The College Farm

Loose Gate Road Moulton | Lincolnshire | PE12

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A Charming Period South Lincolnshire Farmhouse

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Offering Three Reception Rooms and a Farmhouse Style Kitchen

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Four Bedrooms, One with En Suite and a Family Bathroom

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Located Close to the Highly Desirable and Picturesque Village of Moulton

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Benefiting From a Range of Brick Barns with Possibility for Annex (Subject To Planning)

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A Three Bay, Brick, Open Carport plus a Tack Room / Garden Store

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Gravel Drive and Ample Off-Road Parking for a Number of Cars

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A Garden Room with Electricity, Ideal for Home Office

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Well-Tended Landscaped Gardens with Box Hedging and Lawns

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Total Plot Extends to Approximately 0.6 Acre (Subject to Measure Survey)

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Total Accommodation of Main House Extends to 2122 Sq.Ft.

Overlooking open fields in the South Lincolnshire fens and not far from the pretty and highly desirable village of Moulton, near the market town of Spalding, stands a charming farmhouse on just over half an acre, dating back around 200 years. Presented in excellent order and brimming with character, the four bedroomed home also benefits attractive farm outbuildings, some used as garages and some as storage barns which have the potential (subject to planning) to convert into accommodation.

Originally belonging to St. John’s College, Cambridge, the owner bought the property in 1997 and embarked upon a three year renovation project before moving in. “We completely re-roofed it, replumbed, re-wired, re-plastered, re-everything!” she exclaims. “The windows were all removed and identical new ones crafted by a reputed joiner in Bourne but they are now in an extremely hard wood, iroko, that will really stand the test of time. The design of the sash windows is unusual but features in a number of houses in the Holbeach area; instead of 3 panes over 3, or 4 over 4, these ones are 5 over 5 and the outer panes are narrower than the middle ones.”

Despite a cottagey feel, ceilings are high with a wealth

over doors, curved topped dormers and an abundance

library an impressive, classic stone one. Stripped pine

of beams and windows are large allowing in a great deal

of archways in the outbuildings. The utility room leads

is another characteristic in the house lending a warm,

of natural light. Flooring is original with quarry tiles and

off the entrance hall. Splendid in size, aspect and fittings

homely feel. All the woodwork including the doors,

York stone downstairs and refurbished floorboards

with modern Shaker style units topped with pale granite

architraves and skirtings, the floorboards, the many

upstairs; the house has been fitted with solid, quality

it houses a double sink and space for a washing machine

original built-in cupboards and panelling up the stairs

features such as a Jotul log-burner in the inglenook in

and dryer underneath. A shower room is next door

and in the bedrooms are in a natural, waxed pine finish.

the sitting room and an Esse range cooker in the kitchen

featuring the original sink and high-level cistern WC. Three bedrooms share a tiled bathroom with charming

chimney breast, supplemented by an electric cooker within the black granite worktops, so too Shaws Original

A second entrance hall leads from the kitchen and is

antique fittings: a free-standing, cast iron bath, a pedestal

double Belfast sink. Every detail has been considered

accessed externally from the opposite side, where you

washbasin and a timber-clad cistern and wooden seat

with even the new light switches and sockets in a style

find a useful, cool cellar (“strictly, a demi-cellarette as it

over a Victorian, patterned WC pan. On the other side

from a bygone era.

is only half-sunk into the ground with windows to the

of a connecting landing with built-in cupboards, is a

outside”), which has been laid with herringbone brick

fourth bedroom. A quaint, dual aspect room in the eaves

The over twenty foot long kitchen has Venetian style

with a hand-painted, tiled farming scene on the wall.

with a timber partition separating an en suite where a

windows at either end creating a very light space under

Beyond this hall are all the reception rooms: a large,

modern Jacuzzi bath takes centre stage. Each room has

which bespoke bur oak units line the walls. Arches are

double aspect sitting room with its log-burner, a dining

a dormer window over the garden and another in its

a feature echoed throughout the property with the

room, a snug or library and a study reached under the

gable end.

arched entrance to the side porch, semi-circular fanlights

stairs. All three, except for the study, have fireplaces, the

The College Farm is approached through metal gates onto an expansive gravel drive with the house on one side and the outbuildings on the other. The attractive gardens are mainly lawn with an area to the front divided by a high, old wall behind which is a brick shed and a private, sheltered, paved area capturing the sun from late morning onwards, easily accessed from the central hall. Evergreen hedging borders the garden and divides it up into sections. At the back, a delightful triangular box garden has been clipped to create sculptural forms for year round interest, and a timber trellis arch leads you down to further lawns where a greenhouse is to one side.

The outbuildings are a fantastic asset to the property not only providing under-cover parking for several vehicles but also the opportunity to convert barns into accommodation, for instance, once planning permission has been sought. At the far end of the arched, open-fronted bays for 3 cars, an adjoining garden room faces east and west and would make a perfect home office.

“It has been a sewing room,” divulges the owner; “it has electrics and a storage heater and would certainly make an excellent office.”

Adjoining the other end of the garaging is the old tack room which opens onto a gated yard leading to the crew yard and barns. “The old trap house has double doors onto the drive so might be used as a garage, whilst the barns could be for all manner of things,” the owner suggests. “All but the tall one, which was in good condition and used as a hay barn, have been re-roofed.You can see from the half-moon shaped mangers in one of the barns, that it would have been a dairy.”

The location of The College Farm is ideal if wanting a rural lifestyle yet near to good schools and amenities. The John Horrox Primary School in the village of Moulton is rated Good by Ofsted, and the state grammar schools in Spalding (about a ten minute drive) are highly sought after: the Grammar (for boys) is rated Good and the High (for girls) is rated Outstanding. An independent prep school, Ayscoughfee Hall School is also an excellent school. Holbeach Academy is rated Good too.

Lying between the market towns of Spalding and Holbeach provides a wide range of shopping and amenities, with the larger town of Spalding also benefitting a train station, its line linking with Peterborough where fast trains to London Kings Cross take 45 minutes. Road links connecting to the A1 are good with both the A17 and the A16 within several minutes.

Agents notes: The floor plans are for illustration purposes only. All measurements: walls, doors, window fittings and appliances and their sizes and locations are shown conventionally and are approximate only and cannot be regarded as being a representation either by the seller or his agent. © Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.

LOCAL AUTHORITY: South Holland District Council COUNCIL TAX BAND: SERVICES: Mains Electricity, Water, Septic Tank, Oil Fired Central Heating TENURE: Freehold

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