Location

Bramble Cottage occupies a rural setting on Fen Lane, between the villages of Stilton, its postal address, Conington and Holme, amidst attractive farm and woodland.

Stilton is a well-serviced village, located 9 miles south of Peterborough with its commuter rail services to London every 20 minutes during peak periods, and 12 miles east of Oundle.

With a well-thought of village school, shops, mini-market and public houses, including The Bell Inn, Stilton is well known for its annual cheese rolling festival and has an excellent website, http://www.stilton.org/.

For commuting by rail, the property lies between Peterborough (9 miles) and Huntingdon (13 miles) railway stations, each with their commuter services to London. Peterborough station also offers hourly Midlands Cross Country services to Cambridge and Stansted Airport.

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Description

This beautifully appointed detached house was bought derelict in 2003 by the current owners, who have extended and lovingly created a spacious and well-appointed family home.

The property has combined their family home and dog sitting business, whilst a detached double garage block, constructed in 2016, with a studio annex above has been let as a successful AirBnB venture. Further, the current owners have also operated a successful dog "home boarding" business for the past 14 years, for which the property is set up with secure perimeter fencing and complete with a dog shower in the garage utility area.

In an attractive rural setting with far reaching farm and woodland views, the south-east facing house is positioned within mature and enclosed gardens of almost 0.6 of an acre approached from Fen Lane to the east along a long private farm access track that serves this house and its adjoining fields only.   

Accommodation: This comfortable home combines a lovely flow to its generously proportioned and well-orientated accommodation, with great connectivity from the property to the extensive gardens, both for children and entertaining guests.    The front door opens in the centre of the house to a wide and inviting, solid wood floored, reception stairwell hallway, which spans the entire width of the house, with a large window to the rear garden, feature brick fireplace and access to the flanking sitting room and family kitchen.

Double wooden glazed internal doors open to the spacious, dual-aspect 22’ sitting room, within which the solid wood floor continues and from which French doors open to the garden, to the south-west. The sitting room has a large brick fireplace that houses a wood burning stove, whilst it is open to the adjoining dual-aspect dining room, which would also double as an ideal children’s play room

The family kitchen is spacious and dual-aspect, with tiled flooring and a feature brick fireplace within which a Belling double oven range cooker sits. The farmhouse style shaker kitchen combines plenty of prep and storage space, with solid wooden worktops, whilst there is a back door to a rear courtyard. An adjoining utility provides space for the white goods and additional fridge/freezers,There is an adjoining utility with space for washer and dryer and a cloakroom/W.C with shower beyond.

At first floor, a the landing corridor accesses the five double bedrooms and family bathroom. The principal bedroom has fitted wardrobes and an en suite shower room, whilst the modern family bathroom has a tiled floor, three-piece suite and fitted storage units.   

Outside: The house is approached along a private farm track from Fen Lane, over which there are full access rights.

Electric double gates open to the property’s gravelled driveway which leads to the house and garage block through the gardens. With ample parking, the garden plot measure approximately 0.592 of an acre, with mature fence and hedgerow boundaries, far reaching views and extensive lawns, with flowering and shrub borders. Seating terraces are well placed around the garden for sheltered entertaining spaces from which to track the sun.

Double Garage & Annex: Constructed in 2016, the double garage block combines oversized double garaging with a ground floor lobby and utility/wet room, and an open plan first floor studio annex above. The annex offers a well-equipped kitchen and large bedroom/living area, with a well-appointed shower room, and far-reaching views of the surrounding countryside. It has been let in recent years as a successful Air BnB apartment, but is also ideal for extended family and guests, or as a large home office space.