Croft House Main Street, Wilbarston, Leicestershire

Croft HouseMain Street, Wilbarston, Leicestershire LE16 8QQ

A handsome house in stunning gardens

Market Harborough 6½ miles, (London St Pancras International 56 mins),Kettering 10 miles

Entrance hall | Drawing room | Dining room Sitting room | Breakfast / Kitchen | Study Snug | Utility | Cellar | Master bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom | 2 further bedrooms with en suite bathrooms | Bedroom with en suite shower room | Bedroom/study Shower room | 2 Attic bedrooms | In all about 0.615 acres

The propertyA handsome ironstone house believed to date from the 1700s carefully extended and developed to create a superb family home set in stunning gardens

SituationWilbarston is situated to the east of Market Harborough on the edge of the Welland Valley. The village provides a shop, public house, village hall, primary school and church. Leisure facilities in the area include golf at Stoke Albany, Luffenham Heath, Kibworth and Kilworth Springs. Horse racing is at Leicester and Huntingdon. Sailing, fishing and walks can be found at Rutland Water and fishing on the Eyebrook Reservoir.

Public schools are at Oundle, Oakham, Stamford and Uppingham. Prep schools at Great Glen, Uppingham, Spratton and Maidwell. State schools are in Market Harborough, Corby and Uppingham.

For Sale FreeholdSet in the old part of the delightful village of Wilbarston, Croft House is a particularly handsome home of stone construction with additions in red brick and with some rendered elevations, the whole set under slate roofs with tall brick built chimney stacks. Overall a wonderfully light and airy home, Croft House offers beautifully proportioned accommodation ideal for family occupation or entertaining. There are many delightful internal features, of particular note are flag stone floors, exposed ceiling beams, casement, leaded and sash windows - many with shutters, good carpentry, and lovely fireplaces.

Set behind high stone walls, the extensive gardens at Croft House are a delight and include a swimming pool within a lovely private courtyard setting.

AccommodationThe centrally positioned front door opens to a lovely stone flagged hallway and a staircase with simple spindles and balustrade leads to the upper floors. To the north west of the house, the drawing room has a lovely oak herringbone patterned floor, sash window to front and French doors opening up to the gardens. There is an inglenook fireplace with impressive bressumer, and bread oven to the side. The sitting room, situated in the south west corner, has a stripped timber floor, and a marble Victorian corbelled fireplace with cast iron arched insert.

The breakfast kitchen has high gloss ceramic tiled flooring and bespoke kitchen units with granite work surfaces. The kitchen area opens onto an identically decorated family area. Adjacent to the breakfast room is a dining room off which is a study and a snug with utility room beyond. From the dining room a rear staircase leads up to a wonderful bedroom with exposed ceiling timbers, lovely leaded casement windows and a generous en suite bathroom. A studded oak door leads through to pump room and gardens. The main staircase provides access to the first and second floors. The master bedroom suite has a luxurious en suite bathroom and a dressing room with a good range of built-in wardrobes. There are 3 further bedrooms on this level, one with an en suite shower room, one with an en suite bathroom and a further shower room. There are two generous bedrooms on the second floor.

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OutsideTall gates, providing a high level of privacy, lead onto a gravel driveway lined with mature trees and shrubs. There is a parking and turning area and access from here to the barn and

outbuildings. The walled gardens are a delight, suntraps, shady places, and a beautifully planned planting scheme combining a broad range of herbaceous perennials with some lovely specimen shrubs and mature trees including a magnificent yew.

There are four main areas of the garden, three with lawns and an outdoor swimming pool with a good sized terrace and extensive planting. The areas are connected with delightful pathways and arches set into tall stone walls.

GeneralServices: Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected. Oil fired central heating. Local Authority: Kettering Borough Council, Tel: 01536 410333 Tax Band: G Rights of way, etc: The sale is subject to all rights of support, public and private rights of way, water, light, drainage and other easements, quasi-easements, and wayleaves, all or any other like rights, whether mentioned in these particulars or not. Method of sale: The property is offered for sale as a whole by private treaty. Fixtures and fittings: All fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, garden ornaments and statuary are specifically reserved from the sale. These may be available to the purchaser if required by negotiation.

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DirectionsFrom Market Harborough take the A427 towards Corby. Continue through Dingley and after a further two miles fork left, signed to Stoke Albany and Wilbarston. Follow the signs to Wilbarston. Enter Wilbarston and turn right by the village shop in to Main Street. Croft House is on the left hand side.

FloorplansMain House internal area 5,280 sq ft (490 sq m)Outbuilding internal area 903 sq ft (84 sq m) For identification purposes only.

Principal Bedroom6.34 x 5.32

20'10" x 17'5"

Bedroom 25.65 x 3.99

18'6" x 13'1"

DressingRoom

Bedroom 63.66 x 2.41

12'0" x 7'11"

Bedroom 34.28 x 4.27

14'1" x 14'0"(Maximum)

Guest Bedroom5.59 x 4.14

18'4" x 13'7"

First Floor

Pool MaintenanceRoom

Ground Floor

Sitting Room5.74 x 3.68

18'10" x 12'1"Drawing Room

5.08 x 4.7516'8" x 15'7"

BreadOven

Study3.08 x 2.7510'1" x 9'0" Dining Room

4.00 x 3.5813'1" x 11'9"

FamilyDining Area6.03 x 2.7419'9" x 9'0"

Family Kitchen5.93 x 3.97

19'5" x 13'0"

Utility4.27 x 1.9014'0" x 6'3"

Family Room/Snug

4.27 x 3.7214'0" x 12'2"

Bedroom 45.28 x 5.05

17'4" x 16'7"(Maximum)

Bedroom 55.38 x 4.03

17'8" x 13'3"(Maximum)

Second Floor

4.08 x 3.7713'5" x 12'4"

Cellar

Workshop5.78 x 3.91

19'0" x 12'10"

Stables5.96 x 3.29

19'7" x 10'10"

Outbuilding

Bam8.08 x 4.5626'6" x 15'0"

The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8240398/SS

Entrance Hall