Lavender Cottage, Gaulby, Leicestershire

This charming, detached period family home boasts over 3,400 sq. ft of stunning characterful accommodation with timber beams and original fireplaces. The impressive layout provides four generous reception rooms each offering its own unique character and warmth, a superb 26 ft breakfast kitchen at the heart of the home, four bedrooms, and three bathrooms.

Accommodation - The property is entered via a welcoming, bright reception hall with flagstone flooring, housing the staircase to the first floor. Off the hallway are a study and games room. The elegant drawing room has a feature stone fireplace with an inset cast iron log burner, exposed ceiling beams and windows to the side and rear elevations providing a south and west-facing dual aspect, with French doors opening onto the lovely garden.

The formal dining room has a window to the front, exposed ceiling beams and an open fire with stone fireplace surround. The sitting room is a cosy space with a brick-built Inglenook fireplace with a wooden beam lintel, stone hearth and an inset log burner, built-in storage and a window to the front elevation; this room also houses the secondary staircase.

The generous breakfast kitchen is a perfect family space, the heart of which is the large Aga; there is an excellent range of farmhouse style base level units and drawers, ample marble preparation surfaces, a split Butler’s sink with mixer tap and window above and a central island unit providing further storage space, with a solid wooden worktop, further white appliance space, exposed brickwork and ceiling beams, quarry tiled flooring and space for a dining table. Off the kitchen are a useful walk-in pantry and utility room.

To the first floor are four bedrooms, the generous master having a window to the front, a dressing room with an excellent range of built-in wardrobes and drawers, plus a luxury, contemporary en-suite with an enclosed WC, a square wash hand basin set on a vanity unit with storage beneath and a mirror above, a chrome heated towel rail, an open walk-in circular shower enclosure with drench shower, fully tiled walls and floor. Bedroom two, accessed from the secondary staircase, also enjoys an en-suite bathroom.

Outside - The property is approached via a five-bar wooden gate and a driveway providing off street parking for several vehicles and access to the detached garage. The property’s gardens are an absolute delight, extending to 0.66 acres of extensive lawns and paved patio entertaining areas with an array of mature shrubs, trees and flowers.

Location - Gaulby is a small village lying approximately eight miles east of Leicester city with local shopping facilities found in nearby villages of Houghton and Billesdon.

Under 10 miles away is Market Harborough, a thriving market town receiving regular national accolade in the press in various quality of life surveys. The town offers a mainline railway station to London St Pancras in approximately an hour and a wide range of niche shopping, restaurants and a wide range of leisure and sporting amenities. Market Harborough is situated in some of the county's most attractive countryside.

Property Information - Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: Harborough District Council
Tax Band: G
Listed Status: Not Listed
Conservation Area: Yes, Gaulby Conservation Area
Services: The property is offered to the market with all mains services and oil-fired central heating
Broadband delivered to the property: FTTC
Non-standard construction: Believed to be of standard constructed
Wayleaves, Rights of Way, Easements & Covenants: Yes
Flooding issues in the last 5 years: No
Accessibility: Two storey dwelling

Satnav Information: - The property’s postcode is LE7 9LP, and house name
o. Lavender Cottage/ No. 1