4 bedroom detached house

Rooms

Ground Floor
The door from the street opens to an entrance hall which has double doors to the kitchen/breakfast/family room and an opening to the reception hall which has a tiled floor, a built-in book case and two built-in cupboards, one with space for coats and shoes. There is a two piece cloakroom, a full turn staircase to the first floor, and a door and windows overlooking a courtyard garden and the drive.

Reception Rooms
The dining room is in the oldest part of the property and has two windows to the front with shutters. The feature fireplace has a wooden surround. The dual aspect sitting room was added about twenty years ago and has an exposed wood floor and a brick fireplace, with a timber bressummer, housing a log burning stove. The bi-fold doors spanning one wall were added last year and flood the room with natural light. They open to a south facing paved terrace area for outside entertaining. The sitting room also has French doors and steps down to a sheltered courtyard garden between the wings of the house

Kitchen/Breakfast/Family Room
This triple aspect room is in the oldest section of the house and retains the original ceiling beams. The kitchen area is where the original shop used to be and still has the original window through which purchases of meat were made. The kitchen is fitted in a range of bespoke custom built wall and base units including glazed display cupboards, a plate rack and display shelving. Integrated AEG appliances include a double oven, one with a combi microwave function, a warming drawer and a dishwasher. There is also a double Belfast sink, an induction hob with an extractor over and a Bosch under counter fridge. Tiled flooring continues into the breakfast and family areas which have space for a breakfast table and a sofa and chair. The family area has a feature fireplace with an open fire and a built-in unit in the chimney recess with a cupboard and display shelving. The breakfast area has French doors to the courtyard garden.

Utility Room
The utility room has a range of built-in storage units with a work surface incorporating a sink and drainer. There is the Worcester boiler, an airing cupboard, and space for a washer/dryer and for a fridge/freezer.

First Floor
All the windows on the first floor have been replaced and are double glazed. The master bedroom has two windows to the front, a built-in double wardrobe and a feature fireplace. The en suite has underfloor heating, a freestanding double ended bath, a walk-in shower cubicle, a vanity washbasin and a concealed cistern WC with shelved storage above. Bedroom two is in the newer part of the house and has a range of fitted wardrobes and drawers by Fraser James. The en suite has a shower cubicle, a vanity washbasin and a WC. The guest bedroom also has a Fraser James built-in wardrobe and an en suite shower room. The fourth bedroom is currently used as a dressing room and has a range of built-in wardrobes.

Gardens and Grounds
The property is entered via double wooden doors to a gravel driveway which provided parking and access to the house and outbuildings. The courtyard garden is surrounded on three sides by the house and is mainly paved with a central brick path leading to steps up to the drive with shrub beds either side. The courtyard and the paved terrace outside the sitting room both have space for outside dining and entertaining. Steps from the terrace lead to the rest of the garden which is mainly laid to lawn with established shrub borders and several mature trees interspersed. The garden is bordered by walls at the side but at the rear the boundary is marked by post and wire fencing so that the views over the surrounding countryside are not obscured.

Outbuildings
The main outbuilding consists of five main sections, four of which are interconnected. The two storey section is the former stables and trap house, and there is a single storey store and an open fronted barn which could be used as a carport, and has a mezzanine storage area above. There is also a small brick built shed used for garden equipment. These outbuildings are currently used for storage but have the potential, subject to planning permission, to be converted into additional accommodation or a self-contained annexe for extended family or guests. At the bottom of the garden the property also has the original brick built pig styes still with the original brazier used to cook the pig swill. The styes are in need of some repair but could be converted into a garden room or a detached home office subject to planning permission. The vendor has a supply of original Althorp bricks and pantile roof tiles to use in any conversion work undertaken on the outbuildings.

Situation
Little Brington has a public house, The Saracen Head, a livery stables for horseriding, and Brington Primary School which is rated as good by Ofsted. Great Brington, which is less than 15 minutes’ walk away ,has a Parish Church, The Althorp Coaching Inn Public House and a Post Office and store. Secondary education is available at Bugbroke Campion School, 6.3 miles away. Public schools are available at Stowe, Oakham, Uppingham, Oundle and Rugby. Independent day schools are available at Wellingborough and Northampton High School for Girls. As well as a main line station from Northampton there is a railway station at Long Buckby 3.5 miles away with services to Birmingham New Street in 52 minutes.