BOOTHBY HALL BOOTHBY PAGNELL • LINCOLNSHIRE BOOTHBY HALL BOOTHBY PAGNELL • LINCOLNSHIRE A1 3.2 miles • Grantham 6 miles (London Kings Cross from 67 minutes) • Stamford 20 miles • London 105 miles (All distances and time are approximate) A highly impressive Grade II Listed manor house in a private edge of village setting Boothby Hall Hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Games room Kitchen/Breakfast room • Utility room • Boot room • Study • Stores • Cellars Master bedroom suite and dressing room • 2 guest bedroom suites • 5 further bedrooms • 5 family bathrooms Gym • Media Room • Store • Laundry/airing room Stable Cottage 2 bedroom • 2 bathrooms • Drawing room • Kitchen/ dining room • Utility room Outbuildings & Grounds Stable Courtyard: 5 stables • Tack room • Gardener’s room • Workshop • Garaging • Agricultural barn • Barn Formal landscaped gardens • Vegetable gardens • Orchard • Greenhouse • Pond • Tennis court Paddocks • Further agricultural land Medieval Manor House A Grade I listed medieval manor house in the Norman style, dating from around 1200 AD In all about 93.6 acres For sale freehold These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Lincolnshire Boothby Hall is discretely hidden on the edge of the village The local area has a good selection of private and scenic cycle tracks and has the renowned Hambleton of Boothby Pagnell which is in south Lincolnshire. The village state schools with primary schools in the nearby Hall Hotel at its centre. has a village hall, social club and a church dating from villages of Ingoldsby, Ropsley, Great Ponton & Corby There are a handful of golf courses in the area Norman times. Boothby Pagnell has associations with Sir Glen. Grantham itself has two excellent Grammar including Belton Park, Greetham Valley, Rutland Isaac Newton, who is known to have spent his summers at schools and a prep school whilst there are many County, North Luffenham, Rutland Water and Stoke the rectory, and there is strong claim that it was in the rectory noteworthy private schools within easy reach including Rochford Golf Club. orchard that Newton saw the famous apple fall. Witham on the Hill, Oakham, Uppingham, Oundle, and The A1 is 3.2 miles away and provides quick access the Stamford Schools. Grantham 6 miles north and the historic Georgian market town to the north and south. Grantham has a main line train of Stamford 20 miles south both offer excellent shopping, Rutland Water (20 miles) is renowned for its excellent station with direct trains to London King’s Cross from cultural and entertainment facilities as well as fine restaurants. sailing, windsurfing, trout fishing, several miles of 67 minutes. Boothby Hall Boothby Hall is essentially a Georgian house but was originally built in the 17th Century for a Mr Thomas Harrington and was later almost entirely replaced by a manor house, which was later re-built by Lewis Vulliamy for a Mr J.Litchford in 1825. Some 17th Century work survives at the back of the house. The current owners have undertaken a significant amount of renovation and refurbishment work that is close to completion. Boothby Hall is the principal property within the village and sits at the head of a tree- lined drive that arrives to a wide gravelled turning area at the front of the house. The drive continues around to the stable courtyard and to a further tree-lined back drive. The house is entered via a covered gabled stone vestibule through tall panelled doors that open to an ante hall that leads to a full height reception hall. Three main doors lead off the hallway to the drawing room, dining room and to the sitting room and a further door leads to a central corridor. The principal reception rooms are typical of their period and feature tall ceilings, attractive cornicing, large sash windows, deep skirting and enjoy wonderful views over the gardens and grounds. The drawing room is of particular note offering a fantastic room for entertaining with views over two aspects with a stone fireplace to one end. The drawing room leads through to the games room which leads into the sitting room and on to Kitchen/breakfast room which has a central island, oil-fired Aga, fitted units and French doors that open to the terrace that runs along the western elevation of the house. A door from the kitchen leads to a utility room and larder. To the back of the house are a study, stores and back door/ boot room. At the end of the central corridor is a family room and secondary kitchen however there are existing plans to redesign this area to create a new side entrance, downstairs loo and store room - this rear area does require finishing. The cellars are reached via a door from the central corridor and houses both wine stores and boiler room separately. The bedroom accommodation is reached via a beautiful cantilevered staircase in the main hall that rises to a wide landing. Leading from the landing is the master bedroom suite which has distant views over the surrounding countryside, a fantastic open-plan bathroom with freestanding bath, double sinks, wood flooring, large walk-in double shower and a dressing area. To the other side of the landing is the main guest bedroom suite with dressing room and recently refurbished bathroom/ shower room. The other first floor accommodation consists of a further bedroom suite, 2 further bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and first floor utility/airing room. The second floor comprises:3 further bedrooms, two bathrooms, media room with kitchenette, gym, shower room and store. Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main house = 1,369 sq m / 14,737 sq ft Bedroom Bathroom This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon Kitchen/Utility as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Storage Terrace Recreation Ground Floor First Floor Cellar Second Floor Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Cottage = 165 sq m / 1,776 sq ft Bedroom Outbuildings = 785 sq m / 8,450 sq ft Bathroom Kitchen/Utility This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Storage Notice on the last page of the brochure. Terrace Cottage Ground Floor Ground Floor First Floor First Floor Outbuildings Stable Cottage Outbuildings Stable Cottage Stable Cottage Stable Cottage Adjacent to the hall and making up one side of the stable courtyard is an attractive stone cottage with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting room, kitchen/ dining room, utility room and adjoining garden. NB. The cottage is sold on a separate title and is subject to the condition of a life tenancy to the current occupant. Outbuildings Lying to the north of the house is a traditional stable courtyard constructed of stone. The courtyard comprises 6 traditional stables, tack room, workshop, gardener’s room, and triple coach garages with dovecote and hay loft over. A small passage in the corner of the courtyard leads through to a large lean-to agricultural barn and adjacent is a further stand alone barn/gardeners store. Norman House Within the grounds of Boothby Hall are the remains of “the most important small Norman House in the country” (English Heritage). The Norman building is Grade I Listed and is positioned in the garden to the west of the house. It is the oldest and most complete building of its kind in England. It was built in 1180 of Lincolnshire Limestone and has a Collyweston slate roof. The building would formally have been part of a much larger hall and what exists today would have been the chamber block complete with an undercroft for livestock and wine. The undercroft has a magnificent, stone rib vaulted ceiling. To the west of the house are the remains of a former moat and adjacent to the house is a well head with wrought-iron top which is an arcaded Norman Font. Norman House Norman House Norman House Gardens and grounds The gardens and grounds at Boothby Hall extend to approximately 93.6 acres in total. The gardens surround the house on 3 sides. The front drive is flanked bywoodland on both sides. The gardens are predominantly laid to lawn but interspersed with pretty beds and borders. To the west of the house is a paved terrace and smaller area of lawn leading to the Norman House. To the south of the house is a large lawn with ha-ha overlooking pastureland that is owned. Beyond the lawn is a small ornate garden flanked by a mature beech hedge that leads through to the old swimming pool and down to the vegetable garden with greenhouse. Beyond the vegetable garden is a smaller paddock with a field shelter that leads to a wild garden with orchard and pond. To one side of the garden is a tennis court. Beyond the gardens to the west of the house is a large grass field with two post and rail turn out paddocks. The property also owns some of the surrounding agricultural farmland and this is leased to a local farmer. The larger of the two fields has a small circular woodland at its centre. Services Mains electricity. Mains water. Mains drainage. Oil-fired central heating and Aga. Local authority South Kesteven District Council Tel: 01476 406080 Rights of Way Rights of Way over the property are depicted as a grey dashed line on the adjacent plan. Fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale.