Location

Woodwell Barn sits in a rural location just 0.6 miles (approximately) from the conservation village of Market Overton. The village offers a doctor’s surgery, community shop, The Black Bull public house and village cafe, as well as cricket and bowls clubs.
The village is ideally placed for schools with Oakham, Uppingham and Stamford all within 14 miles, and Brooke Priory (six miles) and Witham Hall (12 miles) preparatory schools nearby.
The A1 at Stretton is five miles to the east, whilst trains from Grantham station to London Kings Cross take from 63 minutes.
Rutland Water (six miles) offers a myriad of activities including sailing club, cycling, fishing and an RSPB reserve, among other activities.

Description

Woodwell Barn, constructed of reclaimed brick and local limestone under a slate roof, offers an opportunity to own a stylish and beautiful barn-style property in an exceptional rural position.


The property has been designed and built with design, sustainability and low maintenance in mind. It offers spacious and flexible accommodation over two floors with modern, energy efficient technologies. Outside, the 0.25 acre (or thereabouts) gardens wraps around the property, with a gated gravelled driveway providing parking for several vehicles and access to a double bay oak-framed carport.


Ground Floor Accommodation:
The design and finish of this fabulous home aims to capture the character of the barn that formerly occupied this site. The exposed oak frame creates a striking barn style entrance, opening into the sensational, light filled dining hall, with views through the house to the garden and the farmland beyond.


Complete with a bespoke oak staircase, herringbone LVT wood effect flooring and its full height vaulted ceiling, the dining hallway is an impressive room, providing the perfect space for family life and for entertaining. The large timber windows flood the central hallway with natural light, whilst underfloor heating throughout the ground floor creates a cosier feel.


The open plan family kitchen flows seamlessly from the dining hall, and is fabulous. With a sensational array of wall and base units set under quartz worktops and with brushed nickel hardware, the kitchen is fitted with integrated Bosch appliances, including dishwasher, fridge and freezer, with a double Belfast sink and boiling tap. It also has a Rangemaster cooker with induction hob and quartz splashback, and Caple wine cooler, whilst the central island provides additional storage and a breakfast bar for more informal dining. A useful boot room provides additional storage, and the utility offers space for appliances, with external access to the garden and carport.


The open plan family kitchen has a spacious, truss vaulted sitting room, with bi-folding doors to the south facing terrace. This sensational reception room also has a fabulous brick fireplace as a focal point, housing a wood-burning stove and, despite its height and volume, has a cosy feel with lovely views over the gardens and neighbouring countryside. The adjoining snug is a more intimate, dual-aspect room, permitting separation, with windows and French doors open onto the terrace, with a contemporary wood-burning stove.


The open plan dining hallway and family kitchen creates a fabulous and convivial ‘hub to the home’, with connectivity to the garden and terrace bringing the outdoors in and providing the perfect space for family life and entertaining.


The dining hallway also accesses a dual-aspect study, ideal for home working; dual-aspect double bedroom four, with French doors that open to the garden and; a shower room, which completes the ground floor accommodation.

First Floor Accommodation:
The bespoke oak staircase ascends to a spacious galleried landing, with full height picture windows providing fabulous far reaching countryside views.


The generous principal bedroom suite has a Juliet balcony offering the fabulous views, as well as a fully fitted dressing room and luxury en suite wet room, fitted with Kudos, Vado, Crosswater and Villeroy & Boch appliances and handcrafted oak vanity units, under quartz worktops and chrome fittings.    The two further dual-aspect double bedrooms are both generous doubles, and served by the a spacious full-suite family bathroom, with separate shower cubicle. The bathroom is finished with porcelain tiles, brass hardware, a rainfall shower, heated towel rail and mirror and, oak vanity unit with quartz worktop.


Outside: An electric gate opens to the private driveway, which offers parking for several vehicles and access to an oak framed double carport, complete with an electric car charging point. The landscaped gardens wrap around the house. Largely lawned, they offer space for children’s games, whilst a stone flagged terrace allows for alfresco dining, all with sensational southerly and westerly farmland views.