This property is no longer on the market
5 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Unique landscaped grounds enjoying a plot approaching an acre.
- Excellent school catchments for all ages.
- Modern kitchen and recently refitted bathrooms.
- Beautifully secluded setting yet offering convenience to all amenities.
- Countryside surroundings and excellent local walks.
- Short drive to Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard.
- Triple garage block and extensive gated gravel driveway.
- Original character features throughout.
- Twin en suites.
- A wealth of living space nearly 3500 square feet.
Introduction - A breath taking country retreat, surrounded by nearly an acre of impeccably landscaped grounds and endless countryside beyond. Inside, the original architecture remains very much in evidence, with a wealth of living space arranged across the expansive frontage.
If This Was Your Home... - You'll never tire of rolling up to the very end of your private turning, where wrought iron gates part and admit you to your vast private grounds. A sweeping gravelled driveway encircles a central expanse of lawn, leading right to your front door. The driveway is itself in turn surrounded by the rest of your expansive grounds, nearly an acre in all.
It's a diverse, expertly landscaped set of gardens, featuring sublime stretches of endlessly explorable lawn, artfully placed mature trees and shrubbery, elegant beds of flowers, rockeries, al fresco dining sitting below a pergola, a well, and many other inspired sparks of landscaping genius. It is practically your own private park!
Stepping up to the property itself, the broad frontage emphasises the architecture's equestrian heritage, as well as letting natural light flood through from front to back. Head inside under the stone porch and you're in your welcoming hallway, with original timber beams overhead and an exposed brick wall to your left.
Most striking of all is the broad spiral staircase rising immediately in front of you. Climbing around beautiful timber beams, with a chrome banister and surrounded by underlit exposed brick, this is a superb centrepiece, showcasing the property's elegant blend of modern style and vintage heritage
On your right - into the north wing - you have the kitchen. More vintage beams and exposed brick are in evidence here, with over 300 square feet of dual aspect space for cooking and dining. A combined chef's island and breakfast bar sit in the centre, with induction hob below a sleek extractor.
Countertops are jade Corian throughout, there's plenty of cream cabinets down the flanks, and honey blonde Karndean runs underfoot. As ever, the views are superb, with delightful views over your 'park'. A handy utility room sits off to one side, with more cabinets and counters, plus an imposing brick chimney breast and hearth - home to your boiler.
Head back to the hallway, past a sleek cloakroom, and the south wing houses your multiple reception rooms, all complete with more of those charming exposed brick walls and original timber beams. Continue past the handy study and your living room's an impressive 315 square feet, with twin bay windows framing panoramic views of your grounds.
Two brick archways lead off here to your dining and family rooms. Both are warm, welcoming spaces of around 180 square feet apiece, with the latter featuring an open exposed brick hearth with wood burner. Finally you come to your conservatory. The glazed vaulted roof stretches away above you, the perfect spot to enjoy the outdoors all year round.
It all makes for a generous, flexible suite of spaces, brimming with vintage style and character, and tailor-made for family gatherings and other special occasions.
Upstairs and, unusually, you have two potential principal bedrooms. At the end of the south wing (off to your right after you climb the spiral staircase) there's a 210 square foot double, with glorious garden views and a gleaming modern en suite with underfloor heating, twin vanity sinks, rainfall shower cubicle and a tub.
It seems like no contest until you step into the rearmost bedroom, positioned at the back of the property. In here you have window sets with dual aspect views, as well as a gorgeous, beamed, vaulted ceiling. It's quite a space, and the greatest evidence yet of the building's vintage heritage.
Returning to the staircase, you pass two more bedrooms, each with its own characterful, tranquil colour scheme, original beams and splendid views. Your family bathroom features a corner tub, rainfall shower and underfloor heating, while at the northernmost end there's bedroom five, finished in soft pastel green with a sleek en suite shower room with underfloor heating.
Your Neighbourhood - Should you choose to venture off your substantial estate, the modern metropolitan delights of Milton Keynes are around a ten minute drive. The Centre MK shopping centre features over 150 stores, cafes and restaurants, with the celebrated new city also offering parks, cinemas and the MK stadium.
If you're heading further afield, Leighton Buzzard station will get you to London Euston in thirty seven minutes, or to Manchester from Milton Keynes in just over an hour and a half. Alternatively, you can be speeding along the arterial M1 less than fifteen minutes after emerging from your driveway.
You also have plenty of excellent schools within easy reach, including seventeen rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, all less than five miles away.
Property information from this agent
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference 32239997. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Fine Homes Property - Milton Keynes.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on December 21, 2021
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on December 21, 2021
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on April 3, 2023 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.