Ground Floor

As you enter the property, you are greeted by a bright and open entrance hall with a galleried staircase. To your left is the kitchen, which offers lovely views of the wrap-around gardens to the front and side. The kitchen area is open-plan providing access to the dining area and a sitting area with an open fireplace. This open-plan space is perfect for socialising and entertaining guests.

The kitchen boasts a range of shaker-style units, both floor and wall-mounted. There is a large range cooker and the dishwasher and washing machine can be found in the utility room positioned just off the kitchen. The dining area features French doors that lead out to the garden, and the entire room is filled with natural light.

The sitting room is spacious and versatile, and the current owners have used it for a variety of purposes. It includes a Morso multi-fuel stove and French patio doors. This sociable space can be divided to provide a feature library area and a separate dining space if needed. Adjacent to the sitting room, there is a convenient boot room and a WC, with the boot room providing access to the rear garden.

First Floor

On the first floor, there are a total of four bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The spacious Master bedroom, which is triple aspect, has its own en suite and large walk-in wardrobe.

Bedrooms three and two are both doubles and offer views over the side and front garden. Bedroom four has a small ensuite with toilet and washbasin. The family bathroom is a three piece suite offering a bath with shower above.

There is a retractable ladder from the landing giving access to the large loft which could be converted to a large en suite bedroom STP.

Gardens

Orchard House sits in the centre of the plot allowing the large lawned areas to wrap around all sides. The well maintained garden includes a large lawned area, a range of mature shrubs, plants, and trees, as well as an orchard and three raised beds for vegetables and soft fruits

There is a long driveway to the property providing ample parking available on the shingle drive. There is also a double garage which has an office or hobbies room above. The double garage could potentially be developed into an annex, subject to any necessary consent.

Location

Sharnbrook is well-served with a large Surgery, Pharmacy, a Veterinary Practice, three churches, a cafe, hairdresser, florist, in addition to shops and two pubs. Rushden Lakes shopping complex, with free parking and all the shops you could need, is a ten minute drive away.

From four months to 18 years plus, there are educational facilities all within catchment and easy walking distance from Orchard House. For Private Schooling, the Harpur Trust schools in Bedford enjoy a good reputation.

Nine miles north of Bedford, Sharnbrook is just half an hour from the M1, with fast trains to St Pancras running 24 hours a day. Milton Keynes and Cambridge are a forty minute drive. Buses also pass through the village and go to Bedford and Rushden.

There is an established village playing fields’ association offering tennis, bowls, football and cricket, a social club and a village hall.