4 bedroom barn conversion

This captivating stone and brick barn conversion is discreetly positioned in the popular village of Messingham. Great care has been taken by the owners to sympathetically retain the original eighteenth century barn’s charm and character,

which has been blended perfectly with traditional sophisticated styling to produce a perfect quintessential English home. Set in the most stunning landscaped grounds extending to circa 1.7 acres.

Entrance to the property is via a shrub-lined gravel drive which leads into the courtyard garden and to the main entrance of the home which forms the Eastern wing of a range of superb outbuildings set around the open courtyard this area is now a tranquil garden with well. The potential for further conversion to extend the already spacious home is apparent within the design.

Step Inside

Once through the arched front door there is an entrance porch providing access to a spacious reception hall bright with light from the glazed door to the rear garden- providing the first glimpse of the spectacular garden. A staircase with solid wood newel posts and gracefully turned balusters leads to the first floor and a conveniently placed cloakroom is also arranged within the reception hall.

It is worth noting that the interior doors are well crafted four-panelled pitch pine, which were bought from demolished properties across North Lincolnshire along with the architraves and staircase all lovingly restored by the owners.

The hall is flanked by two formal reception rooms; the first is an elegant drawing room which is set around a Georgian-style fireplace with open Baxi grate. This room overlooks both the west lawn and the southern topiary garden. The second is a formal dining room with features which include a superb rose marble fireplace, central beamed ceiling, and parquet flooring - perfect for entertaining.

The kitchen is spacious and fitted with a range of cabinets to include integrated appliances and has space for a dining table. The dual aspect room has the most impressive 8ft wide segmental arched window to the west garden bathing the room in natural light alongside an arched window looking over the courtyard garden. The kitchen has a small laundry room and a walk-in boiler room which houses the warm air system and the water heater.

To this more informal side of the ground floor is a comfortable sitting room with a period styled fire surround with ornamental stove. There is also a useful cool cupboard with shelving and wine racks. Completing the ground floor is a passage/boot room with gardener’s cloakroom, which historically gave access for horses from stable to farmland. Today it is equally useful today for getting garden tools from one side of the building to another. It also boasts a second ground floor cloak room and a bricked up entrance to the connected storage barn offering potential for further conversion.

First Floor

The return staircase leads into a long corridor running most of the length of the barn. To the right is a galleried landing dominated by the original roof timbers- a king post truss this spacious area is shelved and used as a library; with a window where there is space for seating creating a delightful area for a quiet read looking over the rear garden. Beyond the galleried landing are two further double bedrooms also complete with King post truss.

To the right of the stairs the corridor accesses a family bathroom, airing cupboard, storage cupboard and two further bedrooms each with king-post truss. The master suite has a spacious bedroom with a walk-in wardrobe, a spacious en-suite and room currently used as a private study which could provide a well-proportioned dressing room.

Step Outside

A private gravelled approach lane is bordered by high privacy hedging leads to this discreetly positioned property. Double wrought iron gates open to a gravelled entrance to the courtyard garden the drive sweeps around a lawned centre circle with mature tree providing access to the parking and seating veranda which has a flourishing grape vine. The vine and veranda roof are both supported by another architectural rescue – seven cast iron columns from a demolished local church.

The drive accesses the path to the entrance of the property and to the outbuildings (detailed in the floorplan) arranged in a courtyard formation, there is a lawned garden with a well to the side of the drive. There are a range of outbuildings to include a large storage barn which has been used to host a family wedding in the past; within the storage barn is a door to a workshop with first floor storage, to the ground floor there is a window to the rear garden, (this is where there is a bricked-up door to the passage/boot room for ease of further potential conversion.)

The side and rear gardens are designed to create defined areas to provide a formal garden, parkland style gardens with a caged tennis court and a vegetable garden. The outside space is what makes this property so special complimenting the picturesque barn perfectly.