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Front Elevation
Sitting Room
Kitchen
Lounge
Hall
Hall
Kitchen
Kitchen
Rear Hall
Rear Hall
Bedroom 4
Bedroom 5/Office
Bathroom
Lounge
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Shower Room
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5 bedroom semi-detached house for sale

Beacon Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough
Chain-free
Study
Recently added
Semi-detached house
5 beds
2 baths
Added < 7 days

Key information

TenureFreehold
Council taxBand E

Features and description

  • Individual Character Cottage
  • Four/Five Double Bedrooms
  • Bathroom & Shower Room
  • Central Dining Kitchen
  • Three/Four Reception Rooms
  • Wealth of Original Character and Features
  • Central Village Location
  • Energy Rating F
  • Council Tax Band E
  • Tenure Freehold
Wheelwright Cottage is superbly situated on the edge of the village within close proximity of all of its fantastic amenities. This individual character cottage boasts a wealth of charm and features believed to date back to the early 18th century and originally a wheel makers cottage. The property was sympathetically converted into a private home with many alterations and additions in the Victorian era. The cottage offers huge versatility and flexibility in its use with a combination of both ground and first floor bedrooms. Upon entering the property through a recently constructed porch, there is a charming reception hallway with open fire and beams with a cosy sitting room located on one side and a fabulous dining kitchen on the other. Leading from the kitchen is a rear hallway with study area and two further rooms, one used as a bedroom and the other as a home office as well as a ground floor bathroom. Upstairs there is a showstopping central lounge with high vaulted ceiling and tall sash windows. On this floor there are three double bedrooms and a recently refitted shower room. Outside, the property has a landscaped cottage style garden with lawned and seating areas. There is a block paved driveway and double garage. The property demands an early internal viewing to appreciate the size of accommodation as well as its superb position within the village, offered to the market with no chain.

Rooms

Entrance Porch
A contemporary entrance porch with feature glazed gable and central oak door, slate tiled floor and built-in cupboard housing the consumer unit. Door through to:

Reception Hall
With versatility in its use, ideal as a snug with original exposed beams to ceiling, central fireplace with cast iron fire and decorative slips with tiled hearth, staircase rising to the first floor accommodation with door and access steps down to the cellar. Sliding sash window to the front and doors to:

Sitting Room
A cosy reception room benefitting from a dual aspect with sash windows to both the side elevations. A focal point within the room is a central fireplace with cast iron grate and raised tiled hearth. There are exposed ceiling beam and picture rail as well as a hand crafted fitted cupboard.

Dining Kitchen
A substantial kitchen at the heart of the home fitted with a hand crafted range of painted wall and base units with Corian worktops. Within the centre of the kitchen is a gas fired Aga, in addition there is an integrated dishwasher, washing machine and housing for an American style fridge/freezer, glazing to each elevation makes this a naturally light room with natural stone tiled floor and ample space for large dining table and chairs. Door through to:

Rear Hallway
With a stable door connecting through to the garden. The rear hallway is sizeable enough to accommodate a study area with sash window to the rear and side elevations and wide second staircase leading to the first floor landing with understairs storage. Doors to:

Home Office/Bedroom Five
A spacious double room with wide glazed window overlooking the front garden and a useful built-in wardrobe.

Bedroom Four
A fourth double room with pleasant views out across the front garden.

Bathroom
Fitted with a three piece contemporary suite consisting of a twin ended panelled bath with rainwater shower over, wash hand basin situated on a vanity unit and floating WC, full tiling to the walls and floor with underfloor heating, sash window to the side and towel heater.

First Floor Main Lounge
Accessed from the rear staircase which leads directly into this fabulous reception room with a high vaulted ceiling and exposed ceiling beams. This stylish room has beautiful floor to ceiling sash windows to each side elevation as well as feature exposed brickwork. Double doors connect through to the main bedroom and an inner hallway which leads through to the remaining first floor rooms.

Inner Landing
An inner landing with a uPVC sash window to the side elevation. There is a large built-in cupboard which houses the gas Potterton boiler and hot water tank as well as access through to the loft space as well as providing generous storage.

Main Bedroom
This vast bedroom boasts scale and individuality with a high vaulted ceilings with exposed ceiling beam, tall glazed sash window with a further window overlooking the front garden and two Velux roof lights with blackout blinds flooding natural light from above. There is exposed brickwork and original stripped wood flooring.

Bedroom Two
Situated at the very front of the property, this delightful double room has sash windows to both the front and side elevations with a lovely green outlook across the front. This room has a partially vaulted ceiling.

Bedroom Three
Capable of accommodating a double bed, there is a sash window to the side elevation and two built-in cupboards as well as an original painted cast iron fireplace.

Shower Room
Having been recently refitted to a high standard with a large walk-in shower with drench shower head and separate handheld attachment. A wash hand basin and toilet are set within a vanity unit with Quartz top and there is a beautiful leaded light sash window with far reaching village views. Marble effect splashback to the shower, cast iron radiator and tongue and groove panelling to the walls with LVT flooring.

Outside
The property has a delightful garden located in front of the property with a stone wall to the boundary making it full enclosed and private. A slate pathway leads to the front entrance door and wraps around the property providing outdoor seating areas with two central lawns. There is an outdoor tap and lighting and a block paved driveway which provides access to the garage and affords off street parking for two vehicles.

Garage
Accessed via two up and over doors to the front elevation, connected with power and lighting and providing generous storage.

Services & Miscellaneous
The property is connected to mains gas, water, electricity and drainage. The property is located in a conservation area within the village. The property owns the driveway but there is a Right of Access for the neighbouring property to cross the driveway. To check Internet and Mobile Availability please use the following link: checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/broadband-coverage To check Flood Risk please use the following link: check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode

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Crime score
Low crime
0/10
Home prices (average)
5 bedroom semi-detached houses
£831,380

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Bentons - Melton Mowbray
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