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Manor Farm House
Bridle Road, Hannington, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 9SY
£950,000Guide price
Property Highlights
- Period detached former farmhouse
- Four bedrooms and family bathroom
- Sitting room and dining room
- Kitchen/ breakfast room, utility room and shower room
- Garden to all sides and adjacent to farmland
- Modern detached outbuilding, currently a bakery
- Rural views
- In need of modernisation, vacant possession
Property description
A four bedroom detached former farmhouse set in mature gardens approaching 1 acre and adjacent to paddock land with a modern detached outbuilding incorporating a garage and covered terrace.
The property, believed to date back to the late 1800s, was originally a dairy farm and has been in the vendor's family for many years. The 2,640 sq. ft. of accommodation is entered via a porch to the entrance hall. The sitting room has dual aspect windows, with window seats, overlooking the garden and farmland, and a raised hearth with a coal effect gas fire. The dining room is to the front aspect with shutters and a marble hearth with a coal effect electric fire. The rear hall, with a door to the garden, divides and leads to the kitchen on one side and a utility room, a walk-in pantry, a shower room/cloakroom, storage and a door to cellar on the opposite side. The master bedroom on the first floor has dual aspect windows and fitted cupboards, Bedroom two also has fitted wardrobes and a dressing table. Bedrooms three and four both have rural views. There is a box room with a storage cupboard and a high internal obscure glass window to a three piece family bathroom.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The kitchen/breakfast room overlooks the garden and the driveway and has parquet wood flooring. It is fitted with a selection of floor based and wall mounted units with a one and a half bowl stainless steel sink unit set into wood effect worksurfaces. There are two full height fitted cupboards and integrated appliances include a four ring gas hob with an extractor over and a Neff oven. There is space and plumbing for a dishwasher, a fridge and a freezer. A two oven green Rayburn provides heating and hot water.
Outbuilding
A detached brick outbuilding, built in the 1960s, provides potential space for a variety of uses including an annexe, and is currently used as a bakery and cookery school. The building is divided into three rooms. The kitchen has a range of fitted units including an oven, an induction hob and an extractor. The utility has a brushed steel sink and draining board with a door to a lobby and door to a cloakroom. A further room has fitted shelving and a stable door to the arched covered terrace. There is an external door to the garage/workshop with an up and over door and a personnel door to the garden.
Outside
The property is approached via a driveway that divides and leads around either side of the house to a parking area. The majority of the established gardens are laid to lawn with a variety of fruit trees including apple,plum and cherry and a selection of deep herbaceous borders. The garden boundaries are walled and fenced and adjacent to pastureland. A building adjacent to the house consists of a carport with an original bakers oven, a coal house, a gardener's WC and a tool store. There is a lean-to greenhouse and a vegetable garden.
Situation and Schooling
Hannington has shops, and Kettering (6 miles) has secondary schools, supermarkets, public houses and restaurants. Primary schools are in Walgrave (1 mile) and Mawsley, and the property is in catchment for Bishop Stopford School. Private preparatory schools are at Spratton and Maidwell, and public schools include Rugby, Oundle, Uppingham, Kimbolton, Stowe and Northampton School for Girls.
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