Property description
Church Farm is an attractive three storey family home with the main house being from Georgian times with Tudor elements. The house boasts much original character with wood flooring throughout many of the rooms, original beamed ceilings, window shutters to many of the rooms and wonderful fireplaces including Tudor ironstone and inglenook. Two garden areas, one overlooking the stunning church opposite, large garage and barn/stable offering potential for conversion (stpp)
SITUATION
Houghton on the Hill is a thriving community village with both a Methodist Church and St Catherine's Anglican Church, having been listed as 'one of the ten best places to live in England' by the Church of England in 2012. At the heart of the village are two pubs \"The Old Black Horse\" and \"The Rose and Crown\", together with the village hall. Benefitting from a wide range of amenities including a mini-market, Post Office, hairdressers and pharmacy, the village also offers numerous sports/leisure clubs for all age groups. Further shops, restaurants and extensive leisure facilities are available in nearby Leicester located approx. 7 miles to the west, which also has a thriving cultural scene including the renowned Curve Theatre. The affluent market town of Market Harborough is to the south and has a wide range of boutique and high street shops, restaurants and bars, whilst both Uppingham and Oakham are located to the east. The village particularly benefits from its proximity to Rutland Water which offers outdoor pursuits such as trout fishing, sailing, cycling, walking and climbing and there are a number of local golf courses within easy reach.Educational facilities in the surrounding area are excellent, with preparatory schooling at Stoneygate and notable private schools nearby in Uppingham, Oakham and Leicester Grammar School (Great Glen); there are also a number of well-regarded state school options including the C of E Primary School in Houghton on the Hill itself which was rated \"Good\" at their last Ofsted inspection and the highly regarded Gartree and Beauchamp Schools a short distance away in Oadby.In terms of transportation, Leicester train station offers access to London St. Pancras from 70 minutes, whilst Market Harborough train station offers access to London St Pancras from 55 minutes. Leicester and Peterborough are easily accessible via the A47, linking to the M1 and A1 respectively.
DESCRIPTION
Church Farm is an attractive three storey family home with the main house being from Georgian times with Tudor elements and having been the Manor house of the village from the early seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. The house boasts much original character with wood flooring throughout many of the rooms, original beamed ceilings, window shutters to many of the rooms and wonderful fireplaces including Tudor ironstone and inglenook. Rooms to the front elevation have unobstructed views across to the church opposite. On entering through the front door into the hallway a door to the right leads to the drawing room with open fire, wooden flooring and beamed ceiling which flows through two openings into the dining room, having a beamed ceiling, wooden flooring, open fireplace with Tudor ironstone surround and French doors out to the garden. To the left of the hallway lies the sitting room with wooden flooring and large inglenook fireplace and slate hearth, this in turn gives way to the family kitchen/breakfast room with original beamed ceiling, bespoke units with Belfast sink and AGA; stairs lead off the kitchen to a first floor WC / store / boot room. A rear hallway gives access to the utility room and stairway down to a good sized dry cellar. Rising from the main hallway, stairs lead to the first floor and the master bedroom with large ensuite bath & shower room and dressing area. Bedroom 2 is a large double with double aspect windows whilst bedroom three has fitted wardrobes, with the family bath/shower room completing the accommodation on this level. On the second floor, two further double bedrooms are off of a large landing area with potential to create an additional bathroom.
OUTSIDE
The property is approached via a five bar gate and spacious gravelled parking area to the detached double garage located to the side of the property. A further gate leads into the private, walled rear garden providing patio area, lawn, herbaceous borders and access to the stable at the rear of the garage block. Currently utilised as a 'playroom', these buildings offers further potential as annexe / office set up, subject to all necessary consents. To the opposite side of the house, directly accessed via the dining room, is a wonderfully private second walled garden with stunning views over the church opposite as illustrated in the photos.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Services: Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage. Local Authority: Harborough District Council Council Tax Band: GTenure: FreeholdEPC Rating: Exempt