4 bedroom bungalow for sale

An immaculately presented, stone built, single storey property stands on the edge of the popular village of Leasingham, less than 2 miles north of Sleaford. The attractive home enjoys far reaching, farmland views yet is conveniently close to shops, schools and amenities as well as major trunk roads and train stations for easy access further afield.

The light, airy, generously proportioned home dates to 1884 but has been sympathetically extended to offer four double bedrooms, a family bathroom, two spacious reception rooms, a study, a kitchen dining room, a utility room and WC. The house has a lovely connection with its sunny, private garden and also benefits a separate garage with workroom at the back.

Seller Insights

“We came here 29 years ago and loved the fact that the property is so near to things you need – shops and schools especially - yet it feels as if you’re in the countryside with open fields at the back. We wanted to be in a village rather than a town although Sleaford is only about 5 minutes away, the house had to be south facing, not overlooked and we also wanted to find something with character that needed renovating.”

“Rosemary Cottages was just two small adjoining cottages originally built for farmworkers in 1884 as shown on the date stone by the front door. It was already one house when we bought it but there have been a lot of changes since, having more than doubled its footprint with an extension done in 2006 to create more bedrooms when children came along, then in 2009 we enlarged the kitchen and added the sun room, marked by a new date stone. The work was done in a very sympathetic way with huge attention to detail. The aim was to create a top quality home and to mimic the existing cottages as much as possible so the high ceilings became a feature in all the rooms which give such a wonderful feeling of space and the big windows make the interior so light and airy. They are now all double-glazed uPvc for warmth and low maintenance but the external doors are timber with the front door being half-glazed solid oak. The property has been well maintained, for instance, new good quality wool carpets were laid a few years ago.”

“The kitchen, with its timber floorboards, has units handmade by a local craftsman using solid pine reclaimed from an old post office. It’s great to open the French doors onto what has become known as the breakfast patio at the back in the morning, as it’s east facing. The utility door, which is a stable door, also opens onto this area. There are further French doors from the sun room onto the larger, south facing patio. Here, we built the stone summerhouse which is the perfect place for yoga; there’s a sofa in there and a heater can be plugged in if needed. It could make an excellent home office.”

“The largest bedroom had an en suite when we came here but we turned it into a dressing area; it would be easy to reinstate it, if wished, as the plumbing is all there under the floor.”

“We’ve had lots of gatherings here over the years. It’s such a sunny and private spot, fully enclosed, and the patio looks so pretty festooned with lights at night. We created the garden virtually from scratch. The evergreen shrubs and hedging shield us from the road and we have a good sized lawn for children to run around on. The children’s playhouse will remain for the next owner – it’s on a brick base and has two floors.”

“It’s been the perfect place to bring up children as there’s a very good primary school within walking distance in the village, and secondary schools in Sleaford. It’s really handy to pop up the road to the farm shop which is a unique family-run enterprise with a deli, a meat counter, a florist, a garden centre and a coffee shop. It sells all the basics and more.”

“The views across the fields add to the sense of space here and there are lovely country walks from the doorstep including a cycle and foot path that connects with Sleaford.”

• Sympathetically extended, stone built, single storey home dating to 1884
• A sense of space and light throughout with exceptionally high ceilings
• Far reaching, farmland views from rear windows
• Double-glazed, traditional style, uPvc windows and solid oak front door
• 4 generous double bedrooms
• Large family bathroom with bath, separate shower and twin basins
• Spacious, triple aspect sun room with French doors onto garden
• Large, dual aspect living room
• Stone fireplaces containing gas stoves
• Kitchen dining room with French doors to garden
• Handcrafted, solid pine fitted kitchen with gas Rangemaster cooker
• Study/home office
• Well appointed utility room with integrated fridge and freezer
• Utility with stable door to garden and housing separate WC
• Generally private, enclosed, mature, sunny, wraparound garden
• Metal entrance gates onto gravelled drive, space to park up to 4 cars
• Separate, stone built garage with automatic door, workroom to rear
• Stone built summerhouse with French doors; children’s playhouse
• Generous paved patios, large lawn and evergreen shrubs and hedging

Location

The property sits on the edge of the well served village of Leasingham and has a rural outlook whilst nearby trunk roads give easy access further afield. The lively village has a farm shop within a few minutes’ walk, two convenience stores, a post office, a primary school, a church, a busy village hall and a community run pub which serves food. Sleaford, with virtually all of your needs including a train station, is less than a 5 minute drive, the beautiful, historic city of Lincoln is about 20 minutes, so too, Grantham with its fast trains to London King’s Cross taking around an hour.

Schools

The village of Leasingham has a primary school rated Good by Ofsted in walking distance whilst sought after secondary schools are in Sleaford, just 5 minutes’ drive. These include the grammar schools Carre’s Grammar School and Kesteven & Sleaford High School (for Girls), as well as St. George’s Academy, all Ofsted rated Good. Similarly, excellent grammar schools in Grantham are about 15 miles (about 20 mins) southwest - The King’s School (for boys) and Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School which are rated Outstanding by Ofsted with other popular secondary schools, Greenfields Academy and Walton Academy both rated Ofsted rated Good. Lincoln, 16 miles (about 20 mins) north, has the superb independent Minister Schools, both Prep and Senior.

Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage; mains gas central heating
Local Authority: North Kesteven District Council
Council Tax Band: C
EPC Rating: C
Tenure: Freehold