6 bedroom equestrian facility for sale

This substantial six-bedroom Lincolnshire period farmhouse has been extended over time to now offer the potential to create a self-contained two storey annex. Set in grounds of circa 3.65 acres to include landscaped house gardens and three paddocks ideal for an equestrian buyer or smallholder.


The original period Goose Pit Farm dates back to 1802 which has been extended over time to evolve into the substantial property that it now is. The vendor has acquired additional land which is arranged around to three aspects of the property.

Step Inside

A centrally located entrance door opens into a hall with spindled return staircase to the first floor with understairs storage, finished with stone flooring which runs through much of the ground floor. The impressive dual aspect lounge is set around an Inglenook fireplace with a woodburning stove with oak flooring and decorative beamed ceiling. An arched latched door opens to a home study looking over the rear courtyard which also has a door opening to the hall.

The traditional dual aspect farmhouse style kitchen and breakfast room is fitted in a range of bespoke solid wood cabinets in a soft white colour with a matching center Island finished with granite working surfaces. An exposed brick surround houses an Aga stove with wooden mantle over, there is ample room for a sitting or dining area to the front aspect of the room.

There is an open access into the snug which is set around a period oak fireplace with an electric stove and French doors open to the side garden. Double doors open into the spacious formal dining room with an exposed brickwork wall with arch to a lobby with cloakroom fitted with a two-piece suite, from this area a door opens to a vestibule that has a large storage room with window that houses the water tank and both biomass and oil central heating boilers.

A fantastic orangery with oak flooring looks over the garden and paddock land designed by the owners as an entertaining room with a fitted home bar, space for a recreational pool table that looks over a comfortable sitting area is set around a wood burning stove, during the summer bi-folding doors open to adjoin the outside space seamlessly. The ceiling of the orangery has an impressive roof lantern with a remote-controlled roof window and a remote blind that covers the whole of the lantern space, to give the aesthetic of a false ceiling; an excellent addition allowing control over the natural light or heat coming in.

The lobby from the dining room has an exterior door to the courtyard which to this area there is potential to create a two storey annex as there is a good sized dual aspect fitted utility room which could convert to a kitchen/breakfast room.

Step Upstairs

Second Staircase from lobby -leads to a landing which splits to the left serving two double bedrooms with both with en-suite and a sitting room to the opposite side of the landing is a third double bedroom with en-suite. Providing flexibility to create an annex using part or all of this floor space and the ground floor entrance and utility if required. There is opportunity to this side of the house to create an income from bed and breakfast.

Principal staircase
A return staircase from the front entrance hall leads to a landing leading to a family bathroom with a freestanding ball and claw footed bath. There are two double bedrooms from this landing bed two has a decorative cast fire surround. A door from the landing opens to the principal suite which incorporates a third bedroom being used as a dressing room having been fully fitted with wardrobes and draws the landing continues to the bedroom with a further fitted wardrobe and a modern ensuite bathroom with freestanding bath.

Step Outside

The property is for sale across four titles totaling circa 3.26 acres, appealing to an equestrian buyer or for those looking to embrace country living with a smallholding. The house and the house gardens sit on a plot of circa 0.69 acre. There are three paddocks included in the sale one off the left side of the approach lane of circa 1.09 acre. A second paddock has a gated entrance measuring circa 0.63acre off the parking area. The third measures circa 0.85 acre is also accessed off the approach lane or from the garden to the enclosed side garden.
Approached from an unadopted country lane off Carr house Road, which also leads to a public footpath outside of the property’s land boundaries. The location affords the house a high degree of privacy set behind an electrically operated sliding gated entrance which opens onto a gravelled drive flanked by lawned gardens, providing ample parking area with an electric car charging point. A high hedge surrounds one of the family gardens accessed from the orangery and snug, this enclosed garden also has a gate to a paddock.
The parking area has a timber farm style gate opening onto a block paved drive which extends to the side and rear of the house to form a large courtyard with doors from the kitchen which also accesses the attached double garage with twin electrically operated roller shutter doors. The courtyard looks over the main generous lawned house gardens edged with a mixture of trees and shrubs with a green house and children’s playhouse.