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THE MANOR, Leasingham, , THE MANOR Leasingham, Sleaford, Lincolnshire Sleaford 2 miles, Lincoln 16 miles, 15 miles

LOCATION & INTRODUCTION Grantham and Newark on Trent, both bypassed by the A1 Great North Road and each with an The Manor enjoys an attractive village setting East Coast Main Line station are within half an some 2 miles north of Sleaford and about 16 hour’s drive. miles south of Lincoln. Leasingham has a range of amenities including parish church, primary The fastest journey time from Grantham to school, village hall, playing field and pub. Kings Cross is just over an hour making Sleaford is a growing market town and local the capital highly accessible. government centre with a variety of shops and other facilities including railway station, primary Leisure facilities within easy distance include a and schools and the National Centre for Craft number of golf clubs including the championship and Design. course at Woodhall Spa. The property stands adjacent to the boundary between the Blankney and Belvoir hunting countries. The area is well endowed educationally with excellent boys and girls grammar schools in balusters per tread. Remains of some panelling by a quatrefoil columned porch. Passing through Sleaford. St Hugh’s School at Woodhall Spa also.” the entrance lobby, one enters the spacious reception hall with flag floor and moulded ceiling offers private mixed preparatory education to Rev Henry Thorold writes in Lincolnshire Houses and archway to the stairwell giving access to the the age of 13 and Lincoln Minster School also “The best house however, is Leasingham Manor classically proportioned drawing room. This room takes boys and girls to 18 years. Lincoln enjoys House, which has a very grand garden front, like has raised and fielded panelled walls, fireplace, a growing reputation as a university city. a bit of Stamford dropped in the village. full height shuttered sash windows and the In his book The Buildings of : Indeed the façade is identical to Stamford’s garden entrance door, similarly shuttered. Lincolnshire, Nikolaus Pevsner describes the 13 Barn Hill.” property thus: “The street front is deceptive, The dining room has partly panelled walls, dado just plain rubble stone and brick with moulded rail, fireplace with marble hearth and surround, window surrounds, and a porch with late DESCRIPTION 2 full height shuttered sash windows and a Georgian Gothic details. Hidden behind The Manor is a substantial gentleman’s magnificent broken triangular pediment over the garden wall however is the grand front, residence with a particularly elegant south the door to the hall. The rear wing of the house identical with No. 13 Barn Hill, Stamford (q.v. elevation and finely proportioned rooms standing has a breakfast kitchen with steps down to a Perambulation I) of 1740. in sheltered grounds of 2.2 acres. In addition wine cellar, a bathroom and sitting room with to the principal accommodation there are 2 impressive arched limestone inglenook. Leading Five bays and two storeys with rusticated quoins, apartments which could either be let to provide on there is a further reception room with tiled a modillion frieze, and a panelled parapet an income or reincorporated or adapted to suit a floor, dado panelling and fireplace with Adam pierced by three oval keyed openings. Rusticated purchaser’s individual requirements. style mantle and surround. ground-floor windows with stepped keystones; upper windows with triangular pediments. A semi oval carriage bay with wrought iron Beyond is a small secondary kitchen and a lobby Doorcase with Doric pilasters. The house was railings defines the street frontage, behind which with wrought iron spiral stairs leading up to a originally L-shaped and dated from C17. Inside, is the main entrance with double doors and room above used by the late owner as a library. the staircase is mid C18, with three turned ornate elliptical fanlight over, the whole canopied The broad main staircase with its finely turned The gardens and grounds, enclosed on 3 sides TENURE AND POSSESSION ENERGY PERFORMANCE balusters beneath a magnificent moulded ceiling by high walls, provide a picturesque setting for The property is freehold and vacant possession CERTIFICATE leads first to a bedroom with adjacent shower the Manor. The south front terrace overlooks a will be given on completion subject to notice in room before ascending to the main landing long lawn flanked by mature trees including yew, The property, being listed Grade II* under the respect of the flats. and the master bedroom with large en-suite copper beech and Wellingtonia (Sequoiadendron Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation bathroom off and the principal guest bedroom. Giganteum). Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special SERVICES architectural and historic interest, is exempt All of these rooms have shuttered sash windows, A shady path dividing the two lawns is lined Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage are from the requirement to provide an Energy partly panelled walls and silk wall coverings. with a low box hedge and leads to a sheltered connected to the property. Please note, we Performance Certificate on sale. There is also a shower room approached both avenue, at the end of which is the former ice have not tested the services or any of the from the guest bedroom and from the landing. house with garden room over. equipment or appliances in this property. FLOOR PLANS The secondary accommodation takes the The secondary lawn is interspersed with The floor plans in these Particulars are form of 2 apartments with their own separate ornamental specimens including two lovely OUTGOINGS for identification purposes only. They are entrance but also accessible from the main magnolias and a delightful Victorian wrought iron The property is in the following Council Tax representational and are not to scale. Accuracy house. These provide additional first and arbour. Bands: and proportion should be checked by prospective second floor space that could, if desired, create purchasers at the property. At the bottom of the main lawn is a tree additional accommodation in the main house. The Manor: Band E lined pond beyond which are an orchard and Flat 2: Band A VIEWING The outbuildings, built mainly of brick incorporate menagerie. To one side is a large area with Flat 3: Band B coach house, double and single garages, former its own access to Sleaford Road that could Strictly by prior appointment only with the selling wash house with stone sink and hand pump, conceivably be developed as a building plot, agents. laundry room, boiler room, sauna and gardener’s subject to planning permission. store. Lobby Lobby Living Room Hall Reception Room Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom Living Room Bedroom Utility Drawing Room

Bathroom Bathroom Rear Hall Shower Landing Room

Kitchen 2 The Manor Dining Room Cellar Bedroom Bedroom The Manor

Ground Floor First Floor

Bedroom Living Room

Kitchen

Living Room 3 The Manor

Bedroom

Second Floor SOLICITORS SELLING AGENTS Roythornes Brown & Co Enterprise Way Granta Hall Pinchbeck Finkin Street Spalding Grantham Lincolnshire Lincolnshire PE11 3YR NG31 6QZ Contact: Elizabeth Young Contact: Richard Godson Tel: 01775 842546 Tel: 01476 514455 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (ES100005264). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE.

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