East Norton

A beautiful, stone-built, 10-bedroom country house with two self-contained apartments set in around five acres of parkland with adjoining pastures of around ten acres, make it ideal for those with a love of horses. Situated under a mile from Rutland and just off the A47, it enjoys excellent road and railway links, makes it an ideal home for those who need to commute to London.

The extensive property offers a wide range of reception rooms on the ground floor along with an over forty-three foot kitchen living room with French doors onto the garden. There is also an extensive cellar. On the first floor, there are five spacious bedrooms, five en suite and two with dressing rooms as well as two separate self-contained one bedroom apartments each with their own staircases. These are linked by doors along a landing creating much versatility; and another door connects with the main part of the house, again allowing great flexibility.

In the main part of the house, five more bedrooms on the attic floor are served by a large family bathroom.

The setting is most serene perfectly suiting such a high calibre, elegant residence. Expansive lawns on every aspect provide lovely vantage points to admire the property. A curved ha ha wall bordering the lawn to the northwest elevation, where a simple quatrefoil parterre surrounds a formal elliptical pond, also gives uninterrupted views across the undulating landscape.

The gravelled drive that leads through automatic gates into the grounds sweeps up to the front of the house where there is space to park, and on round to the back where the garages and stabling that includes five loose-boxes and two tack rooms, are located around a courtyard. A substantial designated parking area beyond means large scale entertaining is most accommodating for guests’ vehicles. 

This luxurious and immaculate family home proudly stands tucked away in the little village of East Norton. Under a mile away from Rutland, it lies off the A47 Uppingham to Leicester road and is less than a ten minute drive into Uppingham, less than half an hour into the centre of Leicester to the west, and similarly to Market Harborough to the south and Stamford to the northeast. Road links are excellent offering commuting possibilities and good access to some top independent schools such as Uppingham, Oakham, Oundle and the Stamford Schools. The A1 is around a twenty-minute drive, Peterborough is just over half an hour east where fast trains to London take around forty-five minutes whilst Corby is only twenty minutes away, also with fast direct trains to the capital.