For Sale5 Bedroom House in The Old Vicarage, Front Street, Barnby-In-The-Willows, Newark, NG24 2SA£995,000

A substantial five-bedroom Victorian country house with magnificent riverside gardens and beautifully appointed interiors with the village of Barnby-in-the-Willows The Old Vicarage is the former vicarage to the adjacent Grade I-listed 13th-century Church of All Saints in the charming village of Barnby in the Willows. The grand and elegant home was built in 1869 and has all the hallmarks of the Victorian era, with plentiful character features including internal shutters, original fireplaces and wood floors, sash windows and ornate plasterwork including a number of the rooms with ceiling roses. The house has been decorated in a vibrant, traditional style that complements the age of the building, with many areas modernised to meet the demands of modern family life. The kitchen has been upgraded, though retains its lovely AGA, the orangery was replaced earlier in 2024 and the bathrooms have been improved over the past five years, along with a variety of cosmetic updates. The house is beautifully presented and sits within stunning gardens, over which there are far-reaching views. At more than 4500 sq ft the house is generously proportioned, with spacious and elegant rooms with high ceilings and large windows affording excellent natural light. For entertaining there are three sizeable reception rooms at the front of the house, one of which is currently used as a study, and there is a separate breakfast room which adjoins the kitchen. All of the rooms are an excellent size and offer a great deal of versatility to the ground floor. There is also a cloakroom for coat storage, a large WC and a utility room plus a wine cellar. The orangery offers a further space for relaxing and links the main house to the former stable block to the rear, which has been partly converted to include the garaging, a useful games room and the gym. The bedrooms are arranged across the first and second floors, including four very spacious doubles on the first floor, one en suite, plus a large family bathroom and a linen closet. On the second floor there is a final double bedroom with eaves storage and a further bathroom. The house is set within beautiful, mature grounds of about 1.79 acres, comprising expansive lawns bordered by a variety of mature trees around the boundary including copper beech and willow, as well as fruiting varieties such as plum, damson, apple and greengages. Adjoining the house there is a good-size gravel driveway leading up to the garaging, which runs around the outside of the house to a large terrace at the rear, perfect for outdoor dining in the summer months, and a further seating area in the space created between the house and the former stables. The more formal gardens open to a meadow featuring more specimen trees which leads down to the banks of the River Witham, forming the southern boundary to the land and also providing fishing rights. View payable Stamp Duty for this property