No bars, no signal predictedOne bar, reliable signal unlikelyTwo bars, may experience problems with connectivityThree bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web servicesFull bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Skip to main content

This property is no longer on the market

Front Elevation
Front Elevation
Front

3 bedroom house

Virtual tour
Study
Save
House
3 bed
1 bath
EPC rating: F*
1,184 sq ft / 110 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Service charge: £0 per annum
Council tax: Band TBC
Broadband: Super-fast 70Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
Discover more information

Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Attractive Character Cottage
  • Energy Rating E
  • Council Tax Band D
  • Tenure Freehold
  • Recently Fully Refurbished
  • Bespoke Designed and Fitted Dining Kitchen
  • Impressive Extension to the Rear
  • Luxury Refitted Bathroom
  • Two Large Bedrooms (Formerly Three)
  • Lounge with Inglenook Fireplace and Log Burner
An attractive and instantly appealing detached character cottage set at the heart of this quiet semi rural village, a stones throw from Melton Mowbray. The property sits in a wonderful position on a quiet lane with open countryside views at the rear and has undergone an extensive program of refurbishment and extension to provide a wonderful and deceptively spacious character cottage, a 'real escape to the country'! The property has been carefully and sympathetically modernised over the last two/three years with a great level of attention to detail boasting tasteful classic decor and accommodation comprising entrance hall, WC, study area, lounge with feature fireplace and log burner, large dining kitchen featuring an extended dining area beneath lantern light ceiling and with French doors out to the beautifully landscaped garden. There is a spacious utility room and a first floor landing giving way to a luxury fitted bathroom with four piece suite and two particularly large bedrooms (formerly three bedrooms). Outside the property has extensive pebble covered off road parking at the front with a shared access to the left hand side reaching an additional parking space ideal for motor home/caravan etc and providing access to the workshop. The property benefits from oil fired central heating with recently replaced oil tank and refitted uPVC high quality double glazed windows. The village of Scalford is particularly attractive with a great range of architecturally interesting buildings including the lavish use of traditional iron stone construction along with local village pub and picturesque countryside walks in addition to a village primary school. Scalford is superbly situated for ease of access to nearby Melton Mowbray and Grantham both with direct train links to London.

Rooms

Entrance Hall 7' 0" x 5' 8"
A spacious entrance hallway with window to the front, recess ceiling spotlights operated on an intelligent variable light exposure setting. Feature exposed beams and a decorative glazed composite front door.

Inner Hallway
With window to the front, feature exposed beams, a glazed door to the study area and latch door to WC.

WC 5' 0" x 3' 7"
Fitted with a contemporary push button flush WC, attractive wash hand bowl sink unit with hot and cold mixer tap and extractor fan.

Study 10' 0" x 8' 9"
An attractive and flexible study space with feature exposed beams, stone wall, understairs niche and staircase rising to the first floor. This area has a number of potential uses such as a study, snug or extension of the living room.

Living Room 16' 0" x 13' 1"
An impressive living room with a magnificent inglenook feature fireplace boasting an exposed stone chimney breast with inset Henley log burner, tiled hearth, wall light point, feature exposed beams, bay window to the front and window to the rear. A decorative glazed door through to the kitchen.

Kitchen 27' 5" x 11' 9"
Boasting a beautiful bespoke designed and fitted range of kitchen units to the current vendors exacting specification, this wonderful space has been further enhanced by a most imoressive extension to the dining area beneath a double glazed lantern light ceiling and enjoying French doors at side leading out onto the landscaped garden. There is a wonderful range of classic styled wall and base mounted units with a mix of drawer units, cupboards and glass fronted display cabinets, a double Belfast sink with hot and cold mixer tap above, wood block working tops, tiled splashbacks and a large feature central island with attractive curved units beneath natural granite working top. There is an integrated microwave, dishwasher and Rangecooker with extractor fan (Rangecooker available by separate negotiation). There is a window to the side and the dining area could also be used as an attractive seating area enjoying a view over the garden and has a composite stable style door at (truncated)

Utility Room
With decorative glazed sliding door, a range of contemporary coloured modern flush fronted units, solid sink bowl unit and drainer with hot and cold mixer tap above, tiled splashbacks, window to the rear, space for larder fridge/freezer, floor mounted oil fired central heating boiler, integrated dog bed space and space for an additional under unit appliance.

Landing
With loft access and access to all rooms.

Bedroom One 17' 0" x 10' 0"
A substantial master bedroom enjoying fabulous views through the windows to the rear and side and with a fitted wardrobe. This room was formerly two separate bedrooms and could easily reinstated giving each room a measurement of 10' x 8' and 10' x 7' respectively, each of these rooms would then make use of the existing radiators and windows.

Bedroom Two 14' 7" x 15' 0"
A particularly large double bedroom with window to the front and rear elevation, fitted wardrobe and cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.

Bathroom 7' 1" x 8' 5"
Fitted with a luxury four piece suite comprising freestanding roll top bath with hot and cold mixer tap, push button flush WC, wash hand bowl basin unit with storage beneath, shower cubicle with wall mounted electric shower, window to the front.

Outside
The property sits in a wonderful position in the centre of this village on Sandy Lane providing access to residential properties and primary school. There is a right of access to the left hand side of the property over a driveway designated as occupational land which in turn leads to an area of off road parking ideal for motorhomes/caravan or vehicle with access to the shed/workshop with power and lighting. There is gated access into the rear garden which is beautifully landscaped for low maintenance with paved and pebbled areas and low level planting. A particular feature of the property is the outstanding open countryside view at the rear.

Property information from this agent

Places of interest

    Established over 45 years ago in Melton Mowbray by Alastair Benton, who initially set about to provide professional advice to local farmers and landowners. Over the years Bentons has grown to be one of the largest and leading estate agency and professional practices covering the East Midlands. As an independent and multidisciplined firm, we can provide an increasingly rare offering with our ability to advise clients on a diverse range of property related matters. Our offering includes residential sales and lettings, property management, agriculture and farms, commercial sales and lettings and RICS professional valuations.  We are fiercely proud to be independent and have our roots established as a family firm with traditional service values, yet at the same time offering market leading advice, practices and cutting-edge marketing. We are very much a people business and we have built our success on our personal one-to-one service, with your interests at the heart of all our advice and recommendations. Our award-winning team is comprised of over 30 professionals and highly experienced agents who really care about providing you with the best advice and ensuring your experience with us is as great as possible. Many of the team have professionally recognised qualifications to give you complete peace of mind.

    See more properties like this:

    *DISCLAIMER

    Property reference BNT230117. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Bentons - Melton Mowbray.

    OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:

    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on December 23, 2021

    Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:

    Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
    Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
    Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s

    The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2

    Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on December 23, 2021

    Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:

    Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
    Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
    Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
    Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
    Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services

    Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on March 26, 2020 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.

    Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.

    *Call rate information

    Calls to 0843 numbers will be charged at 4p/min from BT landlines. Calls from other networks may vary, and calls from mobiles and outside the UK will be higher. Calls to local numbers beginning with 01, 02 and 03 numbers will incur standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles.