4 bedroom equestrian property for sale

Modern living with land and extensive outbuildings - perfect for country life.

Description

A much improved and extended modern stone house commanding a private edge of village setting.

The house – This has been carefully extended and modernsied throughout providing spacious, light living. Key features include the free flowing living accommodation from the kitchen/breakfast/sitting room; a multitude of rooms for entertaining, working from home, large families, with various access points in to the garden; bespoke Warendorf fitted kitchen with composite work surfaces, glass fronted units and four oven oil fired Aga; for rural living the essential rear lobby, boot room and utility room plus gardener’s WC; garden facing orientation for the majority of rooms; wood burning stoves for winter evenings; double glazing; oak and stone flooring; four well appointed bedroom suites; quality bath and shower room fittings including Lefroy Brooks taps.

Gardens and grounds – Approached through a wrought iron electric automatic gate to ample parking to the front of the property. Extensive mature gardens are landscaped and well stocked and form distinct areas from a sheltered decked terrace at the rear ideal for summer entertaining. Impressive pond with summer house and decked area and jetty, all enjoying views back towards the house across the pond. Various lawn areas, flowering beds, extensive tree planting, screening and further entertaining areas. Wooded walkways. Vegetable garden with raised beds. Across the paddocks is a smaller, lower pond which is well planted up providing a sheltered seating and entertaining area. Here there are a pair of summerhouses with light and power connected, perfect for entertaining into the night or working from home.

Outbuildings – Extensive range of modern and more tradional outbuildings that are well suited for the land and provide all manner of storage and utility facilities. Scope to create/add further garaging, workshops, studios or stabling etc, subject to the relevant consents. Of note these include a double garage currently used as a gym; modern steel profile clad barn with concrete floor, roller shutter door, formerly a helicopter hanger and now used for garaging, workshop and mezzanine storage/office area; further garaging; implement barn; workshops; various stores; kennels; two Hartley Botanic greenhouses; potting shed; compost area; aviary, poultry cages and runs; stabling, field shelters, hay barns.

Land – Various post and rail and stock proof fenced paddocks lie to the north. The land extends to approximately 2.3 acres.

In all about 5.35 acres.

Location

Litchborough is a pretty, rural village situated in the undulating countryside of south Northamptonshire. A conservation village with a thriving cricket club, public house “The Old Red Lion”, St Martin’s parish church, there is a village hall and playing fields, as well as numerous rural footpaths.

Centrally located with motorway connections to M1 (J15) 6 miles, M40 (J11) at Banbury 14 miles and M40 (J10) at Ardley 24 miles. Train services to London from Northampton (Euston approx 56 mins), Milton Keynes (Euston approx 35 mins) and Banbury (Marylebone approx 56 mins).

The nearby market town of Towcester provides local amenities including Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets, schools, banks and restaurants with larger centres including Northampton and Milton Keynes.

Nearby Blakesley has a primary school and there is a Montessori nursery school at Maidford. Independent schools in the area include preparatory at Winchester House (Brackley), Beachborough (Westbury) and Quinton House (Northampton) with senior public schools at Rugby, Stowe, Northampton and Bloxham.

Leisure activities include golf at Whittlebury Park; Towcester and Blakesley tennis clubs; Fawsley Hall Fitness & Leisure Spa; motor racing at Silverstone and walking from the village along the ‘Knightly Way’.

All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,650 sq ft


Acreage: 5.35 Acres

Additional Info

Mains electricity, drainage and water are connected to the property. Oil fired central heating and hot water. Oil fired Aga. Broadband internet connection. Solar panels with a feed-in tariff of about £1,500 per annum.

Agents notes: A footpath, in the main runs along the north and west boundaries, but does run between some of the land and the lower pond and summerhouses.