Butchers Lane, Pattishall, 4 bedroom, Cottage

DESCRIPTION:

With 18th-century origins, Vale Cottage has been extended and improved to provide a substantial family home in this sought-after village. Set in delightful gardens with two driveways and a detached double garage, the cottage provides two reception rooms and a 15ft conservatory overlooking the gardens, there is also a kitchen/dining room with integrated appliances and both utility and cloakrooms. The sitting room features Oak flooring and a cast iron stove set in a stone fireplace. On the first floor, there are four bedrooms and a family bathroom with a shower. Vale Cottage stands opposite open fields and immediately behind is a good sized patio area. Planning has been granted under application S/2007/0456/P for a one and a half storey dwelling, the plans for which are available on request.

LOCATION:

PATTISHALL is situated to the east of the A5 midway between Towcester and Weedon. Communications are excellent via the A5 with the M1 easily accessible at junction 15A and 16. The M40 can be joined at Junction 10 which is accessed via Towcester and the A43 or Junction 11 accessed at Banbury some 15 miles to the West.
Village facilities include a primary school, a Church and restaurant at Fosters Booth on the A5. Towcester provides a wide variety of shops and a leisure centre, with larger shopping centres situated at Northampton, Banbury and Milton Keynes (from where there is a 45 minutes Intercity rail service to London Euston). Leisure facilities in the area include golf at Farthingstone, Hellidon Lakes and Staverton Park, motor racing at Silverstone and greyhound racing at Towcester.

HALLWAY:

Entered through a panelled door, the hall is split level with tiled and quarry tiled flooring. The walls and ceiling have exposed timberwork, stairs to the first-floor landing and doors to the sitting room, kitchen/dining room, and utility and cloakrooms.

SITTING ROOM: (6.50m x 4.75m)

The focal point of this room is a stone built fireplace with a raised tiled hearth, a cast iron stove and hood and a timber mantle. There are exposed ceiling timbers, UPVC double glazed doors leading to the patio and rear garden, Three radiators, and four wall light points. There are Oak floorboards, a TV point and double leaf doors to:

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM: (4.70m x 2.92m)

Fitted in a range of solid Oak base and eye-level cabinets incorporating an inset one and a half bowl sink unit and a range of fitted appliances including an inset ceramic hob and opposite, an eye-level oven and grill. There are further base and eye level cupboards and an under stairs cupboard with space for a fridge/freezer, UPVC double glazed windows to the front, side and rear elevations, a radiator, a wall light point and a ceramic tiled floor. This room also has a cast-iron stove set on a raised hearth and a stone fireplace.

UTILITY ROOM: (1.83m 0.61m x 2.49m)

With Oak base and eye-level cabinets, a stainless steel sink unit, a floor-mounted oil-fired boiler and a UPVC double-glazed window overlooking the rear garden. There is plumbing for a washing machine, space for a tumble drier and a quarry-tiled floor.

CLOAKROOM: (1.83m x 1.12m)

Fitted in a white suite of a low-level WC and a wash hand basin with a cupboard below and a shelf behind.

CONSERVATORY: (4.65m x 3.38m)

Built in the Victorian style with a pitched ceiling and UPVC double glazed windows and doors. The floor is tiled and there are double and single radiators, wall light points and part timbered ceiling and walls.

STUDY: (2.90m x 3.94m)

With an Oak floor and ceiling and wall timbers, this room has a radiator, a UPVC double glazed window to the side elevation and a TV Point.

LANDING:

Which is ‘L’ shaped with doors to all bedrooms, ceiling and wall timbers, two radiators and two UPVC double glazed windows to the front elevation.

BEDROOM ONE: (4.80m x 3.35m)

Providing an inset wash hand basin with a cupboard below, double glazed windows to the front and rear elevations, There are two radiators and wall light points.

BEDROOM TWO: (4.88m x 3.07m)

With UPVC double-glazed windows to three elevations, two radiators and wall light points.

BEDROOM THREE: (3.63mx 3.33m)

Featuring a chimney breast and tiled fireplace, a UPVC double glazed window to the rear elevation, a part-timbered wall and wall light points.

BEDROOM FOUR: (4.95m' x 1.73m')

With a part timbered wall, UPVC double glazed windows to the side and rear elevation, a radiator and TV Point.

BATHROOM: (2.57m x 1.83m)

Fitted in a five-piece suite of a freestanding bath with side taps, a shower enclosure with rainfall and hand-held showers and a tiled shelf recess. There are two wash-hand basins with cupboards beneath, a low-level WC, a single radiator, and a further chrome ladder radiator, a UPVC double-glazed window to the front elevation and recessed spotlights.

GARDENS:

PLANNING:

Planning was granted in 2007 under application number S/2007/0456/P for a one and a half storey detached two bedroom cottage. Ground was broken but the build did not go ahead. We are advised by West Northants Planning Department that the planning is still current.