SUPERB LUTYENS STYLE COUNTRY HOUSE£2,795,000 (select currency) |
A superb Lutyens style country house with fine southerly views across the Chater Valley.
Entrance hall. cloakroom. Reception hall. Drawing room. Games/cinema room. Kitchen. Breakfast room. Family room. Utility room. Principal bedroom with en suite bathroom. Guest bedroom with ensuite bathroom. 6 further bedrooms. 3 shower rooms. Landscape gardens with Lake and woodland. Tennis court. Swimming pool. Outside stores and boiler room. In all approximately 7.79 acres (3.136 ha).
Ketton Hall occupies an enviable position on the edge of the popular Rutland village of Ketton, which has good local amenities including public houses, a primary school, library and a village shop/post office. Ketton is approximately 4 miles from the Georgian town of Stamford, which has good leisure and cultural amenities and excellent schools. Further schooling is also available in the nearby market towns of Uppingham, Oakham and Oundle.
Leisure pursuits including golf at Burghley park, Luffenham Heath and Greetham are flose by. Rutland Water with its nature reserve, water sports and trout fishing is some 7 miles to the west.
There have been three previous Halls on the site of the present Ketton Hall, the earliest of which may date back to a stone on the property of 1649. the present Hall was built in 1928 in a Lutyens style and is constructed of stone with a Collyweston slate roof.
The present owners have refurbished Ketton Hall to a high standard, internally the principal reception rooms and bedroom accommodation are orientated to take advantage of the excellent southerly views across the extensive grounds, towards the lake and the River Chater beyond. On entering the property, there is a large fully pannelled reception hall. The well-proportioned principal reception rooms radiate from the hall and provide a good layout for entertaining.
On the first floor there is an impressive principal bedroom suite with a large en suite bathroom, dressing room and excellent views of the gardens looking down towards a tree lined avenue. There is a guest bedroom with en suite bathroom, 3 further bedrooms, further bathroom and shower room. The second floor has a shower room and 3 bedrooms, one with an ensuite.
The house has been upgraded to a fully integrated 'digital home' by Virtuoso UK Limited. This includes; multi room sound and vision throughout the house (all three floors), home office, discreet wired and wireless data infrastructure, fully integrated iPod/MP3 controls, Satelite TV and cinema room.
Extending to some 7.79 acres (3.136 ha) the gardens and grounds provide an exquisite setting for Ketton Hall. The gardens slope gently towards the lake, with the River Chater running beyond.