Lawn House Hay Lane | Foston | Derbyshire | DE65 5PJ LAWN HOUSE
“A large Georgian house with almost 3 acres of land, it was the private location and generously proportioned rooms which frst attracted us to Lawn House,” say the current owners of this double fronted brick built character farmhouse, “as well as the potential which the outbuildings offered for conversion. We have since refurbished all the rooms in the house, installed a new kitchen, added an en suite to the master bedroom, and undertaken the conversion of one of the barns into an entertainment room / bar / cinema room, which is very popular with guests.”
ACCOMMODATION Lawn House in the hamlet of Foston is a rural Georgian Farmhouse nestled on a plot approaching 3 acres. The home has many traditional features running throughout such as its ceiling heights, exposed beams and period freplaces making this a property full of charm and character.
The accommodation features a reception hallway with part Minton tiled ooring, exposed beams and then oak oor boards. There is a staircase rising to the frst oor and oak doors leading off to the reception rooms. The Sitting room features a double-gla ed window overlooking the front gardens and paddocks, with an exposed beam and a traditional freplace. The formal dining room is a lovely si ed room with another window overlooking the front of the home and this time an inglenook brick freplace and further beamed ceiling. The fnal reception area is a lovely family room leading into an orangery, which again maximises views over the grounds of Lawn House. There is another brick freplace with Inglenook effect and beams and a set of bi fold internal doors lead into the Orangery. The room has a glazed roof and more bi fold doors leading out onto the decking. There is a rear hallway with access through to one of the double garages. The breakfast kitchen is another light and airy room with a range of base and eye level units and a large central island unit. There is a elfast sink unit and a lovely Aga warming the kitchen all year round. Once again, we have a beamed ceiling. To compliment the ground oor, we also have a utility room housing the boiler and plumbing for the washing machine and this leads through to a useful shower room.
Seller Insight
A large Georgian house with almost 3 acres of land, it was the private location and generously proportioned rooms which frst attracted us to Lawn House,” say the current owners of this double fronted brick built character farmhouse, “as well as the potential which the outbuildings offered for conversion. We have since refurbished all the rooms in the house, installed a new kitchen, added an en suite to the master bedroom, and undertaken the conversion of one of the barns into an entertainment room / bar / cinema room, which is very popular with guests.”
The house is resplendent with unique features which make it a beautiful place to live. “The kitchen is wonderfully cosy with its classic AGA,” say the owners, “while the orangery with attached dining room enables us to sit with a view across the gardens and paddock during meals. here are original beams in many of the rooms and original freplaces in of the 5 bedrooms, ensuring that the house retains a charming sense of its own history. Built in circa 1800 and originally part of Foston Estate Dairy / Arable Farm, the house was decommissioned and sold as residential in the 1950s. Stables remain in the large courtyard, along with a paddock with separate gated access.”
“We enjoy lots of sunshine in the South facing garden and paddock throughout the year,” continue the owners, “where it is just gorgeous to sit on the patio or in the summerhouse looking out onto the calming green of the grass and leaves. We have plenty of mature trees lining the boundary, of various different types.”