4 bedroom detached house

Originally a Methodist chapel, this handsome double-fronted, detached house enjoys a charming and peaceful village setting just a few yards from the local pub and church. Four double bedrooms, large balcony, bathroom and cloakroom/shower room, spacious hall and landing, lounge, dining room/snug and dining kitchen. Driveway to double garage at the rear, private good size garden, ample parking for several cars, oil central heating system and double-glazed windows to the main house.  

Directions From St. James' Church in Louth, proceed north along Bridge Street into Grimsby Road and at the top of the road turn left at the T-junction, then at the roundabout take the third exit along the A16 towards Grimsby. After around 4 miles, and after passing through Utterby village, turn left at the staggered crossroads, towards Ludborough and North Ormsby. Follow the road around the sharp right bend and into Ludborough village. Just before the Livesey Arms bear left at the island where the bus stop can be found and turn left along Chapel Lane, where immediately on the right you will find Hedgeways.  

About Hedgeways.... Believed to date back to the late 1800s, the chapel was converted in the latter half of the 20th century into the surprisingly spacious, four double bedroomed home of today. The property has natural brick-faced principal walls under a pitched and hipped timber roof structure covered in concrete interlocking tiles. The windows of the main accommodation have been replaced with uPVC multi-pane effect, double-glazed units in white frames and heating is by an oil-fired central heating system with a new boiler installed during the latter part of 2024.

The rooms are extremely well proportioned and versatile, with the potential to occupy the lounge as a dining lounge, enabling the current dining room to be a snug or family room, and the fourth bedroom enjoys access through French doors onto a spacious balcony extending across the single-storey garage wing towards the rear garden and enjoying the afternoon and evening sun.

The driveway along the left side of the house leads to a spacious parking and turning area which also gives access to an attached double garage with twin doors. There is an attractive, raised private garden beyond and generally, the house enjoys some lovely views of the mature village surroundings and along Chapel Lane, which is a "no-through" lane leading to a handful of individual character properties.  

Accommodation (Approximate room dimensions are shown on the floor plans which are indicative of the room layout and not to specific scale) 

Ground Floor The main entrance is at the front of the property where a pathway leads through the front garden to a central, white uPVC, 4-panel front door with a double-glazed fanlight inset and a stone lintel over. The door opens into the: 

Entrance Hall A very good size with a wide staircase and side screen, together with a hardwood handrail leading up to the first floor. Beneath the staircase there is a useful store cupboard accessed by an angled panel door with a white-painted finish. Large radiator, coved ceiling, high-level cupboard with electricity consumer unit and the base corner cupboard beneath with white panelled door houses the electricity meter and isolation switches. Doors lead off the hall to the two reception rooms, the cloakroom/shower room and the dining kitchen.  

Cloakroom/Shower Room Again, surprisingly spacious with a white suite of low-level WC and Edwardian style pedestal wash hand basin with lever taps. Ceramic-tiled walls to the rear extending into a corner shower cubicle with glazed screen and curved, glazed double doors, a lever shower mixer unit, drench head and handset with wall rail. Large rear window with roller blind. Vinyl oak-effect floor covering, radiator and towel rail. Sliding louvred doors to useful full-height cupboard fitted with coat hooks, shelving and good storage space.  

Sitting Room Formerly two rooms and now an excellent size with the potential to occupy as a dining lounge if preferred. There is a wide, shaped archway, carpeted floor to the front area and hardwood block floor to the rear area. Ceramic-tiled fireplace and hearth with open grate, two radiators, coved ceiling with ceiling light point and two wall light points. Front, deep oriel bow window, further side oriel bow window to the rear area and a smaller side window at the front. The windows present some attractive views over the village surroundings. There are two fifteen-pane glazed doors into this room from the hall and a rear connecting six-panel door to the utility lobby. The central heating system has a mobile, free-standing controller. 

Dining Room/Snug or Family Room A versatile reception room at the front of the house with a deep front oriel bow window complementing that of the sitting room and a smaller window on the side elevation. Both windows again provide attractive views across the village surroundings. Radiator, coved ceiling and double door service hatch from the dining kitchen.  

Dining Kitchen Fitted with a modern range of units in pale grey with metal handles and comprising base cupboards and drawers with roll-edge, oak-effect work surfaces and ceramic-tiled splashbacks together with an inset, grey acrylic, one and a half bowl single drainer sink unit with chrome lever mixer tap. Range of matching wall cupboards to one side, cooker recess with electric cooker point, space with plumbing for both washing machine and dishwasher and space for an upright fridge/freezer. Radiator, coved ceiling and spotlights to centre ceiling fitting. Large side window over the sink unit facing the driveway and rear window with roller blind. Composite door (recently fitted) in white internally and grey externally with a small, centre double-glazed pane opening onto the driveway.  

First Floor Spacious Landing With window on the front elevation providing an attractive outlook and side screen around the stairwell. Coved ceiling, radiator and doors off to the bedrooms and bathroom.  

Utility Lobby Terrazzo tiled floor, base and wall shelf units, space for appliances such as freezer and tumble dryer and part-glazed, (single-glazed) door on the side elevation to the driveway and garden. Sliding door to the boiler room and connecting doors to the garage and sitting room.

 

Boiler Room and Fuel Store Combined In this room the recently installed oil-fired Worcester Bosch combination boiler is located and there is a single-glazed multi-pane side window, a light and an open area to the side for solid fuel storage.  

Bedroom 1 (front) A spacious double room which is light and airy having a wide front window and a smaller window to the side elevation. Built-in range of two double wardrobes painted white and fitted with clothes rails, shelving and two double store cupboards over. Radiator, coved ceiling with ceiling light point and moulded four-panel door in white from the landing.  

Bedroom 2 (front) A double bedroom, also light with an attractive outlook, having a wide front window and a smaller window to the side. Radiator, ceiling light point and four-panel door from the landing.  

Bedroom 3 (rear) A double bedroom with a window to the side elevation providing views along Chapel Lane. Radiator, coved ceiling with ceiling light point and trap access to the roof void. 

Bedroom 4 (rear) A smaller double bedroom, bright and airy - presently a sitting room, with a radiator, ceiling light point and a unique aspect having an oriel bow window on the side elevation and double-glazed French door with windows adjacent and step up to the: 

Balcony Projecting over the garage wing. This is a spacious outdoor area enjoying afternoon and evening sun and ideal for outdoor seating, patio furniture, etc. with a tubular balustrade to the side and rear and a brick screen wall to the third side.  

Bathroom White suite with square design tap fittings and comprising panelled bath with two grips and shower fittings to the mixer tap, bidet with douche, pedestal wash hand basin with lever mixer tap and low-level, dual-flush WC. Electric heated towel rail, part ceramic-tiled walls up to a dado rail, two wall light points and rear window with ceramic-tiled sill and roller blind. White double doors to a large airing cupboard with slatted linen shelves and radiator, together with top cupboards over.  

Outside Chapel Lane is a very small and quiet "no-through" country lane leading to a small group of individual character homes and a public footpath for pleasant country walks. Hedgeways stands behind a lawned front garden with centre pathway and flagstones to the front door and leading across the front of the cottage to the drive. There are well-stocked shrubbery borders by the front wall of the house and the lawn extends in part along the right side of the building. The concrete paved driveway is a generous width with a brick pillar to one side at the entrance and the drive extends around the left side of the house and then widens to form a parking and turning area which also gives access to the attached: 

Double Garage Brick and block built with two up and over doors, strip lights, power points and a wide rear multi-pane, single-glazed window. There is a timber work bench to the rear corner.  

Rear Garden The attractive rear garden is lawned behind a brick retaining wall with central brick-lined flagstone steps leading up. In the far corner there is a Scots pine tree and there are some

established shrubs, together with tall mixed hedgerows making the garden sheltered and private. Behind the garage there is space for the storage of wheelie bins and nearby there is a modern oil storage tank on a concrete plinth base. By the rear driveway there is an outside water tap and there is a corner outside light, together with a higher-level sensor floodlight. To the side of the garage there is a covered porch with light over and door into the side utility lobby as previously described.  

Viewing Strictly by prior appointment through the selling agent.  

General Information The particulars of this property are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending purchasers. No responsibility is to be assumed for individual items. No appliances have been tested. Fixtures, fittings, carpets and curtains are excluded unless otherwise stated. Plans/Maps are not to specific scale, are based on information supplied and subject to verification by a solicitor at sale stage. We are advised that the property is connected to mains electricity, water and drainage but no utility searches have been carried out to confirm at this stage. The property is in Council Tax band E. 

Location Positioned approximately 5 miles north of Louth market town and 11 miles from Grimsby, Ludborough is just east of the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has a fine Church dedicated to St Mary and constructed in contrasting stonework. Close to the Church and just a short walk from The Rowans is the Livesey Arms country pub and restaurant which boasts a fine reputation for food and "a long history of revitalising customers and providing respite for travellers and locals alike – since 1792". Ludborough is also known for the Heritage Lincolnshire Wolds Steam Railway operated by enthusiasts ever looking to extend the line from the station to Louth.