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Welland View Glaston Road | Uppingham | Rutland | LE15 9EU WELLAND VIEW Welland View Glaston Road | Uppingham | Rutland | LE15 9EU WELLAND VIEW • Established Family Home in Private Position on the Outskirts of Uppingham • Offering Much Improved Spacious and Well Maintained Accommodation Throughout • Sitting Room, Library, Office, L-Shaped Kitchen / Dining Room • Master Bedroom Suite Comprising Dressing Room, Walk-in Wardrobe & En Suite • Three Further Double Bedrooms and Family Bathroom • Self-Contained Annex with Sitting Room, Kitchen, Two Bedrooms & Bathroom • Total Plot of Circa 3/4 acre with Mature Landscaped Gardens • Double Garage with Ample Off-Road Parking for a Number of Vehicles • Selection of Outbuildings Including Garaging, Workshop and Garden Store • Total Accommodation Excluding Outbuildings Extends to 2997 Sq.Ft. Within a seven minute walk of the charming town of Uppingham in Rutland, stands an attractive home originally from the seventies, which has been completely renovated, almost rebuilt, in recent years and has become the most perfect family home. Welland View sits on a private and tranquil plot of nearly an acre enclosed by mature trees. It not only has three to four bedrooms in the main part of the house, but two further bedrooms in the adjoining annex, with even more potential for conversion of the garaging and workshops (subject to planning). Approached from a quiet road linking the town with the A47, Welland Views’ entrance is off a shared drive with a pretty and small, independent garden centre, providing a number of benefits. “If I had a choice of who to have as a neighbour,” divulges the owner, “ I would choose a garden centre. We rarely hear any noise from there, and my mother-in-law loves visiting it when she comes to stay! As they shut at five, we can have a noisy party and not need to worry. It’s also a bonus from the security point of view: they have cameras and sensor lighting - which we can’t see from the house – that picks up anything around the entrance, and they have a very nice cafe which is handy for a coffee or snack.” The owners have lived at Welland View for over six years, having completely turned it around. “We came here because of its fantastic location: Uppingham is a very attractive little town and there are excellent schools and a college nearby for the boys; it has the convenience of commuting with the A47 so close, and yet makes a perfect place to work from home. It feels very rural but is a stone’s throw from town – there’s even a free hourly bus service from the nextdoor garden centre. Although the fabric of the building was robust, the property needed to be totally reworked so we joined forces with an architect and activated a plan. The downstairs was altered completely having had lots of dark corridors, and the upstairs of the annex was pretty much totally rebuilt; virtually every wall has been replastered, and every window and door has been replaced. The internal doors are modern, oak veneer, and the double-glazed window frames are in an appealing grey – low maintenance Upvc - which complements the cream render.” Now the house is full of light and space with open plan rooms of excellent proportions. The back of the house faces south so the Shaker style units with oak doors and worktops owners decided to have their main entrance of a composite stone, and an all-electric range door from the large gravel parking area at what style cooker, at the back of the room. is now the front. Adjoining the house, the annex can be a self-contained, separate entity, Sunshine continues to pour in upstairs which is although there is a connecting door into the full of character with sloping ceilings and dormer main house. It has its own entrance of glazed windows. Rooms throughout the house have French doors which create symmetry either been decorated in an off-white with accent walls side of the house’s central front door, as another generally in a calm, restful hue, whilst bathrooms pair of French doors open into an almost are beautifully fitted in a clean-lined modern eighteen feet square, multi-functional room. style. The entire house is presented in very good “One of the downstairs rooms is currently our order. eldest son’s bedroom, but would make a superb office – which could be rented out particularly The annex, with its two upstairs bedrooms and since there is access straight from the drive. bathroom, and compact downstairs sitting room, Alternatively, it could be a gym, a games room, an with a fitted kitchen, makes excellent guest art studio or anything really!” A door from here accommodation or could provide a rentable leads into the utility room with a lavatory off it, income, or be perfect for older children wishing all linking to the rest of the house. to be independent. On the other side of the house, a double garage and outbuildings give The main reception room is a fabulous L-shaped plenty more scope – there are workshops and space with four windows over the garden to stores, and one includes the brand new oil tank the south, its original parquet floor underfoot, for the central heating. and a fireplace with a log-burner with a drop- down front creating an open fire. “The focal The low maintenance garden is mainly laid to point of the house must be the living room,” say lawn, with a recently regravelled drive and area the owners, “but we also love the area outside for parking many vehicles at the front, with an under the eaves which is perfect for sitting out acer bearing glorious autumnal colours forming and enjoying the fresh air and sunshine whilst an attractive turning circle. “The very private remaining in the shade. It’s even acted as a garden is bordered by mature trees, has a pond concert stage when we’ve held private little at the back, and is totally secure for dogs. We music festivals here, with the audience having have made it low maintenance but there is huge picnics on the lawn at the back, whilst camping potential for someone to create something quite on the lawn at the front!” special,” says the owner. “It’s been a fantastic family home that we’d probably sum up as Another L-shaped room – the kitchen diner - is secluded, secure and peaceful. It’s like living in also flooded with light through more French the countryside but with easy access into the doors onto the garden, with the fitted kitchen of town.” Annex Annex Energy Graph Additional Information LOCAL AUTHORITY: Rutland County Council SERVICES: Mains Water and Electricity, Oil Fired Central Heating and Septic Tank DISCLAIMER: These particulars, whilst believed to be accurate, are set out as a general outline only for guidance and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements of representation of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy. No person in the employment of Fine & Country or Rutland Country Properties has the authority to make or give any representation or warranty in respect of the property. We would also point out that we have not tested any of the appliances and purchasers should make their own enquiries to the relevant authorities regarding the connection of any services. Welland Vale Garden Centre Glaston Road, Uppingham Rutland Country Properties. Registered in England and Wales No. 11897195 Agents notes: Registered Office - 27-29 Old Market, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1NE The floor plans are for illustration purposes only. All measurements: walls, doors, window fittings and appliances and their sizes Copyright © 2019 Fine & Country Ltd. and locations are shown conventionally and are approximate only and cannot be regarded as being a representation either by the seller or his agent. © Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Location Postcode for satellite navigation: LE15 9EU Location On The Doorstep... Directions The property is located on the outskirts of the market town of Uppingham, surrounded by open rolling countryside and yet ideally located Travelling from the South on A1, take the slip road signposted within easy reach of local amenities, popular market towns, Leicester and Peterborough. Uppingham is well known for its reputable Peterborough and at the roundabout take the third exit onto A47 independent school, one of England’s leading boarding schools for boys and girls aged 13 to 18. The region is home to many more signposted Leicester. Stay on this road for approximately 12.5 miles private schools including Oakham, Oundle and Stamford, plus a good range of local state schools. Uppingham offers local amenities, pubs, and then turn left onto Glaston Road. After approx. half a mile you Rutland Water & Normanton Church Welland Viaduct restaurants and shops. Bars and restaurants are also on offer in the busy market town of Oakham, (6 miles) and the lovely Georgian town will see a sign to the garden centre. Turn right onto that drive and of Stamford, (11 miles) which is also home to the renowned George Hotel and the Burghley Estate. keep right until you reach the double gate to Welland View. The property is excellently located for transport links: Corby (9 miles), Kettering (15.5 miles), Leicester (19.5 miles) and Peterborough stations (21.5 miles) provides high speed links to London, whilst Oakham station has connections to the Midlands, plus there is easy access to the A47, A43 and both the M1 and A1. The property particularly benefits from its proximity to Rutland Water (4 miles), which offers a wide range of outdoor leisure pursuits, as does Rockingham Castle to the south.
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