5,500 Square Foot at Beech Close Farm, Car Colston

Property Ref SM0559 - Lines Open 24/7

Beech Close Farm is an extensive and highly versatile detached country home with generous mature grounds and an excellent range of traditional brick built outbuildings. It has undergone recent renovation and the accommodation on offer extends to in excess of 5,000 sq ft with a nice array of character features displayed throughout. 

GROUND FLOOR ACCOMMODATION

To the ground floor a generous reception hallway gives access to a variety of spacious reception rooms currently providing; a sitting room, formal dining room and family room/snug. Without doubt the heart to the home is the traditional farmhouse style kitchen with AGA which opens into an adjacent morning room which has the benefit of French doors providing access to the garden. The ground floor also has a good sized utility room, two guest cloakrooms and is completed with a studio/ground floor bedroom with the benefit of an en suite shower room.

FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION

A traditional staircase rises to the first floor where a split level landing gives access to a generous principal bedroom suite which has the benefit of comprehensive storage an en suite bathroom and dressing room. There are 4 further double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a breakfast kitchen. 

It should be noted that the upstairs accommodation is extremely versatile in that it could easily be adapted to create a self contained annex as there is a separate access to the left wing of the house. 

OUTSIDE

The property sits on the edge of the village and benefits from a generous courtyard providing ample off road parking and giving access to a generous range of traditional brick built outbuildings. Attached to the main property is a garage with separate laundry room and side access. There is also a further range of excellent detached traditional outbuildings in a L shaped arrangement providing further garaging, stabling, tack room and useful storage. The sizeable outbuildings offer huge potential for conversion into alternative accommodation and uses if required (subject to the necessary planning consents).

GARDENS & GROUNDS

The gardens and grounds wrap around the property and bordering open countryside. Predominantly to the rear of the house are delightful landscaped gardens with extensive terrace and seating areas that benefit from sunlight at different times throughout the day. The gardens feature heavily stocked borders providing seasonal colour and a selection of mature trees attracting local wildlife.

LOCATION

Car Colston is without a doubt one of the finest villages in the County, being a prime example of rural English life where cricket is still played on the village green and when stumps are drawn players and spectators walk across to the village pub for well earned refreshment. The village is protected by a Conservation Area Designation and has virtually seen no new development over the last 50 years. Car Colston is surrounded by unspoilt rolling countryside and is situated on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir.

Car Colston village is built around ancient common land of 27 acres which dates back to 1300 and is the largest village grazing common in the country. The common is privately owned by 17 properties in the village, of which Beech Close Farm is one, each of which has a common right to use the land, the grazing and “beasts” and until quite recently horses and ponies have been grazed on the large common. Today a local farmer grazes the land with his cows and calves which are born on the common each year. The land is managed by a committee of Common Right Holders whose role is to ensure that this very precious and rare environment is protected and maintained correctly to enhance the beauty of Car Colston village.

The surrounding market towns of Bingham and Newark offer an extensive range of amenities and professional services and there is direct access into the main regional centres of Nottingham, Leicester and Lincoln, with a direct rail service into London Kings Cross from Grantham North Gate Station, in a scheduled journey time of approximately 75 – 80 minutes.