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recommend them enough!” Bakehouse Kitchens are of course from Stamford and run cookery schools as well as designing fantastic kitchens. The kitchen and includes a variety of floor standing and wall mounted cupboards and drawers under granite work surfaces.
There is an integrated cooker with extractor over and two integrated ovens. A central island offers further work surface and additional seating. The kitchen area then flows into a large dining living area with plenty of space for both eating and living. Two windows with deep recesses and window seats look out onto the garden and French doors lead onto to the terrace beyond. The utility sits next door and offers further useful storage, a secondary sink and space and plumbing for white goods. “My favourite room is the kitchen,” says Rod. “It’s around 32ft long, we’ve always spent most of our time in there.”
Above/Main: The beautiful original features of the barn have been transformed into this stunning property.
“There are several seating areas in the garden so that you can move round with the sun and relax and enjoy your surroundings.” Another talking point of this property must be the formal living and dining room with its soaring double height ceiling and original exposed stone work and beams. Light floods in through generous French windows leading out to the terrace and gardens. A contemporary wood burner allows this large room to still be the cosy centre of the home.
A separate snug sits off the main hall as well as one of two downstairs cloakrooms. The second cloakroom is located off the boot room on the far side of the kitchen. The downstairs accommodation is completed by an office with built in cabinetry and a door to the front of the house. 61