£595,000 /Sale price

Old Hall Farm is a picturesque farmhouse, thought to date back circa 400 years, with the current family having being custodians for more than 85 years. Rooms are spacious and full of character, enjoying quintessential mid-Lincolnshire countryside views. Standing in a tranquil, rural setting down a long tree lined driveway, the property is set within immediate grounds of approx. 1.9 acres (sts) which include a paddock and stable. The property is surrounded by a further meadow and grass paddocks, with an option to purchase further land of up to approx. 18 acres making this an excellent equestrian proposition. Attractive, adjoining barns are a substantial asset to the property with potential for development (subject to the necessary planning consents).    Excellent state schools are within easy reach, so to is the coast with its expansive sandy beaches.  Sellers comments- It is a home adored by my mum who was born there in 1939 and, after moving away when she was married, she returned in the 1980s and died there, as she wished, in 2022. Her father, Frank Coupland, was born in a neighbouring village, Thorpe St Peter. He and his brother, Walter, farmed as 'Coupland Bros' with his brother living in Old Hall Farm in Thorpe St Peter and grandad, once married, living in this Old Hall Farm in Great Steeping. When mum was little, the shepherd and his family lived in half the house, and assorted farm workers lived in the cottages at the top of the road. It was a mixed farm with Lincoln Reds and sheep. Afteragricultural college, mum had her own herd of sheep at home." "Years later when she returned to live there, she renovated and restored it and was a big believer in doing things right. Style wise it looks a bit dated but it was her taste and it is all sound with theplumbing and electrics in good order. The roof is slate but would have been thatched once." "It is ring fenced by lovely 20 acre grass fields or meadows, mostly ridge and furrow. There is evidence of a moat where there was once an old hall, plus what were Roman fish ponds, allindicated on the Ordnance Survey map. There is potential to purchase, by separate negotiation, the 20 acres available if desired, and if wanting to create an equestrian property, there is the opportunity to use the existing barns and stable for accommodating horses or there is plenty of room to add your own purpose-built stables (stp) and arena.""There are a couple of very old chestnut trees at the bottom of the garden as well as a small orchard where there used to be a Dutch barn, now providing apples, pears, plums, greengages, cherries and walnuts. A front lawn fitted a tennis court when mum was little, and there are lots of mature trees and hedgerows. The driveway is lined by horse chestnuts that mum grew from conkers from the old trees. An aerial photograph from the 1960s shows the Dutch barn and the crew yard between this and the barns, the area now a small paddock." "Mum had such a happy childhood there it would be lovely to think of a family with children living there again."