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Overview

***Guide price £450,000***

If you are looking for your next family home then look no further than Maltings House. Strike is pleased to present this spacious fivesix double bedroom detached character property located in the historic Georgian market town of Horncastle.  This well presented period house, built in 1894, offers a very generous 200 sq meters of living space and is suitable for a growing family or anyone choosing to work from home. One of the many benefits of Maltings House is that it is not situated on a main road, so no lorries trundling past the front door in the early hours of the morning!

The house has many character features, including decorative cast iron fireplaces in three of the bedrooms; an open fireplace; and also a wood burning stove. The front boundary is enclosed by lavender and privet hedging which gives a wonderful display during the long summer months. The rear garden is fully enclosed by wooden fencing, hedging and brick walls. There is an oak pergola over the patio area.

This lovely family home is set on a good sized corner plot and has a south facing rear garden perfect for those warmer months. Maltings House has direct access to fabulous country walks right on the doorstep whilst still being in close proximity to local schools, transport links, shops, restaurants, pubs and leisure facilities. Horncastle is known as the gateway to the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds, an area of outstanding natural beauty, and is only seventeen miles east of the mediaeval city of Lincoln. It sits at the crossroads of two major Lincolnshire roads giving easy access to many of the county’s towns and the lovely Lincolnshire coast. 

The town’s schools include the Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (QEGS), which is only a five minute walk away from Maltings House and is among the top schools in Lincolnshire. The Banovallum School is a ‘good‘ non-selective community school with facilities for cookery, woodwork, metalwork, art and music. Horncastle also has a large, but friendly, primary school that includes nursery and reception classes. St Lawrence School caters for special needs students with a county-wide intake. 

Horncastle’s tennis; football; cricket; rugby; and bowls clubs, together with the swimming pool and gym, are all only a few minutes walk away from Maltings House.

The upstairs boasts five double bedrooms, one with en-suite, and a family bathroom with seperate shower cubicle. On the ground floor there are two large reception rooms at the front of the house and a study. One of these reception rooms could be used as a sixth bedroom or home gymnasium.There is a spacious open plan kitchen, dining room and family room with twin uPVC french doors off to the rear garden. 

The property also benefits from large uPVC tiltingsliding sash windows allowing light to flood into each room.

Panelled solid wooden internal doors are fitted to all rooms together with deep skirting boards. High ceilings grace the ground floor creating an airy feeling throughout.

A Worcester Bosch gas boiler was recently fitted and there is also a mains operated smoke alarm system, and an abundance of power sockets to all rooms.

The kitchen has recently been fully refitted and has a gas range cooker complete with two electric ovens. Also on the ground floor there is a  large utility room with a worktop and cupboards; plumbing for a washing machine and a tumble drier and a seperate downstairs WC. To the side of the house there is a single detached garage and the rear garden has lighting in the border; two outside plug sockets and an outside tap. On the garage wall there is an electric car charging point. Additional off road parking can be found at the front of the property.

The property also benefits from an owned 4kw solar photovoltaic system that generates approx 4Mwhrs per annum, which equates to free electricity and approximately £2,300 tax free index linked income each year for the duration of the contract (approximately 14 years remaining). Additionally, this property has an excellent energy efficiency EPC rating of 82 B making this an affordable family home to run with a low council tax band of C.

Entry to the house is via a wooden external four panelled door with the top two panels decoratively glazed with obscure glass with double glazed window over. 

Upon entering the property you are greeted by a lovely spacious reception hallway with stairs rising to the first floor and doors leading to the kitchen and two of the reception rooms. The hallway has a striking Victorian style ceramic tiled floor; telephone point; carpeted stairs with painted wooden balustrading; and a mains operated smoke alarm.

The living room

( 14’0” x 12’10” excluding bay window) is a bright and spacious dual aspect room with one window to the side and a large bay to the front. The room also has a cast iron wood burner sitting on a slate hearth; carpet; terrestrial and Sky TV points.

The study (6’11” x 5’8”) has a window to the rear, telephone point, carpet tile flooring.

The 2nd reception room6th bedroom

(13’0” x 12’11”) is a flexible space that is currently used as a craftart room with a large window facing the front garden. The room also boasts a feature fireplace; built in open shelving; and laminate flooring.

The reception hallway leads to the kitchen (13’8” x 13’0”) which has a large window to the side; 1 12 bowl sink; straight edged laminate worktops; swan neck mixer tap; a good range of modern high gloss white fitted units, including slide out spice unit, drawers and pan drawers. There is plumbing for a dishwasher and a matching central island unit with cupboards. 

Set into the original fireplace alcove is an electric Leisure Rangemaster cooker incorporating a gas hob. The extractor fan above vents to the outside. 

There is a large opening to the dining and family rooms.

The open plan dining room and family room

(23’1” x 11’9”) boast two pairs of patio doors that open out onto the rear garden; a TV point; and exposed wooden floorboards.

The utility room

( 8’8” x 6’0” plus 3’8” x 3’4”) is L shaped and has a wall mounted gas boiler; worktop with cupboards below; and a window to the side of the property. The original fireplace is currently used for storage and there is additional high level shelving. There is plumbing for a washing machine and space for a freezer andor tumble drier.  Durable quarry tile flooring makes this a versatile and incredibly useful area.  

The downstairs toilet ( 4’6” x 2’10”) houses a low level WC with a hand basin and tiled splash back; extractor fan; and has quarry tile flooring.

The Electricity consumer unit can be found in the rear lobby which has decorative quarry tiled flooring; coat hooks; and a uPVC composite door leading to the outside, 

The carpeted galleried landing, with a window to the front, has white painted wooden balustrading and flush fitting ceiling lights. There is also access in this area to the well insulated roof void, which has light and power,  

The sizable master double bedroom

(14’4” x 12’11”) has a window to the front aspect;  fitted carpet; TV aerial socket; telephone point; decorative cast iron fireplace and a door leading to the ensuite (5’11” x 3’11” plus 3’5” x 2’9”) which has an extractor fan, double width walk in fully tiled shower cubicle; hand basin with vanity unit and double cupboard; shaver point; low level WC; medicine cabinet; mirror; and tiled effect laminate flooring.

The 2nd double bedroom

(13’0” x 12’10”) has a window to the front; an ornamental feature fireplace with cast iron surround, carpet tiles and fitted wardrobes with cupboards over. 

The 3rd double bedroom  (11’10” x 11’4”) has a window overlooking the rear garden and laminate flooring.

The carpeted 4th double bedroom

(11’9” x 11’4”) has a window overlooking the rear garden.

The carpeted 5th double bedroom  (11’9” x 11’4”) has a window to the side; an ornamental feature fireplace with cast iron fire surround and a fitted double wardrobe.

The family bathroom

(9’5” x 9’5”) incorporates a separate fully tiled shower cubicle; an extractor fan; panelled  bath; low-level WC; and a wash basin with storage unit under. Chrome towel rails, white wall cabinet and a large wall mirror complete the look of this modern room.  There is a window to the side aspect with obscured glass; and silver vinyl flooring. The airing cupboard houses a hot water cylinder with immersion heater and shelving for storage space.

Outside

To the front of the property there is a low maintenance garden area with lavender shrub borders; fruit trees; and hedging. There is additionally a gravel ribbon driveway for parking a second car. Metal pedestrian gates at the side of the property lead towards the rear garden and a second metal gate leads to a detached brick built garage (18’2” x 10’7”) which has lighting and power sockets and a wall mounted electric vehicle charging point.

This property boasts four external lantern lights, one each, beside the front, rear and french doors, plus two garden lights set in the borders of the rear garden.

There is a mature south facing garden to the rear of the property which is laid to lawn with areas set aside for shrubs, bulbs, fruit bushes and wild flowers. The dining and family room french doors lead out to the patio area with oak pergola over which is ideal for family entertainment.  The garden has a wooden playhouse which is currently used for storage.

Services  

Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage are connected.