Brookdene, Ashwell, Oakham, Rutland

Substantial, detached family home offering high quality, flexible accommodation with detached garage, ample secure parking to front and private, south-facing garden to rear, tucked away in a quiet residential area within a well-regarded village just 3 miles north of the county town of Oakham.

This property offers tastefully appointed, light and airy, ample living accommodation with good quality fixtures and fittings throughout, including marble tiled floors, superb kitchen and contemporary sanitary ware to bath/shower rooms.

The interior provides a considerable degree of flexibility with Bedroom Four featuring a spiral staircase leading into the galleried Mezzanine. With a connected en-suite Shower Room and large storage area off, this space could easily be used as a suite of an additional bedroom with the room below becoming an attached private lounge.

The energy efficient accommodation benefits from gas central heating (with underfloor heating downstairs) and full double glazing and can be summarised as follows:

GROUND FLOOR: Snug, Study, impressive Dining Hall, WC, Garden Room flooded with natural light, large Sitting Room with log-burning stove in stone fireplace, high-specification Kitchen/Diner with granite worktops, useful Utility;

FIRST FLOOR: Master Suite of spacious Bedroom, Dressing Room and en-suite Bathroom, three further Double Bedrooms, one of them with en-suite Shower Room and another with access to Mezzanine, Family Bathroom;

MEZZANINE FLOOR: potential Double Bedroom, en-suite Shower Room, Storage Room.

Description - Substantial, detached family home offering high quality, flexible accommodation with detached garage, ample secure parking to front and private, south-facing garden to rear, tucked away in a quiet residential area within a well-regarded village just 3 miles north of the county town of Oakham.

No. 3 Brookdene, Ashwell offers tastefully appointed, light and airy, ample living accommodation with good quality fixtures and fittings throughout, including marble tiled floors, superb kitchen and contemporary sanitary ware to bath/shower rooms.

The interior provides a considerable degree of flexibility with Bedroom Four featuring a spiral staircase leading into the galleried Mezzanine. With a connected en-suite Shower Room and large storage area off, this space could easily be used as a suite of an additional bedroom with the room below becoming an attached private lounge.

The energy efficient accommodation benefits from gas central heating (with underfloor heating downstairs) and full double glazing and can be summarised as follows:

GROUND FLOOR: Snug, Study, impressive Dining Hall, WC, Garden Room flooded with natural light, large Sitting Room with log-burning stove in stone fireplace, high-specification Kitchen/Diner with granite worktops, useful Utility;

FIRST FLOOR: Master Suite of spacious Bedroom, Dressing Room and en-suite Bathroom, three further Double Bedrooms, one of them with en-suite Shower Room and another with access to Mezzanine, Family Bathroom;

MEZZANINE FLOOR: potential Double Bedroom, en-suite Shower Room, Storage Room.

Accommodation -

Ground Floor -

Entrance Area - Composite main entrance door with glass insets, marble tiled floor with underfloor heating, alarm control panel, access to Dining Hall.

Snug - 3.81m into bay x 3.71m (12'6" into bay x 12'2") - Underfloor heating, bay window to front.

Study - 3.20m x 2.95m (10'6" x 9'8") - Storage cupboard, timber effect tiled floor with underfloor heating, window to front elevation.

Open-Plan Dining Hall - 5.79m x 4.65m (19'0" x 15'3") - Marble tiled floor with underfloor heating, understairs storage, galleried staircase with turned spindles leading to first floor, access to Garden Room.

Wc - White suite comprising close coupled WC and wash hand basin, marble tiled walls and floor with underfloor heating.

Garden Room - 5.51m x 2.49m (18'1" x 8'2") - Light and airy UPVC construction featuring glazed roof, marble tiled floor with underfloor heating and sliding doors with matching glazed side panels giving access to garden.

Sitting Room - Log-burning stove set in feature fireplace with dressed stone surround and matching raised hearth, underfloor heating, wall light points, bi-fold door giving access to rear garden.

Kitchen/Diner - 6.81m x 3.89m (22'4" x 12'9") - Beautifully appointed to a very demanding specification and featuring extensive cream granite work surfaces with upstand, inset 1.5 bowl sink with mixer tap, ample white fronted high gloss base cupboard and drawer units with LED plinth lights, curved end wall cupboards and matching curved island with seating for six and storage beneath.

Integrated appliances comprise five ring gas hob with extractor hood above, eye level Neff electric double oven and microwave, full-height fridge, dishwasher and wine cooler.

Metro tiles to splashbacks, stone tiled floor with underfloor heating, recessed ceiling spotlights, window to side elevation, bi-fold doors opening to rear garden.

Utility - 3.05m x 2.31m (10'0" x 7'7") - Fitted granite effect worktop with upstand, inset single drainer stainless steel sink with mixer tap and timber fronted drawer and cupboards beneath, space and plumbing for washing machine, space for tumble dryer, wall mounted Vaillant gas fired boiler.

Built-in cupboard housing hot water cylinder, tiled floor with underfloor heating, window to front elevation, half-glazed external door to side elevation.

First Floor -

Landing -

Bedroom One - 6.93m x 3.81m (22'9" x 12'6") - Generously sized Master Bedroom featuring high ceiling above the sleeping area, fitted wardrobes to two walls, two radiators and window to rear elevation providing views over garden.

Dressing Room - 2.39m x 2.26m (7'10" x 7'5") - Radiator.

En-Suite Bathroom - White suite comprising vanity unit incorporating concealed cistern WC, hand basin with mixer tap, adjoining marble effect top and storage beneath, panelled bath with tiled surround and separate double shower cubicle with tiled surround, deluge shower and a further handheld shower attachment. Column radiator with towel rail, tiled walls, tiled floor, recessed ceiling spotlights, window to front elevation.

Bedroom Two - 5.82m x 3.18m (19'1" x 10'5") - Fitted wardrobes to one wall, radiator, recessed ceiling spotlights, window with views over rear garden.

En-Suite Shower Room - White suite comprising low level WC, rectangular hand basin with mixer tap set in vanity unit with storage beneath and shower cubicle with wall mounted shower. Stainless steel radiator, metro tiles to walls, tiled floor, recessed ceiling spotlights, window to side elevation.

Bedroom Three - 4.55m x 3.33m (14'11" x 10'11") - Fitted wardrobes with sliding doors (one of them mirrored) to one wall, radiator, window to front elevation.

Family Bathroom - White suite comprising low level WC, circular hand basin with mixer tap set atop wall mounted vanity unit with storage, shower cubicle with deluge shower and wall mounted shower attachment and panelled Phoenix Whirlpool bath with jets. Radiator, tiled walls, tiled floor, recessed ceiling spotlights, window to front elevation.

Bedroom Four - 4.65m x 3.61m (15'3" x 11'10") - Radiator, laminate floor, recessed ceiling spotlights, attractive spiral staircase leading to Mezzanine, window overlooking rear garden.

Mezzanine - Gallery to Bedroom Four with 2 Velux lights and access to Shower Room as well as eaves Storage Room.

En-Suite Shower Room - White suite comprising low level WC, hand basin and shower cubicle with wall mounted shower. Stainless steel radiator, tiled walls, tiled floor, recessed ceiling spotlights.

Storage Room - 5.23m x 1.80m (17'2" x 5'11") - Providing ample eaves storage.

Outside - The property is accessed via a gated driveway leading to the brick paved frontage which provides hard standing for a number of vehicles and gives access to the the garage to the side of the house.

There are hand gates to both sides of the house linking front and rear of the property.

Detached Garage - (currently used as Gym)
Light and power, up and over door, window and side personnel door to rear garden, alarm system.

Behind the garage, there is a useful timber shed and small covered area.

Rear Garden - The established and fully enclosed rear garden enjoys a southerly aspect and has been attractively landscaped to include a shaped brick paved terrace, a deck providing a pleasant seating area with adjoining flower bed, lawn and blue slate chippings border with inset mature specimen tree at the top.

Services - Mains electricity
Mains water supply
Mains sewerage
Gas central heating

According to
Broadband availability: Standard, Superfast, Ultrafast
Mobile signal availability:
EE - good outdoor
O2 - variable outdoor
Three - variable outdoor
Vodafone - variable outdoor
Results are predictions and not a guarantee.

None of the services, fittings, or appliances (if any) heating installations, plumbing or electrical systems, telephone or television points have been tested by the Selling Agents.

Ashwell - Ashwell is a quaint village with a small population and peaceful atmosphere situated 3 miles from Oakham which is a small market town with an array of schools, shops, recreational facilities and transport links. It is well situated for easy access to many other work centres including Uppingham, Corby, Kettering, Stamford, Peterborough, Leicester, Melton Mowbray and Nottingham. Rutland Water with its extensive leisure pursuits including fishing, sailing and walking is only a few miles away.

For shopping there is a good range of shops in Oakham, together with a produce market every Wednesday and Saturday, and other facilities in the town include doctors, dentists, opticians, chemists, library etc.

Sporting facilities in the area are many and varied including cricket, rugby, football, tennis, bowls and golf, with a number of eighteen-hole courses. In addition there are a number of leisure pursuits which can be enjoyed on Rutland Water including fishing, sailing and windsurfing.

Rutland and Leicestershire are renowned for hunting and there are some good Hunts locally including the Cottesmore, the Quorn, the Fernie and the Belvoir.

For education, in addition to a wide range of Local Authority schools there are the well known public schools at Oakham, Uppingham and Stamford.

Council Tax - Band TBC
Rutland County Council, Oakham 01572-722577

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