6 bedroom detached house for sale

A superb period home set in superb grounds of circa 5.65 acres, offering exspansive living space to include a stunning living, dining, kitchen with a day room off. Benifitting from a leisure complex with swimming pool and entertaining room.

Located in a fabulous rural setting on the outskirts of the small village of North Coates which sits between the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Lincolnshire coast.

The property is perfect for a buyer that is looking for a substantial home to enhance further and improve to taste. The Elms is a beautiful home that is ready to begin a new chapter to a new owners requirements and offers opportunity fora variety of buyers including those looking to acquire a property that could subject to planning permission be used to run a business. The facilities and setting would make for an ideal boutique spa with outbuildings in place for conversion to holiday accommodation.

Step Inside

Double solid wood entrance doors open into a welcoming reception hall finished with reclaimed herringbone parquet flooring which accesses the spindled principal staircase. The hall branches into three directions of the house.

To the right side of the hall is the more informal arrangement of rooms. A corridor with glazed windows and French doors has a cloak room with a two-piece suite which could easily accommodate additional facilities. Following on is a boot room, a large laundry and a dual aspect sitting room. The sitting room is an ideal informal reception room for an extended family or teenage retreat/playroom.

To the left side is the formal arrangement of reception rooms to include a bespoke fitted home study by Neville Johnson. The hall serving this area appears to have historically been the formal entrance to the house which now has a feature arched window looking over the garden, a staircase leads to the first floor with door to a cellar underneath. This hall is flanked by two formal reception rooms, the formal dining room with a period styled fireplace and a drawing room with a period styled fireplace. Both rooms benefit from a dual aspect and garden views.

The kitchen is arranged straight ahead from the reception hall on entering the eye is drawn upward to the impressive, vaulted ceiling with feature exposed truss work. Fitted in a range of solid wood traditional cabinets with wood worktops, appliances include an Aga stove, the traditional ceramic sink has a quartz drainer. The room opens to a dining area with French doors to a patio and double doors open to a spacious day room with wood burning stove and French doors to the patio.

A vestibule from the kitchen with shower room A vestibule from the kitchen with shower room off leads to the leisure area. This area of the house would benefit from a general scheme of refurbishment, having been designed for entertaining guests and family enjoyment. There is a large pool room which also has a sauna (not been in use for some time and may require servicing and possible repair), shower room and a plant room.

The pool room has a glazed dividing wall with door to a fantastic entertaining room with a bar and seating area set around a fireplace- depending on need part of this area could provide a gymnasium. In addition, there is a dining room and kitchen.

Step Upstairs

Accessed from the original staircase is a landing with arched window looking over the garden flanked by two double bedrooms both with ensuite. One of these is the principal bedroom which also has a dressing room with fitted furniture. A further two bedrooms are served by a cloakroom with a two-piece suite from this landing. The landing continues to a lower level with staircase from the reception hall which has a guest suite arranged from it with dressing/seating area, two bedrooms and a shower room with a three-piece suite.

Step Outside

The approach to the property is an impressive tree lined drive which meanders up to the side of the property, the drive is flanked by a deep wooded area and parkland style garden which follows the long drive up to the substantial parking areas. This aspect of the house has a canopied entrance to the reception hall from the drive. A brick-built building housing two garages has workshop/storage to both sides. Within the substantial grounds are areas of grassland which could provide grazing and an enclosed former tennis court.

A substantial detached brick built former cart shed building is used for storage and offers potential for conversion to create an annex building or potential holiday let cottages subject to planning or a stable block/garaging and workshops for a motor enthusiast.

The formal house gardens has a large flagged patio surrounded by a stone balustrade perfect for entertaining a number of guests where there is ample space for seating for multiple guests looking over the expansive lawned gardens which extends to two aspects of the property.