A SUBSTANTIAL FAMILY RESIDENCE OFFERING POTENTIAL AND SCOPE FOR UPDATING NESTLED IN WONDERFUL GARDENS AND GROUNDS.A rare opportunity to acquire a substantial family home occupying a wonderful semi-rural position to the edge of the highly sought after village of Guilsborough. Believed to date from the 1930s, the property offers spacious and versatile family living accommodation arranged over three floors and has remained in the same family's ownership for the past 41 years. While offering good proportioned living accommodation, the property does now requiremodernisation and improvement offering a fantastic project and the perfect opportunity to create a dream home set in splendid established gardens and grounds. On the ground floor a main central hallway with staircase rising to the first floor provides access to the principal ground floor living accommodation which comprises sitting room with attractive dual aspect and open fireplace, family room/snug with double doors opening on to an raised outside terrace, a separate dining room and office. Also to the ground floor there is a good proportioned laundry/boot room with cloakroom off which in turn provides access to the kitchen which comprises a range of pine fitted base and eye level units, granite worktop surfaces, Rayburn and integrated Samsung electric oven and hob. Beyond the kitchen area there is also a small breakfast room. On the first floor a main landing area provides access to four bedrooms which include a main bedroom suite with dressing room and en suite bathroom. Also to the first floor there are two further bath/shower rooms. On the second floor there are two bedrooms and a bathroom, together with a guest living area complete with kitchenette. The second floor area could provide potential for use as a self-contained flat.Dripwell House is located at the end of a private drive which in turn affords access to the main house, own drive and an open hard standing area providing off road parking for a number of vehicles. Adjacent to the drive and off road parking area there is a good sized outbuilding incorporating garaging and multiple storage areas. There is also a garden/work shop attached to the property with steps leading down to a cellar, which we are informed by the owners has a capacity for the storage of 400 bottles. The gardens and grounds are a notable feature of Dripwell House and are revered locally comprising formal garden, wild and woodland areas in part abutting surrounding countryside. To the Immediate rear of the property there is a raised paved terrace, ideal for outside entertainment and alfresco dining. The gardens and grounds have to be visited in order to be fully appreciated boasting numerous specimen trees, flower and shrubs.LOCATIONGuilsborough is a popular and desirable village situated to the north west of Northampton, set amongst undulating countryside. The area is well placed for communications with the M1 motorway offering rapid access to both the north and south of the country as well as the A14 to the North providing additional communication links. Train services are available to London Euston from both Long Buckby and Northampton with journey times of around 1 hour. Further services are also available into London from Wellingborough and Market Harborough. Recreational activities include sailing and fishing at Pitsford and Hollowell Reservoirs and golf at Chapel Brampton and Church Brampton. Within the village itself there is an excellent secondary school, primary school, public house and village shop to include a post office. Further amenities include a doctor's surgery, pharmacy and hairdressers. Private educational establishments include Maidwell Hall and Spratton Hall together with Rugby, Northampton High School for Girls, Pitsford School and Wellingborough School. PROPERTY INFORMATIONServices: Oil fired and solid fuel heating. Mains water, drainage and electricity.Local Authority: West Northamptonshire Council Tel. Outgoings: Council Tax Band "G" £3,598.25 for the year 2023/2024EPC Rating: FTenure: Freehold For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_northamptonshire-r741600/for-sale_i70463129
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Versatile modern living in a sought after village, with magnificent indoor pool, separate cottage, and garaging within 0.85 acres. DescriptionBunkers Hill House is a modern detached home with character features, situated in a secluded corner of the village of Badby. The property provides endless opportunities for flexible living. The main house has four large en suite bedrooms, as well as a study and tv room, which could both be used as further bedrooms, while the separate two-bedroom, self-contained annexe is situated opposite the main house. There is an indoor heated pool with changing area, sauna and shower room which can all be accessed from within the house or from the front courtyard, providing independent access. The property was built about 30 years ago by its first owner who went onto restore Fawsley Hall. Although modern, the property has the feel and character of an older house as it was constructed using architectural antiques including a spiral staircase and Palladian style ironwork columns.A front porch/boot room leads into an entrance hall with stairs to first floor and galleried landing, as well as the kitchen, drawing room and dining hall. This also leads through to the rear hallway with wc, spiral staircase to the first floor, the second kitchen/breakfast room with access to the garden, and separate downstairs en suite bedroom. The ground floor has a spacious kitchen/breakfast room with two sets of glass French doors leading out onto the terrace and rear garden. There are contemporary kitchen units with built in Bosch double oven and grill, Hotpoint dishwasher and central island unit with AEG induction hob and granite work surfaces. Adjacent to the kitchen is the useful utility room with space for washing machine, tumble dryer and large fridge freezer. There is planning permission to extend the kitchen out onto the south west facing terrace to create a garden room joining up with the current dining area. Planning reference number: WND/2022/0472. There is split level, triple aspect dining/drawing room with the central focal point being the fireplace with Clearview wood burning stove. Double glass doors lead out onto the terrace from the dining room and three sets of French doors lead into the pool area. On the first floor are three en suite bedrooms, one study/bedroom and a tv/games room. The principal suite with en suite bathroom and dressing room area has doors leading out onto the rear balcony with views over the south facing gardens. Bedroom two and the study also have direct access onto the roof terrace. Bedroom three has a spacious en suite bathroom which can be accessed from the first floor landing or the spiral staircase in the inner hall.There is a detached annexe consisting of two bedrooms, bathroom, cloakroom and an open plan kitchen/living area and utility space. This provides ideal single level living and offers a potential income stream, or flexibility for generational living or guests. The pool is situated within an attractive light room with brick arches and glass doors leading out on to the terrace, with Palladian style ironwork columns. The pool itself is kidney shaped with steps at either end and is heated by an air source heat pump. There is access to the changing room, a double shower, sauna and toilet.Outside the property is approached via electric wrought iron gates leading onto a paved courtyard to the front of the property, providing off road parking for about ten cars as well as the double garage with electric doors. There is gated access to the rear gardens which are mainly laid to lawn with mature trees and shrubs. There are two ponds and steps lead up to the upper lawns. The far end of the garden has been planted with an orchard backing onto fields with a gate leading onto the ancient Knightley Way. In all approx. 0.85 acres.This house lends itself to flexible generational living, or providing an income stream with options for bed and breakfast, holiday/ short/long term lettings - an opportunity not to be missed!LocationThe village of Badby has two village pubs one with the shop and coffee shop, a church, play area and a well-regarded Church of England primary school. The village lies on the Jurassic, Knightly and Nene Ways providing some excellent walks.The market town of Daventry is nearby with local shopping, leisure, and schooling facilities. The property is well located for access to Banbury, Coventry, Rugby, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Leamington Spa and Oxford. The Midlands motorway network (M6, M1 and M40) is accessible. Access to the M1 is at J16 which is approximately 8 miles to the east with J18 at Crick 11 miles to the north and providing access to the A5, M6 and A14.Rail services to London run from Long Buckby (8 miles) Rugby (12 miles), Milton Keynes, Northampton (main line to London Euston in 59 minutes) and Banbury (main line to London Marylebone 56 minutes) Independent schools include prep schools; Winchester House (Brackley), Cardus (Banbury), Bilton Grange (Dunchurch), Arnold Lodge (Leamington), Quinton House, (Northampton) and senior; Prince Thorpe (nr Leamington), Warwick (boys) and Kings High (girls) (Warwick) Rugby, Bloxham and Stowe Schools as well as Lawrence Sherriff Grammar School (Rugby).Sporting and leisure activities include golf at Hellidon, Staverton and Chacombe; motor racing at Silverstone; Horse racing at Towcester, Warwick; polo at Southam; Banbury sailing club at Boddington Reservoir.All distances and times are approximate.Square Footage: 5,456 sq ft Acreage: 0.85 Acres Additional InfoAgents Note: The property has photovoltaic panels on the roof of the pool, these feed into a feed tariff scheme providing for the heating and hot water (average annual income is about £1,600). 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Home Farm House is a 17th-century stone former farmhouse understood to date from 1732, situated in the centre of the village in the Conservation Area. The property is Grade II listed and has lovely traditional period architectural features, including exposed beams, an inglenook fireplace, flagstone flooring and window seats. Extensive renovation works were undertaken by the present owners, including re-roofing, replacing a number of the windows, a new kitchen and bathrooms, and a boiler. The accommodation extends to about 2,885 square feet, with three handsome reception rooms, a drawing room, an inglenook fireplace with a wood burner, a door to the garden, and access to the wine cellar. This room leads to the sitting room, again with an attractive fireplace and wood burner. The kitchen/breakfast room has an extensive range of kitchen units, electric Aga, a door to the garage, a fireplace with a wood burner and integrated appliances. Off the hall is the guest WC and the dining room, with windows to the east and west and a concealed utility closet with plumbing for a washing machine and dryer.There are two traditional staircases to the first-floor landing. The principal bedroom has windows to the south and east, an extensive range of fitted wardrobes, and an en suite shower room.Two further south-facing bedrooms with cupboards and a family bathroom with bath, twin basins and separate shower. To the second floor is a large space with exposed roof timbers and trusses, with a bedroom to one end and a study/teenage sitting room at the other end.The house is beautifully placed and screened from the village street by the extensive range of stone-built barns suitable for a variety of possible uses with power and lighting. The outbuildings extend to over 2,300 square feet. At the south end, the two-storey barn has lapsed planning permission for conversion to a separate dwelling, which is ideal for an extended family. guests or an income stream. The barn houses the oil tank and has cobbled flooring.The gardens are lovely and mature with a flagstone terrace by the house, lawns, bulbs, borders, trees and shrubs, a vegetable garden and stone-built potting shed, yew and beech hedging and a summerhouse. There is a secondary access to the garden. A box hedge separates the garden from the orchard with a summer house. Fruit trees include apple, pear, walnut, mulberry and hazel.The access is at the front of the house, with private parking.Woodend is an attractive west Northamptonshire village, close to the villages of Bradden and Blakesley, which has a village shop and post office, parish church, public house primary school and village hall. The property is very well placed for the market towns of Brackley and Towcester for banks, supermarkets and day-to-day shopping, with more extensive shopping and recreational activities in Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury.Horseracing at Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, motor racing at Silverstone, theatres at Northampton and Milton Keynes and golf courses at Farthingstone, Whittlebury and Stowe.The area has a wide range of state and private schools to suit most requirements, including Winchester House and Beachborough preparatory schools, Stowe, Bloxham and Tudor Hall Public schools.Towcester 6 miles, Banbury 14 miles (InterCity trains to London Marylebone from 55 mins), Northampton 14 miles, Milton Keynes 18 miles (InterCity trains to London Euston from 35 minutes). M1 ( J15A) 11 miles. M40 (J11) 14 miles (time and distances approximate). For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses/for-sale_i71589895
A handsome Manor house, with detached gatehouse cottage, garage and outbuildings, all within fantastic gardens of 0.7 acres, or thereabouts, with great privacy and versatility. DescriptionA handsome 17thC Manor house (parts of the house date back to 12thC), with detached gatehouse cottage, all within fantastic gardens of 0.7 acres, or thereabouts, with great privacy and views of the village church, in the core of a small market town.In a discreet, yet central town setting, with gated gravelled driveway and turning sweep, within beautifully landscaped gardens, to the west, and the spire of St Peter's Church as a backdrop on arrival, The Manor House is a large, elegant and versatile grade II listed dwelling, with ancillary cottage. With elegant coursed limestone elevations under tile and slate roofs, the manor house retains many desired 17th and 19th century period features, including studded plank strap-hinged and braced doors, mullioned windows and stone flagged and wide board floors, among others.Entered via a central gabled two storey porch to a wide and inviting stone flagged entrance hallway which accesses the reception rooms, a library/family room, with fitted bookcases, and garden conservatory. The drawing room is beautiful and impressively proportioned, with high beamed ceiling, open fireplace, fitted bookcases and views over the gardens. The central dining room has timbered brick walls, elegance and a wide inglenook housing an open fire, with hooded grate, and is walked through to the kitchen, fitted with an extensive suite, with integrated oven, hob and dishwasher, and separate utility. Both have tiled floors. An inner lobby, beyond the kitchen accesses a large fitted office suite, with a secondary entrance and porch to the carparking. At first floor, the main landing accesses three double bedrooms, the family bathroom and the principal suite, with stairs rising again to second floor. The principal suite is accessed through its dressing room, with fitted wardrobes to two walls, to the double bedroom, with garden views from its oriel window, and full suite en suite bathroom. The en suite bathroom is jack & Jill to a secondary staircase that descends to the kitchen, which also accesses bedroom 5. At second floor, there are two further large double bedrooms and a shower room, with potential for an amazing principal suite, or teenager's floor, as it has been for the current owner's family.Adjoining the office, and accessed externally, the large double garage has an internal set of stairs to a large games room above the garaging.Ancillary Cottage: A detached Gatehouse cottage within the grounds and on the same title has been let on an Assured Shorthold basis, most recently with a passing rent of £7500 pa, and offers huge versatility for extended families, investment and AirBnB purposes. With open plan ground floor family kitchen there is a first floor bedroom and shower room, with gravelled parking space to its front. Outside: The gardens wrap around the house and are beautifully presented with landscaped lawns, deep flowering borders and mixed deciduous trees. Partially walled, they include formal and informal areas, kitchen and parterre sections, with terraces for entertaining and tracking the sun. The property extends to circa 0.7 acres in total.LocationA small and historic market town, Raunds is situated within the Nene Valley five mile north of Rushden and within easy reach of Wellingborough (8 miles) and Kettering (15 miles) for mainline rail links to London St Pancras from under an hour. The town has plenty of everyday amenities, including a post office, small supermarkets and several restaurants and cafes, while schooling in the town includes Raunds Park Infant School and for secondary, Manor School Sports College. Further amenities can be found in Rushden, including large supermarkets, shopping and leisure facilities and Waitrose and M&S Supermarkets. There is beautiful countryside on the town's doorstep, with lakes and nature reserves providing a variety of beautiful landscapes to enjoy. The area is well connected by road with renowned private schools at Kimbolton, Wellingborough (both 8 miles), Oundle (11 miles) and Bedford (19 miles), among others, easily accessible by car and bus. Acreage: 0.7 Acres Additional InfoLocal Authority: North Northamptonshire District Council Services: Mains gas, water & electricity. Private Drainage. Mains gas heating (2022). Fibre-optic broadband. Fixtures & Fittings: Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as curtains, light fitting and garden ornaments are specifically excluded but may be available by separate negotiation. All journey times and distances are approximate. For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses/for-sale_i71480682
AN HISTORIC GRADE II LISTED MANOR HOUSE WITH ATTRACTIVE TRADITIONAL BARNS AND LYING ON THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE WITH STUNNING VIEWS OVER ROLLING COUNTRYSIDEThere has been a manor house on this site since the Norman Conquest, when the Earl of Morton 'held 3 hides of land' in Staverton. Subsequent owners have included two more Earls and an earlier Princess of Wales. A direct, uninterrupted, list of ownership can be traced from pre Norman Conquest in 1066 when Saxon freeholders Saulf, Edric and Alwin held the freehold up to the present owners, who bought The Manor in 1994, thus becoming the 34rd owners of this historic site.According to the History of the County of Northampton, Saulf's freehold was rated at 40s yearly. Six hundred years later in 1625, 'the manor of Sta'rton, including rents for one cottage... a cock and hen, a needle and thread and divers peppercorns with a suit of court etc may be worth £100'. Inflation continues.The current smaller Manor probably dates from the mid 16th century, but still with the same beguiling, unspoilt views over Warwickshire out west to the Malvern and Shropshire Hills. With not a pylon in sight, the geographical positioning of the Manor remains truly outstanding.The Manor enjoys a prominent position set back from Manor Road with gated entrance opening onto extensive gravelled drive enclosed behind stone walling and edged by mature herbaceous borders. Only on stepping over the threshold can one fully appreciate both the entertaining facilities on offer, its timeless charm and setting with commanding unspoilt views to the rear.Under the custodianship of the current owners, the original cottage has been incorporated into The Manor to cater for modern family living but it could easily be converted back into a two bedroom cottage. Equally, the two traditional stone barns lying within the rear grounds offer potential, depending on one's requirements.Words and pictures cannot do full justice and a viewing is highly recommended to fully appreciate the attributes and setting of this idyllic country property in a rural but accessible locationTHE ACCOMMODATIONA four panelled oak fronted door opens into central reception hall with principal reception rooms leading off and stairs rising to first floor and descending to the cellar.The drawing room is a light and airy room with dimensions conducive for entertaining. Benefitting from a double aspect it enjoys views over the front drive and rear grounds with open countryside beyond. The stone fireplace has pride of place with York flagstone hearth and two recessed alcoves either side having glazed display shelving and cupboards. French doors open onto the rear terrace and garden.Lying in between the drawing room and dining room is a cloakroom and study with fitted book shelving and enjoying a rolling view.The dining room is the perfect size for entertaining, again enjoying a double aspect with large stone inglenook fireplace with display shelving and cupboard to one side. The kitchen/breakfast room adjoins and is ideally suited for family living with green four ovened electric aga providing the main cooking facilities supported by electric oven, grill and four ring LPG gas hob. Base and eye level units offer generous storage and in the corner is access to the boiler room cupboard. Lying off the kitchen is the oak framed garden room which both overlooks and has direct access into the rear garden. To the rear of the kitchen is a boot room with walk-in larder, utility room and second cloakroom.The utility room gives way to a sitting room which originally was the main reception room to Manor Cottage with a small hall having access out onto the main drive.CELLARSBehind an innocent looking door, well trodden, ancient stone steps curve down to two large dry cellars. The first, with a concrete floor and heating radiator, is currently used as a potential gym/games room. This useful space leads on to a remarkable, centuries old, traditional wine cellar. An historic stone floor with four Victorian wine vaults offer perfect natural temperature and humidity conditions for storing fine wine.This presents an enviable opportunity for the prospective buyer to transfer their own existing wine collection to this natural environment or to create their own wine collection in perfect conditions. Anyone appreciating fine wine will recognise and revel in this exciting prospect.FIRST FLOORThe main staircase gently rises to the first floor galleried landing with part utilised as a library with footed book shelving.The main bedroom suite lies on the southern end of The Manor. The bedroom enjoys a double aspect with a run of fitted wardrobes. It is served by a dressing room which leads through to the generous bathroom suite with double sink vanity unit and enclosed wc.Across the landing are two further bedrooms, a double and single, served by a family bathroom. A loft hatch allows access to the main roof void. A further dogleg staircase at the far end of The Manor and originally part of Manor Cottage, leads up to two further double bedrooms served by a family bathroom with separate recessed shower along with airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder. Both bedrooms benefit from fitted wardrobes. OUTSIDEWrought iron gates open onto extensive gravelled drive that lies in front of The Manor and original cottage with external boundaries defined by stone walling. A slightly raised herbaceous border edges the drive. To the rear of Manor Cottage is a secondary drive offering generous parking and access to one of the two stone barns which is currently utilised as garaging/workshop and garden machinery store. Lying to the rear of the barn and partly screened by close boarded wooden fencing is a hot tub.The rear garden and grounds are a pure delight and can be accessed from either side of The Manor with large York stone paved terrace offering outdoor seating and entertaining areas positioned to take advantage of the stunning views over open rolling countryside. The main lawn gently falls away to the west with mature lime and willow trees providing dappled shade. A timber summerhouse is strategically positioned to take advantage of the views and sunset and double gates provide a separate vehicular access into this part of the garden off an adjoining lane.Within the rear garden is a very attractive stone barn dating back to 1568 and is ideally suited for housing parties and entertaining. The barn offers a potential for conversion to annexe living facilities subject to obtaining the required consents. The barn is currently split level with vaulted roof and exposed timbers.GRASS FIELDWrought iron parkland railing defines the division between the rear garden and the grass field which extends to 1.48 acres and gently falls away to the west. The external boundaries are defined by wooden post and rail and wire fencing and in the field are two areas of woodland, one recently established comprising cherry, holm oak and crab apple and the other featuring mature silver birch trees.LOCATIONStaverton is an attractive conservation village lying on the Northamptonshire/Warwickshire border and benefitting from local amenities including pub, golf course, two garages and a vets practice. Daventry a short drive away has a number of supermarkets including a Waitrose along with doctor's surgery, leisure centre including cinema and on the A5 is the Heart of Shires shopping village. More extensive shopping and leisure facilities area available in Rugby, Northampton, Leamington Spa and Milton Keynes.The area is well served for independent and state schools including Arnold Lodge, Bilton Grange and Winchester House preparatory schools, Kinglsey High School for Girls at Leamington Spa, Warwick School, Rugby, Stowe, Oundle and Uppingham along with Northampton High School for Girls.Communications in the area are excellent with the M1, M6, M40, M45 and A14 all within a 15 mile radius. For the rail commuter there are trains from Rugby and Northampton to London Euston and Banbury to London Marylebone taking approximately 60 minutes. Air travel is available at London Luton airport, Birmingham and Eat Midlands airport, all comfortably within a 40 minute drive from the village.Sporting activities include golf and leisure facilities at Staverton, Hellidon and Daventry, water sports and fishing at Draycote reservoir, motor racing at Silverstone and horseracing at Stratford upon Avon and Warwick Racecourse. The village is well located with direct access to a network of bridleways, footpaths and country lanes for the walking, riding and cycling enthusiast.DIRECTIONS NN11 6JDFrom junction 16 of the M1 motorway proceed in a westerly direction on the A45 following signs to Daventry and Weedon. Continue around Daventry on the bypass following the signs to Leamington and Staverton (A425).On arriving on the outskirts of the village do not take the first turn into the village but continue to the garage and then turn right beside the Countryman Inn. Continue to the green then bear left into Manor Road. After a short distance the road bears to left and once round the bend The Manor will appear directly ahead.PROPERTY INFORMATIONServices: Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected. Oil fired central heating to radiators with garden room having underfloor heating. Both traditional barns have power and light connected.Broadband: Openreach superfast broadband availableLocal Authority: West Northamptonshire Council.Tel. Outgoings: Council Tax band "H" £4,222.86 for the year 2023/2024EPC Rating: ExemptRight of Way: A public footpath diagonally crosses the grass field.Tenure: Freehold For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_northamptonshire-r741600/for-sale_i70457492
A modern five bedroom detached house with 0.93 acres of wraparound garden and meadow, driveway parking and a double garage on a no through road on the edge of Yardley Hastings. The property is towards the end of a no through road in a rural location with a plot of 0.93 acres of garden and meadow land which is surrounded by open countryside and backs onto Forestry Commission woodland. This rural tranquillity is combined with the convenience of being within 5 minutes' drive of amenities in Yardley Hastings village or 11 minutes' drive from the Georgian Market town of Olney.The house has over 3,200 sq. ft. of versatile accommodation with four separate reception rooms including an office for working from home, a drawing room for entertaining, a private sitting room and a fourth reception room which could be used as a study, playroom, or ground floor bedroom as required. There are five bedrooms and three bath or shower rooms on the first floor. There is also a room over the double garage which is currently used as a games room. Subject to planning, this room and part of the garage could be converted to create an annexe if desired. For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_northamptonshire-r741600/for-sale_i71150975
EXCEPTIONAL FORMER DOWER HOUSE - WITH PADDOCK, STABLES AND ADDITIONAL LANDA stone's throw from the magnificent Hinwick House, to which it was once the dower house, Slade House is a beautiful, 4000 square feet, six-bedroom family home built of local stone, tiles and Welsh slate. With a superb AGA kitchen, extensive parking and garaging, over an acre of land surrounding the house and another four acres of paddocks available, not to mention a quaint little 'chapel' in the garden, it's no wonder that this is the first opportunity in over three decades to own this historic home.Its grade II-listing dates Slade House, along with the attached Jetty Cottage, to the late 17th century with Victorian extensions, yet there is some evidence of late 16th century origins, which would make it one of the oldest of the gorgeous stone homes in the North Bedfordshire hamlet of Hinwick. The hamlet lies a short walk away from the lovely village of Podington, its garden centre, popular primary school, and its 13th century church of St Mary, where Richard Orlebar, who owned Hinwick House and lived at Slade House in his latter years, is buried.Hinwick lies in the heart of beautiful walking country, less than four miles equidistant of Rushden, with its Waitrose supermarket and Lakes shopping centre, and Harrold village with its Co-op and post office. Just six miles away is Wellingborough, its highly thought of private school and fast trains to London in 45 minutes. You can reach the capital more quickly still from the county town, 13 miles away, and there are good, accessible road networks. Travelling from Slade House is easy, but what a place to come home to.ABOUT THE PROPERTYFew homes arouse such a sense of well-being as Slade House. Maybe it's the space, outside and inside, the verdure and nature all around you, the light that pours through large windows into the many beautiful rooms, and the impeccable finish of the home. But it must also have something to do with the privilege of living in a home steeped in history, one linked to one of the finest houses in the Country.Follow in the footsteps of generations of families, not least the Orlebar family that has played such a part in hundreds of years of Hinwick history, with each room of your new home having a story to tell. It's fascinating to think of how Slade House has evolved, from humble beginnings when the front door was where the French doors of the sitting room are now and cooking might have been in the inglenook fireplace which now gives that lovely room such a cosy feel, and when other kitchen tasks and storage might have been carried out in the cellar, an exciting room in which an elderly Hinwick habitant recalls playing as a child.The Sunday roast will now come from the wonderful AGA, prepared on beautiful marble working surfaces, or on the superb, slate slab of the island, everything to hand from the larder cupboard and the deep drawers of the lovely in-frame, painted English oak furniture, the family gathered around the kitchen table, French doors flung open in summertime to the garden terrace.There's a room for everything downstairs, including a study to escape to, a super snug with stylish woodburner, a delightful hall, and a dining room for dinner parties in front of a roaring log fire. Can you imagine a more welcoming home to which to invite friends? And, since they're sure to want to stay overnight, what better than to have a plethora of lovely bedrooms to choose from.Everywhere, there's something on which to feast your eyes - lovely old doors and door furniture, gorgeous travertine and terracotta, flagstones and original, wide oak floorboards underfoot, beautiful beams overhead, and a staircase with 18th century balusters that have come from Hinwick House.Take a moment to appreciate the design of the staircase, not only for its historical features but for its reversed position, creating space as you come through the front door, and its gentle incline making it a joy to climb. And it's a joy to reach the lovely landing too, with its tall ceiling and peaceful spot to lose yourself in the latest bestseller, the equally lovely bathroom, with its claw-foot bath and space to sit, and of course the bedrooms, all spacious, all with huge character, and all with a delightful outlook, not least those on the top floor, which might well prove to be a magnet for younger members of the family.It's not just the far-reaching countryside views from bedroom windows, it's the wonderful gardens. Gardens for children to play in, to hide in, to pick their own apples, pears and cherries. Gardens for relaxing, not least under the majestic maple, where it's impossible not to drop a stone into the old well, and where you're serenaded by beautiful birdsong. And gardens to entertain in, whether on the lovely terrace amongst the olive trees, on the lawns surrounded by silver birch and ancient ash or, watched over by the beautiful Scots Pine, in the open barn strung with lamps as the natural light goes down.Oh, and gardens, part of which transforms effortlessly into a paddock for your horses, with stables and tack room on hand. And if you decide to take the four acres of paddocks a short walk away, it's not just the horses but the children who will love you for it - a unique spot surrounded by naturally sown hedging and an exciting copse in which to build dens, where no buildings are visible, and to where youngsters can disappear day and night in perfect safety. Slade House is a truly special family home now all you must do is decipher the beam stencils in the old chapel. For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_bedfordshire-r740441/for-sale_i69645181
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