Crocket Lane, Empingham, Oakham
- PROPERTY TYPE
Barn Conversion
- BEDROOMS
3
- BATHROOMS
3
- SIZE
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Key features
- AN ELEGANT VILLAGE HOME WITH STYLISH RECEPTION SPACE, PRETTY GARDENS AND AN EXCELLENT RUTLAND LOCATION
- Hall
- Cloakroom
- Kitchen & Breakfast Room
- Utility Room & Larder
- Drawing Room
- First Floor Living Room
- Master Bedroom with Ensuite Bathroom
- Two Further Bedrooms, with Ensuite Shower Rooms
- Garage & Car Port, Garden
Description
Approach
From the end of Crocket's Lane the gated entrance opens to a graveled drive edged by mature trees that leads round to parking in front of the Garage. A path leads to the oak-framed Entrance Porch.
Ground Floor - Hall
The attractive oak-frame Entrance Hall has floor-to-ceiling double height windows that allow light to flow into the area and first floor rooms above. The elegant space has an antique French oak flooring and doors to the ground floor living rooms.
Cloakroom
Just off the Hall there is a large cupboard housing the boiler system with further storage and a door leads to the Cloakroom with tiled walls and flooring, this has a white basin and WC.
Kitchen & Dining Room
21' 11'' x 13' 11'' (6.68m x 4.24m)
This welcoming, light-filled room is an ideal day-to-day living space and has two sets of French doors which open it out to a patio in the front garden and to the west-facing grounds at the back. The Kitchen itself features a range of hand-made solid wood wall and base units with granite work surfaces and a 1 ½ bowl stainless steel sink with mixer tap and waste disposal. The excellent appliances include a Gaggenau hob with gas-fired wok burner, two ring ceramic and two ring induction hobs with built-in extractor fan and the large 90? oven with grill is also by Gaggenau, whilst further integrated appliances include a larder fridge and a dishwasher. A breakfast bar divides the working area from the elegant seating space which is ideal for relaxed entertaining and family meals, with lovely views over the garden. The dining area has antique oak flooring and the main stairs lead up from here, whilst the Kitchen itself has tiled floors and doors leading to the Larder and...
Utility Room
With a range of wall and base units, a stainless steel sink with mixer tap and a double oven with a 4-ring electric hob. There is space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble-dryer and further space for a freestanding fridge/freezer.
Larder
The Larder has a marble-topped cold shelf with basket storage below and fitted shelving.
Drawing Room
22' 3'' x 13' 5'' (6.78m x 4.09m)
This elegant room is immaculately presented with cream carpet and has two sets of oak-framed French doors which open the room out to the front terrace. Fitted with casement shutters they allow light to stream in along the length of the room, whilst two windows on the west side have views out over the garden. A door leads to the far end of the barn.
Rear Hall & Stairs
With tiled flooring and fitted shelves, this has a main, solid oak door to the front, a door to the ground floor Guest Room and the second stairs lead up from here to the first floor Guest Suite.
Bedroom Two with En Suite
13' 1'' x 12' 2'' (3.98m x 3.71m)
This charming room is quietly located at the far end of the barn and has views over the front garden as well as a built-in wardrobe. A door leads to the Ensuite Shower Room which has a tiled floor, and white suite comprising shower cubicle, basin with mixer tap, WC and heated towel rail.
First Floor - Landing One
Stairs from the Entrance Hall have understairs storage and a charming curved wall leading up past a double-height window overlooking the front. At the top is a the Landing from where a door opens to the Master Bedroom and steps lead up to the Living Room.
First Floor Living Room
22' 6'' x 14' 9'' (6.85m x 4.49m)
The first floor Living Room is both striking and cosy with a high vaulted ceiling featuring exposed original timbers and an impressive cross-beam, as well as fireplace fitted with a flame-effect gas fire. Light comes from the Landing, large Velux windows and two deep windows on either side which have views over the grounds. Steps lead to the Mezzanine level.
Study
14' 9'' x 12' 5'' (4.49m x 3.78m)
With a stunning vaulted ceiling and solid wood floorboards, the mezzanine level has light from a Velux window. Currently used as a Study it could equally be used as an occasional guest room or children's den.
Master Bedroom with En Suite Bathroom
20' 7'' x 10' 0'' (6.27m x 3.05m)
With space in the entrance for a small desk positioned next to a window, this pretty bedroom has elegant cream carpets and further windows on two sides flooding it with light throughout the day. There are three sets of built-in wardrobes one of which could be opened up to create a link to the far end of the barn. The smartly fitted Bathroom has Amtico flooring, a shower cubicle, basin with mixer tap, WC, free-standing bath with mixer tap and hand-held shower and a heated towel rail.
Landing Two
The second stairs have cream carpet and lead from the rear Hall to a small landing, third Bedroom and Shower Room.
Bedroom Three
10' 4'' x 10' 2'' (3.15m x 3.10m)
A pretty room with a window to the front and under-eaves cupboards.
Shower Room
With a tiled floor, shower cubicle and unique ?Mickey Mouse' basin, taps and WC.
Outside
Garage & Car port
The Garage has a remote-controlled up-and-over door leading to parking for up to two cars plus storage, there is light and power and a door to the garden. Adjacent to the Garage is a covered car port with parking for one car.
Garden
The barn sits centrally within splendid, well-established gardens that are stocked with a number of mature trees and surrounded by stone walls and fencing. The front garden has quince, pear, apricot and apple trees along the driveway, and the lawn has a feature well in front of the flagged terrace that runs along the barn's facade. A side gate leads to the sunny, west-facing gardens at the back of the barn where lawns are edged by mature borders and there is a vegetable garden with raised beds and a green-house. Further plant stock includes varieties of red & blackcurrant bushes and gooseberries and a damson tree. There are many shady seating places such as the vine-draped pergola and a pretty Summerhouse has a decked area at the front which is the perfect spot from which to enjoy views of the garden.
Services: Electricity, Gas, Water & Drainage
Central Heating: Gas
Local Authority: Rutland County Council
EPC Rating: E
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Crocket Lane, Empingham, Oakham
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Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Stamford Station5.0 miles
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