4 Bed Cottage For Sale

Friern Cottage is a three/four-bedroom, ironstone and brick-built thatched cottage offering flexible accommodation and offering an incredibly generous plot of approximately 0.40 acres with mature gardens, off-road parking and garaging, all sitting in the heart of Ridlington village.

Accommodation - The central entrance hall has ample built-in storage, a quarry tiled floor and doors to the ground floor accommodation. To the left of the entrance hall is the living room, a spacious and dual-aspect room spanning the depth of the property with beams to the ceiling and a beautiful Inglenook fireplace. Glazed double doors to the rear, open into a small sunroom with large sliding doors out to the patio and garden beyond. To the right of the entrance hall there is a further reception room with stairs rising to the first floor and a ground floor bedroom with a shower room adjacent.

To the first floor there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. Two double bedrooms sit to each gable end, one offering ample built-in storage and the other with plenty of space for free-standing furniture. The third bedroom is a good-sized single with built-in wardrobes. All three bedrooms are served by a bathroom comprising a bath, wash hand basin and low flush lavatory.

Outside - The property sits on the most wonderful, south-facing plot of approximately 0.40 acres with a beautifully well-established garden sectioned into three areas. The lower section is a large, gravelled terrace with ample space for outdoor furniture. A few steps up from here leads to the middle section, predominantly laid to lawn with a multitude of soft planting providing year-round interest and complete privacy from neighbouring properties plus, a stone-built outbuilding. The top section offers a further lawned area that then leads through to a large vegetable garden. Beyond the vegetable garden, to the very far end of the garden is a gravelled pathway that leads to the property’s private driveway. The driveway is accessed from Top Road and provides extensive parking and access to a detached double garage.

Location - Ridlington is a quiet Rutland village, located between Uppingham and Oakham, approximately a mile to the West of the A6003.The pretty market town of Uppingham provides a good choice of local amenities and facilities including a local market twice a week and a choice of excellent private and state schools. The A47 provides easy access to Peterborough, Leicester and beyond whilst the east coast mainline, running through Peterborough, allows easy access to London and the northeast.

Services & Council Tax - The property is offered to the market with all mains services and oil-fired central heating.

Rutland County Council – Tax Band F

Tenure - Freehold