Inglenook Cottage, High Street, Whittlebury

£435,000 Freehold

Pretty Semi-Detached Cottage

3 / 4 Bedrooms & Two Bathrooms

20ft Sitting room with Inglenook

15ft Dining Hall, Kitchen with Range

Breakfast Room, Bathroom, Utility

Ground Floor Bedroom / Office

Superb 16ft x 15ft Master Bedroom

Mature 0.18 acre gardens

EPC Energy Rating - E

Inglenook Cottage, 47 High Street, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, NN12 8XH

Inglenook is a pretty stone semi-detached cottage,

believed to date from the late 15th Century, with later

additions. Standing close to the centre of the village, the

cottage retains some exceptional period features,

including two 'cruck' frames from the original building,

stone walls and ceiling timbers and a later inglenook

fireplace with an exposed bressumer beam and pillars.

With three first floor bedrooms and a ground floor suite

suitable for a dependant relative or as a work from

home office, the cottage offers flexible accommodation

in mature gardens of 0.18 acres.

LOCATION: WHITTLEBURY is situated on the A413 approximately 4 miles south of

the small historic town of Towcester and 7 miles north of Buckingham. M1

Junction 15A is some 10 miles distant with access to the M40 Junction 10 at

Brackley and Junction 11 at Banbury. The village comprises mainly period

properties and good quality modern homes. There is a public house, St Mary's

Church of England church, the nearest Roman Catholic and Baptist churches are

at Towcester. There is a primary school in the village and State s econdary

education is available at Sponne School, Towcester. Leisure facilities include golf

in the village and at nearby Silverstone, motor racing at Silverstone, horse racing

at Towcester and the leisure centre at Towcester. Towcester and Silverstone

offer day to day shopping facilities whilst Milton Keynes, some 10 miles to the

south, has one of the largest shopping complexes in Europe. There is a good, fast

rail service from Milton Keynes to London Euston (35 minutes) and the A43 road

gives easy access to the major road network.

ACCOMMODATION: Dining Hall, Sitting Room, Kitchen, Breakfast Room, Bedroom

Four / Office, Utility Room, Bath / Shower Room, Study / Landing Three Bedroom,

Shower Room.

DINING HALL: 15' 7" x 10' 3" (4.75m x 3.12m) Entered from an oak door with leaded window either side, this room features a slate tiled floor and part exposed stone walls. Stairs

rise to the first floor landing and there is a double radiator, leaded windows either side of the inglenook to the sitting ro om and a stable style latch door to the inner hall.

SITTING ROOM: 19' 11" x 14' 2" (6.07m x 4.32m) The focal point of this room is the stone inglenook fireplace with an

exposed bressumer beam and pillars and a cast iron canopied fire on a raised quarry tiled hearth. There is a bay with a leaded

window to the front elevation and three further windows including one with a seat below and two with deep sills. There are

four wall light points, two single radiators, a shelved recess, a TV point and a stable door to:

INNER HALL: Open plan to the

kitchen with an under stairs

storage cupboard, a pine

corner cupboard and a shelved

recess with a wall light point.

KITCHEN: 11' 10" x 10' 1"

(3.61m x 3.07m) (plus 7'5 x

5'10) Designed as a free

standing kitchen, featuring a

range recess with exposed oak

timbers and a fitted four hob

range cooker with double

oven, grill and griddle. There is

an enamel 'Belfast' sink unit

with wooden work tops either

side, a cupboard below and

concealed plumbing for a

dishwasher adjacent. Opposite

is a free standing shelved

cupboard and of particular

note, a full sized butchers

block. There are slate floor

ti les, ceiling beams, a leaded

window to the side elevation, a

single radiator and a recess

suitable for a fridge / freezer. A

doorway leads to:

BREAKFAST ROOM: 11' 11" x

8' (3.63m x 2.44m) With a

terracotta tiled floor, the

breakfast room has built in

storage cupboards housing the

Vaillant boiler, recessed ceiling

lights, a leaded window and

door to the side elevation and

a single radiator.

BEDROOM FOUR / OFFICE: 15' 4" x 11' 11"

(4.67m x 3.63m) This is a dual aspect room

with two leaded windows to the side

elevation and double leaf doors to the rear

garden. There are two single radiators, two

telephone sockets, three wall light points

and a range of solid pine fitted cupboards,

drawers and a wardrobe.

UTILITY ROOM: 7' 11" x 4' 10" (2.41m x

1.47m) Ideal for conversion to an en-suite if

required, this room has a single drainer

stainless steel sink unit with a cupboard

below, eye level storage cupboards and a

terrazzo tiled floor. Plumbing is provided for

an automatic washing machine and there is

a pitched ceiling exposed timbers, a Velux

roof light window and an access hatch to a

loft area.

BATHROOM: 8' 5" x 7' 10" (2.57m x 2.39m)

Featuring a freestanding roll top slipper

bath with ball and claw feet and a hand

held mixer tap shower attachment. There is

a corner shower cubicle with a height

adjustable shower and hinged screen door,

a wall mounted wash hand basin and a high

flush WC. There is a terracotta tiled floor, a

pitched ceiling with exposed timbers, a

double glazed Velux roof light window and

two tubular radiators.

LANDING / STUDY AREA: With exposed floorboards and part exposed stone walls, the landing has an access hatch to the loft

and doors to the first floor bedrooms.

BEDROOM ONE: 16' 5" x 15' 2" (5m x 4.62m) With a dual pitched ceiling, exposed cruck timbers and part exposed 'A' frames,

there are leaded windows to three aspects, a single radiator and recessed ceiling lights. There is a range of hand -made pine

fitted wardrobes, exposed floor boards and part exposed stone walls.

SHOWER ROOM: Fitted

in a white suite of a

square cubicle with a

height adjustable

shower and hinged

screen door, a low level

WC and a circular wash

hand basin on a

washstand with

cupboards and drawers

below. There is a

chrome ladder

radiator, and a shelved

storage.

BEDROOM TWO: 10' 9" x 8'

(3.28m x 2.44m) Providing a

fitted double wardrobe, a

part exposed stone wall, a

leaded window to the front

elevation and a single

radiator.

BEDROOM THREE: 11' 10" x

10' (3.61m x 3.05m) This

room has limited ceiling

height with a dual pitched

ceiling and exposed centre

beams. There is a leaded

dormer window to the side

elevation, recessed ceiling

lights and an access hatch to

a 'crawl' loft space.

OUTSIDE FRONT: The property stands behind a wood chipped front garden providing flower and

shrub borders, with a low stone retaining wall and a pathway leading to the front door.

A gravelled driveway adjacent to the cottage leads to a hardstanding area for several vehicles.

REAR GARDEN: Next to the parking area is a paved terrace with a timber pergola over and

grapevine. Adjacent is a timber garden shed and access to the rear terrace behind bedroom four /

office. This terrace is bounded by a low stone wall with shaped flower beds and borders the lawn

and a pathway leading beneath colonnade pergolas toward the rear of the garden. There are deep

flower, shrub and tree borders and beyond the lawn, a brick based greenhouse.

This area of the garden provides ample space for two sizeable vegetable gardens, either side of the

pathway.

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