Location

Kings Cliffe is a large village situated 13 miles west of Peterborough. The village has a bakery, village hall, a public house, a convenience store and a doctors’ surgery. To the west of the village there is the Kings Cliffe Railway Path, a redeveloped footpath providing pleasant walks between Kings Cliffe and Wansford.

The Cathedral City of Peterborough (9 miles) offers a comprehensive range of services, The Peterborough Independent School and Kings (Cathedral) schools and commuter rail services to London Kings Cross and Cambridge (from 51 mins).

The Georgian market towns of Stamford (8 miles) and Oundle (8 miles), with their renowned schools, are also easily accessible, with daily school bus services from Wansford (5 miles), with the renown Haycock Inn and Doctors’ Surgery.

Description

Constructed in 2021, this impressive detached family home is positioned within a wonderful elevated setting amid rolling countryside and woodland.

A single-storey eco-home, sustainably constructed and future proofed with an air source heat pump, solar panels, underfloor heating and air conditioning, Midsummer House is built to exacting standards. The house has Clipsham stone elevations, aluminium exterior & oak interior triple glazed windows, 3m tall bifold doors and other desirable features like engineered oak floors with air-source under-floor heating, solar panels and vaulted and trussed ceilings, with large fireplaces and Clearview wood-burning stoves. The interior presentation is beautiful and exacting, with luxurious hotel-worthy bathrooms and a stunning kitchen, with integrated NEFF appliances.

Accommodation
The accommodation is wonderfully light and airy, with lots of glazing, particularly in the central living area, flooding the internal spaces with natural light and affording beautiful views over the surrounding gardens and the countryside beyond.

The accommodation is split into three distinct areas, to separate sleeping, relaxing and dining, and the service rooms. On the west side of the house are the three bedrooms, which are all double size, have built-in wardrobes and en suite bathrooms. Fly screens are fitted to all bedroom windows.

In the middle of the house are the reception spaces, comprising a sitting room and a separate open plan kitchen dining room, both of which have wood-burning stoves and bifold doors opening to the terrace to create a fantastic indoor outdoor space in the warmer months, great for entertaining. The kitchen incorporates an extensive bespoke suite, with Quartz worktops and large central island, with breakfast bar. A wall of pantry style units has space for an American fridge-freezer, a microwave and two ovens, with a double Belfast sink below the window and integrated dishwasher. It is a fabulous suite.

The east wing of the house has a play room/bedroom 4, study, cloakroom and utility room, accessed off the entrance hall.

Outside
A sweeping paved driveway, entered through electric gates, leads to the house, with lavender borders on either side, where there is generous parking area with access to the integral double garage, with an electric garage door.

The garden flows around all sides of the house, with a rose and vegetable garden, sweeping lawns and an extensive terrace, for entertaining and dining, adjoining the house, the boundaries are stocked with maturing fruit trees and shrubs. In addition, there are is a 6mx3m implement store (with intruder alarm, power and lighting) and greenhouse. There are numerous external electrical sockets and water taps around the outside of the house.

Across the lane, a large paddock is ideal for children’s games, with space for a tennis court, and two mains water stand points.