2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Planning Permission, Towcester, NN12 8HQ £305,000

While Maidford itself is primarily residential, nearby Blakesley (around 2 miles) offers useful day-to-day amenities including a primary school, village shop/post office and public house, with Towcester (around 8 miles) and Daventry (around 10 miles) providing a wider range of services. The area offers excellent walking from the doorstep and easy access to nearby attractions such as the National Trust's Canons Ashby.

For commuters, the A5 and A43 link readily to the M1 and M40, with mainline rail services from Northampton and Banbury providing connections to London and Birmingham. A range of schooling is available locally, including primary options in surrounding villages and secondary education at Sponne School in Towcester.

Accommodation:
Sitting Room
The solid oak front door opens into a dual-aspect sitting room that showcases many period details, including an exposed oak ceiling beam and a recessed inglenook fireplace with an oak lintel. The floor is laid with large-format quarry tiles, and masonry steps rise to a ledged-and-braced door with a Suffolk latch providing access to the rear garden.

Natural light is well balanced through traditional timber casement windows to both the front and rear. The fireplace incorporates a traditional-style wood-burning stove (not currently in use).

Built-in storage is a particular feature, comprising three vertical panelled cupboards beside the stairwell and an additional two-door cupboard adjacent to the entrance. Quarter-winder stairs, currently carpeted, lead to the first-floor accommodation.

Kitchen / Dining Room
A further dual-aspect room, the kitchen/dining room is fitted with traditional solid timber, Shaker-style wall and base units, finished in duck egg blue and topped with solid oak work surfaces. A Belfast sink sits beneath a two-light timber casement window overlooking the rear garden, with a traditional chrome mixer tap and lever handles.

The floor continues in matching large-format quarry tiles, and a chamfered ceiling beam has been retained, reinforcing the cottage's period character. Additional natural light is provided by a three-light timber casement window to the front elevation.

There is space for a small table and chairs for everyday dining. Heating and hot water are provided by a heritage compact stove, which also offers traditional cooking facilities including two burner plates, an oven and a separate warming oven.

First Floor Landing
The landing is finished with exposed, wide original oak floorboards. Painted butt-and-bead doors with Suffolk latches provide access to the two bedrooms and the bathroom.

Bedroom One
A well-proportioned, dual-aspect double bedroom positioned to the right-hand side of the cottage, with a partially vaulted ceiling and sage-toned painted walls. Wide, period oak floorboards continue underfoot.

Natural light is provided by a three-light timber casement window to the front elevation and a smaller metal casement window overlooking the rear garden. Built-in wardrobe storage is set behind a slatted pine door with a Suffolk latch, fitted with hanging rail and shelving.

Bedroom Two
Bedroom Two is a versatile room, well suited as a guest bedroom, home office or hobby space. The walls are finished in sage-toned paint with a partially vaulted ceiling in white. Exposed original oak floorboards continue, and natural light is provided by a three-light timber casement window to the front elevation.

Bathroom
Positioned to the rear left-hand side of the cottage, the bathroom is fitted with a traditional-style three-piece suite comprising a close-coupled WC, a freestanding claw-foot bath with a chrome mixer tap and shower attachment, and a generous ceramic wash basin set on a chamfered pedestal with chrome pillar taps.

The walls are finished in neutral tones and the ceiling is partially vaulted. Wide original oak floorboards continue, and a part-frosted top-hung casement window to the rear elevation provides natural light. A chrome ladder-style towel rail provides heating.

Grounds
Front Aspect
Formerly associated with the principal Bake House building on the corner of King Street, The Cottage presents an attractive frontage of ironstone, approached via red brick steps to a solid timber entrance door with a Suffolk latch and decorative T-hinges.

Pedestrian access continues along the side elevation, where an electric vehicle charging point provides a useful modern convenience. Curved stone steps rise to a ledged-and-braced timber gate leading through to the rear garden.

Rear Garden
The rear garden is arranged over two levels and is a good size for a village cottage. A traditional brick pathway leads back to the rear door, with a gently winding gravel path continuing through to the far end of the garden where there is a seating area and an additional slate-shingle terrace, ideal for outdoor dining and entertaining.

The central section is laid mainly to lawn with established shrubs and planted borders. An original brick outbuilding with a corrugated galvanised steel roof and a slatted timber door with Suffolk latch provides useful storage.

To the rear right-hand side, the oil tank is discreetly positioned behind trellis screening. Boundary treatments include a combination of coursed stonework and Flemish-bond brickwork with chamfered copings.

Important Notice:_
Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of these Sales Particulars, accuracy cannot be guaranteed and they do not constitute an offer or contract (or part of one). David Cosby Chartered Surveyors have not surveyed the property or tested any services, appliances, equipment or fittings and accordingly cannot confirm that they are in working order. Purchasers should not assume that the property has the benefit of all necessary statutory consents or approvals, including planning permission and Building Regulations approval.

Any measurements are approximate. Photographs are provided for general guidance and do not imply that any item shown is included in the sale. Any plans are for illustrative purposes only and are not to scale.

Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves as to the condition of the property and all matters referred to within these particulars by inspection and independent enquiries. Any comments on condition are for guidance only and must not be relied upon.

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