The Elms comprises a fine, 19th Century restored period house with extensions providing 5 principal bedrooms, 3 receptions rooms and a farmhouse style living kitchen. The property stands in delightful mature gardens with garages, outbuildings, stables and paddocks extending in to the wonderful surrounding rolling countryside. In all, the property extends to 1.66 acres or thereabouts.
The house is constructed with traditional red brick elevations featuring twin gables and an ornately carved style barge boards. The main roof has bullnose clay tiles and attractive fleur de lys ridge tiles. Indeed a house of distinctive appearance and great character. The substantial extension to the house is built in character and noteworthy are the lofty high ceilings and large window openings, making the house particularly light and airy throughout.
The accommodation provides a reception hall, a barrel vaulted basement cellar, drawing room, dining room, study, inner hall, cloakroom, conservatory, games room and farmhouse style living kitchen and a connecting door to the family room. The first floor provides 5 double sized bedrooms, master ensuite, guest ensuite and family bathroom. There is a staircase to an intriguing attic room. Externally the property has a double garage, boiler room and garden bothy. The beautiful grounds and paddocks are surrounded by mature trees. There is a range of outbuildings comprising two loose boxes, a tack room and a double open fronted haybarn. The property has wood framed sealed unit double glazed windows and central heating throughout.
Shelton is a very pretty rural hamlet with just over 100 residents. Although quite small, the village is steeped in history with the Norman Church of St.Mary and William Warburton and a royalist cavalier buried here in 1669. Local landmarks include some fine period houses and cottages. The area is rural in character, whilst convenient for commuting to Newark and Nottingham. There are rail services from Elton (3 miles) to Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln. Main East coast railway trains run from Newark Northgate and Grantham stations to King's Cross, Leeds and Edinburgh. Access points to the A1 and A46 are within a short driving distance.
There are excellent primary schools and secondary schools in the area.
The accommodation flows well between the rooms providing space and adaptability, particularly on the ground floor. There are tall wooden shutters/casements to the drawing room and dining room windows, original fine moulded cornices and ceiling roses. The following accommodation is provided:
Ground Floor -
Porch Entrance - With stone floor.
Reception Hall - With limestone tiled floor, a dado rail, radiator with latticed cover and fine original staircase. Door to:-
Vaulted Wine Cellar - 4.57m x 1.68m (15' x 5'6) - With tiled thrawl.
Drawing Room - 4.80m x 4.32m (15'9 x 14'2) - Tall wooden shutters and casement window to the south elevation, a feature of the room is the unique fine marbled fireplace surround, mantle and cast iron hob grate with open fire place. Original moudled ceiling cornice and Finlock radiator.
Dining Room - 4.60m x 4.27m (15'1 x 14') - With tall wooden shutters and casements to the windows. Window to the south elevation and two windows to the west elevation, two Finlock radiators, original moulded ceiling corning and centre rose.
Study - 3.58m x 3.05m (11'9 x 10) - With a west aspect, Finlock radiator, moulded ceiling corning, two picture lights and built-in cupboard.
Inner Hall - 4.57m x 2.44m (15' x 8') - With oak boarded floor, radiator, built-in cloak cupboard, moulded ceiling cornice, glazed internal door to the conservatory, glazed and leaded light door to the utility room.
Cloakroom - With low suite wc, pedestal basin and radiator.
Conservatory - 5.99m x 3.35m (19'8 x 11') - The conservatory has a pleasant aspect of the garden, centre opening French windows and a glass roof. Radiator with latticed cover, frack lighting and connecting door to the games room.
Games Room - 5.33m x 4.22m (17'6 x 13'10) - Windows in the south and east elevations, panelled dado, radiator with latticed cover, oak boarded floor, moulded ceiling cornice and two picture lights.
Kitchen - 7.54m x 4.88m (24'9 x 16) - A spacious dining and living kitchen adjacent to the family room. Fitted wall cupboards, base units and granite working surfaces. Island unit with cupboards, drawers and oak top. Range cooker with 6 propane gas fired rings and electric cooker. The kitchen has a limestone floor throughout, a pleasant garden aspect, centre opening French doors and glazed side panels. There is recessed ceiling lighting and a connecting door to the family room.
Family Room - 5.44m x 2.39m (17'10 x 7'10) - Measured in to the recess with book shelving plus the window bay (9'4 x 2'6) with window seats incorporating storage boxes either side. Double panelled radiator and track lighting.
Utility Room - 2.97m x 2.74m (9'9 x 9') - Excluding the recess. Belfast sink, granite working surfaces and pine cupboards. Space for a washing machine. Double panelled radiator, rear entrance door and tiled floor.
First Floor - The staircase leads to a first floor landing with the door and staircase to the attic room.
Attic Room - 3.61m x 3.28m (11'10 x 10'9) - Doors on either side to roof space storage areas. Radiator.
Main Landing - With moulded ceiling cornice.
Bedroom One - 4.75m x 4.39m (15'7 x 14'5) - South and east with two built-in wardrobes. Double panelled radiator.
Bedroom Two - 4.70m x 4.42m (15'5 x 14'6) - With old hob fireplace, south and east facing windows, boarded floor. Radiator.
Box Room - With fitted shelving and radiator.
Bathroom - 3.35m x 3.02m (11' x 9'11) - With bath, shower attachment, pedestal basin, low suite wc, shower cubicle with glazed screen and chrome fittings. Double panelled radiator.
Inner Landing - 3.63m x 2.41m plus 4.55m x 1.60m (11'11 x 7'11 pl - (L shaped) radiator and recessed lighting.
Bedroom Three - 4.37m x 2.77m (14'4 x 9'1) - Recessed with fitted shelf. Centre spot lights. Radiator.
Bedroom Four - 5.51m x 3.28m (18'1 x 10'9) - With two radiators, two windows in the north elevation.
Ensuite - 3.35m x 1.50m (11' x 4'11) - With 4ft wide shower with glass screen, basin and fitted unit, low suite wc and chrome heated towel rail.
Bedroom Five - 4.88m x 4.32m (16' x 14'2) - Windows in the north and east elevation, far reaching views, double panelled radiator, partially vaulted ceiling at eaves level.
Ensuite - 3.20m x 1.52m (10'6 x 5') - Rain shower unit with screen and drying area, basin and wash stand, low suite wc and radiator.
Outside - The property stands on a substantial tree lined frontage to the village street. There is a field gate entrance on brick pillars and a tarmacadam driveway.
There is an extensive stone paved patio with low boxwood hedging.
A former kitchen garden contains fruit trees and two raised beds.
Double Garage - A detached double garage of brick construction under a hipped roof with two sets of double doors.
Garage One - 5.92m x 3.94m (19'5 x 12'11) - With two double and one single power point, fluorescent light, ledged and braced double doors and personal door.
Garage Two - 5.77m x 4.37m (18'11 x 14'4) - With pendent light, ledged and braced double garage doors.
Integral Boiler Room - With Worcester oil fired central heating boiler.
Bin Compound - To the rear of the garage.
Brick Built Bothy - Adjacent to a garden wall.
Walled Garden Area - With a small pond and water feature and decking adjacent to the conservatory.
There is a hand gate through to the front garden with lawned area and a variety of trees.
Walking through the rear garden towards the paddock is a corner with Beech trees, Ash trees, compost and a wendy house.
The fenced paddock area is surrounded by mature hedgerows.
Orchard -
Stable Building - A wooden stable building comprising two 12' x 12' loose boxes, each with kicking boards, a tack room, a feed room and a double open fronted haybarn. There is a concrete apron.
A field gate and hand gate leads through to fields which the vendor has previously rented for additional grazing.
Paddock -
Services - Mains water, electricity and drainage are all connected to the property.
Tenure - The property is freehold.
Mortgage - Mortgage advice is available through our Mortgage Adviser. Your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on a mortgage or other loan secured on it.
Possession - Vacant possession will be given on completion.
Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the selling agents.
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