Property of the Week — Five-bedroom equestrian home with stables, barns, sand school and two grass paddocks on sale with Richard Watkinson and Partners, Newark

A five-bedroom detached home in Amos Lane, South Scarle, is for sale with Richard Watkinson and Partners, Newark, for offers in the region of £750,000.

Leighton House is a traditionally built house with more than 3,000 sq ft of internal floor space together with Harlow stables, barns, a sand school and two grass paddocks, in all extending to around 2.025 acres.

The property is on the outskirts of the village with frontage to a quiet country lane and extensive open countryside views to the front and rear.

On the ground floor, there is a reception hall, cloak room, sitting room with inglenook fireplace and quarry-tiled hearth, study, and utility.

A huge 32ft kitchen living area has a range of wall and base units and an island unit with granite work surface.

A fine dog-legged staircase leads to a galleried landing, five bedrooms, master ensuite and the family bathroom.

The five bedrooms are described as exceptionally large and two have en-suites.

Bedroom one’s en-suite includes a deep, wide bath, twin basins, wc and 4ft wide shower unit with rain shower. Bedroom two’s en-suite has a shower cubicle, pedestal basin, and wc.

Outside, there is a block-paved driveway and vehicular access to the rear of the property leading through to the stables and the paddock.

The gardens are professionally landscaped.

There is a double garage, stables, haybarn, pole barns and a Harlow field barn. The sand school is fenced and under-drained.

The fields are a light sandy loam ideal for equestrian purposes with electric stock fencing.