Leicester Road, Countesthorpe, LE8

Set on Leicester Road in the popular village of Countesthorpe, this two bedroom mid-terrace cottage pairs exposed timber beams and a feature fireplace with a tidy, low-maintenance rear garden. The cream rendered frontage sits behind a gravelled forecourt with off-road parking, and a pitched canopy shelters the front door, giving the row a neat cottage feel from the road.

he front door opens straight into the kitchen, with the staircase rising directly ahead. It’s a welcoming way into the home, setting the cottage character from the first step. Beams run overhead, and cream shaker-style units sit under dark worktops above a tiled floor. A ledged and braced timber door, framed by an arched exposed brick surround, adds a lovely rustic touch. The kitchen leads through to the lounge at the back of the house. More dark-stained beams cross the ceiling here, a feature fireplace is set into the chimney breast, and there’s plenty of room for a generous sofa and shelving. Glazed doors at the far end open straight onto the garden and draw light deep into the room. With the kitchen at the front and the lounge at the back, the layout flows naturally from the street to the garden.

Upstairs, the main bedroom is a comfortable double with space for freestanding wardrobes, and its leaded diamond-pane window is a nice period detail. The single bedroom is currently set up as a home office and dressing room, and would suit a nursery or guest room just as well. The family bathroom has a white suite with a bath, mixer shower and glass screen, finished in full-height tiling with a mosaic border. Outside, the rear garden has been landscaped for easy upkeep. There’s decking, a gravelled bed edged in timber sleepers and planting including a Japanese acer, all enclosed by timber fencing for a good degree of privacy.

Countesthorpe is a well-served village around six miles south of Leicester city centre. It has a good mix of local shops and pubs, plus primary and secondary schooling in the village itself. Blaby and Wigston are close by for further amenities, and Fosse Park and junction 21 of the M1 and M69 are a short drive away. Regular buses run into the city, where Leicester station has trains to London St Pancras in a little over an hour.

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