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Guide Price£2,750,000

Howarth House, Orton, Northamptonshire

Land size
10 acres
Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
6

Key Features

  • Exceptional country residence extending to over 8,000 sq ft.
  • Set within just under 10 acres of private grounds.
  • Impressive kitchen and breakfast room at the heart of the home.
  • Generous reception spaces including a formal dining room, snug and home office.
  • Extensive leisure facilities including a private cinema, games room and gym.
  • Substantial indoor swimming pool offering year-round enjoyment.
  • Separate building with a large function room and reception area, offering flexible additional space.
  • Excellent equestrian facilities, including stabling.
  • Two garages and extensive storage complement the property.
  • A versatile family home combining privacy, entertaining, leisure and an exceptional country lifestyle.

Description

An exceptional country residence extending to over 8,000 sq ft, set within just under 10 acres of private grounds and offering an extraordinary combination of family living, leisure, entertaining and equestrian facilities.

Howarth House is a home that is difficult to appreciate by numbers alone. Impressive as its scale may be, it is the variety of accommodation and the lifestyle it provides that makes this such a remarkable property.

At the heart of the home is an impressive kitchen and breakfast room, complemented by generous reception spaces including a formal dining room, snug and home office, creating a house equally suited to everyday family life and entertaining.

The leisure facilities are where Howarth House becomes truly exceptional. A private lower level incorporates a cinema room, games room and gym, while the substantial indoor swimming pool provides an outstanding year-round retreat.

A separate building offers a large function room and reception area, providing enormous flexibility for entertaining, celebrations, guest accommodation or working from home.

Outside, the scale continues. Set within just under 10 acres, the property enjoys the space and privacy expected of a true country home, together with stabling, a double garage and extensive storage.

Despite its considerable proportions, Howarth House remains an inviting and highly usable family home.

Swim before breakfast. Work from home. Enjoy an afternoon in the grounds. Entertain friends and family. Finish the evening with a film in your own cinema.

Howarth House offers something increasingly rare – the space to create an exceptional lifestyle, all within one remarkable property.

** See brochure for full details **

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-10-06

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 74 Homes with Land listings in East Midlands (10+ acres).

This Property£275,000 / acre
Homes with Land Average (10+ acres) £89,308 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 20% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good LimitedO2 Good NoneThree Good LimitedVodafone Good None

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Loddington CofE (VA) Primary School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    95
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Rothwell Victoria Infant School1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 7
    Pupils
    263
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Rothwell Junior School1.5 milesOfsted: Inadequate *
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    315
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Mawsley Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    281
    Type
    Community school
  • Havelock Junior School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    306
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Montsaye Academy1.3 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,017
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bishop Stopford School4.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,454
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Southfield School for Girls4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,111
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • Kettering Buccleuch Academy4.6 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,808
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Christian
  • Kettering Science Academy4.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,477
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Daily Rothwell High Street, Rothwell, Northamptonshire1.3 miles
Asda Rothwell Express Petrol, Rothwell, Northamptonshire1.4 miles
Tesco Rothwell Express, Rothwell, Northamptonshire1.5 miles

GP surgery

Rothwell Medical Centre1.5 miles

Pharmacy

Bridge Street Pharmacy1.4 miles

Hospital

Woodland Hospital2.1 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Kettering Rail Station3.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Village Hall0.8 miles

Typical drive times

Kettering13 min · 6 miles
Desborough8 min · 3.2 miles
Burton Latimer14 min · 9.4 miles
Leicester (city)38 min · 23 miles
Market Harborough14 min · 7.9 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

High risk (1 in 30)

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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1 Newland Street, Kettering, NN16 8JH

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