An elegant two storey apartment within a fine Jacobean country house, with tennis court, swimming pool and 5 acres of gardens.
For Sale Freehold
Loddington Hall is an impressive listed Grade II* Jacobean country house built of Northamptonshire ironstone. The property has been enlarged over the years and has had a variety of uses including a family home and a school. The property was divided about twelve years ago into twelve apartments of varying sizes.
The Property
Apartment 2 mainly occupies the first and second floors of the south facing right hand wing. The rooms are spacious and light, all with stone mullioned windows and views over the gardens. It has its own separate entrance on the east side of the house which opens to an entrance lobby.
Accommodation
Ground floor
A part glazed private entrance door opens to the entrance lobby with door to a spacious L-shaped understairs store cupboard. A wide dogleg staircase rises to the first floor with half landing. A door opens to the main hall with doors leading to the drawing/dining room and bedroom suite. The drawing/dining room has an open fireplace with carved timber surround, marble inset and hearth, wood strip floor and double doors to the kitchen/breakfast room.
The spacious kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with base and wall cupboards incorporating matching shelving and plate rack, sink unit with mixer tap and waste disposal, water softener, AEG ceramic hob with AEG double oven below, dishwasher, space for fridge and wood strip floor.
From the main hallway a door opens to an inner hall and doors to a bedroom suite with dressing room/study and four piece bathroom suite with loft access.
Second floor
A staircase rises to a broad landing with deep fitted wardrobe to one wall and doors to the second bedroom with sloping walls to two sides and exposed beams, plus three windows offering lovely views over the grounds, church and countryside. There is also a shower room with shower cubicle, inset hand basin with cupboards below and shelving to one side, WC, bidet, two heated towel rails, large cupboard housing hot water cylinder and washing machine and tumble dryer.
Agent's note
The large area of loft space above the main bedroom could be converted to further accommodation, subject to planning.
Loddington Hall is located on the edge of the Northamptonshire village of Loddington, opposite the church of St Leonard. The property enjoys lovely views over its own gardens and grounds, with open countryside beyond.
Communications are excellent with the A14 just 2 miles to the north, Kettering 3.5 miles distant and the Desborough bypass from the A14, skirting Rothwell and Desborough, has given easy access to Market Harborough and Leicester beyond. The county town of Northampton is also within easy motoring distance.
Within the village is a sports ground for football and cricket. Other recreational activities nearby include National Hunt racing at Leicester, Huntingdon, Nottingham and Towcester, golf courses at Lutterworth, North Kilworth, Church Brampton and Harlestone, motor racing circuits at Rockingham, Donnington Park and Mallory Park. Hunting is with the Pytchley and there is sailing and fishing on Hollowell and Pitsford reservoirs.
The apartment has a single garage located to the east of the Hall, with parking to the fore for a further vehicle, and to the left of the entrance is ample parking for visitors.
Communal areas
A cellar provides a lockable store room private to Apartment 2, along with the private store rooms belonging to the other occupants.
Loddington Hall Management Company (LHMC) Resident's Association
The resident's association (LHMC) owns the communal areas to Loddington Hall. Occupants of the apartment become members and shareholders in the company. LHMC is a limited company. There are twelve shareholders with share certificates issued in the names of the ten apartment owners.
An outdoor heated swimming pool with changing rooms lies in one corner of the garden to the west of the Hall, and is available to all residents and their guests. There is also a well maintained tennis court.
Gardens and grounds
The gardens and grounds of Loddington Hall amount to approximately 5 acres and consist of well-tended parkland with mature oak trees and horse chestnuts. The gardens and grounds immediately abutting the Hall are well tended with mature and well-planted flower and shrub beds and there is a croquet lawn at the front of the hall between the drive and the park.
property reference: SPMU_MAR090065
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