Home borders country park
A fine gable fronted five-bedroomed house, standing in mature gardens adjacent to Rufford Abbey Country Park, has come on the market, priced £499,950, through Richard Watkinson and Partners of Newark.
Lime Tree House in May Lodge Drive, Rufford, has three reception rooms and a large dining kitchen.
A detached double garage has an inspection pit and remote electric door. There is a workshop off and a lean-to car port.
The property, which is fully alarmed, benefits from oil-fired central heating, uPVC double glazing and insulation. It stands on a plot of about 0.61 acres.
The house is approached by a long driveway. This is a peaceful and beautiful area with mature woodland and private road access.
The garden runs down to the country park, with woodland walks and free entry.
There is a variety of plants, shrubs, trees, a vegetable patch, compost bins, a log bay, greenhouse and a pond.
The rooms are exceptionally spacious and adaptable.
There is extensive ground floor accommodation featuring a lounge with an inglenook fireplace, sitting room, snug, kitchen with open-plan dining room, utility room, the fifth bedroom and shower room.
Upstairs there is the master bedroom which has an en suite, the other three bedrooms, a family bathroom and a shower room.
The entrance vestibule has a tiled floor. The sitting room has a fireplace and two south facing arched windows with a view of the front garden.
The inner hall has a door leading to a veranda, while the cloakroom has a low suite wc and wash basin.
The inglenook fireplace in the lounge incorporates a horse flame wood stove and combined central heating boiler, providing a dual system with the oil-fired central heating.
There are two sets of patio doors with views of the gardens, leading to a verandah.
The dining room has a fireplace and a wood burning stove, arched windows and an archway to the kitchen.
This room is fitted with base units and wall cupboards, and has working surfaces incorporating a stainless steel 11/2-sink unit.
The utility room has base units, a stainless steel sink unit, oil-fired central heating boiler, base cupboards, wall cupboards and tall cupboard. The snug has sliding patio doors.
