House For Sale £2,650,000
A beautifully appointed distinctly contemporary period house, with cottage, swimming pool and four acres of grounds in an idyllic rural setting, seven miles from Oakham and Uppingham
Description
A striking ironstone grade II listed house in an attractive and accessible rural setting, close to Launde Abbey, with a high degree of privacy and a wonderfully peaceful location.
Launde House combines a spacious and vibrant interior, with retained period elegance and a fabulous accommodation flow, coupled with a distinctively contemporary finish. Approached through twin sets of electric gates and a sweeping gravelled driveway, which splits to the house and to the annex.
The house has a fabulous layout and flow, which works perfectly for entertaining and enjoying the gardens, to which there are many points of access from the house and wonderful vistas from within.
The front door opens into a traditional brick floored stairwell hallway, which is flanked by a library/office, with period inglenook, shuttered sash windows with window seat, and a lovely traditional sitting room, again with a cast iron fireplace. However, it is the family kitchen which is the core of the house, spacious and visually impressive. Stone flagged, it combines a large dining area and a larger beautifully appointed kitchen, with an extensive suite, breakfast bar, integrated appliances, granite and oak worktops and a four-oven Aga and companion unit. External doors open to the garden and swimming terrace whilst an inner hallway leads off to the north, past the laundry and a cloakroom to the integral garaging, framing the swimming terrace.
Steps descend from the kitchen to a fabulous lower ground floor living/games room, with fitted bar and French doors, whilst they also rise to the grand and vaulted, oak framed and timbered drawing room. This is a statement room, with stone flagged floors, exposed timber trusses and a large brick fireplace, frankly lost in the volume of this room, from which there are wonderful southerly and westerly views over the adjoining timber decked veranda, of the gardens and the rising ground of the land.
A short staircase from the drawing room rises to the en suite guest bedroom suite, which offers wonderful views over the formal gardens and paddock land. The main staircase rises to a first floor landing off which there are two en suite bedrooms. The principal suite is spacious and opulently appointed, with a bedroom with seating area, dressing room and full suite en suite, with copper rolled edge bath and basins and a wet room shower. Bedroom three is also a double, with an en suite shower room. Bedroom four, with its en suite shower room is on the second floor and is a vast room with magnificent views over the Chater Valley.
The Stables Annex
Within the grounds, the ancillary detached one bedroom cottage has been created within a former stable block. It offers lovely secondary accommodation, ideal for relatives, guests or letting, and has an adjoining office space which is ideal for those wishing to work from home.
Outside
The gated gravelled driveway splits and leads to a turning sweep at the house and the triple garage block, and a large gravelled turning sweep at the annex and office suite.
The gardens and paddock lie to the south and west of the house, bordered to Launde Abbey’s parkland to the east, by a mature deciduous woodland spinney. The gardens are delightful, with formal lawns, deep flowering borders and a number of timber decked and stone flagged terraces strategically placed to take advantage of the views and track the sun.
Framed by the house on two sides, the swimming pool terrace is perfectly placed for afternoon sunshine and entertaining, with access to the kitchen, Cinema/entertainment suite and inner hall.
The paddocks are fenced, with water supplied, although the northern boundary is currently unfenced. The woodland, through which a pathway runs, is filled with mixed deciduous trees, with a base of bluebell bulbs during the Spring, a real spectacle. The property extends to 4.15 acres, or thereabouts in total, as shown on the Promap plan.
Location
Launde lies on the Leicestershire/Rutland borders, within a beautiful rolling parkland setting, six miles south-west of the market town of Oakham. Market Harborough is 16 miles south, with its East Midlands Rail services to London St Pancras from 51 mins. The cathedral city of Leicester is 15 miles west.
The area is well known for schooling. There are preparatory schools at Brooke Priory, Oakham (six miles) and Leicester Grammar at Great Glen (13 miles) and the renowned Oakham (six miles), Uppingham (seven miles) and Stamford Schools (17 miles), among others.
The area is also blessed for riding, cycling and country pursuits, with attractive lanes and public bridleways and footpaths. Rutland Water, at Oakham, offers sailing, golf and other recreational amenities.
Square Footage: 5,596 sq ft
Acreage:
4.15 Acres
Additional Info
General Information
Mains water and electricity Klargester private drainage
Smart, nest-controlled, Oil fired under-floor heating throughout the house.
Smart Alarm
Smart 8-camera external CCTV System
Smart 'Lightwave' lighting throughout the house and grounds
Satellite broadband to the main house
4G broadband to the annexe
Local Authority: Market Harborough District Council.
Council Tax: Band: E
Energy Performance: A copy of the full Energy Performance Certificate is available upon request.
Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Savills.
Description
A striking ironstone grade II listed house in an attractive and accessible rural setting, close to Launde Abbey, with a high degree of privacy and a wonderfully peaceful location.
Launde House combines a spacious and vibrant interior, with retained period elegance and a fabulous accommodation flow, coupled with a distinctively contemporary finish. Approached through twin sets of electric gates and a sweeping gravelled driveway, which splits to the house and to the annex.
The house has a fabulous layout and flow, which works perfectly for entertaining and enjoying the gardens, to which there are many points of access from the house and wonderful vistas from within.
The front door opens into a traditional brick floored stairwell hallway, which is flanked by a library/office, with period inglenook, shuttered sash windows with window seat, and a lovely traditional sitting room, again with a cast iron fireplace. However, it is the family kitchen which is the core of the house, spacious and visually impressive. Stone flagged, it combines a large dining area and a larger beautifully appointed kitchen, with an extensive suite, breakfast bar, integrated appliances, granite and oak worktops and a four-oven Aga and companion unit. External doors open to the garden and swimming terrace whilst an inner hallway leads off to the north, past the laundry and a cloakroom to the integral garaging, framing the swimming terrace.
Steps descend from the kitchen to a fabulous lower ground floor living/games room, with fitted bar and French doors, whilst they also rise to the grand and vaulted, oak framed and timbered drawing room. This is a statement room, with stone flagged floors, exposed timber trusses and a large brick fireplace, frankly lost in the volume of this room, from which there are wonderful southerly and westerly views over the adjoining timber decked veranda, of the gardens and the rising ground of the land.
A short staircase from the drawing room rises to the en suite guest bedroom suite, which offers wonderful views over the formal gardens and paddock land. The main staircase rises to a first floor landing off which there are two en suite bedrooms. The principal suite is spacious and opulently appointed, with a bedroom with seating area, dressing room and full suite en suite, with copper rolled edge bath and basins and a wet room shower. Bedroom three is also a double, with an en suite shower room. Bedroom four, with its en suite shower room is on the second floor and is a vast room with magnificent views over the Chater Valley.
The Stables Annex
Within the grounds, the ancillary detached one bedroom cottage has been created within a former stable block. It offers lovely secondary accommodation, ideal for relatives, guests or letting, and has an adjoining office space which is ideal for those wishing to work from home.
Outside
The gated gravelled driveway splits and leads to a turning sweep at the house and the triple garage block, and a large gravelled turning sweep at the annex and office suite.
The gardens and paddock lie to the south and west of the house, bordered to Launde Abbey’s parkland to the east, by a mature deciduous woodland spinney. The gardens are delightful, with formal lawns, deep flowering borders and a number of timber decked and stone flagged terraces strategically placed to take advantage of the views and track the sun.
Framed by the house on two sides, the swimming pool terrace is perfectly placed for afternoon sunshine and entertaining, with access to the kitchen, Cinema/entertainment suite and inner hall.
The paddocks are fenced, with water supplied, although the northern boundary is currently unfenced. The woodland, through which a pathway runs, is filled with mixed deciduous trees, with a base of bluebell bulbs during the Spring, a real spectacle. The property extends to 4.15 acres, or thereabouts in total, as shown on the Promap plan.
Location
Launde lies on the Leicestershire/Rutland borders, within a beautiful rolling parkland setting, six miles south-west of the market town of Oakham. Market Harborough is 16 miles south, with its East Midlands Rail services to London St Pancras from 51 mins. The cathedral city of Leicester is 15 miles west.
The area is well known for schooling. There are preparatory schools at Brooke Priory, Oakham (six miles) and Leicester Grammar at Great Glen (13 miles) and the renowned Oakham (six miles), Uppingham (seven miles) and Stamford Schools (17 miles), among others.
The area is also blessed for riding, cycling and country pursuits, with attractive lanes and public bridleways and footpaths. Rutland Water, at Oakham, offers sailing, golf and other recreational amenities.
Square Footage: 5,596 sq ft
Acreage:
4.15 Acres
Additional Info
General Information
Mains water and electricity Klargester private drainage
Smart, nest-controlled, Oil fired under-floor heating throughout the house.
Smart Alarm
Smart 8-camera external CCTV System
Smart 'Lightwave' lighting throughout the house and grounds
Satellite broadband to the main house
4G broadband to the annexe
Local Authority: Market Harborough District Council.
Council Tax: Band: E
Energy Performance: A copy of the full Energy Performance Certificate is available upon request.
Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Savills.
