Bankfield Coach House is a spacious one-bedroom self-catering cottage in the Edgerton conservation area of Huddersfield, with free private gated parking, fast Wi-Fi, fully equipped workspace, and generous living areas. It provides a peaceful and private base for couples, business travellers, contractors, hospital visitors, University of Huddersfield guests, visiting academics or short-term students. It offers space, comfort, charm and convenience in equal measure for short or long stays. Carefully converted in 2011 from an 1864 Victorian coach house and stable with hay loft, the cottage combines historic character with modern comfort. · Sitting Room. Characterful room originally the stable. Reclining sofa, leather chair, 2-seater ottoman. 43” TV (live and internet channels). · Kitchen-diner. Former coach room. Fully equipped kitchen with generous dining area, comfortably sitting 4 people, extending to 6. · Dedicated workspace designed for remote work. On the mezzanine gallery overlooking the kitchen-diner. Computer desk, office chair, monitor, printer, multi-port USB-C hub for your laptop, multi-powerpoint column with USB ports and wireless charger, US and French socket adapters. Fast broadband: Virgin Media 132 Mbps average speed. · Bedroom. Former hayloft. Super-king bed (180 x 200 cm). Direct, level, access to the bathroom. 2nd TV with internet TV through a Roku stick (no live TV). Blu-ray/DVD player. · Bathroom. Shower-bath (full length bath widening into shower area with integral screen). Washbasin and toilet. Direct, level, access from bedroom; separate 2-step access from landing/gallery. · Understairs boiler room. Storage space, housekeeping and supplementary equipment. Outdoor Space. Cobbled courtyard gated at the top of the driveway. Private parking space. Guest Access · Personal welcome of guests by owner with rapid practical walk-through of the property whenever possible. · Key safe available for self-check-in if required.

After a career in teaching then university administration, I am now self-employed as a French genealogist for English speakers, and as my husband's business partner, dealing with administration and management. Nicholas is a long-established private music teacher of, mainly, piano and guitar in Huddersfield.

The location is the Conservation area of Edgerton, with numerous 19th century listed buildings. The coach house cottage is at the back of one of these with great character. It is surrounded by other such houses and coach houses converted into dwellings, but entirely detached. Set back from the A629, Edgerton Cottage is surprisingly quiet while remaining close to major routes, offering excellent access to Huddersfield amenities and West Yorkshire key destinations. WITH A CAR, Huddersfield town centre is 5 minutes away, Huddersfield Royal Hospital 5, the University 10. WITHOUT A CAR, the X1 bus (Huddersfield- Halifax) passes by the main house. The nearest stop is about 50 metres away. The trip to Huddersfield bus station takes roughly 6 minutes. ON FOOT, the town centre is 15 to 20 minutes away, Huddersfield train and bus stations 15, the University 20 to 25, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (hospital) 20, Greenhead Park 10 (with outdoor tennis, bowling, and other facilities). For guests attending events at the Ukrainian Club, the entrance is just 100 yards across the road. Many attractions are within easy reach: Shibden Hall (home of Anne Lister, of Gentleman Jack’s fame), Bankfield Museum and Dean Clough Mills in Halifax; Yorkshire Sculpture Park and National Coal Mining Museum between Huddersfield and Wakefield; Salts Mills in Saltaire, and the Brontë Parsonage, home of the Brontë sisters, in Haworth. Golf amateurs will find half a dozen golf courses within 10 to 15 minutes’ drive, and close to 20 courses within 30 minutes. Distances: • Huddersfield town centre, railway and bus stations, hospital – 1 mile • University of Huddersfield – 1.2 miles • M62 motorway – 2 miles • Halifax – 8 miles – 25 minutes by car – 40 minutes by bus • Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, between 14 and 20 miles – 30 to 45 minutes by car – 20 to 45 minutes by public transport (bus or train) • Manchester – 28 miles – 40 to 60 minutes by car – 50 minutes by train