£400,000

Dowthorpe Hill Earls Barton, Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6

4Bedrooms
1Bathrooms
3Reception rooms

About this home

<p><b>GUIDE PRICE £400,000 TO £420,000</b>.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Situated in a&nbsp;popular and well&nbsp;established area of&nbsp;Earls Barton, this&nbsp;impressive extended four&nbsp;bedroom link-detached family home&nbsp;offers spacious and&nbsp;versatile accommodation&nbsp;together with a&nbsp;fantastic south facing&nbsp;rear garden.</span></p><p>The property has&nbsp;been thoughtfully extended&nbsp;to provide a&nbsp;particularly appealing&nbsp;ground floor layout, with an open&nbsp;plan living and&nbsp;dining room creating&nbsp;a wonderful central&nbsp;space for both&nbsp;family life and&nbsp;entertaining. To the&nbsp;rear, the garden&nbsp;room benefits from&nbsp;bi folding doors&nbsp;which open directly&nbsp;onto the sun&nbsp;terrace, creating a&nbsp;superb connection between&nbsp;the house and&nbsp;garden.</p><p>The modern kitchen&nbsp;is complemented by&nbsp;a useful utility/breakfast room, providing additional everyday&nbsp;living space and&nbsp;practical storage. The&nbsp;former garage has&nbsp;been converted to&nbsp;create a dedicated&nbsp;home office, ideal&nbsp;for those working&nbsp;from home, with&nbsp;a separate store&nbsp;room to the&nbsp;front providing valuable&nbsp;additional storage.</p><p>Upstairs are four&nbsp;bedrooms and a&nbsp;refitted family bathroom, offering excellent flexibility&nbsp;for a growing&nbsp;family, guests or&nbsp;those requiring additional&nbsp;home working space.</p><p>Outside, the property&nbsp;benefits from a&nbsp;block paved driveway&nbsp;providing off road&nbsp;parking. The south&nbsp;facing rear garden&nbsp;is a particular&nbsp;highlight, having been&nbsp;landscaped over several&nbsp;tiers and offering&nbsp;an excellent degree&nbsp;of privacy together&nbsp;with attractive open&nbsp;views beyond.</p><p>This is a&nbsp;superb opportunity to&nbsp;acquire an extended&nbsp;family home in&nbsp;a sought after&nbsp;village location, combining&nbsp;generous accommodation&nbsp;with excellent outside&nbsp;space and versatile&nbsp;facilities for modern&nbsp;family living.</p><p><b>Entrance Hall</b></p><p>The property is&nbsp;entered via a&nbsp;welcoming entrance hall&nbsp;which provides access&nbsp;to the principal&nbsp;ground floor accommodation&nbsp;and stairs rising&nbsp;to the first&nbsp;floor. There is&nbsp;also access to&nbsp;the downstairs WC. The glass balustrade with oak finishes adds a real sense of luxury.&nbsp;</p><p><b>WC</b></p><p>A useful downstairs&nbsp;cloakroom fitted with&nbsp;a WC and&nbsp;wash hand basin.</p><p><b>Living/Dining&nbsp;Room</b></p><p>This excellent&nbsp;room provides plenty&nbsp;of space for&nbsp;comfortable seating and&nbsp;a dining area, making it an&nbsp;ideal space for&nbsp;both relaxing and&nbsp;entertaining. The open&nbsp;plan arrangement gives&nbsp;the room a&nbsp;particularly sociable feel.</p><p><b>Kitchen</b></p><p>The modern kitchen&nbsp;is fitted with&nbsp;a range of&nbsp;contemporary wall and&nbsp;base level units&nbsp;with work surfaces&nbsp;over. There is&nbsp;space for a&nbsp;range of appliances&nbsp;together with useful&nbsp;preparation and storage&nbsp;space. The kitchen&nbsp;forms a practical&nbsp;and stylish part&nbsp;of the extended&nbsp;ground floor accommodation&nbsp;and provides access&nbsp;towards the breakfast&nbsp;and utility area.</p><p><b>Utility and Breakfast&nbsp;Room</b></p><p>A versatile additional&nbsp;room positioned alongside&nbsp;the kitchen. This&nbsp;space provides useful&nbsp;room for appliances&nbsp;and storage. A practical&nbsp;addition to the&nbsp;main living accommodation&nbsp;and ideal for&nbsp;busy family life.</p><p><b>Garden Room</b></p><p>A particularly attractive&nbsp;room enjoying a&nbsp;lovely outlook over&nbsp;the rear garden. The garden room&nbsp;benefits from bi&nbsp;folding doors which&nbsp;open directly onto&nbsp;the sun terrace, making this a&nbsp;fantastic space for&nbsp;entertaining and enjoying&nbsp;the garden during&nbsp;the warmer months.</p><p>The room could&nbsp;be used in&nbsp;a variety of&nbsp;ways including as&nbsp;a family room, additional sitting room, dining area or&nbsp;informal entertaining space.</p><p><b>Office</b></p><p>The former garage&nbsp;has been converted&nbsp;to provide a&nbsp;dedicated home office.</p><p>This is a&nbsp;valuable addition to&nbsp;the property, particularly&nbsp;for those working&nbsp;from home, and&nbsp;provides a separate&nbsp;space away from&nbsp;the main living&nbsp;accommodation.</p><p><b>Store Room</b></p><p>A useful separate&nbsp;store room positioned&nbsp;to the front&nbsp;of the converted&nbsp;garage. Ideal for&nbsp;household storage, garden&nbsp;equipment, bicycles and&nbsp;other items that&nbsp;need to be&nbsp;kept neatly out&nbsp;of the main&nbsp;living accommodation. Fitted with electric roller shutter door to front aspect.&nbsp;</p><p><b>First Floor Landing</b></p><p>The first floor&nbsp;landing provides access&nbsp;to all four&nbsp;bedrooms and the&nbsp;family bathroom.</p><p><b>Bedroom One</b></p><p>A well proportioned&nbsp;principal bedroom providing ample space for&nbsp;a double bed&nbsp;and bedroom furniture, making this a&nbsp;comfortable principal bedroom. Built in wardrobes.</p><p><b>Bedroom Two</b></p><p>A further good&nbsp;sized double bedroom. This versatile&nbsp;room would make&nbsp;an excellent double&nbsp;bedroom, guest room&nbsp;or teenager's bedroom.</p><p><b>Bedroom Three</b></p><p>A good sized double bedroom. The room offers&nbsp;flexibility for a&nbsp;child, guest or&nbsp;home study if&nbsp;required.</p><p><b>Bedroom Four</b></p><p>A further single bedroom. This versatile room&nbsp;could be used&nbsp;as a child's&nbsp;bedroom, nursery, dressing&nbsp;room or additional&nbsp;study space.</p><p><b>Family Bathroom</b></p><p>The refitted family&nbsp;bathroom provides a&nbsp;modern and stylish&nbsp;suite, offering a&nbsp;practical space for&nbsp;everyday family use with useful vanity storage unit.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Front and Driveway</b></p><p>The property is&nbsp;approached via a&nbsp;block paved driveway&nbsp;providing useful off&nbsp;road parking. The&nbsp;driveway also gives&nbsp;access to the&nbsp;former garage, now&nbsp;providing the property's&nbsp;home office and&nbsp;store room.</p><p><b>Rear Garden</b></p><p>The south facing&nbsp;rear garden is&nbsp;undoubtedly one of&nbsp;the property's major&nbsp;attractions.</p><p>The garden has&nbsp;been thoughtfully arranged&nbsp;over several tiers, creating a number&nbsp;of distinct areas&nbsp;for outdoor seating, entertaining and enjoying&nbsp;the sunshine. A&nbsp;generous sun terrace&nbsp;sits immediately outside&nbsp;the garden room, providing the perfect&nbsp;setting for outdoor&nbsp;dining.</p><p>The garden is&nbsp;particularly private and&nbsp;benefits from open&nbsp;views to the&nbsp;rear, giving the&nbsp;property an attractive&nbsp;sense of space. The south facing&nbsp;aspect also makes&nbsp;this an excellent&nbsp;garden for those&nbsp;who enjoy spending&nbsp;time outdoors.</p><p><b>Location</b></p><p>The property is&nbsp;situated within the&nbsp;popular village of&nbsp;Earls Barton, approximately&nbsp;midway between Northampton&nbsp;and Wellingborough. Earls&nbsp;Barton is a&nbsp;well established and&nbsp;highly regarded village&nbsp;offering a good&nbsp;range of everyday&nbsp;amenities while retaining&nbsp;a strong community&nbsp;atmosphere.</p><p>Local facilities include&nbsp;shops, convenience stores, a pharmacy, post&nbsp;office, cafes, restaurants, public houses and&nbsp;sporting facilities. The&nbsp;village also benefits&nbsp;from a number&nbsp;of independent businesses&nbsp;and places to&nbsp;eat, including&nbsp;Jeyes of Earls Barton, while everyday shopping&nbsp;is available locally&nbsp;at&nbsp;Co op Food Earls Barton. There are also&nbsp;local sporting facilities&nbsp;including&nbsp;Earls Barton Bowling and Tennis Club CASC&nbsp;and&nbsp;Earls Barton Cricket Club.</p><p>For families,&nbsp;Earls Barton Primary School&nbsp;is situated on&nbsp;Broad Street within&nbsp;the village and&nbsp;provides primary education&nbsp;for children aged&nbsp;four to eleven. The school became&nbsp;part of Hatton&nbsp;Academies Trust in&nbsp;July 2025.&nbsp;</p><p>For secondary education, local options include&nbsp;Wollaston School, Wrenn&nbsp;School and Sir&nbsp;Christopher Hatton Academy. Wollaston School's current&nbsp;published catchment information&nbsp;specifically includes Earls&nbsp;Barton amongst its&nbsp;designated villages. Prospective&nbsp;purchasers should make&nbsp;their own enquiries&nbsp;with the relevant&nbsp;admissions authority regarding&nbsp;school places and&nbsp;catchment arrangements.&nbsp;</p><p>The village is&nbsp;well positioned for&nbsp;access to both&nbsp;Northampton and Wellingborough. Regular bus services&nbsp;connect Earls Barton&nbsp;with Northampton, Wellingborough&nbsp;and Rushden, with&nbsp;the X46 and&nbsp;X47 routes also&nbsp;providing access to&nbsp;Rushden Lakes and&nbsp;surrounding areas.&nbsp;</p><p>For rail commuters, Wellingborough railway&nbsp;station provides mainline&nbsp;services and offers&nbsp;station parking, bus&nbsp;and taxi connections. Northampton railway station&nbsp;also provides regular&nbsp;rail services and&nbsp;is accessible from&nbsp;the village by&nbsp;road and public&nbsp;transport.&nbsp;</p><p>The location therefore&nbsp;provides an excellent&nbsp;balance between village&nbsp;living and convenient&nbsp;access to the&nbsp;larger centres of&nbsp;Northampton and Wellingborough, making this an&nbsp;appealing choice for&nbsp;families and commuters&nbsp;alike.</p><p><b>Overall Summary</b></p><p>A beautifully extended&nbsp;four bedroom family&nbsp;home offering flexible&nbsp;and well considered&nbsp;accommodation, a modern&nbsp;kitchen, open plan&nbsp;living and dining&nbsp;space, dedicated home&nbsp;office, garden room&nbsp;with bi -olding&nbsp;doors and a&nbsp;superb south facing&nbsp;tiered rear garden.</p><p>The combination of generous living accommodation, excellent outdoor space, driveway parking and a popular Earls Barton location makes this a particularly attractive family home.</p><p><b>Material Information</b></p><p>Mains supply for Electricity</p><p>Mains supply for Water and Sewage&nbsp;</p><p>Heating: Gas fired central heating</p><p>Broadband: 1800 mbps (as per Sprift Report)*</p><p>Mobile Coverage: variable depending on provider (as per Sprift Report)*</p><p>Tenure Type: Freehold</p><p>Council Tax Band: D</p><p>Construction Type: Brick and tile</p><p>Parking: Large Driveway</p><p>Building Safety: No known issues</p><p>Listed Property: No</p><p>Restrictions: None known</p><p>Private Rights of Way: None known</p><p>Public Rights of Way: None known</p><p>Flooded in Last 5 Years: No</p><p>Sources of Risk: None known</p><p>Flood Defences: None known</p><p>Planning Permission/Development Proposals: No. The fields to the rear are currently the subject of discussions for development.</p><p>Entrance Location: Ground floor</p><p>Accessibility Measures: None</p><p>Located on a Coalfield: No</p><p>Other Mining Related Activities: No</p><p>Sprift report available from agent</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

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