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Mullions is one of the oldest and most characterful properties in this highly desirable Rutland village. The oldest part of the property was built circa 1550 and was sympathetically extended on both levels in 2005, making the house a perfect example of adapting modern living within a period property.

Upon entering the house an inviting entrance hall with a downstairs cloakroom and stone flooring greets you. To the left, there is a beautiful, large sitting room with solid oak flooring, exposed timbers and a warming inglenook fireplace with a featureful open fire. Through the sitting room sits a smaller snug/music room with a log burner and dual aspect mullion windows framing the outward views. The fully fitted kitchen includes integrated appliances and granite worktops and leads through to the dining room with French doors allowing access to the paved terrace outside.

Upstairs, the house boasts four double bedrooms and a wonderful principal suite with coal fire, en suite and ample storage. There is a family bathroom and a fabulous laundry room.

The property also includes a large garage and plenty of private, off-street parking. To the rear, there is a wonderfully private garden of around a third of an acre. There are mature trees, shrubs, a seating area and a large proportion laid to lawn.

Planning permission has been granted for a new canopy porch over the front door, two storey and single storey extension to the rear of the house.

This highly attractive Grade II listed property was built in approximately 1680 and extended sympathetically in the 1980s. Totalling almost 2,400ft, the house boasts a spacious drawing room, sitting room and dining room on the ground floor. A large hallway also includes a downstairs cloakroom and leads through to the kitchen, with a pantry and utility room towards the rear. The first floor is served by twostaircases and an exceptionally spacious landing could also be a perfect place to study. There is an impressive principal suite with a dressing area and en suite bathroom. Bedroom two and bedroom three share a family bathroom, with ample storage both on the landing and in bedroom three.

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The garden is beautifully thought through with lawn, flowering plants, Hot Property therutlandmagazine.co.uk trees, mature shrubs and a greenhouse which could be complemented by a vegetable patch too. There is a garage with private parking in front and off-street. A second garage adjoins two workshops towards the northerly boundary which are ripe for conversion. There is currently a planning application in progress to convert this into an ancillary annexe.

Set behind private gates and a long sweeping driveway, within beautifully landscaped gardens with St Nicholas Church as a backdrop, Glebe House is a substantial unlisted Georgian Rectory.

With elegant and symmetrical principal rooms, which retain the grace, proportions and sought after features of the Georgian era, the front door opens from a wide terrace spanning the house frontage into a wide and inviting entrance hallway which accesses the four reception rooms. The drawing room is beautiful and impressively proportioned, with a deep bay with French doors within, and views over, the gardens. The sitting room has fitted bookcases and wood burner, whilst the solid wood floored dining room offers impact and elegance. The study, close to the kitchen, would double well as a playroom, if children are young.

The spacious family kitchen breakfast room has plenty of room for informal dining. It is fitted with a hand-made suite incorporating a two-door Aga and separate hob and oven, along with integrated appliances. There is also a pantry, laundry and utility rooms, with two ground floor cloakrooms.

The first floor landing provides access to the elegant principal bedroom suite and two further double bedrooms, one Jack & Jill to the family bathroom. An inner landing hallway  leads to three further bedrooms and a second full-suite family bathroom.

The second floor would be perfect for teenage children or visiting guests, with three further double bedrooms (one en suite) and a further family shower room.

There is also a good size cellar with plenty of storage.

Outside

The gardens wrap around the house and are beautifully presented with landscaped lawns, deep flowering borders and mixed deciduous trees. Partially walled, they include formal and informal areas, kitchen and parterre sections, with terraces for entertaining and tracking the sun. In addition, a heated swimming pool, within the walled compound to a stone barn and tennis court ensure fabulous lifestyle opportunities

The property is approached by gated driveways to the front and rear of the house. The rear driveway also accesses the stone garage block, above which there is a spacious annex flat for guests, or an office suite as it is currently utilised.

Adjoining the formal gardens immediately to the south, are four paddocks, with deciduous parkland trees, and a stable block with concrete apron. The paddocks have vehicular access from a spur off the main front driveway.

The grounds extend to about 4.3 acres in total.