5 bed semi-detached house for sale in Greenmount Lane, Bolton, BL1 (ref: 623128)

192 Greenmount Lane, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 5JE

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A Multi-Generational Home

Welcome to 192 Greenmount Lane – a character-stuffed and lovingly upgraded family home in a secure, exclusive position set well back from the road behind large electric gates and mature trees. Lying just a short walk from Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ and independent schools, yet near popular retail hubs and beautiful countryside, this grand, three-storey property is perfect for multi-generational living and comes with loads of off-street parking and a peaceful garden.

Carefully Renovated

In recent years, the current owners have brought 192 into the modern age while sensitively preserving its charming original features. Starting at the top of the house in 2015, they added a new roof and an en suite to the top-floor bedroom. They also installed a new smart gas central heating system and boiler, fitted a new family bathroom, and decorated the entire house.

In 2017, a second phase of renovations included extending to incorporate a new kitchen, utility room, dining space and family room, now a fantastic family hub. Finally, phase three involved landscaping the outside spaces, installing electric front gates, and replacing the old garage with a large, brick-built detached building and an adjoining storage room.

First Impressions

Approaching the house from leafy Greenmount Lane, you’re met by a tree-lined gated entrance flanked by red-brick walls reflecting the lower half of the property’s handsome Edwardian exterior, with its full-height bay window and mock timber gable.

The driveway could easily park several cars, illuminated by exterior lighting and a traditional street lamp on the patio. Here, smart double doors open to the storeroom, where you can keep bikes and leisure equipment for days out. Accessed through the storeroom or French doors, the outbuilding features a heated Karndean floor and a spot-lit vaulted ceiling punctuated by Velux windows, creating a practical space for a gym, home office, cinema room, or spiritual retreat.

Explore Inside

Head through the part-glazed porch, where you can remove and store coats and shoes. An internal door and windows set with original stained-glass panels – found throughout to draw light through the home – hint at the character about to be unveiled.

In the grand reception hallway, pale green walls and delicate silvery-green floral wallpaper highlight the high, coved ceiling, Edwardian panelled doors, and the parquet flooring underfoot. Welcome your friends and family here before showing them to the spacious reception rooms on your right, which feature wooden flooring, tall walls trimmed with high skirting boards and picture rails, elegant coved ceilings, and period light fittings.

Begin in the first living room to discover a cast-iron open fireplace with a period mantelpiece and stained-glass panels in the side window and the dramatic bay. The second reception combines Little Green wallpaper with a sweeping bow window and a cosy wood burner set into a tiled fireplace and hearth framed by a coordinating mantelpiece. Both are a fantastic size and provide plenty of space for families to relax, enjoy some private space, or entertain.

The Heart of the Home

The other side of the hallway is filled with a massive open-plan dining kitchen/family room brightened by spotlights and stylish copper pendants over the panelled island bar. A roof lantern, a tall rear window, and bi-fold garden doors flood the entire room with natural light.

In the kitchen, blue-and-white patterned floor tiles pair with an electric-blue herringbone metro-tiled splashback, cleverly complementing the period wallpaper and the herringbone wooden parquet floor in the living area.

There’s an excellent range of built-in cabinetry (including full-height pantry cupboards), while the contrasting granite worktops provide plenty of space for prepping meals with help from a butler sink with a pull-out tap and a Rangemaster Elan oven. You’ll also find an integrated dishwasher and American style fridge freezer. Continue into a dining and living area warmed by a designer radiator to gather around the table for mealtimes or cosy up in front of the large high-end Gazco gas stove fire.

The attractive floor tiles and metro splashbacks repeat in the adjoining spot-lit utility, which grants extra cabinetry and worksurfaces, along with industrial-style shelving like the kitchen, room for two laundry appliances, an integrated Zanussi microwave, and a large sink with a pull-out tap – ideal for clearing up after a day out. Brightened by a huge window and with access to the garden, the utility also comes with a clothes pulley air dryer and leads to an identically tiled modern WC with a traditional column radiator.

Retreat Upstairs

Return to the hallway, pausing to admire the two-storey stairwell created by two half-landing staircases lit by broad stained-glass windows and decorated with the same silvery-green floral wallpaper found in the hallway. The soft carpet runs across both landings, which connect to four neutrally decorated and carpeted bedrooms on the first floor and a top-floor suite.

On the first floor, three doubles benefit from bespoke fitted furniture, with the primary bedroom at the front boasting a gorgeous bay window to match the one below. There’s also a single bedroom overlooking the garden that would make a lovely nursery or home office.

The bedrooms share a luxurious family bathroom lined with high-quality wood-effect flooring and grey-blue metro-tiled splashbacks. The bathroom contains period-style sanitaryware with traditional taps, a rainfall shower enclosure, and a show-stopping roll-top bath with claw feet, freestanding taps, and a shower attachment beneath a huge window featuring lower privacy panels and a Roman blind. A traditional-style heated towel rail completes the suite.

On the top floor, another oversized double bedroom offers extra family accommodation but could be used as the primary suite. Lit by a skylight and a dormer window, it has fitted wardrobes and furniture and a modern, three-piece en suite shower room warmed by a chrome heated towel rail.

Step Outside

Open the bi-fold doors in the kitchen to explore the garden, which is private and easy to maintain. Divided between a paved terrace and a raised lawn with a separate play area for the children, it’s fully enclosed by mature shrubs and trees and double wooden gates connecting to the front drive. Meanwhile, French doors provide direct access to the detached outbuilding, currently used as a gym.

Out & About

The former mill town of Bolton sits in the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, just 10 miles from Manchester City Centre. The area is convenient for the nearby motorway network via the A666 and the M61/M60, linking you to the north and the regional hubs of Liverpool and Manchester. Alternatively, Bolton train station runs services to Manchester in around 20 minutes and London Euston in just over 2.5 hours.

Nearby, you’ll discover an award-winning market that hosts an annual food and drink festival and excellent restaurants and eateries on your doorstep, including the Victoria Inn restaurant/bar – a chic pub with a stone fireplace and terrace – and Retreat, which is known for its grill dishes and pizza by candlelight. Of course, you’ll also find numerous essential amenities, including health and leisure facilities, major supermarkets, discount stores, and multiple retail parks (Middlebrook Retail & Leisure Park is only 10 minutes by car).

The area is also great for those who love the outdoors, with many sought-after sanctuaries within the nearby West Pennine Moors, such as Doffcocker Lodge Nature Reserve, Rivington Pike and Walker Fold, and High Rid Reservoir, all just a short drive away.

Beyond this, sporting enthusiasts can enjoy the racquets club in Markland Hill, various local golf courses and clubs for football, rugby, cricket, and boxing. At the same time, sports complexes (including a trampoline park) and fitness centres offer indoor family fun.

The friendly local neighbourhood of Heaton is perfect for families looking for peace and security, with the ever-popular independent Bolton School (offering a co-educational nursery, co-educational infant school, single-sex junior schools and single-sex senior schools, including sixth forms) and Clevelands Preparatory School lying a 15-minute walk away.

However, there are several other well-regarded state schools, including the Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ Abacus Pre-School Nursery, only a minute away, and the ‘Outstanding’ Markland Hill Primary just down the road.