A superbly constructed stone house with versatile and highly energy efficient accommodation along with beautifully landscaped garden and double garage, set within a popular village close to Oundle.

Brook House is a beautifully constructed stone house dating from around 1999. It is one of three, individual properties set down a private drive, behind a high stone wall, affording great privacy from Fotheringhay Road.

This house has handsome elevations built of local limestone. Within, there are spacious and light rooms with high ceilings. The layout offers a degree of versatility in how many of the rooms are used. The principal rooms have views over the beautifully manicured gardens. The current owners have been meticulous in their care of the house and have carried out many improvements in recent years. It now offers a high degree of energy efficiency, with the recent installation of double-glazed windows, air source heating system and a large array of discreetly installed, solar panels.

The entrance hall, with slate floor, is a large welcoming space, with doors off to each of the reception rooms and to the guest cloakroom. The dining room is superbly proportioned for formal dinners. At the far end of the hall is the drawing room, which is an elegant room with an oak floor and enjoying a dual aspect and with French doors opening to the terrace. The fireplace makes a handsome focal point. The study is adjacent and has a view to the front and is ample in size for home working.

The sitting room is open to the kitchen, giving a good flow to the house and a feeling of inclusion. It would be ideal as a playroom for those with younger children. French doors open to the terrace.

The kitchen is the hub of the house offering plenty of room for cooking, family mealtimes and relaxation. The kitchen area has a range of bespoke furniture with quartz worksurfaces and inset sink. The electric four oven Aga provides the cooking facility. The dishwasher is built in. The utility is a great size and offers useful storage and space for the usual appliances.

The first floor is reached via a bespoke oak staircase leading from the hall. The galleried landing provides access to each of the five bedrooms. The principal bedroom is a great size and has a view over the gardens and the manor grounds. The en suite bathroom is luxuriously appointed with a freestanding bath, WC, basin and shower cubicle. The guest suite is another substantial room and enjoys a triple aspect. It too has a superbly appointed en suite shower room / WC. The remaining three double bedrooms have use of the family bathroom which has a roll-top bath, WC, shower cubicle and basin.

Brook House sits at the end of the gravelled drive, which provides parking and turning space, set in front of the double garage. This is accessed via a pair of remote-controlled doors. Power and light are connected within, and a door leads into the garden. The house sits beautifully within exquisite gardens, which include a sunken lawn surrounded by shrub and flower beds set within dwarf walls and with topiarised trees to one end. A pergola covered walkway leads alongside the lawn and around to the parterre, where neat box hedged beds contain maturing shrubs and specimen trees. A large south-facing terrace provides a great area for dining outside. The summer house stands to one side.

Tenure -Freehold

EPC - Band C

Council Tax- Band G

Services - Mains water and electricity. Solar panels and Air Source heating.