Property description

Charming Grade II stone cottage with characterful features and situated in a picturesque village. Family kitchen, study, spacious sitting room with inglenook fireplace and doors to the patio and wonderful garden beyond, four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The well-manicured gardens extend to the vehicular access gained from the rear. EPC Rating: Exempt

SITUATION
Knights Fee is a picturesque Grade II listed stone cottage steeped in history and situated in one of Northamptonshire's beautiful rural villages having attractive housing stock, a Church, village hall and set on the rim of fantastic countryside with beautiful scenery linking to local villages like Brigstock and GeddingtonA good range of facilities including shops, public houses, a doctor's surgery and a cricket club can be found in the nearby village of Brigstock, whilst the attractive market town of Oundle is close by and boasts many independent boutique shops, cafes and restaurants, as well as a recently opened Waitrose.Comprehensive leisure facilities can be found nearby at Corby and include the 'Corby Cube' a wonderful 450 seat theatre, a new six-screen cinema and an Olympic standard swimming pool and leisure facility. To the West is the medieval market town of Market Harborough and to the North is the Georgian town of Stamford, both of which have a wide range of independent and larger retail shops, bars and restaurants, the latter town including the renowned George Hotel and the Burghley Estate that hosts a year round calendar of events including the Burghley Horse Trials. Communication links are excellent: Corby and Kettering stations provide the links to London St. Pancras with trains in 1 hour 10 minutes and under an hour respectively. There is easy access to the M1, M6 and A1 via A43 and A14, providing access to International airports including Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, East Midlands and Birmingham.The area is home to many first class schooling options: Stanion's own Church of England Primary School and Brigstock Primary both rated 'Good' by Ofsted, whilst Brooke Weston Academy in nearby Corby consistently achieves examination results in the top 5% of English state schools and is also rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. Private schooling is a particular feature of the area with several renowned public schools close by at Oundle, Wellingborough, Uppingham, Oakham and Stamford.

DESCRIPTION
The entrance door leads into the breakfast kitchen with a full range of cream shaker units including a large pantry cupboard. A door leads through to the cloakroom/wc and to the study beyond with dual aspect window over the side/rear garden. The exceptionally spacious sitting room has windows to three aspects, exposed stone walls, a woodburner housed in an attractive inglenook fireplace with medieval tiled hearth and double doors leading to the rear courtyard and gardens beyond. At one end stairs rise to the first floor and leading off the spacious landing there are four bedrooms, three of which have dual aspect windows, and the family bathroom.

OUTSIDE
The characterful cottage can be approached on foot from High Street through a pedestrian gateway, with vehicular access off Willow Lane to the rear of the property. The double wooden gates lead onto the gravel driveway which allows parking for several vehicles. The well-manicured gardens wrap around with lawn, summer house and greenhouse to one side and herbaceous foliage edges the sweeping path to the other. A garden tool shed and ornamental pond are set to each side of the steps, which in turn lead up to a further lawn and paved patio area, a particular feature being the well which dates back to Medieval times. To one side of the property is a stone store and workshop shed, with a wooden log store to the other. The patio area can be accessed both from the kitchen and the sitting room and provides a tranquil seating area to enjoy the stunning garden with shrubs and mature trees, some bearing fruit.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Services: All main services are connected.Local Authority: Corby Borough Council Council Tax Band: ETenure: FreeholdEPC Rating: Exempt

AGENTS NOTES
The current owners have investigated the possibility of utilising the smallest bedroom on the first floor as a second bathroom and have been advised that it would be possible due to the location of current services for the kitchen and ground floor W/C. Please make all relevant checks with qualified professionals on this point.

Property Features :

• GRADE II LISTED
• STONE COTTAGE IN PICTURESQUE VILLAGE
• TWO RECEPTION ROOMS
• INGLENOOK FIREPLACE WITH WOODBURNER
• FOUR BEDROOMS