or look out at the garden. The office is set apart from both. It’s a useful distinction if two people are at home during the day, or if you want to close the door on work at the end of it. There is also a WC on the ground floor.

Kitchen & Dining. The breakfast peninsula gives the kitchen a place to sit, whether that’s for coffee first thing or a conversation while someone’s cooking. Light-coloured cabinetry and timber-effect work surfaces give the room a softer finish, with the herringbone-style floor carrying through into the adjoining space. The dining room is beside the kitchen, close enough to bring plates straight through and separate enough for dinner to carry on once the cooking is finished. There’s room for a generous table and additional seating, so it can earn its keep between family meals and evenings when you’re glad of the extra chairs.

Bedrooms & Bathrooms. All four bedrooms sit together on the first floor. In the principal bedroom, fitted mirrored wardrobes take care of storage and an en suite shower room gives the morning routine a little more breathing space. The other three bedrooms share a separate family bathroom. Having the office downstairs leaves the upstairs rooms free to accommodate family, overnight guests or a mix of the two.

Outside. The front lawn and established planting set the house back visually from the road, with a broad driveway leading to the garage. At the rear, the paved area beside the house is a natural place to set a table, with lawn beyond and trees and shrubs giving the garden its shape. It’s the planting you notice first from the garden room, and the reason that room feels so closely tied to the house’s setting.

Location & Lifestyle. Whittle-le-Woods makes it easy to build a week around village life and the wider Chorley area. Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School is on Preston Road, with Whittle Surgery farther along the road in Clayton-le-Woods. Clayton Green has an Asda for the weekly shop, while Chorley railway station gives you the option of travelling to Preston by train. For time outdoors, Cuerden Valley Park has paths through woodland and meadows along the River Lostock. The old Lancaster Canal route around Johnson’s Hillock is a different sort of walk, tracing part of the area’s canal history through Whittle-le-Woods. Either makes for a good afternoon out before coming home to the garden room.

Viewing Summary. Start in the sitting room, then step through to the garden room and turn back towards the house. From there, it’s easy to see how the two living spaces work together, and why having a separate dining room and office makes a difference to the rest of the ground floor. Contact Arnold & Phillips Chorley to arrange a viewing.

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