5 bedroom detached house for sale

A landmark Grade II listed former Mill House located on the historic High Street, providing exceptionally well presented accommodation throughout and set within glorious landscaped gardens.

Description

Standing prominently at the Western end of the historic High Street on the corner of Mill Lane, Town Mill represents one of the finest landmark buildings in Old Amersham. Believed to date from around 1640 and with further extensions both Georgian and later, Town Mill is thought to have been built on the site of one of the three water mills at Amersham mentioned in the doomsday book. Over time the property was used for paper making and, in the early part of the 18th century it was operated by the Weller Brewery family as a Malt Mill. It remained a working mill, latterly to grind corn until the 1930’s.

Subsequently, The Mill became a residential property linked as a single dwelling with the handsome Millers house to the front which together constitute the magnificent Grade II listed Town Mill residence.

Since becoming custodians of this fine family home, the current owners have undertaken an extensive project of restoration and improvement involving considerable reconfiguration of the internal space to provide exceptionally well-presented accommodation to ground and first floors with a thoughtful and well planned layout.

The ground floor accommodation provides both formal and informal living spaces with an impressive, elegant open plan drawing room/dining room ideal for formal entertaining. A newly created kitchen and sun room provides a lovely informal family space, characterized by its unique glass box reception area overlooking the sumptuous gardens and opening out on to a lovely covered outside entertaining area.

Further living space is provided by an office/study and informal “snug” which in turn leads through to practical living spaces including a good size utility room, boot room and shower room. An internal door also leads to the integral double garage.

On the first floor a wonderful “floating” staircase rises into a remodelled, light and airy galleried landing. There are three bedroom suites on this floor, with the principal bedroom enjoying a luxury en suite bath & shower room along with a walk in wardrobe. Positioned to the rear of the property is a large triple aspect first floor reception. This superb additional living space has its own kitchen facilities and features double doors looking up the river in the rear gardens and leading out to a wrought iron balcony and external staircase.

From the landing a further staircase leads to a clever split level floor comprising an ideal reception or bedroom with en suite bathroom and two further double bedrooms, both in need of some decorative remedial work. Accessed from the study is an extensive loft area providing ample storage.

Town Mill occupies a mature plot of 0.6 acre with extensively and lovingly landscaped gardens designed to enhance the River Misbourne which gently meanders under an ornamental foot bridge and through a mill race, under the courtyard and garages, to reappear across Mill Lane and behind cottages on the High Street.

There are extensive areas of lawn, beautifully planted beds, rockery, terrace and folly. A courtyard provides ample parking and turning space approached via electrically operated entrance gates off Mill Lane.

Location

Amersham, arguably more than any other similar small town in England, preserves within the streets of the Old Town the same general appearance that it displayed during the 17th and 18th century with its wide High Street and picturesque mix of period buildings, boutique shops, public houses and restaurants.

Located approximately 27 miles from London, Amersham is located in the heart of the Chilterns deemed an area of outstanding natural beauty. Amersham on the Hill provides comprehensive shopping facilities and amenities as well as the Metropolitan/Chiltern Line station providing a London commuter service to Baker Street/Marylebone respectively. The M25 is accessible at J18 (Chorleywood) and the M40 at J2 (Beaconsfield).

The area is renowned for its excellent range of schools including Dr Challoner's Grammar School for boys in Amersham and High School for girls in Little Chalfont.

Square Footage: 5,490 sq ft


Acreage: 0.6 Acres

Additional Info

NB: External images taken July 2023