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" Beautiful stone under thatched roof Grade II Listed English country cottage with immense character and a wealth of features including period beamed ceilings, two huge Inglenook fireplaces, exposed stonework and latched doors.

DESCRIPTION Beautiful thatched English country cottage with immense character and a wealth of features including period beamed ceilings, two huge Inglenook fireplaces, exposed stonework and latched doors.

Benefiting from gas central heating and secondary double glazing, this Grade II Listed detached stone cottage is set back from the road and occupies a good-sized plot with stunning cottage gardens in the centre of this most prestigious Rutland village.

The accommodation can be summarised as follows:

GROUND FLOOR: Entrance Lobby, Sitting Room, Study, Inner Hall, Garden Room, Utility Room, Shower Room, Music Room/Sitting Area, Dining Room, Kitchen; FIRST FLOOR: three Bedrooms, Nursery/Dressing Room, Bathroom.

OUTSIDE there is a detached Garage with driveway providing additional off-road parking and delightful established gardens to front, side and rear. EMPINGHAM Empingham is a delightful village, situated midway between Stamford and Oakham. It has many facilities including a junior school, doctor's surgery, two churches, a pub together with cricket and bowls clubs. The village shop too offers a wide variety of goods including a newspaper service.

There is a bus service to Oakham and Stamford where there is a good range of shops and market catering for most needs.

Schools in the area, in addition to the school in the village, for older children the bus collects them for Casterton College or there are private schools in Oakham, Uppingham and Stamford.

For commuters Empingham is ideally positioned with good traveling by car to a number of centres including Peterborough, where there is a frequent train service to London, Kings Cross (50 mins), Kettering, Corby, Leicester, Nottingham, Grantham and Melton Mowbray.

Within the area are a number of sporting facilities including golf, football, rugby, tennis etc. Rutland Water too is close by where one can enjoy sailing, windsurfing or a walk around the lake. ACCOMMODATION GROUND FLOOR Entrance Lobby Stable door overlooking beautiful front garden. Sitting Room 3.28m x 4.52m into nglenook (10'9' x 14'10' into i Superb period Inglenook fireplace framed by heavy oak beam and stone pillars and incorporating open fire grate with flagstone hearth, radiator, further exposed timbers and stonework, secondary-glazed window to front overlooking beautiful garden. Study 2.97m x 1.78m

(9'9' x 5'10') Part-panelled walls with dado rail, radiator, exposed stonework, secondary-glazed window overlooking rear garden. Inner Hall Radiator, window to rear. Garden Room 5.13m x 2.77m

(16'10' x 9'1') Full height ceiling with exposed timbers, radiator, exposed stonework, dual-aspect picture windows overlooking beautiful garden. Off Inner Hall: Utility Room 2.57m x 2.16m

(8'5' x 7'1') Range of fitted work surfaces with inset single drainer sink unit and cupboards beneath, plumbing for washing machine, tiled splashbacks, wall-mounted gas central heating boiler, window overlooking garden. Shower Room White suite comprising hand basin with tiled splashback, low-flush WC and double shower compartment with fully tiled splashbacks and shower unit above; window to rear overlooking garden. Off Sitting Room: Music Room/Sitting Area 3.15m? x 2.06m

(10'4' x 6'9') Dado rail, exposed period timbers, window to rear. Dining Room 3.18m x 4.60m into ingelnook (10'5' x 15'1' into i Period Inglenook fireplace with heavy oak beam, exposed stonework, flagstone floor and original bread oven, part-panelled walls with dado rail, exposed stonework and period timbers, original window seat with window overlooking rear garden. Kitchen 3.07m x 3.20m

(10'1' x 10'6') Range of fitted units incorporating inset 2.5-bowl stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap above, adjoining work surfaces with cupboard and drawer units beneath, further work surface with cupboards beneath, matching eye-level wall cupboards, built-in electric double oven and ceramic hob with cooker hood above; tiled splashbacks, tiled floor, original beamed ceiling, radiator, stable door to patio overlooking beautiful garden, secondary-glazed window to front. FIRST FLOOR Landing Original exposed timbers, loft hatch with fitted loft ladder giving access to boarded loft with electricity supply, radiator, display area, secondary-glazed window to front. Bedroom One 3.73m x 4.22m incl hugechimney breast (12'3' x 13' Exposed roof timbers, radiator, secondary-glazed window to front overlooking beautiful garden. Bedroom Three 3.33m x 3.94m + reces (10'11' x 12'11' + recess) Radiator, huge chimney breast, exposed original wall and roof timbers, secondary-glazed window to rear overlooking garden, connecting door to Bedroom Two. Bedroom Two 3.25m x 3.61m + wardrobe (10'8' x 11'10' + wardrob Range of fitted units comprising one double and one single wardrobes with cupboards above and adjoining shelving, radiator, exposed stonework and roof timbers, window to rear overlooking garden. Nursery/Dressing Room 2.54m x 1.37m

(8'4' x 4'6') Fitted shelving and hanger rails, secondary-glazed window to front. Bathroom 2.92m x 2.16m

(9'7' x 7'1') Coloured suite comprising inset twin hand basins with adjoining vanity top and cupboards beneath, low-flush WC and panelled bath with mixer shower above; radiator, built-in airing cupboard, tiled splashbacks, secondary-glazed window to side. OUTSIDE Detached Garage 3.02m x 5.46m

(9'11' x 17'11') Brick-and-tile construction with light and power connected and with partly boarded loft storage area. Front Garden Timber gate leads on to a good-sized block-paved driveway giving access to the Garage and providing further off-road parking. The driveway is flanked by a pretty flower border, and a stepping-stone footpath leads across an adjacent lawn with further well-stocked herbaceous borders containing a wide variety of shrubs and bushes. In front of the cottage there is a paved patio area with an adjacent flower border; a footpath leads on to a further paved sun terrace; there is a further lawned area flanked by a large shrubbery containing various plants and bushes. Side Garden Laid to lawn, with inset fruit tree, mature flower border and timber garden shed. Rear Garden The rear garden is bounded by timber fencing and stone walling. The garden includes a lawn with adjoining vegetable bed and features a range of attractive maple trees providing private screening from neighbouring garden. SERVICES None of the services, fittings, or appliances (if any) heating installations, plumbing or electrical systems, telephone or television points have been tested by the Selling Agents. COUNCIL TAX BAND Enquiries to Rutland County Council, Oakham 01572-722577 INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE ADVICE Murray, in conjunction with Linda Horne of Mercia Financial Solutions can offer free independent advice whether you buy through Murray Estate Agents or another agent. Mercia Financial Solutions have access to over 13,000 mortgage products and are able to find the most competitive products from the whole market. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. N.B. Interested parties are advised to check with ourselves that these particulars have not been altered or amended in any way since they were issued. VIEWING By appointment to be made through the Selling Agents please. If you are travelling a long distance please telephone prior to departure to ensure the property is still available and to discuss any particular points which are likely to affect your interest in this property in order that you do not make a wasted journey. OFFICE OPENING HOURS Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.30 Saturday 9.00 - 4.00 Sunday & Bank Holidays 10.00 - 2.00 DISCLAIMER 1. The particulars are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of individual items. Prospective purchasers and lessees ought to seek their own professional advice. 2. All descriptions, dimensions, area, reference to condition and necessary permission for use and occupation and their details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection, or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. 3. No person in the employment of Messrs Murray has any authority to make or give any representations or warranty whatever in relation to this property or these particulars or enter into any contract relating to this property on behalf of the vendor. 4. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers or lessees in inspecting properties which have been sold, let or withdrawn. 5. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents. Where any reference is made to planning permission or potential uses, such information is given in good faith. 6. The information in these particulars is given without responsibility on the part of the agents or their clients. These particulars do not form any part of an offer of a contract and neither the agents nor their employees has any authority to make or give any representations or warranty in relation to this property. Money Laundering Regulations 2003 Anti-Money Laundering Regulations came into force in March 2004. These regulations affect estate agents, there will be requirement that Murray's confirm the identity of its seller and buyers. "