West View

Chapel Lane, Maidford, Northamptonshire, NN12 8HU

Offers In Excess

£500,000

Property Highlights

Stone cottage
Three bedrooms
Two shower rooms
Two separate reception rooms
Kitchen/breakfast room
South facing walled garden
Gated driveway and single garage
No upper chain

Property description

A predominantly stone under tile, three bedroom detached period cottage with a gated driveway, garage and a walled rear garden.

West View has accommodation comprising on the ground floor, sitting/dining and family rooms either opening to or looking into a nearly 28 ft. long conservatory and a kitchen/breakfast room with an adjacent utility room, which accesses a shower room. The two reception rooms retain original features including exposed ceiling beams and a fireplace. Three bedrooms and a second shower room lead off the first floor landing. The principal bedroom and second bedroom are both double rooms with fitted wardrobes; the principal overlooks the garden. Bedroom three is a further double room used as a study with a walk-in wardrobe. The first floor and ground floor shower rooms both have WC’s with a concealed cistern, a wash basin set into a fitted cabinet with storage, and a shower cubicle with a built-in shower. In the case of the ground floor room, it is a double shower cubicle.

Ground Floor

The front door opens into an area with stairs rising to the first floor in front and doors to the reception rooms. The nearly 17 ft. by over 11 ft. sitting room has a deep stone inglenook fireplace with an inset wood burning stove, a connecting door to the conservatory, and a door to the kitchen/breakfast room. The family room has a dual aspect with borrowed light to the conservatory and an understairs cupboard. The kitchen/breakfast room has a freestanding electric cooker with extractor over, space for a fridge/freezer, a pantry cupboard and a fitted four seater breakfast table. There are separate utility areas.

Outside

To the righthand side of the property is a gated driveway providing off street parking for one or two cars in front of the single garage; there is also gated access to the rear garden. The south facing stone walled garden has a lawn and well stocked beds and borders. There are two patios, a garden shed with an oil tank to the rear, and a personnel door to the garage. From the front are views over pasture land.

Schooling and Situation

The schools in the area include Blakesley Church of England Primary School, Sponne Secondary School in Towcester, Akeley Wood, Winchester House, Brackley, Beachborough School, Westbury and Stowe School. Maidford has access to a shop, a post office. and a public house in the neighbouring village of Blakesley, which is 2 miles away. In addition to Northampton Railway Station (referenced below) there are stations at Banbury, Long Buckby and Milton Keynes with services amongst others to Birmingham New Street, Euston and Marylebone. Junction 11 of the M40 is approximately 14 miles from Maidford.

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