House For Sale £1,250,000
Handsome period property tucked away in a private location within the popular village of Guilsborough.<br/></br>
<b>Situation</b>
Guilsborough is an attractive village surrounded by picturesque rolling countryside. There are a great range of facilities within the village including a pre-school, primary school and the very popular Guilsborough academy. In addition, there is a pub, village shop with post office, church, hairdressers and doctors’ surgery. Locally, there is an excellent range of independent schools such as Spratton Hall, Maidwell Hall and Rugby. The village benefits from superb rail and road links with the A14 just 4 miles away to the north and the M1 7 miles to the west. Mainline railway stations are easily accessible in Northampton, Rugby and Market Harborough with services to London and Birmingham taking approx. 60 minutes.
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<b>Description</b>
The Tower House is a particularly attractive ironstone and brick-built period property with mature gardens. The property is beautifully positioned down a long drive, nestled in the heart of the village and yet has a wonderful sense of privacy and peace. Although attached to its neighbour, the gardens are well designed to ensure privacy. The property has been carefully developed to create a contemporary living kitchen, perfectly blended with the period nature of the house. On the first floor there are a total of five bedrooms as well as a separate room with bathroom on the ground floor which could either offer additional living accommodation or an independent bedroom with its on separate access.
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<b>The Accommodation</b>
The main entrance leads into a pretty tiled hall and through to the kitchen. This large open plan living space with mezzanine floor was renovated by the existing owner and now offers a wonderful blend of original features with a contemporary style. There is enough space for dining and seating with a feature wood burner as well as under floor heating. Here there are also oak and glass doors opening out onto the seating terrace. Adjacent to the kitchen is a useful laundry room and WC. The snug, currently used as a music room is an attractive space as is the sitting room which features a brick fireplace housing a wood burning stove. The sitting room is a particularly large space with windows on both sides allowing lots of natural light to flood through. Leading off the sitting room is a series of three interesting rooms including a fascinating garden room with exposed stone arches and stone parquet floor. These rooms could be incorporated into the main house offering further accommodation such as a games room or due to the separate access they could provide a completely independent studio with enough space for a bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom.
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On the first floor there are a total of five bedrooms and a lovely space currently used as a study. The master is an expansive space with en-suite and leads through to the impressive mezzanine currently being used as an office. In addition there are four further bedroom, one with a jack and jill bathroom which has been recently fully refurbished to create a fantastic space to include light fitting shower head. From some of the bedrooms there are interesting views over the village roof tops to the countryside and the reservoir.
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<b>Outside</b>
The property is approached down a long private drive to a space where there is ample parking and some garaging. The gardens are mainly to the front and feature specimen shrubs and trees with some interesting places to sit. The delightful garden to the front is private and hidden from the village. There is an additional garden to the rear which is mainly laid to lawn and provides an attractive view of the brick elevation of the property.
<b>Situation</b>
Guilsborough is an attractive village surrounded by picturesque rolling countryside. There are a great range of facilities within the village including a pre-school, primary school and the very popular Guilsborough academy. In addition, there is a pub, village shop with post office, church, hairdressers and doctors’ surgery. Locally, there is an excellent range of independent schools such as Spratton Hall, Maidwell Hall and Rugby. The village benefits from superb rail and road links with the A14 just 4 miles away to the north and the M1 7 miles to the west. Mainline railway stations are easily accessible in Northampton, Rugby and Market Harborough with services to London and Birmingham taking approx. 60 minutes.
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<b>Description</b>
The Tower House is a particularly attractive ironstone and brick-built period property with mature gardens. The property is beautifully positioned down a long drive, nestled in the heart of the village and yet has a wonderful sense of privacy and peace. Although attached to its neighbour, the gardens are well designed to ensure privacy. The property has been carefully developed to create a contemporary living kitchen, perfectly blended with the period nature of the house. On the first floor there are a total of five bedrooms as well as a separate room with bathroom on the ground floor which could either offer additional living accommodation or an independent bedroom with its on separate access.
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<b>The Accommodation</b>
The main entrance leads into a pretty tiled hall and through to the kitchen. This large open plan living space with mezzanine floor was renovated by the existing owner and now offers a wonderful blend of original features with a contemporary style. There is enough space for dining and seating with a feature wood burner as well as under floor heating. Here there are also oak and glass doors opening out onto the seating terrace. Adjacent to the kitchen is a useful laundry room and WC. The snug, currently used as a music room is an attractive space as is the sitting room which features a brick fireplace housing a wood burning stove. The sitting room is a particularly large space with windows on both sides allowing lots of natural light to flood through. Leading off the sitting room is a series of three interesting rooms including a fascinating garden room with exposed stone arches and stone parquet floor. These rooms could be incorporated into the main house offering further accommodation such as a games room or due to the separate access they could provide a completely independent studio with enough space for a bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom.
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On the first floor there are a total of five bedrooms and a lovely space currently used as a study. The master is an expansive space with en-suite and leads through to the impressive mezzanine currently being used as an office. In addition there are four further bedroom, one with a jack and jill bathroom which has been recently fully refurbished to create a fantastic space to include light fitting shower head. From some of the bedrooms there are interesting views over the village roof tops to the countryside and the reservoir.
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<b>Outside</b>
The property is approached down a long private drive to a space where there is ample parking and some garaging. The gardens are mainly to the front and feature specimen shrubs and trees with some interesting places to sit. The delightful garden to the front is private and hidden from the village. There is an additional garden to the rear which is mainly laid to lawn and provides an attractive view of the brick elevation of the property.
