Newark Road, Kilvington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

The property
The Old Rectory is unlisted and dates from the early 1800’s. Its driveway winds around to the front of the house and parking area. A stone porch with a lantern atop leads through to the front door which opens onto a hallway with the front stairs rising ahead. To the right is the drawing room which has a central fireplace dividing the room from the more informal library. Threequarters length sash windows and a southerly orientation bring natural light into both rooms. To the left of the hall is the elegant and well proportioned dining room. Beyond the staircase, and the cellar beneath, is a sitting room with matching built-in bookshelves and cupboards to either side of a fireplace with a log burner. Beyond the sitting room is a central hall from which runs the kitchen and conservatory.The kitchen has an off-white oil-fired Aga and a range of cream farmhouse style units with granite work surfaces and a separate built-in oven with a gas hob. It opens onto the conservatory which has wonderful views south over the garden, the ha-ha and fields beyond. The remainder of the ground floor rooms consist of a utility room, from which the rear stairs rise, a boot room, and a boiler room with adjacent wood store.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom occupies the space above the drawing room, which gives it far-reaching southerly views. It connects through to a dressing room and en suite bathroom. There are four further bedrooms, two of which have en suites, as well as a further family bathroom. Bedroom 3 is served by a separate staircase and its own bathroom providing a good level of privacy from the remainder of the house.

Outside
The cast iron front gates open onto a tarmac driveway which is tree-lined and passes the church to the south. The garden, to either side of the driveway, is mainly set to lawn with mature trees, shrubs and hedging. Approaching the house, the driveway splits into a tarmacked parking area adjacent to the boot room and beside the garage and workshop with the latter having two floors. Beside this is a large garden room with a small kitchen with bifold doors opening onto a gravelled terrace which has proven invaluable for hosting children’s parties. The right-hand fork leads around to the front of the house and main entrance. The remainder of the garden wraps around the house and is framed by mature trees with deep herbaceous borders. To the east of the house, and hidden behind a hedge, is an immaculate kitchen garden area with a large greenhouse. The eastern edge of the garden is separated from the paddock by a ha-ha which runs its entire length. The paddock amounts to 2.8 acres and has a block of six stables in its southwest corner.

Location
The Old Rectory sits in a rural position within Kilvington which is a small hamlet located nearby the market towns of Bingham, Grantham and Newark. The most local pub is the Staunton Arms, which is walkable, being under a mile away, and as fine dining.

Local schooling is outstanding and includes a Montessori nursery school in Staunton, a highly regarded primary school in the nearby village of Orston, secondary schools in Bingham and Bottesford as well as the Grantham grammar schools The King’s School for boys and Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School.

Transportation links are superb with both Grantham and Newark stations having high speed trains to London Kings Cross in just over an hour. The village has excellent road links with the A46 and A52, A1 and M1 all within easy reach. East Midlands Airport(EMA) is just 30 miles distant.