4 bedroom cottage for sale

This truly charming country home in A popular South Leicestershire village boasts approx. 160m2 internal floorspace with 3 reception rooms, 4 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & stands on a generous plot with parking to the rear. 6 miles from Mkt Harborough & less than 1 hour from London St Pancras.

Introduction - .
Located in the highly desirable, much sought-after South Leicestershire village of Church Langton, part of a charming group of villages known as The Langtons, close to Kibworth Harcourt and only approx.. 6 miles from Market Harborough, enjoying excellent road links via the nearby A6.
The Village Cof E primary school within the village boasts a good rating following the last OFSTED report in April 2022 with the Kibworth Mead Academy secondary school in nearby Kibworth Beauchamp also receiving a good rating following the OFSTED report in February 2024. Schools in the private sector can be found nearby including Oakham, Uppingham and the Leicester Grammar School at Great Glen.
The roots of the village are thought to date back to Anglo-Saxon times with the Church of St Peter’s thought to date back in parts to the 13th Century. The village once stood on the old route from London to Leeds until the more direct route along what is now known as the A6 was built in the 18th century.
The adjacent Langton Arms was thought to have been a coaching Inn and formed a row of cottages of which Moss Cottage formed a part with The snug in the cottage being used as the village shop.
The Moss Cottage of today is a charming and very spacious family home right in the very heart of the village and briefly comprises: a spacious entrance hall, 3 very spacious reception rooms including a lounge, dining room and snug, with a very generously sized breakfast kitchen to the rear of the property and a ground floor shower room. Upstairs of a charming landing, there are 4 large double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The Accommodation - .
Benefitting from Gas Central Heating and majority sealed unit double glazing the cottage stands behind a grass verge and separated from the pavement by a narrow border. Sympathetically maintained to remain very much in keeping with its surroundings, a timber front door leads into the impressive entrance hall with wood strip flooring, a range of fitted cupboards and doors providing access to the first floor rooms. The snug/family room off the hall to the left was thought to once be used to accommodate the village store but now provides an excellent living space with a window to the front. Behind the snug there is a re-fitted ground floor shower room comprising a toilet, sink and walk-in shower enclosure. To the right of the hall, the extremely spacious living/dining room again having wood strip flooring, a window overlooking the front, another window overlooking the patio area to the rear and a staircase rising to the first floor. The dining room leads in turn into the generously proportioned sitting room with a feature sandstone fire surround and window overlooking the front.
The kitchen also runs off the dining room and has been refitted with a range of cottage style base and wall units with a range style double electric oven with an extractor hood over and space for white goods with ample space for a family breakfast table. A glazed back door provides views of the back garden and access onto the gravel patio area. A large window overlooks the rear garden.
Upstairs, a wide landing provides access to the upstairs rooms. Bedroom 1 at the end of the landing is a very spacious room with fitted wardrobes, ample space for a king sized bed and a window overlooking the front of the property. Another large room with 2 windows overlooking the rear garden, bedroom 2 has ample space for double bedroom suite and is also used by the current owners as an office space. Another large room overlooking the front has ample space for a double bedroom suite with an additional seating area and bedroom 4 also overlooking the front is another large double bedroom.
A very spacious family bathroom comprising a toilet, sink and bath with shower and glass screen completes the first floor accommodation.

Outside - .
The gardens are a thoroughly charming feature of this stunning village property. Standing back from the road behind a grass verge and separated from the pavement by a narrow border, Moss cottage has been meticulously maintained both inside and out. The large cottage style rear garden was created by the current owners to add to the overall charm of this spacious family home. A gravelled seating area directly behind the house has a sheltered patio tucked away around the corner. A long shaped lawn with a stepping stone style footpath path leading to the bottom has mature well-stocked borders, specimen trees, walls and fencing providing a high degree of privacy from the neighbouring properties. A timber shed provides storage for the garden tools and there is an additional seating area at the bottom. A timber gate in the bottom fence leads to a dedicated parking space where the current owners also have a second timber shed.

The Area - .
Church Langton is a small South East Leicestershire village in the Harborough district of the county and forming a part of The Langtons, made up of Tur Langton, Church Langton, Thorpe Langton, East Langton and West Langton, located some 11 miles from Leicester and approx. 6 miles from Market Harborough.
The area has long been recognised locally as a highly desirable group of villages with a feeling of seclusion and remoteness yet having easy access to local centres of commerce and being well serviced by schools in both the private and state sectors with The Church Langton C of E Primary School in the village and nearby private sector schooling at Great Glen and Uppingham.
Surrounded by some of the county’s finest countryside, Church Langton is a particularly attractive village with a very pleasant mix of residential properties and benefiting from a popular village Pub and Restaurant, The Langton Arms, a village hall and a coffee shop, the very handsome Church of St. Peters, with more day to day amenities in the neighbouring village of Kibworth approx. 2 miles away.
Church Langton is popular today with local buyers and those from further afield due in part to its chocolate box charm and variety of different styles and sizes of housing, local schooling and leisure facilities, its ease of access to Leicester and other Midland cities and the newly re-furbished Mkt Harborough Railway Station being approx. 50 minutes from London St. Pancras.