An expansive, extended family home is presented in immaculate order and offers 5 bedrooms, 2 en suite, a family bathroom, 2 impressive reception rooms, a superb kitchen dining room, a utility room and a downstairs shower. The house flows easily between spaces and connects beautifully with the generous garden with 2 sets of French doors opening onto a sunny rear patio. A double garage is adjoining.

Situated in the attractive hamlet of Thurlby, it is just a few minutes to neighbouring Bassingham and only about 10 minutes to Newark Northgate station where there are fast train services to London making a commute into London around an hour and 20 minutes. Excellent schools are in catchment both at primary and secondary level.


• A fully refurbished, very spacious, extended family home in immaculate order
• 5 bedrooms, 4 doubles and a single, 2 en suite and separate family bathroom
• Striking main bedroom with 2 bays, exposed brick, timbers and vaulted ceiling
• Double-glazed uPvc windows throughout
• Half-glazed, timber double doors into entrance hall
• 22 ft. lounge with curved bay window to front, French doors onto rear patio
• Spacious dining room with log-burner and feature curved wall to front
• Impressive, triple aspect, kitchen dining room with French doors onto patio
• Quality fitted kitchen with granite worktops and large island
• Large, range-style cooker with LPG gas hob
• Utility room with Belfast sink leading into downstairs shower and WC
• Generous, wraparound garden with mature trees, lawns and patio
• A large timber garden shed with lean-to log-store; 2-storey treehouse
• Adjoining double garage, pedestrian access at rear

Location
Thurlby is an attractive hamlet containing a working farm, set in picturesque Lincolnshire countryside about a mile north of the village of Bassingham, a thriving rural village with a wide range of amenities. These include a primary school, a church, a doctor’s surgery, a play school, two general stores (one with a post office, the other with a renowned local butcher), two pubs, and a local community centre and playing field which host numerous clubs and activities.

A more comprehensive range of shopping, eating, and cultural facilities are available in the vibrant historic cathedral city of Lincoln (10 miles), and the market town of Newark (9 miles) which has one of the finest Georgian market squares in the UK and provides frequent mainline train services to London. Fast services from Newark Northgate to King’s Cross take approximately 70 minutes. Road links are also excellent with the A46 about 2 minutes’ drive, the A1 and the A17 around 10 minutes and the A15 about 12 minutes.

Schools
Nearby Bassingham has its own excellent primary school and is within the catchment area for a number of grammar schools including The Priory Academy LSST (Ofsted rated Good) about 8 miles away in Lincoln, Carre’s Grammar School (for boys) and Kesteven and Sleaford High School (for girls) in Sleaford (18 miles) both Ofsted rated Good, the Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School, Ofsted rated Outstanding, and the King’s School (for boys), Ofsted rated Good, in Grantham (23 miles). Superb independent schooling at both prep and senior level is available at the Lincoln Minster School in the centre of Lincoln.

Seller Insights
“We came here in 2009 because we fell in love with the rural location overlooking farmland, the church and the hall, yet it is conveniently close to trunk roads including the A1 and the fast trains from Newark allowed me to commute to London for years. The total journey from the house to Central London is only about an hour and forty minutes.”

“We also saw the potential in the property and knew it would make a really good family home. It had been empty for about a year and the garden was very overgrown so we did a lot of clearing outside and had the remaining trees professionally pruned; we also planted some fruit trees: a plum a damson and an eating apple.”

“The rear extension, which forms the kitchen dining room down below and the principal bedroom above, had already been added but we created the fifth bedroom with its large en suite above the dining room to the front. We have done a number of other things including replacing all the timber-framed latticed windows, the patio doors, the soffits and fascias with double-glazed uPvc to not only allow in more light but also for low maintenance; we have re-roofed the house and installed a sun tube to shine natural light onto the landing; all the bathrooms and the utility have been completely refurbished and the property has been painted throughout.”

“The garden is very colourful and alive with birds and birdsong – we have counted 52 different species – and there are huge numbers of butterflies due to all the buddleia. It’s absolutely beautiful changing through the seasons with many bulbs bringing colour in spring and some wonderful mature trees. There are chestnuts at the front, beech trees down one side and a holly hedge down the other as well as a purple maple which has a climbing rose growing through it. Lots of different David Austen roses climb on the house, the garage and along the back fence where there are also honeysuckle and specimen camellias.”

“As the house faces south and east at the back the patio is a real sun trap and has a Mediterranean feel in summer. Reached through the French doors from the kitchen and the living room it is a great place for outside entertaining with the extra area beyond perfect for an exceptionally large table and chairs.”

“I built the treehouse, for which we received planning permission as it is close to the perimeter, and the timber garden shed with the adjoining log-store. They are all included in the sale of the property.”

“There are some very good schools in the area with a popular primary in Bassingham just a few minutes down the road and some excellent secondary schools including grammar schools, in Lincoln, Sleaford and Grantham.”

“We are fortunate to have a proper traditional butcher only a mile away in Bassingham which also has excellent local stores and there are three lovely pubs within a mile of the property, The Five Bells in Bassingham being excellent, so too The Royal Oak, a 16th century pub, in Aubourn.”

Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage; oil-fired central heating
Local Authority: North Kesteven District Council
Council Tax Band: F
EPC Rating: E
Tenure: Freehold