House For Sale £575,000
Believed to date in part from the 17th century, The Horseblock is a deceptively spacious stone-built family house with a secluded enclosed cottage garden. The house is full of character and offers flexible accommodation with fine period features, including a fine jettied first-floor window to the front and dormer windows to the second floor. Dressed stone fireplace in the sitting room, exposed timbers, flagstone floor to the dining hall with an inglenook fireplace with wood burner. Fitted kitchen, with Belfast sink, painted kitchen units with timber worktops, integrated appliances and range cooker with extractor. The garden room has a glass-covered artesian well, exposed stonework to some walls, French doors to the south-facing garden and a roof lantern giving lots of light to the room.
There is a fine heavy, carved staircase to the first floor. Bedroom one has an en suite shower room. Period fireplace to bedroom three; the bathroom has a wide boarded timber floor and claw foot free-standing bath.
To the second floor, double bedroom two leads to double bedroom four, and there is a study/bedroom five.
The rear garden, with an access gate to the side of the property, is enclosed, mostly with stone or brick walls with a paved patio and path, low brick retaining walls, and attractive well-stocked shrub, rose and herbaceous borders. Utility room outbuilding.
Services
Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property. Gas central heating.
There is a fine heavy, carved staircase to the first floor. Bedroom one has an en suite shower room. Period fireplace to bedroom three; the bathroom has a wide boarded timber floor and claw foot free-standing bath.
To the second floor, double bedroom two leads to double bedroom four, and there is a study/bedroom five.
The rear garden, with an access gate to the side of the property, is enclosed, mostly with stone or brick walls with a paved patio and path, low brick retaining walls, and attractive well-stocked shrub, rose and herbaceous borders. Utility room outbuilding.
Services
Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property. Gas central heating.
The Horseblock sits in the heart of the attractive village of Staverton, which lies on the Warwickshire/Northamptonshire border and is surrounded by rolling countryside. Staverton provides amenities, including a Church of England primary school, public house, village school and church. Further amenities can be found in the nearby town of Daventry, which has a number of major supermarkets, including Waitrose, doctors' surgeries, an excellent farm shop, a leisure centre and schooling. Rugby, Northampton, Coventry, Leamington Spa and Milton Keynes are all within easy reach for more extensive requirements. There is a wide selection of schools in the area to meet most requirements, including Bilton Grange in Dunchurch and Winchester House in Brackley, Arnold Lodge and Kingsley High School for Girls in Leamington Spa, Kings High School for Girls in Warwick, Northampton High School for Girls, Warwick and Rugby schools. There is an exceptional communication network with the M1, M6, M40 and M45 all within close proximity, and mainline trains run from Rugby to London Euston and Banbury to London Marylebone. Local racecourse at Warwick and golf courses are nearby at Staverton and Hellidon Lakes as well as fishing and sailing at Draycote Reservoir.
