5 bedroom detached house for sale

Traditional village living with stunning views, gardens and garage.

Description

Brook House is a charming period property set within the village conservation area. The house was sympathetically improved three years ago, particularly with the addition of the garden room off the kitchen/breakfast room.

The house offers well-maintained, spacious and versatile living. Various period features include an open fireplace, deep window boards, exposed floor boards, four-panel internal doors and wooden porch.

On the ground floor there is an impressive dining hall with oak floor and principal staircase to the first-floor landing. Further reception rooms include a sitting room, with secondary staircase rising to the first floor, a drawing room with attractive dual aspect and open fireplace with stone mantel surround, together with a useful study.

A notable feature of the property is a spacious kitchen/breakfast room opening into the garden room, from which double doors provide access to a paved entertaining area and the landscaped gardens beyond. The kitchen includes a generous range of farmhouse-style painted units, free-standing island unit, oil-fired two-oven Aga, built-in Siemens conventional oven, steam oven and De Dietrich hob, and there is also a walk-in pantry area with access to the utility room.

To the first floor, there are two landing areas providing access to the bedroom accommodation which comprises five double bedrooms. There is one en suite bathroom, with a shower unit, and two additional bathrooms, one of which also has a shower unit.

The landscaped, partly walled gardens provide a beautiful, tranquil setting to Brook House. The property fronts the quiet Church Lane and there is a block-paved driveway which provides off-road parking and access to a garage (with electric door) which includes a boiler and a door to the utility room.

The principal gardens adjoin paddock land and the total plot extends to around a third of an acre. The gardens are largely laid to lawn and are well stocked with flower, shrub and herbaceous borders.

Outside the garden room there is a paved terrace ideal for outside entertainment and alfresco dining, while a gazebo offers further seating space, with adjacent ornamental pond. Further features include clipped hedging, topiary, vegetable garden, garden stores, greenhouse, oil tank and wood store, and a second gazebo.

Location

Lillingstone Lovell is a small village on the Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire border. It has a 13th century church near Brook House.

Everyday amenities are located at the historic market town of Buckingham (about 6 miles) with Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets, while Towcester has Waitrose, Tesco and Aldi supermarkets and both have many individual stores.

More extensive facilities can be found in Milton Keynes and Bicester retail village. Located with access to both the M1 just east of Milton Keynes and the M40 at Bicester, with intercity rail from Milton Keynes to London/Euston in about 35 minutes.

A selection of educational establishments includes the Royal Latin Grammar School and Buckingham school. Independent preparatory schools at Akeley Wood, Beachborough (Westbury), Winchester House (Brackley) and Swanbourne (nr Winslow), with senior independent schools including Stowe School, Akeley Wood and Thornton College (girls).

Sporting and leisure activities include golf at Buckingham and Whittlebury; National Trust house and gardens at Stowe; motor racing at Silverstone; cinema and theatre at Bicester, Milton Keynes and Oxford; sailing at Caldecotte Lake; water sports at Willen Lake; indoor skiing and snowboarding at the Snozone in Milton Keynes.

Please note all distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,360 sq ft



Additional Info

AGENTS NOTE: We wish to inform prospective buyers of this property that the seller is a relative of an employee of Savills.