Rowan House Flecknoe | Rugby | Warwickshire

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Rowan House Cover.indd 4-6 15/09/2016 15:54 Rowan House Pages.indd 1 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 2 15/09/2016 15:53 A six bedroom, detached family home, offering three storey’s of accommodation, in the sought after village location of Flecknoe.

Rowan House is a modern detached, extended home, situated on a corner plot of 0.24 of an acre offering extensive accommodation over three storey’s including six bedrooms, two bathrooms, four impressive reception rooms, a cloakroom and utility room. Additionally the house has a gated, block paved driveway providing ample off road parking and a detached double garage with useful office space above. The property is offered for sale with no chain, has the benefit of double glazed windows, oil fired central heating and is situated in the sought after village of Flecknoe.

Rowan House Pages.indd 3 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 4 15/09/2016 15:53 Ground Floor The property has an entrance porch with a double glazed entrance door and a further leaded glazed door preceding an entrance hall with a staircase leading to the first floor and doors that lead to the dining room, study, kitchen and cloakroom. Under the stairs there is a large cellar beneath the sitting room that provides a significant amount of useful storage. The cloakroom has a pedestal wash hand basin, a low level WC and a built in cupboard housing the electrical consumer unit which ‘doubles up’ as a useful pantry. The formal dining room has a dual aspect with double glazed doors leading to all of the rear terraces and a double glazed leaded window to the side aspect. The study is situated at the front of the house and has double glazed window to the front, timber floor, telephone and TV point; this could also be used as an additional snug or games room. The kitchen is situated at the front of the house with views across the frontage and foregardens via a double glazed leaded window. There is a variety of matching base and wall mounted units, electric halogen hob with extractor hood and built in Zanussi oven, a one and a half bowl sink and drainer and built in fridge freezer. There is also space and plumbing for a dishwasher. There is a door to the side and another door that leads to the utility room which has a letterbox window to the rear, space and plumbing for a washing machine, a sink and drainer with mixer tap, adjoining work surface and matching base and wall mounted units. There is a floor based oil fired combination boiler and flagstone floor that matches the kitchen. Steps from the hall, lead up to the sitting room which has an impressive vaulted ceiling andtwo double glazed windows to the side and a double glazed patio door that leads to the side terrace. There is a variety of exposed ceiling beams and a floor to ceiling contemporary style radiator. Further steps lead to the extension which was added by the present owners; at present this is used as a large music/hobby room with a semi-sprung timber floor - with very little imagination it could provide a potential purchaser with a larger kitchen/breakfast room. There are three Velux roof windows which provide ample natural light and double glazed patio doors that lead to the rear whilst three further double glazed windows and a double glazed door provide an impressive bay to the right hand side; again leading to the rear garden. The current focal point of the room is an impressive log burner which is set beneath a brick built exposed chimney breast.

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Rowan House is a large and attractive family home that enjoys a superb location right in the heart of the sought after village of Flecknoe. “Before we happened upon Rowan House in 2001, we had been searching the length and breadth of Warwickshire for a new home, but it was proving incredibly difficult to find the right house in the right location,” says Alice, “and then we noticed an advert in the paper for this property. We decided to travel up to take a look, and fell for it straight away.”

“It was built by a local contractor in 2000, but although it was brand new when we purchased it, it was still in need of a few finishing touches. We added all the fixtures and fittings and decorated throughout, but the biggest change came with the addition of the dance studio. It’s a lovely big light and bright room with a sprung floor and mirrored wall, and over the years has been well used for all of our creative activities. The rest of the house is spacious and bright and has a really welcoming feel throughout; it’s been a beautiful house to live in.”

“What I particularly love is the fact that both the house and garden are incredibly peaceful and private, and yet we feel very much a part of a very vibrant village community,” says Alice. “There are all sorts of clubs and societies to join, a cricket team, an active church and a lovely pub that serves food. And a number of the school busses pass through the village, so it’s a beautiful place to bring up a family.”

“The dance studio has become the real hub of our home,” says Alice. “We do all of our arts and crafts in there, it’s where we play our musical instruments and it also doubles as a yoga studio. It has doors that open onto the garden that can be flung open when the weather is warm, and it also has a little stove, which creates a cosy atmosphere in winter.”

“I’ve enjoyed the lifestyle that the location has afforded us,” says Alice. “I love being a part of village life, but I also like the fact that I can hop in the car and be in Daventry in ten minutes or Leamington Spa in under half an hour. It’s a fantastic place to live.”

“We have a double garage above which is an incredibly useful space,” says Alice. “We used it as a home gym, but it could also be used as an office, a games room… there are endless possibilities.”*

Rowan House Pages.indd 6 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 7 15/09/2016 15:53 What will I miss? Everything about this house; I love it. It’s spacious, bright and airy and just has a really nice feel to it. It’s stunning as it is, but it also has so much potential to be enhanced further.

Rowan House Pages.indd 8 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 9 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 10 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 11 15/09/2016 15:53 First Floor There are four bedrooms on the first floor together with a family bathroom. Bedroom three has a hardwood floor and a double glazed window to the front, plus two Velux roof windows; this is an impressive double room, with enough space for a desk. Adjacent to this is bedroom four, again a double bedroom with a double glazed window to the rear. Bedroom six has a double glazed window to the front whilst bedroom five is an ideal guest room with again a double glazed window overlooking the foregarden and an en-suite shower room with double glazed window to the rear, pedestal wash hand basin and low level WC, together with a corner shower cubicle with rainforest style shower head over. Stairs then continue to the second floor.

Second Floor There is a large landing with a Velux roof window providing ample natural light and access to bedrooms one and two. Bedroom one has double glazed window to the side aspect and a large Velux roof window whilst bedroom two has a double glazed Velux roof window to the rear and a double glazed window to the side. The landing on this floor is sizeable and if building regulations and plumbing options permit, there could be enough room to create an additional shower room to serve the two bedrooms on this floor.

Rowan House Pages.indd 12 15/09/2016 15:53 Rowan House Pages.indd 13 15/09/2016 15:53 Outside The property occupies an elevated position, secluded by trees to the majority of the northern and western boundary and occupies plot of 0.24 of an acre. The block paved driveway has a five bar double gate, and an additional pedestrian gate which leads to the front of the house, where there are further parking options and direct access via double up over doors to the double garage. Adjacent to the double garage there is a block paved pathway and steps lead through to a pedestrian entry leading to the adjacent roads. The double garage has power and lighting and as previously stated two up and over doors. At the rear of the garage there is a door that in turn leads to a staircase that provides an excellent additional room with a double glazed window to the front and to the rear. There are several telephone and power points that could create an excellent work from home office if desired. The foregarden is laid mainly to lawn which slopes down to the gate whilst the other side of the driveway hosts several fruit trees and various mature shrubs. The block paved pathway leads to the front entrance door and then continues to the rear of the property, via both side elevations. On both sides there are brick built retaining walls and two convenient terraced areas that are on each side of the property, tracking both the morning and evening sun. The recent extension takes up a significant proportion of the rear garden but there is a small lawned area.

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Flecknoe is an extremely friendly quiet hilltop village with the ‘The Old Olive Bush’ public house which has three skittles teams and a weekly pub quiz. There is a wonderful community spirit with several village events including a produce show, harvest supper and auction, as well as progressive suppers allowing new inhabitants to get to know the locals. It also has a church and a refurbished village hall. Day-to-day shopping can be found in nearby Braunston, or Dunchurch. A wider range of shopping facilities can be found in Rugby, Daventry or Leamington Spa and a high speed Virgin train service leaves from Rugby to London, Euston arriving in well under 50 minutes. The property is a 40 minute drive away from Milton Keynes and has good access to the M1, M6, M40 and the M45 as well as fast rail links into London. There are a good range of state, grammar and private schools within the area including Bilton Grange, Rugby School, Lawrence Sheriff School for boys and Rugby High School for girls, Warwick School for boys. Flecknoe is situated on a bus route providing pupils access to Rugby’s reputable grammar schools.

Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, on the River Avon. The town is the second largest town in the county; 13 miles (21 km) east of Coventry, on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. The town is credited with being the birthplace of rugby football.

Rugby is most famous for the invention of rugby football, which is played throughout the world. The invention of the game is credited to William Webb Ellis whilst breaking the existing rules of a football match played in 1823 at Rugby School.

Rugby School is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious public schools, and was the setting of Thomas Hughes’s semi- autobiographical masterpiece Tom Brown’s Schooldays.

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Local Authority Rugby Borough Council. Telephone (01788) 533533. Council Tax Band G

Viewing Arrangements Strictly by the vendors sole agents on (01788) 820062.

Opening Hours Monday to Friday 9.00 am - 5.30 pm Saturday 9.00 am - 4.30 pm

Directions From Rugby head towards Sainsbury’s on the main Dunchurch Road and turn right for a further mile and you should arrive at the main crossroads in Dunchurch village. Turn left onto the A45 where signposted towards Braunston and Daventry. After a further three miles, turn right where signposted towards Flecknoe. Follow the signs for a further 4.5 miles and you will arrive at the first ‘T’ junction within the village. Rowan House is situated just on your right at the junction identified by the Fine & Country for sale sign.

Agents Notes All measurements are approximate and quoted in metric with imperial equivalents and for general guidance only and whilst every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, they must not be relied on. The fixtures, fittings and appliances referred to have not been tested and therefore no guarantee can be given that they are in working order. Internal photographs are reproduced for general information and it must not be inferred that any item shown is included with the property. For a free valuation, contact the numbers listed on the brochure.

Rowan House Pages.indd 18 15/09/2016 15:54 Agents notes: All measurements are approximate and quoted in metric with imperial equivalents and for general guidance only and whilst every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, they must not be relied on. The fixtures, fittings and appliances referred to have not been tested and therefore no guarantee can be given that they are in working order. Internal photographs are reproduced for general information and it must not be inferred that any item shown is included with the property. For a free valuation, contact the numbers listed on the brochure. * These comments are the personal views of the current owner and are included as an insight into life at the property. They have not been independently verified, should not be relied on without verification and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agent. Printed 16.09.2016

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