Guide Price £750,000
An extremely fine, substantial, former Victorian vicarage which offers a superb lifestyle in a secluded village setting, in a Conservation Area. No less than four generous reception rooms and seven double bedrooms laid out over three floors - it exudes comfort and homeliness. Outside, a large, partially walled garden provides an expansive lawn, a heated outdoor swimming pool and a hard tennis court. A highly sought after independent school, Wisbech Grammar, is only 7 miles away for exceptional education at both Junior and Senior level. Road and rail links are excellent with March only a 15 minutes drive away where direct trains go to Cambridge and to Stansted Airport. Peterborough and the A1 are around a half hour drive away where fast trains to London King’s Cross take around 45 minutes. The beautiful North Norfolk coast is only a 50 minutes drive away making it easily accessible.
This once-upon-a-time, quintessential English vicarage, hidden behind hedging and mature trees, is approached up a drive and through gates onto a gravelled area to the side of the house. Southea Grange was built in 1872, a year after the creation of its neighbouring Church of Emmanuel, for which it served. Quaintly this date is embossed on the decorative cast iron rain hoppers. The very handsome property in red brick inlaid with black detailing, under a slate roof, has a prominent bay to the front. Perhaps thankfully for any owner, the house is not listed; none-the-less it displays many fine features with its gothic-arched entrance door, high ceilings, tall sash windows, internal shutters, deep skirtings, picture rails, sculpted cornices and period fireplaces. Many of the rooms are dual aspect, the large, timber sash windows allowing in a great deal of light.
The garden is fully enclosed and secure for dogs and relatively low maintenance, largely mowing the lawn and trimming the hedges. The heated swimming pool is 10 by 5 metres and has a depth of 4’6” throughout. It was installed by the owners who also added the well maintained hard tennis court which has a high wall on two sides and thick hedging along one end, both features being invaluable to all the family and their friends.
Important information
This is a Freehold property.
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The Old Jewellers 30 High Street East
Uppingham
Rutland
LE15 9PZ
United Kingdom
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