5 bedroom house

WELCOME HOME .
Park up in the double garage or aside the home, before stepping through the stone portico entrance.

Beyond the original, arched solid-wood door, make your way into the inviting entrance hallway, where a Jotul woodburning stove emanates warmth from within its stone, inglenook surround.

Spy the decorative bread oven door encased within the stone wall. A home filled with quirky features; the exposed timber beams overhead and the dainty window nestled within an alcove replete with stone seat. Inviting stone archways lead off from the hallway, quest-like in their medieval form.

Step through the deepest archway to enter the sitting room. 

RECLINE, DINE AND UNWIND .
Ideal for entertaining, sense the robust nature of the stone walls in the tangible quiet of this part of the home. Stone mullion windows capture the privacy of the setting, looking out to lush lawn and high hedging.

Spacious and bright, a glazed door draws in natural light from the southeast facing garden. The room divides itself into an area for formal dining and another for rest and relaxation, beyond a central stone chimney breast, within which glows a double-sided fire. To the furthest aspect of the drawing room an open fire is set within a stone surround. 

SAFE AND SNUG .
Returning to the hallway, step down into the cosy and bright snug. Here, a log-burning stove provides a warm welcome raised up on a hearth and sunken into an inglenook. With original beams overhead, light sweeps across the snug from a bay window to the front through to a glazed door providing access to the rear garden. Exposed stonework and soft uplighting create a restful ambience.  

FEAST YOUR EYES .
Open the latch door to reveal the kitchen-breakfast room, awash with light from windows to both aspects to
keep an eye on the comings and goings of country life. Tiled underfoot, this south-facing, recently fitted kitchen offers all to create culinary delights and socialise with friends and family. Gleaming worktops seamlessly accommodate an undermounted sink, plenty of storage and an array of integrated appliances. 

AND SO TO BED... .
Avebury Cottage has five bedrooms, split over two wings of the home. Returning to the snug, stairs curve up to the first bedroom; a sweet single with original beams to the sloping ceiling and a pretty vista out to the garden. A landing area leads to a bathroom with exposed beams to a sloped ceiling, also accommodating a Velux window allowing natural light to illuminate the P-shaped bath with overhead shower.

Continuing along, lift the latched wooden door leading to a double bedroom, a south-facing room with original floorboards, stone mullion windows, an original fireplace and a handy built-in wardrobe. 

SOAK AND SLEEP .
Returning downstairs, proceed through to the sitting room to discover a second staircase, leading to three further bedrooms. Two double rooms, set beneath a sloping roofline in the lowest area of the home, overlook the pretty lane below.

Finally, discover the principal bedroom; a latch door opens to reveal a large room with garden and countryside views. Believed to once have been two rooms, it has been combined to provide a sumptuous space to sleep, freshen up in the shower room and choose your attire in the dressing area.

Accessed from the principal bedroom or the landing, refreshment awaits in the shower room, tiled underfoot and featuring fitted cabinetry alongside a separate wash basin set beneath an LED mirror. 

GARDEN RETREAT .
Flow outside to the enclosed, walled garden, also accessible via a dainty picket gate to the side of the cottage walking past the old stone well.

Backing onto a paddock, enjoy relaxation and privacy in this sunny space, with seating areas, patios and lush
lawn for entertainment, games and more.

To the rear of the garden, discover a tastefully converted former stable block, stone built beneath a Collyweston roof to blend seamlessly with its surroundings and serving as an office with reception room.

Two further pantile-roofed outbuildings provide garden storage. 

THE FINER DETAILS .
Freehold
Mid 17th Century
Grade II listed
Conservation area
Plot approx. 0.14 acre
Oil central heating and electric storage
Peterborough CC, tax band F, £2,751.75 (22/23)
EPC exempt

Ground Floor: approx. 168.8 sq. metres (1816.4 sq. feet)
First Floor: approx. 144.7 sq. metres (1558.1 sq. feet)
Outbuilding: approx. 23.9 sq. metres (257.2 sq. feet)
Total area: approx. 337.4 sq. metres (3631.6 sq. feet) 

IN THE VILLAGE AND BEYOND .
Filled with original, characterful homes, Thornhaugh is a typically English country village. With its own village green and swathed in fields and rolling countryside Thornhaugh is peaceful and picturesque. The Grade I listed St Andrew's church is well worth a visit, dating back to around the 12th Century.

In the nearby village of Wansford, pick up supplies, post a letter at the Post Office or enjoy a drink at one of two traditional pubs. Wansford also has its own pharmacy and doctors' surgery.

Further afield, head into Stamford to explore the cobbled alleyways, hidden courtyards and array of independent boutiques, restaurants and cafes the town is known for.

Families have a range of options regarding schooling, with a choice of many local independent schools close by including the highly regarded Stamford Endowed Schools, Peterborough School and Kings School.

With all the peace and tranquillity of the countryside, the quaint, characterful and versatile home of Avebury Cottage is convenient for commuters, yet only ten minutes from the nearest railway station at Stamford, while Oakham and Peterborough stations are also within easy reach.  

LOCAL DISTANCES .
Stamford 5 miles (8 minutes)
Peterborough 14 miles (23 minutes)
Oakham 15 miles (20 minutes)
Oundle 15 miles (26 minutes) 

WHAT THE OWNERS LOVE .
"Avebury Cottage feels very private, particularly the garden. It's a welcoming, characterful home" 

WHAT THE OWNERS LOVE .
"Thornhaugh is a wonderfully sociable village, it's a great place to raise a family" 

WATCH OUR PROPERTY TOUR .
Let Lottie guide you around Avebury Cottage with our PJ Unique Homes tour video, also shared on our Facebook page, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, or call us and we'll email you the link. We'd love to show you around. You are welcome to arrange a viewing or we are happy to carry out a FaceTime video call from the property for you, if you'd prefer  

DISCLAIMER .
Pelham James use all reasonable endeavours to supply accurate property information in line with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. These property details do not constitute any part of the offer or contract and all measurements are approximate. The matters in these particulars should be independently verified by prospective buyers. It should not be assumed that this property has all the necessary planning, building regulation or other consents. Any services, appliances and heating system(s) listed have not been checked or tested. Purchasers should make their own enquiries to the relevant authorities regarding the connection of any service. No person in the employment of Pelham James has any authority to make or give any representations or warranty whatever in relation to this property or these particulars or enter into any contract relating to this property on behalf of the vendor.

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