4 bed detached house for sale

Back Lane, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14

This immaculate detached home benefits from a self-contained annexe to the rear and stunning field views, with the original part of the property dating back to 1793, when it was formerly used as working stables. Over the years the property has been modernised and extended to a double storey to the side aspect, creating a spacious family home that offers well-presented accommodation while retaining a wealth of character features, including exposed beams and an open fireplace. The kitchen gives access to the dining room, while the property also benefits from a lounge with an open fireplace, which could be utilised as two reception rooms, an office, a downstairs cloakroom WC, and a utility/rear porch. Stairs rise to four double bedrooms, with the master bedroom benefiting from stunning field views, an en-suite shower room, and a four-piece family bathroom. Externally, the property is set back from the road and accessed via an extensive gravelled driveway providing off-road parking for multiple vehicles. There is also an enclosed garden to the side aspect, featuring both a patio seating area and a lawn, backing onto open fields. Viewing is highly advised to fully appreciate this wonderful home.

A spacious entrance hall has a walk-in storage cupboard with lighting and space for coats and shoes, with doors off to the kitchen and dining room. The kitchen offers a good range of square-edge work surfaces, wall and base units, and an inset Belfast sink with a high-rise mixer tap, with space for a range cooker and overhead extractor hood, recessed spotlighting, and tiling to half height on three walls. The adjoining dining room is full of character, with a window to the rear, a stable door, exposed beams to the ceiling, and feature troughs on the wall, leading through to a rear porch/utility with windows to the side and rear and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer.

An inner hallway, with under-stairs storage and stairs to the first floor, leads to the lounge, cloakroom WC, and study. The spacious through lounge has French doors to the side and windows to the front, filling the room with natural light, along with a feature open fireplace with an exposed brick surround and beams to the ceiling. The study makes a perfect office space and could equally serve as a further reception room, with a wall-mounted cupboard housing the central heating boiler. The downstairs cloakroom WC has a two-piece contemporary white suite comprising a low-flush WC and wash hand basin.

Stairs rise to the first-floor landing, which has doors off to the bedroom accommodation and family bathroom. The dual-aspect master bedroom enjoys delightful views over open countryside, with two fitted wardrobes, a dressing table, and an en-suite shower room fitted with a three-piece contemporary white suite, recessed spotlighting, and tiled splashbacks. Bedroom two has two fitted wardrobes and a storage cupboard with shelving, bedroom three has two fitted wardrobes with overhead cupboards, and bedroom four has three fitted wardrobes and a loft hatch. The family bathroom completes the first floor, with a four-piece contemporary white suite comprising a low-flush WC, wash hand basin, bath, and separate fully tiled shower cubicle, recessed spotlighting, and tiled splashbacks.

To the rear of the property, accessed from the side aspect, is a self-contained annexe, a Grade II listed building arranged over two floors. A door to the front opens into an open-plan living/dining kitchen, where the kitchen area has square-edge work surfaces, wall and base units, a stainless steel sink and drainer with a high-rise mixer tap, and tiling to half height on two walls, with a smoke alarm and stairs rising to the bedroom. There is also a wet room with a three-piece suite comprising a low-flush WC, wash hand basin, and shower cubicle, fully tiled to the walls. Upstairs, the double bedroom has recessed spotlighting and a loft hatch.

To the side of the property is a south/westerly-facing garden, the majority laid to lawn, with a feature well, a dwarf brick wall, and steps up to a patio seating area, raised borders, mature trees and bushes, and fencing to the boundaries. To the rear, a pathway provides gated access to the annexe, where there is a paved courtyard garden and two timber sheds. To the front, an extensive gravelled frontage provides ample off-road parking and offers stunning field views. Shared access to the driveway is granted to the two neighbouring dwellings, and while maintenance of the driveway is shared, it is solely owned by the property.

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