This big and beautiful home with annexe has some of the best long range views in Yorkshire

“They are magnificent. They stop you in your tracks and stretch over to Holme Moss. I take a photograph of the views most days and they are something I will really miss when I sell the house,” says Rob, who is planning to downsize so he can buy somewhere smaller, along with a home in France.

Since buying the property in 2007 when it was a shell with no fixtures and fittings, he has turned it into a family home with no expense spared on the fit-out.

He has also added electric gates and a coach house that serves as a garage and a large, one-bedroom annexe while turning a field at the side of the property into a south-facing, tiered garden.

For those who love the look he has created inside, Rob is happy to sell the furniture and accessories by separate negotiation, though his pet African Grey parrot, who talks and enjoys swearing, is not for sale.

“I’ve loved living here with my two children but I am looking to move to a smaller home here and a small property in France,” says Rob, who adds: “I’ll miss those views because I know I’ll never get anything like them again.”

Oakfield is on the market with Simon Blyth for £1.275m. It has an entrance hall, a 27’7 x 16’7 sitting room with windows looking onto the views and an equally spacious dining room/second sitting room.

The impressive living/dining kitchen with sitting area is spectacular and has twin glazed doors leading onto a stone paved terrace with views across the valley.

This room has a range of top quality cabinetry with granite work surfaces and there is a granite topped island, wine racking, an American-style fridge freezer and a fabulous five-oven, gas-fired Aga with separate side module, four-ring gas hob, and the usual chrome hot plates

There is also a utility/boot room, house bathroom, five bedrooms, three ensuites, including an ensuite to bedroom one, which also has a dressing room and a balcony from where those views can be enjoyed al fresco.

The main house has two attic rooms, with the first, exceptionally large room in the roof and Velux windows, used as a playroom/storage space. Attic room number two is used as a store and is home for the property’s two gas-fired central heating boilers.

The coach house has a triple garage and an annex with entrance hall, spectacular garden/dining room, a large living room, well equipped kitchen plus bedroom, wet room and mezzanine level.

Simon Blyth say: “This is a spectacular home with a fabulous, detached annexe done to a very high specification. This five-bedroom main house also has a huge amount of loft space and the property has large gardens and long distance views over the valley.”

*For details on the property, contact Simon Blyth, Holmfirth office, www.simonblyth.co.uk