4 bedroom house

Oakham 5 miles
Melton Mowbray 7 miles
Stamford 16 miles
Grantham 21 miles (HST to London King’s Cross)
Leicester 21 miles (HST to London St Pancras)
Nottingham A14 (A1/M1/M6 link road) 2.5 miles
(All distances approximate)

Situation

Whissendine is a well-regarded Rutland village lying close by to the attractive and historic market town of Oakham. The village offers all the qualities of rural life, whilst also being conveniently located providing easy access to the region’s commercial and retail centres. Within the village there is a popular public house, a church, primary school and a village shop with café, as well as a playing field with cricket ground on the edge of the village. Communications in the area are excellent, with good links to Leicester, Peterborough and Kettering, with the A14 dual carriageway providing rapid road access both east (A1), north/south (M1) and northwest (M6). International air travel is available at East Midlands Airport, Birmingham, Stansted and Luton.

Sporting and recreational facilities locally are plentiful, with Rutland Water set to the south-east, between Uppingham and Oakham, where water sports are available, including sailing and fishing with scenic walks, as well as the Rutland Water cycle route. Fishing is also available on Eyebrook Reservoir close to Uppingham, with golf at Stapleford Park Country Club. Educational establishments nearby are renowned, with preparatory and primary options both at the sought-after school in the village, as well as Oakham and Melton Mowbray. The well-known public schools of Uppingham, Oakham and Oundle are within easy reach, whilst secondary schooling is at Uppingham, Oakham, Stamford, and Leicester and Melton Mowbray.

The Property

Entered via a central hall through to the reception rooms, a formal drawing room is to the right, with a comfortable family room set to the left. Both rooms have shuttered sash windows, Clipsham Limestone floors with underfloor heating, and recently installed log-burners, creating cosy, welcoming rooms. The limestone floor, with its underfloor heating, continues through to a rear hall off which the elegant garden room and well-equipped utility sit, and finally, the triumph of the house – a stunning, open plan living kitchen and dining room, finished to one end with a vaulted ceilinged, oak framed and glazed extension, introducing light and lovely views over the gardens.

The kitchen itself is very well equipped, with an attractive herringbone Karndean floor, generous central island, range cooker and substantial range of work surfaces and units. Doors open from the far end and to the side onto an extensive and recently completed terrace, creating an ideal space for entertaining guests.

To the first floor, the principal bedroom is en-suite, with a traditional style bathroom including freestanding roll top bath, and there is an excellent range of custom-built wardrobes and storage. The guest bedroom is also en-suite, also with built in wardrobes and an original fireplace, and there are two further characterful bedrooms and a large bathroom.

OUTSIDE

Chestnut Cottage sits in an elevated position, with a gravelled driveway to the front, bordered by mature hedges, double gates to one side of the property leading through to the generous 0.3 acre gardens. Primarily south facing and recently landscaped, an elegant terrace with planted borders and central pond creates a wonderful space in which to relax next to the kitchen and garden room. Steps lead up to a lawned area, with wide borders planted full of colour, and a magnificent horse chestnut to one side. At the front of the garden is a useful storage shed, and immediately adjacent is the site of a former outbuilding, now cleared, and with planning permission to create a two-storey annexe designed to further enhance this wonderful property, adding work from home space with two further bedrooms, space for guests or a growing family.

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SERVICES
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