- For Sale
- GBP 895,000
- Property Style: Traditional
- Bedroom: 5
- Bathroom: 3
This beautifully presented 5 bedroom family home offers spacious, versatile and light-filled living in a desirable village setting.
The accommodation, over 3,000 sq. ft., is exceptionally well presented and features a 26ft kitchen dining room which seamlessly connects to a spectacular living room with huge bi-folding doors onto the sunny, south facing rear terrace.
A family room with huge bay window, inglenook fireplace and French doors to the terrace, impressive entrance hall, study area off the living room, playroom, utility and WC complete the ground floor accommodation. The first floor offers five bedrooms including a superb principle bedroom with en-suite shower room, large family bathroom and jack and jill ensuite shower room.
Externally, the property sits in 0.38 acres (STS) and is approached through electric gates with a double garage and ample parking to the front. The wrap around, secure gardens extend to the rear of the house with a large lawned area, terrace and established borders.
A wide choice of excellent schools in the area will undoubtedly be a draw for a family whilst its close proximity to Grantham (5 miles) and Newark (10 miles), and easy access to both the A1 and A52, make this an ideal location for a commuter to lead a rural village lifestyle. Fast trains from Grantham to London and Leeds take around an hour, Nottingham is about a half hour drive west (20 miles) and Peterborough around 45 minutes south (40 miles).
• Beautifully presented 5 bedroom family home with generous gardens in a highly desirable village
• Conveniently located just 5 miles from Grantham with its regular, fast train services to London King's Cross taking approximately an hour
• Double electric gates provide access to a spacious driveway with ample parking, double garage and EV charger
• Attractive brick and timber storm porch with double entrance doors
• Impressive entrance hall with central staircase leading to galleried landing
• Spectacular living room with huge bi-folding doors to the rear, south facing terrace
• Separate family room with large bay window, brick inglenook fireplace with multi-fuel burner and French doors to the terrace
• 26ft bespoke, fitted dining kitchen with island, connected to the living room
• Range cooker, Quooker boiling tap, integrated dishwasher and space for American fridge freezer
• Energy efficient property (EPC rated C) with Upvc double glazing throughout
• Utility room with space for washing machine and tumble dryer
• Principle bedroom with fitted wardrobes, ensuite shower room and garden views
• Three further double bedrooms and a single with built in wardrobes
• Study connected to living room
• Playroom with large bay window
• Decorated and with new carpets throughout this year
• Contemporary fully fitted family bathroom
• Jack and Jill shower room between bedrooms 4 and 5
• Sits in 0.38 acres (STS) with beautiful, secure, wraparound gardens with external lighting
• Cottage gardens to the front
• Lawn garden, established boarders and raised flower beds with decorative brick wall to the rear
• Block paved drive with ample off-street parking for 5 cars
• Electric blinds to master bedroom, kitchen, and partial garden room
• Integrated ceiling speakers to the garden room, kitchen, and back garden.
• Underfloor heating in all first floor bathrooms
• Wooden, tile and carpet flooring
• Downstairs WC
• Excellent amount of built-in storage
Location
Not far from the borders of Nottinghamshire, in the Vale of Belvoir, the village of Allington is located within a tranquil, rural landscape about 5 miles northwest of Grantham and 10 miles south of Newark and has exceptionally good access to the A1 and the A52, each only about a 5 minute drive.
Allington has a popular country pub/restaurant, The Welby Arms, a playing field with an all-weather football pitch, and a thriving village hall hosting a post office and a wide range of community activities. There is also a little church, The Holy Trinity, open for worship. Allington Manor, which The Dower House would have originally served, is a beautiful, medieval manor house now a venue for weddings, conferences and private dining. A comprehensive range of shopping, eating, and cultural facilities can be found in the nearby market towns of Grantham and Newark with its Georgian cobbled marketplace and castle on the River Trent.
The village offers a lovely choice of footpaths and bridleways and is home to Arena UK where British show jumping and dressage championships take place throughout the year. Nearby Belton House (6 miles), a Georgian country mansion and estate, is open to the public courtesy of the National Trust. Regular fast train services to London King's Cross or Leeds (both taking around an hour) are available from Grantham. Nottingham is about 20 miles west, approximately 30 minutes by car.
Schools
Allington & Sedgebrook Primary School is in the village and rated Good by Ofsted, and there are excellent grammar schools in Grantham - The King's School (for boys) and Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School which are rated Outstanding by Ofsted with other popular secondary schools, Greenfields Academy and Walton Academy both rated Good by Ofsted. A range of independent schooling is available in Newark (10 miles), Stamford (27 miles), or Lincoln (28 miles).
Seller Insights
"This has been a wonderful family home for us over twenty years. The location is superb as it's only just over an hour's commute into London, yet it provides a quiet village lifestyle and is so easy to escape into the surrounding countryside and enjoy the beautiful Vale of Belvoir. For a family, there is an excellent primary school in the village within walking distance. The school bus route to Grantham, Bottesford and Newark passes through the village."
"We love that the house offers so much flexibility, we have lived here at times as a large multigenerational family and there is so much space to spend time together and apart comfortably."
"The best decision we made was to build the living room extension around ten years ago which has given us a wonderful, light filled, sociable space at the heart of the house. The dining kitchen can accommodate the largest of families and the living room is the perfect space to entertain and relax. In summer with the bi-folding doors open the garden terrace feels like an extension of the house."
"We like the balance of open plan areas with the privacy and peace of the family room with cosy inglenook fireplace, the playroom and the study."
"We have continued to improve the house, just this year we have re-decorated and laid new carpets throughout and the family bathroom and en-suites were all upgraded a few years ago with RAK bathroom products."
"The whole of the exterior of the property has been landscaped and we are so lucky to have wraparound gardens that capture the sun all day. We have beautiful climbing roses around the cottage garden walls to the front and a huge variety of fruit trees and bushes such as fig, cherry, mulberry and raspberry. The large rear lawned garden is hedged and fenced and the bottom of it has been a happy home for our chickens over the past 8 years."
"The large driveway can comfortably park up to 5 cars, and you can make good use of the double garage. We also have had fitted a much needed EV charger to support the transition over to electric cars."
"Allington is an exceptionally friendly village with a thriving community. There is always something going on whether it be a fair, a fete or a little music festival. There are regular events such as yoga and Pilates classes in the village hall and sports competitions on the playing fields where there are pitches for football as well as boules, and children's playground equipment. Every year there is a big fund raiser, 'On the Green' with social events taking place throughout the village to raise money for the playing fields and pavilion. We also have an excellent pub and there are doctor's surgeries in neighbouring Long Bennington and Bottesford, each 3 or 4 miles away."
Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage; underfloor heating to first floor bathrooms
Local Authority: South Kesteven District Council
Council Tax Band: F
Tenure: Freehold
EPC: C
The accommodation, over 3,000 sq. ft., is exceptionally well presented and features a 26ft kitchen dining room which seamlessly connects to a spectacular living room with huge bi-folding doors onto the sunny, south facing rear terrace.
A family room with huge bay window, inglenook fireplace and French doors to the terrace, impressive entrance hall, study area off the living room, playroom, utility and WC complete the ground floor accommodation. The first floor offers five bedrooms including a superb principle bedroom with en-suite shower room, large family bathroom and jack and jill ensuite shower room.
Externally, the property sits in 0.38 acres (STS) and is approached through electric gates with a double garage and ample parking to the front. The wrap around, secure gardens extend to the rear of the house with a large lawned area, terrace and established borders.
A wide choice of excellent schools in the area will undoubtedly be a draw for a family whilst its close proximity to Grantham (5 miles) and Newark (10 miles), and easy access to both the A1 and A52, make this an ideal location for a commuter to lead a rural village lifestyle. Fast trains from Grantham to London and Leeds take around an hour, Nottingham is about a half hour drive west (20 miles) and Peterborough around 45 minutes south (40 miles).
• Beautifully presented 5 bedroom family home with generous gardens in a highly desirable village
• Conveniently located just 5 miles from Grantham with its regular, fast train services to London King's Cross taking approximately an hour
• Double electric gates provide access to a spacious driveway with ample parking, double garage and EV charger
• Attractive brick and timber storm porch with double entrance doors
• Impressive entrance hall with central staircase leading to galleried landing
• Spectacular living room with huge bi-folding doors to the rear, south facing terrace
• Separate family room with large bay window, brick inglenook fireplace with multi-fuel burner and French doors to the terrace
• 26ft bespoke, fitted dining kitchen with island, connected to the living room
• Range cooker, Quooker boiling tap, integrated dishwasher and space for American fridge freezer
• Energy efficient property (EPC rated C) with Upvc double glazing throughout
• Utility room with space for washing machine and tumble dryer
• Principle bedroom with fitted wardrobes, ensuite shower room and garden views
• Three further double bedrooms and a single with built in wardrobes
• Study connected to living room
• Playroom with large bay window
• Decorated and with new carpets throughout this year
• Contemporary fully fitted family bathroom
• Jack and Jill shower room between bedrooms 4 and 5
• Sits in 0.38 acres (STS) with beautiful, secure, wraparound gardens with external lighting
• Cottage gardens to the front
• Lawn garden, established boarders and raised flower beds with decorative brick wall to the rear
• Block paved drive with ample off-street parking for 5 cars
• Electric blinds to master bedroom, kitchen, and partial garden room
• Integrated ceiling speakers to the garden room, kitchen, and back garden.
• Underfloor heating in all first floor bathrooms
• Wooden, tile and carpet flooring
• Downstairs WC
• Excellent amount of built-in storage
Location
Not far from the borders of Nottinghamshire, in the Vale of Belvoir, the village of Allington is located within a tranquil, rural landscape about 5 miles northwest of Grantham and 10 miles south of Newark and has exceptionally good access to the A1 and the A52, each only about a 5 minute drive.
Allington has a popular country pub/restaurant, The Welby Arms, a playing field with an all-weather football pitch, and a thriving village hall hosting a post office and a wide range of community activities. There is also a little church, The Holy Trinity, open for worship. Allington Manor, which The Dower House would have originally served, is a beautiful, medieval manor house now a venue for weddings, conferences and private dining. A comprehensive range of shopping, eating, and cultural facilities can be found in the nearby market towns of Grantham and Newark with its Georgian cobbled marketplace and castle on the River Trent.
The village offers a lovely choice of footpaths and bridleways and is home to Arena UK where British show jumping and dressage championships take place throughout the year. Nearby Belton House (6 miles), a Georgian country mansion and estate, is open to the public courtesy of the National Trust. Regular fast train services to London King's Cross or Leeds (both taking around an hour) are available from Grantham. Nottingham is about 20 miles west, approximately 30 minutes by car.
Schools
Allington & Sedgebrook Primary School is in the village and rated Good by Ofsted, and there are excellent grammar schools in Grantham - The King's School (for boys) and Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School which are rated Outstanding by Ofsted with other popular secondary schools, Greenfields Academy and Walton Academy both rated Good by Ofsted. A range of independent schooling is available in Newark (10 miles), Stamford (27 miles), or Lincoln (28 miles).
Seller Insights
"This has been a wonderful family home for us over twenty years. The location is superb as it's only just over an hour's commute into London, yet it provides a quiet village lifestyle and is so easy to escape into the surrounding countryside and enjoy the beautiful Vale of Belvoir. For a family, there is an excellent primary school in the village within walking distance. The school bus route to Grantham, Bottesford and Newark passes through the village."
"We love that the house offers so much flexibility, we have lived here at times as a large multigenerational family and there is so much space to spend time together and apart comfortably."
"The best decision we made was to build the living room extension around ten years ago which has given us a wonderful, light filled, sociable space at the heart of the house. The dining kitchen can accommodate the largest of families and the living room is the perfect space to entertain and relax. In summer with the bi-folding doors open the garden terrace feels like an extension of the house."
"We like the balance of open plan areas with the privacy and peace of the family room with cosy inglenook fireplace, the playroom and the study."
"We have continued to improve the house, just this year we have re-decorated and laid new carpets throughout and the family bathroom and en-suites were all upgraded a few years ago with RAK bathroom products."
"The whole of the exterior of the property has been landscaped and we are so lucky to have wraparound gardens that capture the sun all day. We have beautiful climbing roses around the cottage garden walls to the front and a huge variety of fruit trees and bushes such as fig, cherry, mulberry and raspberry. The large rear lawned garden is hedged and fenced and the bottom of it has been a happy home for our chickens over the past 8 years."
"The large driveway can comfortably park up to 5 cars, and you can make good use of the double garage. We also have had fitted a much needed EV charger to support the transition over to electric cars."
"Allington is an exceptionally friendly village with a thriving community. There is always something going on whether it be a fair, a fete or a little music festival. There are regular events such as yoga and Pilates classes in the village hall and sports competitions on the playing fields where there are pitches for football as well as boules, and children's playground equipment. Every year there is a big fund raiser, 'On the Green' with social events taking place throughout the village to raise money for the playing fields and pavilion. We also have an excellent pub and there are doctor's surgeries in neighbouring Long Bennington and Bottesford, each 3 or 4 miles away."
Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage; underfloor heating to first floor bathrooms
Local Authority: South Kesteven District Council
Council Tax Band: F
Tenure: Freehold
EPC: C
