5 bedroom detached house for sale

Stowe Castle is a unique Grade II Listed house with an excellent range of secondary accommodation, set in attractive gardens and grounds. The house with its 60 foot castellated walls has many period and character features, including segmental arches, two large Ogee arched doorways with beautiful solid oak doors, an ornate marble fireplace, flagstone flooring, window seats, shutters and decorative cornicing.

Internally the house benefits from excellent family accommodation, and having been recently refurbished, it is now a unique opportunity to purchase a historic home finished to a very high standard. Accessed via a large arched front doorway off the south-facing central gravel courtyard, you are greeted by a charming entrance hallway with stone flagged flooring. The dining and drawing rooms are both easily accessible, with beautiful fireplaces, cornicing and window shutters in both. The kitchen, also with stone floors, is spacious with a central island and store. The ground floor also has a sizeable family room and two WCs.

On the first floor, there is an excellent range of bedrooms, including four bedroom suites and the large principal bedroom with a dressing room and en suite bathroom. All bedrooms on the first floor have en suite facilities. There is potential to extend the accommodation further by updating the large attic space on the second floor.

Stowe Castle is set in impressive mature gardens, surrounded by stunning open countryside. The gravelled driveway, flanked to one side by a formal lawn, leads to an attractive open courtyard at the front of the house and onto a discreet parking area with its own separate exit. To the southwest of the house, there is a formal lawned area with well maintained Beech, Laurel and Hawthorn hedging and mature trees. At the rear of the house, there is an attractive stone colonnade pergola leading to a brick building with a vaulted ceiling and sliding doors. Inside is a kitchen, living room, bedroom and WC, which was previously staff accommodation. There is also a further paddock and helipad in the northwest corner.

At the front of the house, there is an impressive 2,727 sqft refurbished barn. The former barn has been converted into an incredible set of spaces and secondary accommodation. The ground floor has an impressive lateral open plan lounge with a connecting playroom, with a kitchen and WC to the rear. Up the oak and glass panelled staircase is a further lounge and pool room with a bar with the timber Barn gables on view above. There is also a bedroom and en suite shower room.

Buckingham 3 miles
Milton Keynes (trains to London Euston from 32 minutes) 13.2 miles
Bicester (trains to London Marylebone from 42 minutes) 14.3 miles
M40 (J.10) 14.3 miles
M1 (J.14) 16.7 miles
Luton Airport 38.2 miles
(All distances and times are approximate.)