A wonderful character cottage, in need of updating and modernisation, offering an abundance of period features and sitting on a generous plot with a fantastic mature garden.

Ground Floor - The accommodation comprises a large entrance hall with stairs rising to the first floor. Sitting off the hallway is the snug/sitting room that has a window looking out over the garden and a feature Inglenook fireplace housing a wood burner.

The kitchen sits to the other side of the hall and is a traditional cottage style kitchen complete with a Rayburn that provides heating and hot water for the property. The kitchen has two windows looking out over the garden. There is space and plumbing for white goods and storage in the cupboards and drawers within the units.

Leading off the kitchen is the rear hallway that gives access to the side door, a downstairs WC and also a large second reception room. This room is filled with light having glazed doors and windows on three sides. Full height glazed French doors give easy access and flow into the garden beyond.

First Floor - To the first floor there are four bedrooms. The principal bedroom sits over the large ground floor reception room and looks out over the garden. There are a further two double bedrooms at either end of the property and a smaller single room that sits next to the bathroom. The bathroom has a bath with shower over, a separate corner shower unit, a pedestal wash hand basin and a low flush lavatory.

Outside - To the outside there is a large gravel driveway, offering ample off-road parking, accessed through a five-bar timber gate. The driveway leads to a double garage with up and over doors.

The garden for the property is a fantastic size with a productive vegetable patch. The garden wraps around two sides of the property and is predominantly laid to lawn with mature floral and shrub borders. The orientation of the garden is South and West so it benefits from a sunny aspect for the majority of the day.

This lovely period cottage is offered to the market with the agents strongest recommendation for an internal inspection. There is huge scope and potential to modernise and upgrade this super village home.

Location - Carlby is a small village with mainly stone-built properties and the beautiful church of St Stephens. The village hall (with an alcohol licence) holds regular pub nights, quizzes and seasonal themed events that bring all the village together. Just 4 miles from the ever-popular Stamford and 5 miles from Bourne you have the best of both; a beautiful historic town with fantastic shops, eateries and places to visit or smaller town with the fantastic Bourne Woods for a lovely walk and the highly rated Bourne Grammar School.

Directional Note - From Stamford take the A6121 to Ryhall. Continue on through Ryhall and Essendine. After leaving Essendine take a left-hand turn onto the High Street at Carlby. Letter Box Cottage can be found on the corner of High Street and Church Street.

Services & Council Tax - The property is offered to the market with all mains services and oil-fired central heating. Council Tax Band E.

N.B. - *Under the provisions of the Estate Agent's Act 1979 we are required to disclose a personal interest in the sale of this property.