66 James Street Louth LN11 0JW

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1 66 James Street Louth LN11 0JW

2 66 James Street, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 0JW This tastefully appointed three/four bedroom riverside town house is undoubtedly one of Louth s little-known gems positioned by the River Lud with a charming enclosed, south-facing Yorkstone courtyard and garden to the rear, a garage, Murdoch Troon breakfast kitchen, bathroom, en-suite shower room and 3/4 reception rooms. Directions From St. James Church proceed south on Upgate for a few yards, turn left along Little Eastgate and proceed to the junction with Eastgate. Continue as far as the second mini roundabout and turn left here onto Ramsgate and then take the third left into James Street. The property is a short way along on the left side. The Property This unique and special property is understood to have been built in 1793 by Adam Eve for the overseer of the carpet factory. The house has white colour washed, rendered and brick-faced principal walls beneath pitched roofs covered in clay pantiles and slate. Heating is by a gas-fired central heating system plus electric underfloor heating in the kitchen. Windows are original sashes or have in the main been caringly replaced with bespoke units in keeping with the character of the building. The accommodation has a special appeal with many interesting features and is particularly enhanced by the private, enclosed courtyard and garden positioned on the south side. The Accommodation (Approximate room dimensions are shown on the floor plans which are indicative of the room layout and not to specific scale) Ground Floor Recessed Porch with checkerboard black/white tiling, stone step and wide, part-glazed front door with brass furniture to: Entrance Lobby High-level cupboard with electricity meter and consumer unit with MCBs. Ceiling hook and inner part-glazed, multi-paned door with glazed fan light to: Dining Hall An attractive living space opening through a shaped archway from the inner lobby with a feature Georgian staircase having pillared balustrade, turned newel posts and elegant sweeping, pitch pine hand rails. Twelve-pane rear sash window over the stairs with stripped pine panelling beneath and under-stairs cupboard with stripped pine door, coat hooks and light. Multi-pane hardwood rear French doors and side panels onto the courtyard. Oak floor, radiator, central heating thermostat, stripped pine moulded sixpanel doors to the two front rooms and part-glazed, multi-pane door to the kitchen. Winter Sitting Room Cast iron and ceramic tiled fireplace with tiled hearth, open grate and pine pillared surround. Twelve and eight-pane sash windows with working shutters and blind to each. Radiator, part-chamfered painted plaster beams and mouldings to the ceiling, moulded picture rail and light point with dimmer switch. Study and/or Utility Room Two wall cabinets with moulded cornice, base cupboard and drawer with small, raised rectangular wash basin and mini mixer tap on pine plinth and oval-shaped bowl, chrome towel rail, cold plumbing and waste for washing machine and painted ceiling beam. Radiator, twelve-pane sash window and connecting door to the garage. Cloakroom off with white, low-level WC, extractor fan and moulded six-panel door. Dining Kitchen A stunning room flooded with light by large sash windows to each side elevation and two Velux skylight windows above. Extensive range of kitchen furniture by Murdoch Troon finished in olive with oiled, oak-block work surfaces and ceramic twin bowl sink unit set into a dresser with glazed cabinets and plate rack. Concealed Bosch Exxcel fridge freezer and Miele dishwasher. There are base and wall units, drawers, double doors to a shelf larder cupboard and one base cupboard houses the Potterton gas-fired central heating boiler with digital programmer. Olive-coloured, pillared fire surround to

3 recessed fireplace with Gazco gas-fired stove on plinth and oak mantel shelf over. Travertine tiled floor, LED lighting, radiator and electric under-floor heating with digital controls. Nine-pane, partglazed door to: Bedroom 1 At the front with a cast iron fireplace in white painted frame (not in use). Twelve-pane sash window, double radiator and light dimmer switch. Connecting door to the: Summer Lounge A bright and airy room with engineered oak flooring, LED spotlighting on dimmer switch, sixteen-pane sash window overlooking the courtyard and two twelve-pane Yorkshire sashes providing an attractive outlook over the river Lud. Two radiators and ten-pane glazed door to outside. Bathroom (which also has a door from the landing) White suite comprising double-ended, free-standing, roll-top bath with ball and claw feet and mixer tap with shower fittings to drench head above; low-level WC and large Galassia pedestal wash hand basin with glass shelf over. Old-fashioned panelled radiator, oak flooring, six-pane sash window, moulded picture rail and LED lighting. Cupboard housing the foam-lagged hot water cylinder with immersion heater and double doors to linen storage space over. Wide stripped pine, six-panelled door to bedroom one adjacent. First Floor Galleried Landing with pitched pine and cream-painted pillared balustrade extending along the stairwell, an old-fashioned panelled radiator, moulded coving and smoke alarm. Stripped pine, four-panel doors lead off. Bedroom 2 Also at the front with cast iron fireplace in painted, moulded frame (not in use). Stripped pine base cupboard to the side with moulded double doors, ceiling light point with dimmer switch and twelvepane front sash window. Inner Landing With ceiling light point, white four-panel doors off and trap access to the roof void. Bedroom 3 At the front with double radiator, nine-pane casement window, four-panel door to recessed cupboard, (with pump for the power shower adjacent) and matching door to the: En Suite Shower Room White suite of low-level WC, pedestal wash hand basin with tiles splashback and ceramic tiled shower cubicle with glazed door and wall-mounted power shower unit with multiple nozzles, fixed head and hand set. Oak-finish laminated floor covering, nine-pane, double-glazed sash window, LED lighting and attractive outlook across the rear garden and courtyard.

4 Floor Plans and EPC Graph A copy of the full energy performance certificate is available as a PDF by on request

5 Bedroom 4 This room will make a very small fourth bedroom or might preferably be used as a dressing room and has a rear, six-pane sash window also overlooking the garden and courtyard. Outside Directly from James Street there are ledged double doors into the Garage which has three strip lights, a York stone flagged floor, power points and part-glazed double doors at the rear into the courtyard. Concealed to the rear of the house the courtyard and garden form an enviable outside space which perfectly complements the style and character of the house itself, enjoying the sun for the majority of the day and with access around the side of the house to a ledged area directly adjacent to the river. The main courtyard area is on split levels with brick-walled steps between and finished in large York stone paving slabs with raised flower beds and borders surrounding and attractive trees overhanging the sitting areas. Rear steps lead up to a raised lawned garden with further trees, shrubs and bushes and the courtyard extends over a slate-paved patio and pathway to a garden room extending from the rear single storey wing with ceramic tile floor, light, four-pane, double-glazed side window and part-glazed, sixpane (double-glazed) French doors on the south side. There is a timber garden shed, an outside water tap and outside wall light. Behind the summer house is a lower lawned area with a deep fish pond behind a retaining brick wall and having a filtration unit and pump, pond plants including lillies and iris and a substantial timber-framed mesh grill over for security. Viewing Strictly by prior appointment through the agents. Location Louth is a popular market town with three busy markets each week, many individual shops, highly regarded primary, secondary and grammar schools, and many cafes, bars and restaurants. Grimsby is

6 approximately 16 miles to the north whilst Lincoln is some 25 miles to the south-west. Louth has a recently completed sports and swimming complex, many local clubs, athletics and football grounds, tennis academy and courts, golf and bowling with attractive parks on the west side of town in Hubbard s Hills and Westgate Fields. The town has a thriving theatre and a cinema. The coast is about 10 miles away from Louth at its nearest point and the area around Louth has many fine country walks and bridleways. General Information The particulars of this property are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending purchasers. No responsibility is to be assumed for individual items. No appliances have been tested. Fixtures, fittings, carpets and curtains are excluded unless otherwise stated. Plans/Maps are not to specific scale, are based on information supplied and subject to verification by a solicitor at sale stage. We understand that the property is connected to mains gas, water, electricity and drainage but no utility searches have been carried out to confirm at this stage. Gas fired central heating system and gas stove. The property is in Council Tax band B. M417 Printed by Ravensworth Cornmarket, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 9QD T F Important Notice Messrs, Masons Chartered Surveyors for themselves and for vendors or lessees of this property whose agents they are give notice that: (i) The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intended purchasers or lessees, and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract; (ii) All descriptions, dimensions, reference to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation, and other details are given without responsibility and any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them; (iii) No person in the employment of Messrs Masons, Chartered Surveyors has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property; (iv) No responsibility can be accepted for any costs or expenses incurred by intending purchasers or lessees in inspecting the property,making further enquiries or submitting offers for the property.