House for sale in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Mileage

Nottingham: approx 13 miles
Grantham: approx 12 miles
Newark: approx 16 miles

Daily rail service: Grantham to London Kings Cross approx 75 minutes

Description

Whatton Grange is a classic English country house, being unique in that it was built in 1860 to a very high specification with 'no expense spared' by the Lord of the Manor, Thomas Dickinson Hall, for his eldest son. It stands beautifully beside a Grade II Listed church, in this quiet and private position. It was built on the site of the original Manor House dating from 1065 and features a Victorian brick wall, surrounding what is now a tennis court. The property is presented in superb decorative order and offers comfortable living arranged over two levels, offering a wealth of original features throughout defining the elegance and grace from the era of construction including the original windows with sliding shutters, high ceilings, decorative cornicing and generously proportioned rooms.

Accommodation

Internally, a fine reception hallway gives access to all principle rooms on the ground floor, including a spacious sitting room with feature fireplace, dining room, family room, kitchen, breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom and the ground floor accommodation is completed with a superb garden room, which gives fine views across the garden.

To the first floor a spacious landing gives access to a charming dual aspect master bedroom as well as four further double bedrooms which share the use of two family bathrooms. On this floor there is also a further bedroom, which is currently used as a home office.

Without doubt the biggest asset to this property is its glorious setting within approximately 3.1 acres of beautifully maintained gardens and paddocks. The property offers privacy from the road with sweeping driveway providing off road parking for a number of vehicles. There is also a secondary access to a side court yard, which features a
superb former coach house providing a traditional range of outbuildings currently consisting of garaging, workshop, former stables and useful garden storage. These outbuildings offer huge potential for either annex accommodation or business accommodation if required, subject to relevant planning permissions. As you approach the rear of the property the plot opens in to extremely well maintained gardens and grounds with a wealth of mature trees and specimen shrubs, large level lawns and various
terrace and seating areas benefiting from sunlight at different times throughout the day. The property also features an all weather tennis court. On the eastern boundary of the property the land continues into a sizable paddock (2.1 acres) continuing down to the River Smite, which the property benefitting from fishing rights of. The setting is without doubt the show piece to this family house.

Situation

Whatton in the Vale is one Nottinghamshire's most picturesque and highly regarded villages being convenient for Nottingham city centre and offering good road links to the regions commercial and retail centres. The property is also well located for Grantham rail station, which provides swift access to the city of London. Situated in the Vale of Belvoir, there is a good variety of local pubs and restaurants and further amenities can be found in the nearby market town of Bingham.

Directions

From Nottingham proceed out of the city centre on the A52 to Saxondale Roundabout, continuing towards Grantham. After approximately two miles, turn left signposted Whatton and continue into the centre of the village before turning left into Church Street, where the property can eventually be found at the bottom of the lane located next to the village church.