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Beacon Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough

PROPERTY TYPE

Semi-Detached

BEDROOMS

5

BATHROOMS

2

SIZE

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TENURE
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Freehold

Key features

  • 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

Description

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.

Location

Woodhouse Eaves nestles in the heart of Charnwood Forest and offers an excellent range of local facilities and amenities including a well-regarded primary school, numerous pubs and restaurants and a variety of shops, clubs and social facilities. Delightful walks at Windmill Hill, The Beacon, Swithland Woods and The Outwoods as well as Bradgate Park, are all within a few minutes with excellent further shopping and educational facilities available at nearby Loughborough, including The Loughborough Schools Foundation (formerly known as The Endowed Schools and Our Ladys Convent School) and the M1 motorway being all within a 10 minute drive.

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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COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
Band: E
PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
Yes
GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
Yes
ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
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About Bentons, Melton Mowbray

47 Nottingham Street Melton Mowbray Leicestershire, LE13 1NN
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Established over 45 years ago in Melton Mowbray by Alastair Benton, who initially set about to provide professional advice to local farmers and landowners.

Over the years Bentons has grown to be one of the largest and leading estate agency and professional practices covering the East Midlands.

As an independent and multidisciplined firm, we can provide an increasingly rare offering with our ability to advise clients on a diverse range of property related matters. Our offering includes residential sales and lettings, property management, agriculture and farms, commercial sales and lettings and RICS professional valuations.

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