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Entertaining Barn
Kitchen/Breakfast Rm
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Outbuilding
Gardens
Kitchen/Breakfast Rm
Sitting/Dining Room
Sitting Room
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Master Bedroom
Bathroom
Kitchen/Breakfast Rm
Dining Room
Guest Bedroom
Bedroom Three
Bedroom Four
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4 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
4 beds
2 baths
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Features and description

  • Grade II listed detached cottage
  • Four bedrooms; two bath/shower rooms
  • Sitting and dining rooms with feature fireplaces
  • Kitchen/breakfast room
  • Detached timber barn with pizza oven
  • Rural location with panoramic views
  • Well maintained gardens with outbuilding
  • Driveway with parking for up to four cars

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A Grade II listed 17th century four bedroom detached cottage within wrap around gardens of approximately 0.26 acres with views of the village church and open countryside to the rear. The cottage has been fully restored and refurbished with careful attention taken to blend its many period features with modern day amenities. The main part of the cottage has sitting and dining rooms separated by a feature fireplace, and a kitchen/breakfast room. A glazed link and hallway lead into a ground floor guest wing with adjacent shower room. The first floor has three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.

A pillared gated entrance leads to the gravelled driveway which provides parking for up to four cars. A major feature of the cottage is the wrap around gardens which have far reaching views and a detached timber barn with featherboard elevations under a barrell shaped roof. It has a commercial sized pizza oven and fixed sitting areas for up to nine guests for year round sheltered outdoor entertaining.

As you come into Shelton, go over the junction and the cottage can be found immediately opposite the village church.

Rooms

Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The triple aspect kitchen/breakfast room has rural views and is fitted in a range of grey fronted Shaker style cabinets with hardwood work surfaces incorporating a double sink unit. There is an electric Everhot range cooker and plumbing for a washing machine. The floorboards are painted and the stairs to the first floor have a deep storage cupboard under which houses the hot water cylinder and electric heating, and a fridge/freezer.

Gardens
A postman’s gate gives access to the gardens which are fully enclosed by mature hedges and fencing which is child/dog proofed with post and rail fencing with wire grills. An outbuilding at the side provides storage for logs and garden machinery, and a workshop. The front and side gardens are lawned with flower borders and mature trees including fruit trees and a Willow. A private split level terrace at the rear is partly covered by a pergola, with climbing plants and bushes, and has planters and a large brick barbeque.

Shelton
Shelton is a rural village on the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire border. Rushden Lakes shopping centre is 10 miles away and provides shops, restaurants, nature walks and a marina. Bedford is 15 miles away and has rail links to St. Pancras International in 47 minutes. Wellingborough and St. Neots are both within 30 minutes’ drive and have services to St Pancras or Kings Cross in under an hour. The property is within the Sharnbrook Academy catchment area and is 5.5 miles from Kimbolton School.

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Michael Graham - Bedford
Michael Graham - Bedford
Royal Chambers, 1 St. Peters Street Bedford MK40 2PN
01234 584679
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Michael Graham estate agents has been established for over 50 years and is proud to offer a distinctive image of quality and exemplary personal service for home buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants. We specialise in the most desirable town, country and equestrian properties across 8 counties. With 15 offices across the regions including offices in Kensington & Chelsea and St James’s, we are perfectly positioned to target home buyers everywhere, including Londoners looking for a home outside the capital. At Michael Graham, we go further to sell your home. We are proud of the many positive reviews we have received from hundreds of our present and past home sellers. Such reviews exemplify the reasons why home sellers continue to choose Michael Graham Estate Agents to sell their homes..
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