House For Sale £675,000
Park Street, Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN9

'Aspirational Homes' from Magenta Estate Agents present an imposing Victorian former vicarage, set in mature lawned gardens, offering five bedrooms and four reception rooms and packed to the rafters with period features! Inside, expect to find a hall, sitting room, formal dining room, family room, garden room with snug, kitchen/breakfast room with walk-in pantry, utility, five bedrooms, two bathrooms and a shower room. Outside are wrap-around gardens to the front, rear and side, ample parking and double garage with games room and bar above (the double garage is currently partitioned to form a store room and home gym.

The market town of Raunds is situated in the heart of East Northamptonshire and enjoys easy access to all the major roads and motorways, including the A45 and A14 which link to the M6, M1, A1 and M11. Owing to the wide range of manufacturing and distribution businesses in the area, it is an increasingly-popular town for local workers and commuters alike.

The town enjoys a full range of shops and amenities including supermarkets, a medical centre, gp surgery, post office, schooling for all ages, restaurants and parks. The town square hosts a Friday market with regular stallholders selling fresh local produce. Nearby Stanwick Lakes affords extensive play areas to keep families entertained, and acres of wide open spaces and paths. The multimillion-pound development of Rushden Lakes — an exciting retail, leisure and tourism destination — recently welcomed a multiplex cinema, soft play facility, adventure golf and some exciting new restaurants.

Mainline train services operate from Kettering, Wellingborough and Corby to London St. Pancras International with a journey time of around one hour.

Playmates Pre-school: Ofsted Grade 1 (Outstanding)
Windmill Primary School (Academy): Ofsted Grade 2 (Good)
St. Peter’s Church of England Academy: Ofsted Grade 2 (Good)
Raunds Manor School Sports College for children aged 11-18: Ofsted Grade 2 (Good)
Wellingborough School: Independent school serving children aged 3-18
Kimbolton School: Independent school serving children aged 4-18
Oundle School: Co-educational independent school serving children aged 11-18

ground floor

Enter the property to the front aspect via a solid wood door. Affording a warm welcome, the hall features an elegant staircase with exposed wood treads and fitted stair runner with stair rods rising to the first-floor landing, wooden floor, picture rail, ceiling coving, traditional radiator, all communicating wooden doors to:

Family Room

4.61m (15'2") x 4.37m (14'4") Steps descend from the hallway to this superb, light-filled reception room which enjoys a free-standing wood-burning stove, feature wooden floor, TV and telephone points, side-aspect double-glazed bow window, front-aspect double-glazed sliding patio doors.

Sitting Room

4.39m (14'5") x 4.31m (14'2") max. Enjoying ample natural light, the sitting room offers a feature stone fireplace with wood-burning stove, wooden floor, ceiling coving, picture rail, TV point, side-aspect double-glazed window, front-aspect double-glazed bay window.

Dining Room

5.41m (17'9") max x 4.48m (14'8") Characterful dining room affording an impressive period fireplace with multi-fuel burner and tiled hearth, feature picture rail, ceiling coving, wooden floor, side-aspect double-glazed bay window.

Inner Hall

With door to understairs storage cupboard, double-glazed door leading to the garden room, door leading to:

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

3.83m (12'7") x 3.31m (10'10") The kitchen is fitted with a range of traditional, wooden wall and base units with granite work surfaces over, further comprising a double bowl Butler-style sink unit with mixer tap over, tiling to splashbacks, tiled chimney breast recess with Lacanche range cooker having extractor fan over, space and plumbing for dishwasher, tiled floor, ceiling coving, side-aspect double-glazed window, door leading to the pantry 2.31m (7'7") x 1.32m (4'4") which has tiled worktops and fitted shelving.

Garden Room

4.47m (14'8") x 3.14m (10'4")(plus door recesses) Light, bright room with exposed timbers, tiled floor, built-in storage cupboard, full-height double-glazed windows and doors to the side aspect giving access to the garden, further double-glazed door to the rear aspect, doors leading to the WC and utility room 3.00m (9'10") x 2.01m (6'7") Fitted worktop incorporating a double bowl sink and drainer unit, space and plumbing for washing machine, space for tumble dryer, wall-mounted boiler and Megaflo hot-water cylinder, double-glazed windows to the front and side aspects.

First floor

Impressive landing with wooden staircase rising to the second-floor landing, wooden floor, side-aspect double-glazed window, all communicating doors to:

Master Bedroom

4.47m (14'8") x 4.13m (13'7") Superb master bedroom enjoying a feature cast-iron bedroom fireplace, wooden floor, picture rail, front- and side-aspect double-glazed windows.

Guest Bedroom

4.37m (14'4") x 3.66m (12') Beautifully decorated bedroom with feature wall, built-in storage cupboard, ceiling coving, wooden floor, front- and side-aspect double-glazed windows.

Bedroom Three

3.99m (13'1") x 2.83m (9'3") Another good-sized bedroom with feature wall and side-aspect double-glazed window.

Bathroom

Fitted with a period-style white suite comprising a pedestal wash-hand basin, bidet, WC, panelled bath with fitted shower over, complementary wall tiling to the full ceiling height, wooden floor, wall cupboard, obscure double-glazed window to the side aspect.

Shower Room

Double-width, tiled shower enclosure, wooden floor, obscure double-glazed window to the front aspect.

Second floor

Landing with side-aspect double-glazed window, all communicating doors to:

Bedroom Four

4.85m (15'11") x 3.17m (10'5") Lovely double bedroom benefiting from a feature cast-iron bedroom fireplace, wooden floor, double-glazed window to the side aspect.

Bedroom Five

4.11m (13'6") x 2.80m (9'2") With feature cast-iron bedroom fireplace, double-glazed window to the side aspect.

Bathroom

Luxuriate in the fabulously quirky bathroom with sloping panelled ceilings and a white suite comprising a pedestal wash-hand basin, low-level WC, bidet and free-standing bath with ball and claw feet and bath shower mixer over, part tiling to walls, wooden floor, Velux roof window.

Outside

Enter via metal gates which lead onto a sizeable driveway providing ample off-road parking and access to the garage. The property itself is entered beneath an open porch with original tiled floor. Expansive, manicured lawns afford children space to run and play; the mature trees and shrubs somewhere to hide. There is even a vegetable plot for those little (and large!) green fingers! To ensure year-round enjoyment of the beautiful gardens, there are ample seating areas including a fabulous covered dining area, with brick-built bar and lighting, to the side of which is a hot-tub.

Double Garage

Two-storey, brick-built double garage with two sets of wooden double doors which has currently been divided with a temporary partition wall into a store room and gym (accessed via a side door). The gym has light and power connected as well as a side-aspect double-glazed window. An external metal staircase rises up to a large games room/bar (7.14m x 5.56m (23' 5" x 18' 3")) which has wooden flooring throughout, three Velux roof windows and front-aspect double-glazed window. French doors lead to a superb Juliet balcony with metal railings and lovely view of the garden. There is also a cloakroom with fitted WC and basin (cold water only), storage heater, wooden floor and Velux window.