Historic cottage offers charm and family space
A five-bedroom village home in secluded gardens is for sale with Richard Watkinson and Partners of Newark for £500,000.
Honeywood Cottage, Post Office Lane, South Scarle, is immaculate throughout and includes a 27ft family room and a 24ft dining kitchen.
Understood to date back to 1725, the brick and stone cottage, with a pantile roof, has been restored to a high standard, and has a sympathetic modern extension.
It has oil-fired central heating, and high-quality painted wood window frames with sealed unit double-glazing.
The light and airy house, with a southerly aspect, provides just over 2,100sq ft floor space.
The entrance hall has a staircase with understairs cupboard, and there is a cloakroom off with low-suite toilet, and basin with cabinet.
The sitting room has an ornamental fireplace and south-facing bay window.
The family room has a heavily-beamed ceiling, fireplace with wood-burning stove, exposed stone walls, four windows, centre brick pillar and a further fireplace.
The dining kitchen has an inglenook fireplace with range cooker, beamed ceiling, modern white finished wall and base cupboards, integrated dishwasher and refrigerator, south-facing bow window, French doors to the garden, two further windows and a door to the front porch.
The utility room has wall and base units, work surfaces, sink unit with mixer taps, ceramic tiled floor, and oil-fired central heating boiler.
On the first floor there is a long landing with windows.
Bedroom one has fitted wardrobes and an en-suite shower room with shower, basin, low-suite toilet, heated towel rail and tiled floor.
Bedroom two has a built-in wardrobe and en-suite shower room with shower, basin, low-suite toilet, heated towel rail and tiled floor.
There are three further bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes.
The bathroom has a claw-foot bath, shower attachment, pedestal basin, low-suite toilet and half-tiled walls.
Outside, there is a gravelled driveway with turning and parking spaces, lawned areas, paths and a variety of trees and shrubs.
There is a garage, a garden chalet, and a potting shed.
