1.185.089 EUR
6 hab
6 dorm
Whether working from home or commuting, Willow Tree House provides a wonderful home for those seeking a country lifestyle with the convenience of village and city life within easy reach.EPC Rating:E• Well maintained, extremely spacious, single-storey home
• Quiet, private, pretty hamlet location near the village of Ropsley
• Quality build with stone fascia and stone surrounds to windows
• Large, double-glazed, hardwood-framed windows
• High ceilings, deep cornicing and ceiling roses
• Wide hallways, doorways and all thresholds
• Impressive entrance hall with Victorian-style tessellated tiled floor
• Wooden floors including magnificent parquet flooring
• Oak internal doors, architraving and skirting
• 5 bedrooms (4 large doubles and a single)
• Exceptionally generous principal bedroom with en suite bathroom
• Superb, triple aspect living room with marble fireplace for open fire
• Large dining room with fitted bookshelving
• Spacious second sitting room/snug
• Good-sized study
• Approx. 26 ft. long kitchen dining room
• Quality, fitted kitchen with timber units and granite worktops
• Large, electric, range-style cooker
• Space for appliances including American-style fridge freezer
• Conservatory opening onto rear paved terrace
• Integrated double garage with two automatic doors to rear
• Generous, private and enclosed garden with mature trees
• Automatic metal entrance gate onto block-weave drive
• Lawns front and back with natural, feature pond to front
• Expansive, paved terrace with covered area for al fresco meals
• Raised brick, ornamental lily pond on rear terrace
• Over 21 ft. brick and stone potting shed; timber garden shedLocation
Little Humby is an attractive hamlet on a tributary of the East Glen River in the undulating Lincolnshire landscape about 6 miles southeast of Grantham, 1.5 miles from the A52 and just a mile southeast of the well served village of Ropsley. This lively village has its own excellent primary school, a church and a new village hall with cricket and football pitches, a basketball court and children’s play area. Amongst other activities, there’s a running club, and a golf course on the village outskirts. The popular pub, The Green Man, serves food and also operates a post office one afternoon a week. Lovely countryside walks in the area run through traditional English woodland, including Ropsley Rise Woods.The proximity to Grantham (15 mins) makes this property excellent for commuting as fast trains to London Kings Cross take around an hour.Schools
Ropsley C of E Primary School is rated Good by Ofsted, and for secondary education there is a number of excellent schools in Grantham just 6 miles away such as the grammar schools (requiring the 11+ entrance exams) Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School and The King’s School (for boys), both rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Other state schools include, for instance, Greenfields Academy and Walton Academy rated Good by Ofsted. Sleaford, about 12 miles (20 mins) to the northeast, has St. George’s Academy, Carre’s Grammar School, and Kesteven & Sleaford High School (for Girls), all rated Good, whilst Bourne Grammar School is rated Outstanding and is 16 miles away (about 25 minutes).Seller Insights“We bought the original house, a small 50’s bungalow, circa 1997 as my father needed a bungalow to live in due to mobility problems. After moving in, we received planning permission to extend at the back creating the resulting T-shaped building. Eventually the original part was re-done to match, with brickwork, stone fascia, new roofing and so on.”Services: Mains electricity and water; oil-fired central heating supporting underfloor heating throughout
Local Authority: South Kesteven District Council
Council Tax Band: D
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating:EFeatures:
- Terrace
- Garage
- Garden Ver más Ver menos In a quiet, pretty hamlet about 6 miles from Grantham, a substantial, well-built, single storey property sits in a secluded spot and provides very generous rooms to include 5 bedrooms, one en suite, a family bathroom, 5 reception rooms, a large kitchen dining room and an integrated double garage. The relatively low maintenance, mature, wraparound garden is a good size behind automatic gates opening onto a block-weave drive. Excellent primary schools are very nearby and trains from Grantham to London Kings Cross take around an hour.
Whether working from home or commuting, Willow Tree House provides a wonderful home for those seeking a country lifestyle with the convenience of village and city life within easy reach.EPC Rating:E• Well maintained, extremely spacious, single-storey home
• Quiet, private, pretty hamlet location near the village of Ropsley
• Quality build with stone fascia and stone surrounds to windows
• Large, double-glazed, hardwood-framed windows
• High ceilings, deep cornicing and ceiling roses
• Wide hallways, doorways and all thresholds
• Impressive entrance hall with Victorian-style tessellated tiled floor
• Wooden floors including magnificent parquet flooring
• Oak internal doors, architraving and skirting
• 5 bedrooms (4 large doubles and a single)
• Exceptionally generous principal bedroom with en suite bathroom
• Superb, triple aspect living room with marble fireplace for open fire
• Large dining room with fitted bookshelving
• Spacious second sitting room/snug
• Good-sized study
• Approx. 26 ft. long kitchen dining room
• Quality, fitted kitchen with timber units and granite worktops
• Large, electric, range-style cooker
• Space for appliances including American-style fridge freezer
• Conservatory opening onto rear paved terrace
• Integrated double garage with two automatic doors to rear
• Generous, private and enclosed garden with mature trees
• Automatic metal entrance gate onto block-weave drive
• Lawns front and back with natural, feature pond to front
• Expansive, paved terrace with covered area for al fresco meals
• Raised brick, ornamental lily pond on rear terrace
• Over 21 ft. brick and stone potting shed; timber garden shedLocation
Little Humby is an attractive hamlet on a tributary of the East Glen River in the undulating Lincolnshire landscape about 6 miles southeast of Grantham, 1.5 miles from the A52 and just a mile southeast of the well served village of Ropsley. This lively village has its own excellent primary school, a church and a new village hall with cricket and football pitches, a basketball court and children’s play area. Amongst other activities, there’s a running club, and a golf course on the village outskirts. The popular pub, The Green Man, serves food and also operates a post office one afternoon a week. Lovely countryside walks in the area run through traditional English woodland, including Ropsley Rise Woods.The proximity to Grantham (15 mins) makes this property excellent for commuting as fast trains to London Kings Cross take around an hour.Schools
Ropsley C of E Primary School is rated Good by Ofsted, and for secondary education there is a number of excellent schools in Grantham just 6 miles away such as the grammar schools (requiring the 11+ entrance exams) Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School and The King’s School (for boys), both rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Other state schools include, for instance, Greenfields Academy and Walton Academy rated Good by Ofsted. Sleaford, about 12 miles (20 mins) to the northeast, has St. George’s Academy, Carre’s Grammar School, and Kesteven & Sleaford High School (for Girls), all rated Good, whilst Bourne Grammar School is rated Outstanding and is 16 miles away (about 25 minutes).Seller Insights“We bought the original house, a small 50’s bungalow, circa 1997 as my father needed a bungalow to live in due to mobility problems. After moving in, we received planning permission to extend at the back creating the resulting T-shaped building. Eventually the original part was re-done to match, with brickwork, stone fascia, new roofing and so on.”Services: Mains electricity and water; oil-fired central heating supporting underfloor heating throughout
Local Authority: South Kesteven District Council
Council Tax Band: D
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating:EFeatures:
- Terrace
- Garage
- Garden