Location

Ingoldsby is an attractive rural village lying in a delightful part of south west Lincolnshire, just 8 miles from Grantham with its amenities and mainline station.

The market towns of Bourne and Sleaford are about 10 and 15 miles respectively and the town of Stamford is approximately 20 miles to the south.

There is a good local primary school and secondary education opportunities include boys and girls grammar schools at Grantham together with public schooling at Stamford. Trains to London (Kings Cross) from Grantham with a journey time from around 70 minutes, making commuting a popular and realistic proposition.

Scotland Lane is situated just outside and to the west of the village and is a no through road which becomes a track into nearby Ingoldsby wood and the Mereway, making riding out directly from the property an attractive option. In addition there are various local footpaths through lovely varied countryside.

Description

This charming semi-detached home is positioned at the very end of Scotland Lane, with 1.45 acres of garden and paddock, and adjoins wood and farmland that is part of the 1,500 acre Boothby Wildland Rewilding Project, offering fabulous nature walks and riding opportunities.

Extended by the current owners and subject to a programme of works throughout their tenure, the property has solar panels that provide an annual feed-in tariff, over and above its use, of circa £800pa.

Accommodation
An entrance porch provides access from the parking straight into the kitchen/breakfast room, in the centre of the home. With clay tiled flooring and a fitted shaker style suite, the kitchen offers space for a table and direct access to the two reception rooms, along with a ground floor shower room.

The triple aspect, ceramic tile floored living room, part of a 2003 two-storey extension has a fully glazed gable wall, with picture windows and French Doors opening to the west, to the garden, along with a brick chimney housing a wood burning stove. It is a lovely reception room. The 12’ symmetrical dining room is dual aspect, with north and east west facing windows, overlooking the kitchen garden. This room also offers access to the staircase and traditional front door.

At first floor level, a wide study/landing provides access to the three bedrooms and the family bathroom. The vaulted, oak floored principal bedroom has a fabulous glazed gable, offering a fabulous view, with a false wall offering a dressing area; it is a statement room, offering superb sunset views. Double bedroom two, with an attractive east facing view, has an adjoining dressing room/store.

Outside
The detached garage lies a short distance to the north of the cottage. It provides double garaging, with an adjoining utility. In addition, within the gardens to the west, a range of single storey brick outbuildings, with two stores, with a further detached timber module within the gardens offers a garden room and study/office along with an octagonal wooden summerhouse all with power and light.

The gardens lie to the east and west of the cottage, with kitchen garden and formal lawns and terraces, together with a wooded area and nature pond. The paddock is next to the garden at its western end, extending to the south, adjoining the woodland. The land is post and railed, with a water supply.

The property measures 1.45 acres, or thereabouts in total.