A striking country house in a private rural setting with far reaching views and 70 acres.
• KITCHEN BREAKFAST ROOM • DRAWING ROOM • SITTING ROOM • DINING ROOM • CONSERVATORY • FIVE BEDROOMS • FARM OFFICE • TRIPLE GARAGE AND WORKSHOP • TWO BARNS, FOUR PONDS • GARDENS AND PASTURE, 70 ACRES
The property
Inkerman Lodge sits just five miles to the east of Leicester in a secluded and private rural location. It is approached through its own pastureland by a long, part granite chipped and part gravelled, drive with two electrically operated five-bar gates providing good security. There is a generous gravelled parking area to the front of the house.
Inkerman Lodge is believed to have originated in the mid-18th century and subsequently was extended for one of the survivors of the Battle of Inkerman (1854); a pivotal battle within the Crimean War.
Built of brick with a part Swithland slate and part Welsh blue slate roof, the house faces south-west and benefits from an abundance of natural light throughout. In keeping with many other houses of its age, Inkerman Lodge has, beyond its initial extension, evolved further over time. These changes have been sympathetic to the original house and now provide an excellent flow throughout the principal rooms.
A porch provides shelter for the glass panelled front door which opens onto the hall with the stairs rising to the left. To the right, and part of the 19th century extension, is the sitting room which has a working fireplace, exposed beams, built-in bookcase and a double aspect producing a lovely light room.
To the left of the stairs is an elegant drawing room with high ceilings, a working fireplace and exposed beams and this has doors connecting to both the dining room, which is beyond, as well as the kitchen. The dining room has a working fireplace and connecting door to the boot room through to the kitchen. Back in the hall, there is a cloakroom with coat cupboard to the right and, beyond this, the kitchen/breakfast room which has an oil fired four oven Aga, a quarry tiled floor and a range of farmhouse style floor and wall units. To its southern end, beyond the breakfast area, bifold doors open onto a conservatory. This has a freestanding log burner in its farthermost corner and simply stunning easterly views with French doors opening onto the rear garden.
To the other end of the kitchen there is a boot room area leading through to a utility room with numerous fitted cupboards, one of which houses the oil boiler.
Upstairs, the principal bedroom is situated at the western end of the main corridor. Steps lead down to a lovely light room with recessed spotlights, painted beams and fitted wardrobes. Additionally, there is a dressing room with a bank of fitted wardrobes along one wall and a Adjacent to the principal bedroom, there are two bedrooms either side of the main corridor each of which have built-in wardrobes and connect through to en-suite bathrooms which have ‘Jack and Jill’ access to the central corridor. There are a further two bedrooms, one of which