4 bedroom house

SITUATION
Thatch House is situated in a fabulous position on the edge of the village with open countryside views and surrounded by some of the Welland Valley’s most attractive countryside. The neighbouring villages of Hallaton and Medbourne have a range of local amenities including, pre-school, a reputable primary school, fine parish church, village hall, two public houses, tea rooms, recreational facilities including tennis courts, rugby, cricket pitch, football pitch, children's play area, club house and Medbourne Sports Club.

The town of Market Harborough is set to the west and contains a comprehensive range of shops, commercial centre, theatre, leisure centre and golf club. The market town of Uppingham is set to the north east with an excellent range of shops. The city of Leicester to the north west has an extensive array of commercial and leisure amenities with a thriving shopping centre. Water sports are available at Rutland Water and fishing on Eyebrook Reservoir.

Communications in the area are excellent with a mainline train station available from Market Harborough and Leicester reaching London St Pancras in under an hour. The A14 to the south and A47 to the north provide good road communications to both the cities of Leicester and Peterborough. International air travel is available at East Midlands Airport, Birmingham, Stansted and Luton.

THE PROPERTY
Thatch House occupies an excellent position within the unique hamlet conservation village of Blaston, which is a charming unspoilt village, surrounded by pastureland and it is one of only a handful of privately owned properties in a rural estate village. The house bears a date stone of 1647 and a restoration date of 1907 by Thomas Hardcastle, a significant landowner of the time, who re-modelled much of the neighbouring village of Horninghold. In the past two years extensive tree planting has been completed which further enhances the local environment.

The current owners have significantly extended what was already a spacious family home in 2006 adding an outdoor timber frame/thatch roof car port and internally a reception hall, morning room, breakfast room, utility room, boot room, cloakroom and two first floor rooms, currently used as a study and separate store room which would be ideal as a bedroom suite or guest wing and tile/oak under-floor heating to the ground floor. Master builders and thatchers’ were employed in the extensive build with each stone being hand-cut and the addition of a new thatch, with the existing Norfolk Reed thatch re-ridged, restored and netted.

It offers well-proportioned accommodation, arranged over two floors, presented to an exceptionally high standard, sitting in stunning mature landscaped gardens and grounds of about one acre. Of particular note is the impressive morning room with glazed opaque and clear windows, fitted vertical blinds and French doors to the sun terrace and views over the gardens and unspoilt countryside. The ground floor space is ideal for entertaining and family get-togethers. The original accommodation is arranged over two floors, with comfortable reception rooms with original beams, thick walls, wood mullion windows with diamond shaped leaded lights and exposed stone walls.

In brief the accommodation consist of reception hall, morning room, breakfast room, boot room, two cloakrooms, utility room, kitchen, dining room, drawing room, snug, principal bedroom suite (bedroom/dressing room/ensuite bathroom), three further bedrooms, family bathroom, first floor study, store room (ideal as a bedroom suite, the store room has concealed plumbing for a bathroom).

Ground Floor
On entering Thatch House, via the reception hall, you experience a great feeling of light and spaciousness, which flows through the house. From the reception hall steps lead up to the extremely impressive morning room, with full ceiling height, exposed Norfolk reed ceiling, stone wall, tall opaque windows to the front elevation and clear windows with French doors opening onto the rear terrace. This room flows into the breakfast room which also has an exposed stone wall with an arch through to the well-fitted kitchen, with an excellent range of floor/wall units, work surface, sink, Insinkerator, Aga into inglenook, fitted dish-washer, tall refrigerator and tile floor. From the kitchen a door opens into the dining room, with a beam to the ceiling, tile floor, stair- case to the first floor. A further door leads into the rear entrance porch, fitted with cloak hooks and a further cloakroom. Off the inner hall is a door to the rear gardens. The drawing room and snug both have ceiling beams and attractive open fireplaces. Returning to the reception hall off is a stair-case, cloakroom, boot room, emersion cupboard and a utility room fitted with a range of units, sink, work surface and spaces for washing/machine/tumble drier.

First Floor
There are two staircases to the first floor accommodation. Off the entrance hall a staircase leads to the large study with separate store room, this wing would be ideal as a guest annexe, the room currently used as a store has concealed plumbing for a bathroom. From the dining room a staircase rises to the first floor landing off which the family bathroom and four bedrooms radiate. All have fitted cupboards/wardrobes and a dressing room/en suite bathroom to the principal bedroom suite.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS
Double timber electric gates open onto a large driveway, which sweeps by the Detached Garaging (with electric doors) sweeping around to the Open Bay Garaging with thatch roof. A new wall in the traditional wattle and dawb style, separates the driveway and delightful gardens and a further access to the rear gardens is through a timber five bar gate.

The private gardens are an absolute delight and are immaculately maintained, with well stocked herbaceous borders, framed by neatly clipped beech hedges, willow fencing and mature shrubs and trees. The rear gardens enjoy views over the neighbouring paddock land and rolling Leicestershire countryside.

From the quiet village lane, pedestrian access is via a wrought iron gate through delightful t lawn gardens. A neat gravel pathway frames the front elevation and a path leads up to a picket gate into the rear gardens, which a beautifully arranged, interspersed by flower beds, twin ponds linked by a stream and sun terraces. The current owners have planted a vast selection of specimen plants and trees to name a few, espalier and fan trained fruit trees (apple & pear), silver birch, grape, kiwi, plum/apple/pear trees.

To the western boundary of the grounds is a Hen Run, Compost Area, Raised Vegetable Beds and a Greenhouse.

In all the Gardens and Grounds are approaching 1 acre.



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