Down Hall, Rippingale, Bourne,

Down Hall Rippingale, Bourne, Lincolnshire

A beautiful family house accompanied by a detached two bedroom cottage surrounded by open farmland bounded by the “Old Beck” stream and set in 4.35 acres (1.76 ha).

Approximate mileages Bourne 5 miles • Stamford 16 miles • 18 miles (direct trains to King’s Cross from approx 1 hour 7 minutes) • Peterborough 21 miles (direct trains to London King’s Cross from approx 51 minutes) Accommodation in brief House: Reception hall, sitting room, drawing room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, garden room, utility room, shower room, rear entrance hall and boot room. Principal bedroom with ensuite bathroom and nursery/dressing room, 5 further double bedrooms and 2 further bathrooms. Cottage: Sitting room, kitchenette and dining area, wet room and 2 double bedrooms. Planning permission to extend. Outbuildings: Range of stores and workshop and a detached single garage. Extensive lawned gardens, outdoor dining terrace, young woodland plantations and land. In all the property extends to approximately 4.35 acres (1.76 ha).

Stamford office London Office 9 High Street, St Martins 17-18 Old Bond Street Stamford, Lincolnshire London PE9 2LF W1S 4PT t 01780 484696 t 0800 131 3335 [email protected] Situation larder cupboard and space for a central table. In the Outside Down Hall is situated to the south of this sought-after old chimney breast is space for an oven range The property is approached via electric gates from one rural village. Rippingale is located less than half a mile (currently housing a 2-door AGA available by separate of two sweeping gravel driveways, culminating at the from the A15, which provides easy access to the north negotiation). Off the kitchen is the rear entrance hall eastern elevation of the house. The garden is and south of the country. There is a village hall, public and adjoining boot room with excellent provision for predominantly laid to lawn and interspersed with house & church within the village and a wider range of general storage and cloak-hanging. From the kitchen, mature broadleaf trees giving a “park-like” feel to the facilities available in Morton (3 miles distant) and there is a study with external door to the rear property. There is a gravel pathway leading from the the market town of Bourne (5 miles distant). The garden/store sheds as well as an understairs store drive to the front door edged with a pretty slate roof surrounding towns and countryside provide excellent cupboard with pantry shelves. porch. Stone terracing surrounds the garden room with leisure and recreational opportunities. There is a choice From the kitchen is a long atrium-style hall with ample space for a table to each elevation to maximise of golf courses within a 15 mile radius, various sports eye-catching glass lantern and leads to the stunning the sun throughout the day. To the north of the and leisure centres in the surrounding market towns, garden room with triple-aspect views and underfloor house is a brick range of outbuildings/workshop and a and country sports including riding, fishing, shooting heating. Three sets of double doors lead onto terracing raised vegetable garden enclosed by a brick wall and and sailing. For equestrian competition, Arena UK providing excellent opportunities to follow the sun pedestrian gate to the drive. Adjacent to the cottage is (BSJA & Unaff) is 23 miles distant and Sheepgate EC throughout the day. Also off the hall is a ground floor a single garage with double timber doors. (BD, Unaff Dressage & SJ) is just 32 miles away. WC with shower and sink, and a separate utility room An agricultural field adjoins the northern and Commuters are well served by an excellent main line with fitted store cupboards, space for a washing western boundaries of the garden and amounts to rail link from Grantham and Peterborough into London machine and tumble dryer, a sink and the approximately 2 acres. The field is not currently fenced King’s Cross, and at Grantham there is also access to oil-fired boiler. and will be the responsibility of the incoming owner of the A1. Education in the area is of a high quality with Down Hall, if required. a choice of public & state schools. There are a range The bedroom accommodation is divided in two of local primary and secondary schools with sections, with the principal four bedrooms in the front Services grammar schools for boys and girls in Grantham, of the house, which comprise the master bedroom suite Bourne and . with ensuite bathroom, fitted wardrobes and ensuite Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to vaulted nursery/dressing room. There are then three both properties. Oil-fired central heating to Down Hall Accommodation further double bedrooms and a pleasant family via radiators to the majority of the house but with underfloor heating in the garden room. The cottage has Down Hall is believed to have been built in bathroom (or use of the ground floor shower room). night storage heaters . approximately 1725 and is constructed of brick and From the rear staircase which leads from the atrium stone elevations under a blue slate roof. The house has hall, are two further double bedrooms and a further Rights of Way, Easements & Wayleaves been owned by a number of village doctors in the past, bathroom which are beautifully presented. one of whom added the eastern extension to There is a public footpath from Rippingale, crossing accommodate a consultancy room and surgery. Cottage the northern field of the house and was historically The cottage was converted from a former dovecote/ used by the village to access the Doctor’s house for The house now forms a beautiful family home, set in barn in approximately 2008 and now provides an appointments. There is no access from this footpath the middle of open farmland with manageable, south- independent, detached cottage with accommodation across the gardens of Down Hall. facing gardens. Leading in from the front door to a on the ground floor comprising a sitting room with central reception hall with the principal staircase to first door to the garden, kitchenette with dining area and Planning floor, the accommodation comprises a cosy drawing door to the garden, and a wet room. There are then The property is not listed and is not within a room with log burner set within a stone fireplace and a two vaulted double bedrooms to the first floor with conservation area. There is planning permission to add sitting room with open cast-iron fireplace, fitted views over the garden and exposed dovecote brickwork on a porch to the eastern elevation entrance hall which cupboards and wooden floor. The kitchen/breakfast in one of the bedrooms. The cottage has been used as was part of the garden room application S11/0787. room adjoins the sitting room and benefits from ample a home office by the current owners in the past and The cottage been converted however there is planning fitted kitchen units and appliances, a traditional fitted has Cat-5 wiring and a wireless link to the house. consent to enlarge this property with a dining room extension and to include the single garage, if desired, Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) B1177, turn right signposted to Dunsby. On the right- and the planning has been enacted. EPC rating: E. Full report available on request. hand bend just within the village, turn left into Doctor’s Lane, signposted to Rippingale. After about a mile, Local Authority Tenure Down Hall can be found on the left hand side. District Council, Grantham. The house is available freehold and has vacant Tel: 01476 406080. possession on completion. Agricultural land to the Viewing All viewings will be accompanied and are strictly by Council Tax Band : G with £2,396.60 payable for the north and west of the house is subject to a Farm prior arrangement through Smiths Gore Stamford 2014/2015 tax year. Business Tenancy and vacant possession is available on 11th October 2015. Office. T 01780 484696 Fixtures and Fittings Date of Information All curtains, light fittings, the AGA and garden statuary Post Code and Directions Particulars prepared – October 2014. are specifically excluded from the sale but may be The post code for the property is PE10 0ST. From Photographs taken – November 2013 available by separate negotiation. Bourne, take the A15 north. At the right fork for the

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