Field Cottage

Field Cottage, Heathencote, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 7LE

Offers In Excess

£1,000,000

Property Highlights

Detached stone property
Three bedrooms (formerly four)
Five reception rooms
Two bathrooms and cloakroom
Kitchen/breakfast room and utility room
Garaging for four cars
Workshop and additional store
2.24 acres in total
No upper chain

Property description

A detached stone under tile extended three bedroom property (formerly four bedroom) with outbuildings including garaging and grounds extending to 2.24 acres with gardens, ponds and woodland.

The property has approximately 2,200 sq. ft. with accommodation on the ground floor comprising an entrance hall with a cloakroom, drawing room, dining room, sitting room, garden room, study, and a kitchen/breakfast room with adjoining utility room. There are three double bedrooms, and two bathrooms on the first floor. The 975 sq. ft. outbuilding comprises an open fronted triple garage, a store room and a workshop/further garage. The outbuildings have power and lighting and the driveway/yard at the front provides off street parking for numerous cars. The property is surrounded by open farmland with far reaching views over the surrounding countryside to the front and side.

Ground Floor

The drawing room has an open fireplace and an opening to the tiled garden room which has French doors to the garden. There is a separate sitting room which has a wood burning stove and French doors to the garden. The dual aspect dining room has oak flooring and stairs to the floor. There is also a dual aspect study with a door to the outside. The kitchen/breakfast room has granite work surfaces, a Belfast sink, an integrated dishwasher, an electric Rangemaster cooker with an extractor fan over, and space for a six seater table.

Bedrooms and Bathrooms

Bedroom one is dual aspect with a window overlooking the rear garden and has fitted wardrobes and a four piece en suite with separate bath and double shower cubicle. Bedroom two also overlooks the rear garden. It was originally two bedrooms and the fourth bedroom could be reinstated to create four double bedrooms if preferred. Bedroom three overlooks the orchard to the side of the property and is a further double room. The family bathroom has a four piece suite with separate bath and shower.

Outside

The property is set back from the road down a private driveway with parking adjacent to the house as well as additional parking for numerous vehicles in the yard area in front of the outbuilding. There are areas of formal garden to the rear, front and side as well as a kitchen garden beyond a stone wall to the front. Field gates give access to the paddock/orchard to the north of the cottage. There are two mature ponds set in an area of woodland to the south of the cottage. The grounds extend to 2.24 acres in total.

Schooling and Situation

The local schools are Sponne School, Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School and Towcester Church of England Primary School in Towcester. Other schools include Northampton High School, Northampton School for Boys, Quinton House School in Upton Hall and Stowe School, Stowe. The former market town of Towcester is 2 miles away and has shops, supermarkets, restaurants, and a rugby club.

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