Hardwick Farm Cottages, Great Casterton, Stamford, Rutland, PE9

This attractive house has a wealth of character and charm, coupled with detached ancillary cottage. It occupies a fabulous setting within a golf course, on the Rutland-Lincolnshire border

Description

This attractive Victorian 'Ancaster' house combines a spacious and airy feel, with high ceilings and good proportions, coupled with a wealth of period character and charm. It also benefits from a detached single bedroom annex cottage, adjoining its double garage.


The property occupies a delightful position within the grounds of The Woolfox luxury lifestyle and country club ( and is approached through its golf course. This, combined with the delightful views over pasture to deciduous woodland the rear of the property, engenders a wonderful, semi-rural feel to this stylish setting.


Accommodation: A pair of oak front doors open into a large tile floored entrance stairwell hall, from which doors open to the left and right to two of the three oak floored reception rooms.


To the left, a spacious sitting room has an attractive brick fireplace housing a wood burning stove, along with fitted cabinetry, with TV and workstation, and a wall of fitted bookcases. It has access to the kitchen, as well as through double doors, a central dining room, and together these two rooms combine to offer a large L-shaped convivial core to the home.


The dining room has a large brick fireplace, with a raised stone hearth, and separate doors to the kitchen as well as a dual-aspect living room, with a window that overlooks the front elevation and French doors that open to the side driveway. This room connects back into the entrance hall, permitting a wonderful circular flow for entertaining and transitioning around this home.


The large, clay tile floored kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with an extensive suite with mix of granite and solid wood worktops, and incorporates a double Belfast sink, a Rangemaster double oven range cooker and integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher appliances. Whilst there is a large granite topped island, there is also ample space for informal dining.


French doors open from the kitchen into a stone flag floored, hardwood conservatory, that is an ideal reading, sitting or entertaining, and from which there are views over the garden and to the farmland. A utility/boot room, off the kitchen, with a secondary entrance to the driveway and a cloakroom/WC, completes the ground floor.


At first floor, the four generous double bedrooms are accessed from a landing that splits left and right at the top of the stairs. To the right, bedroom 3 is a delightful dual aspect room, with whitewashed wooden floor and a large store cupboard (within which pipework is believed to be fitted for an en suite, if desired). Bedroom four is currently used as a home office, whilst the full suite family bathroom has a roll-topped bath and separate shower.


Across the landing, the dual aspect guest bedroom has a fitted dressing table and bank of wardrobes, with a full suite en suite bathroom, also with separate shower cubicle. The principal bedroom is particularly spacious, with double doors to a Juliette balcony that offers the most wonderful views over open farm land to deciduous woodland. It benefits from an extensive range of fitted wardrobes, whilst its spacious en suite bathroom also has a separate shower.


Annex: Located to the rear of the property, and adjoining the double garage, the single storey one bedroom annex cottage would suit a variety of uses, from office space to Air BnB. It is entered to a kitchen diner, with a lovely sitting room, with trussed beam and wood burning stove, and a bedroom with en suite shower room. There are lovely field and woodland views from almost every room.


Outside: The wide and extensive driveway parking leads to an oversized double garage, with workshop area, that frames the east and northern boundaries, whilst the gardens wrap around the other sides of the house. The garden is largely lawned, with apple tree and mature shrubs, whilst a seating terrace offers the field and woodland views, whilst a paved courtyard lies between the house and its annex cottage.

Square Footage: 2,628 sq ft



Directions

Whilst entirely unconnected, this property is positioned within The Woolfox Country Club’s grounds and golf course ( which ensures a permanently manicured and beautiful setting.

The property lies on the Rutland/Lincolnshire border, 6 miles north of the bustling Georgian market town of Stamford and 9 miles east of Rutland’s county town, Oakham.

Each of these desirable market towns offer a fabulous variety of facilities, as well as a number of excellent schools, including the independent Oakham and Stamford Endowed Schools, with the well-thought of state Casterton College, ( 3 miles south, at Great Casterton.

Further afield, Uppingham, with its public school and independent shops, is 13 miles away and Oundle School approximately 30 minutes, additionally, there is an excellent Prep School, Witham Hall, 20 minutes away.

Additional Info

Local Authority – Rutland County Council.


Services: Mains electricity. Oil fired central heating (house & Annex). Private drainage & private water. Superfast broadband is connected.


When approaching the property, the last section of concrete lane (beyond Woolfox), which serves this house and its immediate neighbours, is a private lane for which the houses share maintenance costs.


Fixture and Fittings – Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as curtains, light fittings and garden ornaments are specifically excluded, but may be available by separate negotiation.