An attractive country house set in over five acres of delightful gardens and grounds.

Description

This impressive, detached home is set within just over five acres of immaculately landscaped grounds in a sought-after semi-rural setting that is surrounded by countryside and yet is within easy reach of a number of villages plus the desirable towns of Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City.

The house offers approximately 3000 sq ft of space over two floors and also affords the added benefit of a detached timber studio, perfect for teens, and a triple garage with storage. The house was completed in 2001 and has been well maintained over the years, with a very high standard of attention to detail throughout that continues outside in the impressively landscaped mature gardens. The house has been owned by the vendor since 2005 and, though attractively presented throughout, offers fantastic scope for further improvement or personalisation by the new owner.

The interiors are mostly neutral and as such provide a ‘blank canvas’ for redecoration. The internal dimensions of the home are very spacious, including three well proportioned reception rooms and a family kitchen/breakfast room with a variety of ancillary rooms for storage.

On the ground floor, a welcoming reception hall with a striking chequerboard floor affords a grand first impression, leading to the formal dining room, dual aspect sitting room and a further reception room with wood-burning stove.

There is also a useful cloakroom accessed from the hallway. The kitchen and breakfast room has good storage and is dominated by a large kitchen island. There is storage within a built-in pantry and adjacent utility room, and a cloakroom is ideal for post-sporting activities. Upstairs the principal bedroom has a dressing room and en suite shower room with twin basins, while there are a further two en suite bedrooms and two doubles sharing a family bathroom.

There are a wide variety of specimen trees and shrubs planted around the grounds which amount to a total of just over five acres. This includes beautifully landscaped formal gardens, a hard-standing tennis court, detached timber studio currently used as a ‘sports bar’ which is an ideal summerhouse or for use by older children, an extensive paved patio for outdoor entertaining and lovely park-like gardens featuring a variety of well-established trees. A sweeping paved driveway leads up to an imposing carriageway driveway where there is ample parking. Within a separate block there is a triple garage and storage room.

Location

Chapelfoot is located in a quiet, semi-rural setting in between Langley and the larger town of Hitchin, with a variety of amenities close at hand including the popular farm shop and restaurant, The Rusty Gun, a number of country pubs and a choice of leisure amenities. Codicote is a pretty village to the south with a High Street having local shops for basic day to day needs. More comprehensive facilities are available at either Hitchin, with its bustling Georgian market square and sophisticated shops, or Welwyn Garden City, which has a large branch of John Lewis and Waitrose.

State primary schools are close by, and Kingshott school in Hitchin offers a private alternative. Hitchin Boys, Hitchin Girls and The Priory provide state secondary education, and further afield are private options in St Albans, Cambridge and Bedford with good transport provisions. Alternatively St Francis and St Christopher in nearby Letchworth offer private education from ages 3-18.

Road and rail communications are excellent, with a fast train service to London from Stevenage and Hitchin (both within 15 minutes drive). The A1(M) and the M1/M25 provide access to the wider national motorway network.

Square Footage: 3,007 sq ft


Acreage: 5.16 Acres