Description
A Grade II listed 18th-century four bedroom stone detached thatched cottage with a garage and front and rear gardens in a village location. Park Gate Cottage extends to in excess of 1,650 sq. ft. with accommodation on the ground floor including a glazed entrance porch leading into the four reception rooms: the sitting, dining, family rooms and the study. An extension at the rear houses the kitchen/breakfast room and there is a downstairs four piece bathroom. Staircases at each end of the house access the four bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room.
At the front of the property, a hand gate opens to a path leading to the front door with an area of front garden with raised beds behind the boundary hedge. There is side access leading to the rear garden and a personnel door to the detached oversized single garage, which has power and lighting and loft storage.
The rear garden is laid predominantly to lawn with a garden shed and a patio area in the far corner.
Reception Rooms and Kitchen The dual aspect sitting room has a bay window to the front and a feature inglenook fireplace. The dining room has a tiled floor and rear aspect overlooking the garden. The cupboard in the study houses the washing machine with space for a tumble dryer on top. The family room can be used as a ground floor bedroom with the bathroom leading off. The kitchen/breakfast room has a stable door to the garden, space for a dining table and an American style fridge/freezer. There is a built-in gas hob with an extractor over, a double electric oven and an integrated dishwasher.
Bedrooms and Bathrooms Bedrooms four and one are reached from the left hand staircase with a fitted wardrobe on the landing. Bedroom one has a three piece en suite with a shower room, a fitted wardrobe, and a door to the second landing. Bedroom two is a double room and bedroom three is a single with a fitted wardrobe. There is further fitted storage on the second landing. The refitted ground floor four piece bathroom has electric underfloor heating and a four piece suite with a cast iron roll top bath.
Schooling and Situation Local schools include Quinton House, Northampton School for Girls, and Northampton School for Boys. Blisworth has a public house, post office and general stores, primary school, village hall and doctors' surgery. The Grand Union Canal runs through the village and the Blisworth and Gayton Marinas are at Blisworth Arm.
