Church Street, Northborough, Market Deeping, PE6

This quite stunning detached 17th Century character cottage is in one of the areas’ most sought-after locations and has a wealth of character throughout, with a contemporary twist of a large open-plan 32’ x 25’ kitchen/dining/living room. Set in mature private gardens with a southerly-facing wildflower meadow and small paddock, this individual home has everything you would hope for in a character cottage with its flagstone floors, exposed beams, stone walls and a magnificent inglenook in the dining room. This excellent family home, with its three bedrooms to the first floor and potentially two further bedrooms to the ground floor, opens up the opportunity of having an annexe if required for the very best of modern day living and versatile family accommodation.

Approached via a long driveway, which provides parking for many vehicles and leads to an oversized garage, this Grade II listed cottage is in an excellent school catchment area being just a short walk from Northborough Primary school and in the catchment for Arthur Mellows Village College. Northborough is just 10 miles from Peterborough city centre with London’s Kings Cross only 52 minutes by rail and 12 miles from the Georgian town of Stamford. With approximately 2,300 sq. ft. of living accommodation, this cottage is also ideal if you are working from home with its excellent fibre broadband whilst Northborough has an excellent village shop and is only 3 miles away from the thriving town of Market Deeping.

ENTRANCE

Entrance door opening to

ENTRANCE VESTIBULE

8’8 x 7’ (2.64m x 2.13m)
A most impressive entrance with vaulted ceiling, exposed beams, exposed stone walls, original flooring and windows to front and side elevations. Open access leads through to

HALLWAY

A charming entrance with flagstone floor, exposed beams and a timber staircase leading to the first floor.

DINING ROOM

14’8 x 12’7 (4.47m x 3.84m)
A room of real character and drama. The deep inglenook fireplace, housing a cast-iron woodburner beneath a heavy exposed beam, is a stunning feature. Flagstone floor, multiple exposed ceiling beams, feature stone wall, radiator and windows to front and rear elevation.

LOUNGE

12’3 x 11’3 (3.73m x 3.43m)
A cosy, well-proportioned sitting room with stone fireplace and mantel, exposed ceiling beam, radiator and windows to front, side and rear elevations.

SITTING ROOM/BEDROOM FOUR

20’9 x 10’ (6.32m x 3.05m)
A light and versatile room with two sets of French doors, one opening onto the rear courtyard, radiator and ceiling and wall lighting. Equally suited as a fourth bedroom, a playroom or additional reception and a key component of the ground floor annexe arrangement.

STUDY/BEDROOM FIVE

12’9 x 9’5 (3.89m x 2.87m)
With exposed ceiling beams, radiator and a door leading directly onto the westerly-facing courtyard. Currently used as a home office but equally suited as a further bedroom.

BATHROOM 1

Comprising panelled bath with shower above, shower cubicle, wash-hand basin with cupboard below, low flush WC, wall tiling, tiled floor, radiator and two windows.

INNER HALLWAY

With exposed beam, tiled flooring, storage cupboard, door to Cloakroom, Utility room and stable door opening through to Kitchen/Dining/Living room.

CLOAKROOM

Comprising low flush WC and wash-hand basin.

UTILITY ROOM

11’3 x 8’5
With a range of base units, Belfast sink, oak work surface with integrated draining board, plumbing for washing machine, storage cupboard and window to front elevation.

KITCHEN/DINING/LIVING ROOM

32’4 x 25’4 (9.86m x 7.72m)
This magnificent contemporary extension, added approximately a decade ago, is the heart of the home. The vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, generous skylight windows and four sets of patio doors create a genuinely spectacular space flooded with natural light. The kitchen is fitted with a range of quality wall and base units with granite worktops, integral sink, built-in appliances, electric AGA and a central island with oak worktop. The dining area has two sets of patio doors opening to the front garden and rear courtyard, with the living area having a further two sets of patio doors onto the courtyard. There is underfloor heating throughout.

LANDING

With radiator and skylight window.

BEDROOM ONE

17’ x 13’7 (5.18m x 4.14m)
A generous principal bedroom with two pairs of double fitted wardrobes, radiator, dormer window to side elevation and two further skylight windows.

BEDROOM TWO

16’2 x 13’3 (4.93m x 4.04m)
A fine double bedroom with feature exposed brick chimney breast, built-in wardrobe, radiator, exposed beam and window to side elevation.

BEDROOM THREE

15’7 x 13’7 (4.75m x 4.14m)
With exposed stone chimney breast rising from the inglenook below, radiator and dormer window to front elevation.

BATHROOM 2

Comprising shower cubicle, wash-hand basin, low flush WC, radiator and dormer window to side elevation.

OUTSIDE

The property is approached via a long gravel driveway which provides parking for several vehicles and leads to an oversized stone-built double garage.

The formal front gardens are mainly laid to neatly-kept lawn with mature shrubs and trees with an easterly-facing patio ideal for morning sun. There is a fully enclosed, private, westerly-facing courtyard garden and a further southerly-facing lawned garden.

The standout feature of the grounds is the south-facing wildflower meadow, mainly laid to lawn with an abundance of wild flowers and mature trees. This is an exceptional and increasingly rare asset, ideally suited for use as a small paddock.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS

Intending Purchasers will be required to provide identification documentation via our compliance provider Coadjute, at a cost of £48 (incl. VAT) per person. This will need to be actioned at the offer stage and we would ask for your cooperation in order that there are no delays in sending out our sales confirmation letters.