THYME COTTAGE, BARROWDEN

Thyme Cottage 13a Chapel Lane | Barrowden | Rutland | LE15 8EB

THYME COTTAGE • An Attractive Double Fronted Stone Built Detached Modern House • Constructed in 2018 and Immaculately Finished & Presented Throughout • Situated in a Small Development of Three Houses in a Desirable Rutland Village • Open Plan Kitchen / Diner, Reception Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom • Master Bedroom with En Suite, Further Two Double Bedrooms and a Bathroom • Manageable Landscaped Rear Lawn Garden with Flower Borders and Patio Terrace • Adjoining Single Garage and Off-Road Parking Area • Total Accommodation Extends to 1322 Sq. Ft.

A beautifully designed and built, modern, mellow yellow stone with red brick detailing, three bedroomed home stands in an elevated position in the charming Rutland village of Barrowden commanding wonderful views over the Welland valley. Within a cluster of three houses that were built in 2018 – and thereby still well within warranty period - in a traditional style but with a contemporary feel inside, Thyme Cottage benefits an integral garage and an attractive, easily managed garden.

Barrowden is an extremely desirable place to live, arguably the most beautiful village in Rutland, and this offers a rare opportunity to purchase a delightful, light and airy property perfect for modern day living. Window and door frames are double-glazed timber and painted in Farrow & Ball, with internal doors in natural oak. The colour palette throughout the house is pale and neutral enhancing the sense of space and light, and everything is presented in immaculate order and finished to a high standard.

Smooth, natural limestone slabs extend from the hall into the cloakroom, the kitchen/ diner and on through to the utility, whilst elsewhere wall to wall sisal has been laid, with the property benefitting from underfloor heating throughout the downstairs.

Downstairs, the huge, dual aspect, L-shaped kitchen/diner enjoys a wall of bifold doors onto decking and the garden, and, again with glazing to the front and back, a twenty foot long reception room also has bifolds onto the garden. The living room’s simply designed, stone fireplace houses a log-burning stove and creates a cosy focal point in the middle of the room, whilst the bifold doors open onto decking that provides space for a table and chairs for al fresco dining. In the kitchen, an abundance of classic kitchen units are topped with pale quartz in between which is a Rangemaster cooker with a large, gas hob and electric ovens; there is also an integrated double Belfast sink, a dishwasher and wine cooler, with space for a free-standing American style fridge freezer. The utility, which has a door to the garden, accommodates another sink within worktop and units and has room for a washing machine and tumble dryer underneath.

Character is introduced upstairs with rooms occupying some of the roof space giving sloping ceilings and attractive dormer windows. The south facing master bedroom with its fitted wardrobe has a sizeable en-suite shower room located above the adjoining garage. There are two further double bedrooms, one also with built in wardrobe, and a family bathroom with a fitted bath and shower over.

Outside, the property is approached from a gravel drive serving the three properties, and a flagstone path leads though a timber side gate to the rear where the delightful garden has decking running along the back of the house and a retaining wall of oak sleepers above which is laid to lawn accessed by a set of stone steps. Flower beds are well stocked with perennials whilst David Austin roses are already clambering up the rear fence, all providing colour and interest. Entirely enclosed by timber fencing, an evergreen hedge disguises this on one side.

The pretty and thriving village of Barrowden is centred around a village green with a duck pond overlooked by The Exeter Arms, an excellent pub which has undergone a superb refurbishment, whilst there is a village shop and cafÊ, a doctor’s surgery, and a cricket club. Everything is within walking distance of Thyme Cottage, and walks or cycle rides from the door into beautiful countryside is a great boon. The attractive town of Stamford is only about a fifteen minute drive, so too, Oakham, and Uppingham just ten minutes, all with very good schools. Rutland Water is less than ten minutes’ drive where there is a multitude of outdoor leisure pursuits, the A1 is also only about ten minutes away, and Peterborough about half an hour. Fast trains to London Kings Cross take fifty minutes, making this excellent for commuters.

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