5 bedroom house
Blakesley, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8RA
Guide Price
£2,000,000
Residential Tags: Georgian
Property Tags: Development Potential
Land Tags: Building Plot, Paddock
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Feb 2023
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: Georgian
- Property Tags: Development Potential
- Land Tags: Building Plot, Paddock
Well-appointed modern living in a Georgian gem offering with versatile accommodation.
Description
Constructed of ironstone below a pitch slate roof and located within a Conservation Area. Wealth of period features including open fireplaces, window seats, shuttered sash windows, cornicing and elegant staircase.
Sympathetically renovated by the current owners, providing excellent modern living amongst its age and charm. Attention to detail includes installation of a modern heating system, partial underfloor heating, orangery, re-decoration, new flooring and re-carpeting.
Well-proportioned principal reception rooms offer generous ceiling heights. Bespoke fitted kitchen, marble work surfaces, Everholt kitchen range and access out on to the entertaining area to the rear.
Bespoke orangery/garden room opening out to the garden to rear and ideal for entertaining.
The house continues to impress with modern fixtures and fittings throughout the bedrooms and bath/shower rooms with white bathroom fittings and bespoke Perrin & Rowe and Lefroy Brooks taps. There are four spacious bedrooms with the principal bedroom having an en suite bath/shower room furnished with a roll top bath on ball and claw feet. Bedroom five is currently a dressing room. The family bathroom is a real delight furnished with a roll top bath on ball and claw feet.
Automatic entrance gates open to the driveway which leads leads to the garage block and area of shingle covered parking area.
The garage block comprises a double tandem garage with light and power connected. Above, and accessed by an external stairs, is a one bedroom annexe with bedroom, enjoying delightful views, and en suite shower room, ideal for guests, working from home or gym. Three phase electricity is connected allowing for an electric car charging point.
The gardens lie the rear of the property and are laid to lawn, predominately enclosed and lead on to a paddock which is interspersed with a variety of trees. The gardens are east facing with paved entertaining areas, all taking advantage of the easterly aspect and views.
There is planning permission for an outdoor heated swimming pool and pool house. Ref. WNS/2021/1921/FUL. For further information please view this full planning application at
There is access from the garden via a pedestrian gate straight in to the heart of the village.
In all about 1.36 acres.
This is the finished article - very much modern living amongst the refined Georgian architecture.
Location
Blakesley is an attractive South Northamptonshire village with a variety of ironstone houses and cottages situated in rural countryside.
The village amenities include a general store/post office, public house, parish church, a well-respected primary school and attractive village hall.
The nearby market town of Towcester (5 miles) provides for more extensive requirements.
The area is well served for schools including the village primary school. Independent schools include preparatory at Winchester House (Brackley), Bilton Grange (Dunchurch), Beachborough, (Westbury) and Quinton House, (Northampton) and senior independent schools at Rugby, Stowe, Northampton High School and Bloxham.
The village lies between the M1 motorway (Junction 15a - Rothersthorpe approximately 7.3 miles) and M40 motorway (Junction 11 - Banbury approximately 14.9 miles).
Mainline train services to London from Milton Keynes (17.5 miles) (Euston - 18 miles from 30 minutes) and Banbury (14.9 miles) (Marylebone - peak time 62 minutes).
Sporting and leisure activities include, golf at Farthingstone, Whittlebury and Stowe; motor racing at Silverstone; theatre, David Lloyd tennis and leisure centre, and the Snowdome at Milton Keynes; cinema multiplex at Northampton.
All distances and times are approximate.
Square Footage: 3,662 sq ft
Acreage: 1.36 Acres
Additional Info
Council Tax Band: G
Marketed by: Savills, Banbury
Description
Constructed of ironstone below a pitch slate roof and located within a Conservation Area. Wealth of period features including open fireplaces, window seats, shuttered sash windows, cornicing and elegant staircase.
Sympathetically renovated by the current owners, providing excellent modern living amongst its age and charm. Attention to detail includes installation of a modern heating system, partial underfloor heating, orangery, re-decoration, new flooring and re-carpeting.
Well-proportioned principal reception rooms offer generous ceiling heights. Bespoke fitted kitchen, marble work surfaces, Everholt kitchen range and access out on to the entertaining area to the rear.
Bespoke orangery/garden room opening out to the garden to rear and ideal for entertaining.
The house continues to impress with modern fixtures and fittings throughout the bedrooms and bath/shower rooms with white bathroom fittings and bespoke Perrin & Rowe and Lefroy Brooks taps. There are four spacious bedrooms with the principal bedroom having an en suite bath/shower room furnished with a roll top bath on ball and claw feet. Bedroom five is currently a dressing room. The family bathroom is a real delight furnished with a roll top bath on ball and claw feet.
Automatic entrance gates open to the driveway which leads leads to the garage block and area of shingle covered parking area.
The garage block comprises a double tandem garage with light and power connected. Above, and accessed by an external stairs, is a one bedroom annexe with bedroom, enjoying delightful views, and en suite shower room, ideal for guests, working from home or gym. Three phase electricity is connected allowing for an electric car charging point.
The gardens lie the rear of the property and are laid to lawn, predominately enclosed and lead on to a paddock which is interspersed with a variety of trees. The gardens are east facing with paved entertaining areas, all taking advantage of the easterly aspect and views.
There is planning permission for an outdoor heated swimming pool and pool house. Ref. WNS/2021/1921/FUL. For further information please view this full planning application at
There is access from the garden via a pedestrian gate straight in to the heart of the village.
In all about 1.36 acres.
This is the finished article - very much modern living amongst the refined Georgian architecture.
Location
Blakesley is an attractive South Northamptonshire village with a variety of ironstone houses and cottages situated in rural countryside.
The village amenities include a general store/post office, public house, parish church, a well-respected primary school and attractive village hall.
The nearby market town of Towcester (5 miles) provides for more extensive requirements.
The area is well served for schools including the village primary school. Independent schools include preparatory at Winchester House (Brackley), Bilton Grange (Dunchurch), Beachborough, (Westbury) and Quinton House, (Northampton) and senior independent schools at Rugby, Stowe, Northampton High School and Bloxham.
The village lies between the M1 motorway (Junction 15a - Rothersthorpe approximately 7.3 miles) and M40 motorway (Junction 11 - Banbury approximately 14.9 miles).
Mainline train services to London from Milton Keynes (17.5 miles) (Euston - 18 miles from 30 minutes) and Banbury (14.9 miles) (Marylebone - peak time 62 minutes).
Sporting and leisure activities include, golf at Farthingstone, Whittlebury and Stowe; motor racing at Silverstone; theatre, David Lloyd tennis and leisure centre, and the Snowdome at Milton Keynes; cinema multiplex at Northampton.
All distances and times are approximate.
Square Footage: 3,662 sq ft
Acreage: 1.36 Acres
Additional Info
Council Tax Band: G
Marketed by: Savills, Banbury
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.