Reception hall, 4 reception rooms, kitchen, breakfast room, utility, snug, wine cellar, snooker room, 5 bedrooms, dressing room, 3 en suites, family bathroom, extensive garaging, stables, 1.75 acres
5 bedrooms.
4 reception rooms.
4 bathrooms.
Garage.
1.75 acres.
Freehold
SITUATION:
The Lawn enjoys a high degree of privacy and seclusion, being surrounded by mature deciduous trees on Summerhill, the prime and much sought after residential area of Gainsborough. All the towns shopping and commercial facilities are easily accessible also the Leisure Centre and the Ping Gainsborough Golf Club with two 18 hole courses. The City of Lincoln is about 16 miles to the south east and access to the motorway network is at Scunthorpe 14 miles to the north or Blyth (A1M) 15 miles to the west. There is the Humberside Airport to the north of the county and the recently opened Robin Hood International Airport to the south of Doncaster. London Kings Cross is about a 90 minute journey from Retford station approximately 12 miles.
DESCRIPTION:
This fine property is approached from Summerhill through an impressive entrance, along a tarmacadam driveway lined with 4 authentic streetlights, which encircles a copse of mature trees, and sweeps round to a porticoed entrance on the west elevation. It also serves the comprehensive range of garages at the rear of the house. The Lawn has many endearing features including the fine reception hall with splendid staircase, most of the principal reception rooms have a southern aspect with accesses to terraces, the grounds are approximately 1.75 acres in extent and are extremely private and secluded. This is a property ideal for entertaining with the added benefit of a snooker room and five bedrooms, three of which have ensuite facilities.
ACCOMMODATION:
FRONT ENTRANCE LOBBY:Substantial front door with brass knocker and Georgian fan transom, cornicing, matwell, central heating radiator, Georgian style screen with bevelled glass door to:-FINE RECEPTION HALL:Elegant Oak staircase with twin swirled newell posts and barley twist balustrading to dividing half landing, cornicing. Substantial polished Mahogany doors to the Drawing Room and Dining Room. Central heating radiator.CLOAKROOM:Vanity unit, wash basin with cupboards under, recess under stairs, coat pegs, central heating radiator. Separate low flush w.c., leaded light and stained glass window.FINE DRAWING ROOM:Plus south facing double glazed bay window with window seat, west facing double glazed window with views across the lawns, window seat, five wall light points, carved marble Regency style fireplace with marble inset and hearth with living log effect gas fire, corner display unit, picture light point, two centre light motifs, two concealed central heating radiators. Glazed double doors to south facing:-GARDEN ROOM:All double glazed window units, window seat with central heating radiator under the south facing window, french doors to the west and east terraces, two wall light points and central fan/light.STUDY:Built-in book case, domed centrepiece with scallop shelves and cupboards under flanked by book shelves. French windows to south facing terrace, two wall light points, central heating radiator.DINING ROOM:Including south facing double glazed picture window, domed display unit with plate glass shelves flanked by cupboards with cupboards under, cornicing, centre light motif, picture light point and wall light point, central heating radiator.SNUG:North facing double glazed window, corner unit with double cupboards under. Further built-in cupboards, central heating radiator. Access to:-WINE CELLAR:Fully tiled walls.INNER HALL:Giving access to Kitchen and Breakfast Room.KITCHEN:Extensive range of dark oak drawer and cupboard units under matching work surfaces, tiled splashbacks, customised refrigerator and dishwasher, Neff corner oven with four ring Creda halogen hob, corner illuminated fume extraction canopy with fitted shelves behind. Matching drawer and cupboard units, inset monobloc sink unit with central drainer and mixer swan neck tap, matching island breakfast bar with drawers and cupboards to one side, brass towel rail. Similar dresser unit with galleried spice drawers and four glazed doors for display purposes, corner galleried shelf units, double glazed windows to the south and east, coving, centre light motif. Useful recess with fitted shelves and arched wall niche above.BREAKFAST ROOM:Double glazed window units to the south, east and west, east facing french doors to terrace, four downlighter spotlights and central fan/light, two central heating radiators.UTILITY ROOM:Built-in drawer and cupboard units with double drainer stainless steel sink unit above, mixer tap and Permutit water softener. Further range of built-in drawer and cupboard units under rolled edge work surfaces, tiled splashback, AEG double oven and two ring AEG gas hob, eye level cupboards, plumbing for automatic washing machine and dishwasher, central heating radiator and water filter. INNER HALLWAY:Beyond the Inner Hallway is a Georgian style door giving access to a secondary entrance hall with twin through doors with leaded light and stained glass transoms, coving, centre light motif, central heating radiator.CLOAKROOM:Low flush w.c., corner wash hand basin, central heating radiator and Permutit water softener.SNOOKER ROOM:Recessed bar servery area with stainless steel wash hand basin, tiled splashback, rustic brick feature wall, three downlighter spotlights, telephone point, four wall light points, south facing double glazed bay window with window seat under, east and west corner windows with window seats, four central heating radiators.ELEGANT STAIRCASE FROM THE RECEPTION HALL TO:FIRST FLOOR GALLERIED LANDING:North facing arched leaded light and stained glass window, cornicing, centre light motif, arched recess.MASTER BEDROOM SUITE:Comprising -BEDROOM:Cornicing, centre light motif, south and west facing double glazed window, recess for double bed with a built in headboard, flanked by two niches with plate glass shelves and units of six drawers. Corner display unit with plate glass shelves and cupboard under. Range of two double wardrobes with locker cupboards over by Chippendales Workshops Limited, Davis Street, London, matching unit of seven drawers with plate glass top, two wall light points, central heating radiator. DRESSING ROOM: Plus recess with vanitory unit wash basin with mixer tap and tiled splashback, cupboards, deep cornicing, built-in furniture of double and two single wardrobes with locker cupboards over and drawers under, west facing double glazed window, central heating radiator and water filter.BATHROOM: Pink suite comprising pedestal wash basin, mixer tap, tiled recess above with mirror, mirrored medicine cabinet, fully tiled shower cubicle with Mira shower unit. Semi sunken bath in fully tiled recess with ornate mirror and dolphin mixer tap. W.c. cubicle with tiled walls, two central heating radiators, electric towel rail, west and east facing windows.BEDROOM: South facing double glazed window, corner kneehole dressing unit with four drawers to either side, built-in wardrobe with locker cupboards over and under, fitted shelf, central heating radiator.BEDROOM:Plus south facing double glazed bay window, kneehole dressing unit with drawers to either side, Chippendale Workshops, Davis Street, London furniture comprising double wardrobes with locker cupboards over, built-in bed heads for twin beds, vanitory unit wash basin with mixer tap and drawers and cupboards under, mirrored splashback, three wall light points, central heating radiator. Archway to:EAST LANDING: Airing cupboard with pre-lagged hot water cylinder, fitted shelves. Access via aluminium steps to boarded roof space.BEDROOM: Two south facing and one east facing bay windows, cornicing, centre light motif, two wall light points,. Single and double built-in wardrobes with corner display units, plate glass shelves and cupboard under, two wall light points, central heating radiator.. Separate ensuite fully tiled shower cubicle and separate w.c. with low flush suite, washbasin with mixer tap, fully tiled walls, central heating radiator.BEDROOM: (including two double built-in wardrobes with locker cupboards over) plus east facing bay window.. built-in kneehole dressing unit flanked by drawers and shelves, further range of built-in cupboards and drawers, wall light point, north facing window, central heating radiator and water filter.FULLY TILED ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM: Tiled shower cubicle with Aqualisa unit, wash handbasin with cupboards under, mixer tap, low flush w.c.,. central heating radiator.BATHROOM: Semi sunken bath in fully tiled recess with light over, vanitory unit wash basin with marble top and serpentine shaped cupboards under, mirrored splashback, fully tiled shower cubicle, north facing window, central heating radator.Separate w.cWith low flush suite.OUTSIDEATTACHED TRIPLE GARAGE:Double and single Crewford electronic up and over doors, recess and provision for deep freeze. Boiler Room: Wall mounted Keston gas fired condensing (installed in 2006) boiler for central heating and domestic hot water.Double garage With quarry tiled floor, up and over door.Lean-to Store: Detached Garage Block:Built of brick with hipped slate roof and dovecote above, flagstone floor, double up and over door. Timber Built Stable: Adjoining Tack Room: THE GROUNDS:Immediately to the north of The Lawn is an enclosed garden with formal patios and gravelled areas, to the east a mature tree is surrounded by box hedging, further to the east is a secluded lawned garden with a variety of ornamental shrubs and perennials. Gravel pathways lead around the southern periphery of the grounds with an abundance of rhododendrons and flowering prunus. Immediately to the south are flagstone terraces and steps leading down to a sunken lawn surrounded by mature evergreens and flowering shrubs. Further to the west is a superb copper beech and an expanse of lawn screened by mature trees.