5 bedroom detached house for sale

Uppingham (9 miles), Market Harborough (10.5 miles with excellent train service)
Oakham (14 miles), Leicester (14.5 miles)
Peterborough (30 miles with direct trains to London, Kings Cross 50 minutes).
All distances and times are approximate.

The Dower House is situated in the pretty village of Goadby, which offers a village church and thriving community. Neighbouring villages include Tugby with its pub, Billesdon, with a shop, pubs, doctor surgery, and post office, and Medbourne and Hallaton at the heart of the Welland Valley. The market town of Uppingham provides local shopping requirements together with art galleries and antique shops.

Market Harborough (10.5 miles) and Stamford (22 miles) offer a variety of shopping and cultural facilities, with the city of Leicester located 15 miles away offering further amenities.

The area provides excellent educational facilities with a choice of local state and private schooling for children of all ages with highly respected schools located at Uppingham, Oakham, Stamford and Oundle and local primary schools in Tugby and Hallaton.

The M1 lies approximately 16 miles to the west, providing rapid road access to the north and south. The A47 trunk road provides an arterial link east to Peterborough and west to Leicester.
There is an excellent train service from Market Harborough, Corby & Kettering to London St Pancras International or via Oakham to Peterborough for the East Coast Mainline and there is the high-speed train from Peterborough to London Kings Cross in approximately 50 minutes. International air travel is readily available via East Midlands Airport, Birmingham and Stansted.

Recreational facilities in the area are excellent with Rutland Water set to the north-east, between Uppingham and Oakham. This provides sailing and fishing with scenic walks and the Rutland Water cycle route.

DESCRIPTION

Dating back to 1847, The Dower House is a striking and handsome five -bedroomed family home built of redbrick under a tile roof.
On stepping into the entrance hall, with limestone flooring, a series of double doors frame picturesque countryside vistas beyond. Drawing you through into the inner hall, there is a wood surround fireplace with limestone hearth housing a wood burner. Natural light floods through from the integral windows, flanking the fireplace, which look into the garden room.

Further double doors open into the drawing room which features an open fireplace with both marble surround and marble hearth. French doors open onto the formal grounds with stunning westerly views.

Entered from either the inner hall or drawing room, is the formal, dual aspect dining room with a beautiful bay window, where the westerly sunset can be enjoyed from the window seat. The wooden parquet flooring flows up to the integral porch door. The vaulted, stone porch offers alternative access to the grounds and driveway.
Also off the inner hall is the library which features a three-panel window overlooking the driveway and front garden. Adjacent to the library is the door to the cellar with barrel vaulted ceiling.
Moving south through The Dower House is an impressive garden room with vaulted ceilings and French doors leading onto the dining terrace.
The triple aspect kitchen-breakfast room, also enjoying double doors onto the dining terrace, features an oil-fired AGA, kitchen island with built-in sink, pantry and built-in dishwasher as well as ample storage in a shaker style.

Completing the ground floor is a boot room with door onto the courtyard, the laundry room with plumbing for a washing machine, and cloakroom.
Rising to the first floor from the stairs in the dining room are two generous, dual aspect double bedrooms, one with en-suite, the other with built-in storage.

The principal suite enjoys breathtaking westerly views over the countryside with hidden door to both the dressing room and en-suite bathroom with separate bath and shower. Through the bathroom is an additional dressing room which has also been utilised as a single bedroom in the past.

Along the landing is an additional family bathroom.

Opposite the garden room are stairs that rise to a triple aspect guest suite with built-in wardrobe and en-suite bathroom featuring bath and separate shower.

OUTSIDE
Impressive iron gates open onto the generous, gravel driveway which is flanked by lawns and an array of trees and opens up into a large gravel turning circle offering ample parking.
A formal lawn and garden is situated off the driveway to the east. A circular, box hedgerow provides a focal point with stone planter and an abundance of spring bulbs. The rear wall is softened by herbaceous borders with apple trees and rose bushes. There is a five-bar gate that leads onto the paddock.

Upon entering the stable courtyard through double gates, climbing white hydrangeas compliment the red brick outbuildings which offer both a single and double garage with workshop, further storage space and a separate gardeners WC. Stables are utilised as wood and coal stores as well as an oil tank room. A charming clock tower is a characterful feature above the double garage.

Further double gates lead onto the hard standing courtyard storing the AGA tank and compost bays with a view over the paddock. A gate opens to the south-facing, formal garden and dining terrace. Herbaceous borders wrap around the summer house and stretch to the ha-ha, beyond which are expansive paddock views and rolling countryside.

Also to The Dower House grounds are two spinneys underplanted by an array of spring bulbs

General Remarks

SERVICES
Mains water, electricity, and drainage are connected. Oil central heating. None of the services have been tested by the agents.

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as curtains, light fittings and garden ornaments are specifically excluded but may be available by separate negotiation.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
Harborough District Council:[use Contact Agent Button]

COUNCIL TAX
Band H

RIGHTS OF WAY, EASEMENTS, WAY LEAVES
The property will be sold subject to the benefit of all existing rights, both public and private including rights of way, supply of drainage, water abstraction, electricity supplies and other rights, covenants, restrictions and obligations, quasi-easements and all wayleaves, whether referred to or not.

It may be necessary for rights and reservations to be made to provide services, access and maintenance to the properties if the property is not sold as a whole.

PLANS, AREAS AND SCHEDULES
The plans and associated acreages have been prepared for illustrative purposes and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

VIEWING
The property may only be inspected by prior arrangement through King West, [use Contact Agent Button]

DIRECTIONS
Entering Goadby from the north, Crackbottle road will lead you to Palmers Lane and then take you left onto Tugby Road, follow this road into the village of Goadby. Upon entering the village follow the road round the bend and past the green on your left, slightly off the beaten track follow the lane to The Dower House.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
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1. These property particulars should not be regarded as an offer, or contract or part of one. You should not rely on any statements by King West in the particulars, or by word of mouth or in writing as being factually accurate about the property, nor its condition or its value. We have no authority to make any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility.
2. The photographs, videos and/or virtual tours illustrate parts of the property as were apparent at the time they were taken. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate only.
3. Any reference to the use or alterations of any part of the property does not imply that the necessary planning, building regulations or other consents have been obtained. It is the responsibility of a purchaser or lessee to confirm that these have been dealt with properly and that all information is correct.
4. All dimensions, descriptions, areas, reference to condition and permission for use and occupation and their details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but intending purchasers should not rely upon them as statements of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the accuracy of each item.
5. King West have not tested any services, equipment or facilities, the buyer or lessee must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.
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