- Exquisite Cottage of Character +
- Beautifully Presented +
- Living Kitchen & Utility +
- Sitting Room +
- Dining Room/Snug +
- Four Bedrooms +
- Two Bathrooms +
- Stunning Gardens to Rear +
- 3 Brick Outbuildings +
- EPC Rating D +
Exceptional Cottage Full of Character Exquisite Interior Idyllic Gardens & Outbuildings Four Bedrooms Two Bathrooms 23ft Sitting Room Living Kitchen Dining Room/Snug
General - It is incredibly difficult to do justice to this exceptional period cottage. The cottage has been significantly improved by the present owners with exquisite taste and attention to detail. The gardens have also been cleverly landscaped and are simply idyllic. The property was formerly built as two cottages which have been cleverly combined. There is a fabulous 23' sitting room, a dining room/snug and living kitchen. The bedrooms run off two staircases with the main staircase rising to the master bedroom, bathroom and two further bedrooms, all of which are connecting. A further bedroom and en-suite bathroom run off the secondary staircase.
Location - Higham on the Hill is a popular rural village boasting an historic church and primary school. The village is extremely accessible being approximately four miles from the M69 and nine miles from the M42. Nuneaton train station is within easy access making it commutable to London, Birmingham, Leicester and Coventry.
The Cottage - The accommodation is arranged over two floors as follows. Front door opening into the dining room/snug.
Dining Room/Snug - 13'6" x 12'9" - A pretty room, the focal point of which is the fireplace housing the wood burning stove with cupboard to one side and shelving to the other. There is a beam to the ceiling, central heating radiator and opening into the living kitchen.
Living Kitchen - 13'4" x 13'1" - Overlooking the garden. There is a comprehensive range of fashionable base and wall cabinets with quartz worktops with inset sink and mixer tap. Integrated appliances include a single oven with induction hob and a fridge There is also a shelved PANTRY. Contemporary radiator, inset ceiling spotlights, French doors to the garden and door to rear hall.
Cloakroom - Tiled floor, low flush lavatory, ladder style towel rail, wash hand basin.
Rear Hall - Boiler cupboard and door to the garden.
Sitting Room - 23'4" max x 10'4" - A charming room with a wood burning stove at one end and an inglenook with ornamental fire surround at the other. There are beams to the ceiling, two central heating radiators and storage cupboard. Door to inner hall.
Inner Hall - 8'4" x 5'10" - Quarry tiled floor. Central heating radiator. Opening into the utility room.
Utility Room - 11'0" x 3'8" - Base unit with an electric hob, single drainer sink unit and integrated washing machine.
On The First Floor - There is access to the master bedroom.
Master Bedroom - 13'9" x 13'1" - A fabulous room with full height ceiling which gives you a real feeling of space. There are two ceiling beams, a chimney breast, central heating radiator. Opening into bedroom two.
Bedroom Two - 13'7" x 13'0" - Full height ceiling, bank of wardrobes, central heating radiator and opening into bedroom three.
Bedroom Three - 11'8" x 6'2" - (5' measured to 5' eaves height). Central heating radiator.
Bathroom - Suite comprising a panelled bath with shower over and shower screen, low flush lavatory, wash hand basin, airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.
Secondary Staircase - A secondary staircase rises to bedroom four.
Bedroom Four - 11'2" x 10'4" - Another room full of character with a full height ceiling with two beams. Central heating radiator.
En-Suite - 10'8" x 6'3" - Suite comprising a panelled bath with mixer tap, pedestal wash hand basin, low flush lavatory, chrome ladder style towel rail.
The Gardens - The present owner is a passionate gardener and has created an absolutely stunning garden. Immediately adjoining the house, there is a terrace, an ideal area for barbecuing and entertaining. There are then lawns with flower and herbaceous borders and an ornamental archway opens into formal gardens with manicured privet hedges to one side and vegetable beds to the other. A path leads through these gardens to a working area, where the present owners have sited their greenhouses and garden sheds, together with a composting area and a hen enclosure. The owners will be taking the wooden sheds and the bird aviaries. There are three traditional outbuildings providing useful storage, located to one side of the garden.
Important Note - A path runs along the side of the property along which a neighbouring property has a right of way to access their own garden. The path could be very easily screened from the main garden if required.
Council Tax Band - Hinckley & Bosworth Council Tax Band E.