5 bedroom detached house

Rooms

About the House cont'd
The property has a plot of 1.91 acres of private gardens and grounds and is surrounded by open countryside. It is a peaceful rural location within walking distance of village amenities including a primary school which is rated good by Ofsted, and is only 25 minutes’ drive from a wider range of amenities in Northampton or Bedford and only just over 30 minutes’ drive from Milton Keynes which has one of the largest covered shopping centres in Europe, leisure facilities including a theatre, cinemas and an indoor ski slope, and commuter trains to Euston in just 32 minutes.

History and Heritage
The oldest part of the property dates back to circa 1720. The vendors extended about 20 years ago to add the vaulted sitting room which was carefully designed to blend with the original with the use of the same mellow stonework. The slate roof on the whole property was renewed at this time. The property has phase 3 electrics. The vendors also converted the adjoining L-shaped stone built outbuilding which now comprises two one bedroom apartments, a gym/games room, two double garages and a single garage.

Ground Floor
The panelled wooden front door opens into an entrance hall which has a slate tiled floor which continues into the adjoining kitchen/breakfast room. The inner hall has a flagstone floor, stairs to the first floor with a coats cupboard under, a cloakroom, and stairs to the cellar which has good head height, a window and wine storage racks.

Principal Reception Rooms
The dual aspect sitting room is an extension added by the vendors. It has a high vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, feature exposed stonework, a feature fireplace housing a log burning stove, and a flagstone floor. A hatch, with glazed viewing window, covers an original well which has display lighting. Double doors open to a paved patio in the rear garden. The dining room has exposed beams, a window to the side, a built-in cupboard, and a fireplace with a log burning stove. The exposed oak flooring continues through double doors into the adjoining garden room which can also be accessed from the kitchen/breakfast room and has exposed stonework, a vaulted ceiling and windows and double doors to the paved terrace in the rear garden.

Home Office and Study
The home office has a flagstone floor, dual aspect windows, a built-in cupboard, and an inglenook fireplace with a timber bressummer and a log burning stove. There is also a separate study which has oak flooring, a built-in cupboard, and a window to the side with a window seat.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The kitchen/breakfast room is open plan to the hall, has a door to the rear patio, and is dual aspect with windows to the front and rear, including a feature arched window overlooking the front garden. There are exposed ceiling beams, and a stone inglenook fireplace with a timber bressummer housing a log burning stove. The central island has a breakfast bar, and incorporates a one and a half bowl sink and drainer, and a Smeg range cooker with a six ring gas hob and an extractor fan over. There is also a range of matching limed oak base and wall units, including glazed display cabinets, and an integrated Smeg dishwasher. In addition to the breakfast bar the room has space for a breakfast table and chairs.

Utility/Shower Room
The slate tiled flooring continues into the adjoining utility room which has a window to the rear, a shower, and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. The room also houses the two LPG boilers for the house.

First Floor
The oak staircase leads up to a galleried split level landing which has space for a seating area, a window overlooking the rear garden, and a shelved airing cupboard.

Principal Bedroom Suite
The principal bedroom has oak flooring, a part vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, and is dual aspect with two sets of glazed doors to Juliet balconies overlooking the front and rear gardens. The almost fully tiled en suite bathroom has a bath, a bidet, a WC, a wash basin and a towel radiator.

Other Bedrooms and Bathrooms
There are four further bedrooms on the first floor which share a family shower room. One of the bedrooms has a door leading to stairs to a loft storage area and one of the other bedrooms has stairs up to a study/play area on the second floor.

Gym/Games Room
This room, in the L-shaped outbuilding, was originally designed to contain an indoor pool. The vaulted gym/games room has exposed beams, Velux windows, and picture windows and a sliding patio door to a decked entertaining area overlooking a pond. The gym has an oak sprung floor, and a cupboard which houses the boiler for The Willows apartment. There is also a sauna and a shower room.

Self-Contained Apartments
There are two self-contained apartments in the L-shaped outbuilding both of which have open plan sitting/dining rooms with kitchen areas which both have a range of high gloss units, and white granite work surfaces incorporating a sink and drainer. Both apartments have integrated appliances with a Whirlpool oven and hob, and a fridge in The Pod and an AEG oven with hob, a fridge/freezer and a washing machine in The Willows. The Pod has an exposed pine wood block floor which was reclaimed from an old church and The Willows has a tiled floor. Both apartments have shower rooms on the ground floor. The Pod has an oak and glass staircase to a landing area which overlooks the main room and leads to a double bedroom. The Willows has a feature spiral staircase to a double bedroom on the first floor.

Garages and Outbuildings
The main garage is next to the gym/games room and measures over 22 ft. by just under 23 ft. It has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, a York stone floor with electric underfloor heating, bi-fold doors to the front and dual aspect windows. Between the two apartments there is a further double garage with twin sets of timber doors and a single garage with timber doors. There are solar panels mounted on the roof of The Pod with the inverters in the adjoining double garage. The solar panels help to reduce energy bills at the property and also generate an income of between £2,000 and 2,500 a year from the feed in tariff. In the grounds there is a further timber built outbuilding which has an open fronted barn and double doors to two further garage/store rooms. By the gates to the property there is a stone built kennel with run and there is also a timber summerhouse in the rear garden which has power connected and an adjoining thatched seating area.

Gardens and Grounds
The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property. There are numerous mature trees providing screening and mature hedges separate the space into separate areas. The five bar gate from the road opens to a long tree lined drive which leads to a parking area and continues to electric gates which give access to the courtyard area between the house and outbuilding which provides additional parking and has paved seating areas, specimen trees and feature beds surrounded by shaped Buxus hedges. A central bed creates a turning circle and conceals the Klargester. At the rear of the property there is a sheltered paved, split level terrace for outside dining and entertaining, with low retaining walls, steps up to the summerhouse, and other steps to the rest of the garden which has rolling lawns with mature trees interspersed.

Gardens cont'd
On one side of the drive, hedges separate off an area which is currently used as a vegetable garden and has several raised beds. This area is quite flat and has the space for a tennis court if desired. The decked entertaining area accessed from the gym/games room has a BBQ area and a Jacuzzi and overlooks a natural pond which is screened by hedges and has willow trees and other trees and shrubs around it.

Situation and Schooling
Podington has an active community with many events taking place in the Village Hall or Cricket Club and the village is also the home of Podington Garden Centre which has a very loyal following. Local facilities are available in both Wollaston and Irchester with wider facilities available in Rushden including a Waitrose and the new Rushden Lakes shopping centre which has a range of over fifty shops, a Cineworld cinema and a selection of restaurants. Podington is in the popular Sharnbrook Upper School catchment area and private schools nearby include the Harpur Trust School in Bedford and public schools at Wellingborough, Oundle and Uppingham. Whilst rural the village is well placed for access to the A45 that links the M1 at junction 15 to the A14 (A1/M1 link road). Mainline stations at Wellingborough and Bedford have services to London St Pancras international in 56 and 41 minutes respectively.