Floorplan
Map5 bedroom house for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Extended flint and brick period cottage
- Five bedrooms
- Family bathroom, two shower rooms, one en suite
- Sitting room with log burner, snug
- Games room with home office above
- Kitchen/dining/family room with separate laundry room
- 0.18 acres of secluded, established gardens
- Off street parking for multiple cars, garage
The cottage has nearly 2,180 sq. ft. of accommodation over two floors. The entrance hall has double doors to a kitchen/dining/family room with bi-fold doors to the patio. More double doors and four steps down access the snug with built-in wooden bookshelves. Another door leads to the sitting room in the oldest part of the property with three windows overlooking the lane, one of which is floor-to-ceiling and all have timber lintels. There are exposed beams and a brick fireplace with a lintel and a woodburning stove on a brick hearth. A corridor off the entrance hallway leads to a shower room and games room with a bedroom and study above. The first floor of the main house has four bedrooms accessed via two staircases. Each room has fitted wardrobes and one has an en suite shower room.
Rooms
Kitchen/Dining/Family Room
The over 27 f. by 17 ft. kitchen/dining/family room is triple aspect with a tiled floor and underfloor heating. The kitchen has in-frame Shaker style solid wood cabinetry and a granite worktop and upstands. A door at the end of the kitchen leads to a separate laundry room. There is a breakfast bar seating four and space for a dining table and family seating area which has bi-fold doors to the patio. Integrated appliances include a double oven, an induction hob, and a dishwasher. There is space for a washing machine and a freestanding American style fridge/freezer. Stairs rise to the principal bedroom on the first floor.
Bedrooms
Stairs from either the kitchen/dining/family room or from the sitting room lead to the first floor. The principal bedroom is at the rear of the property and has built-in wardrobes, a window overlooking the side garden and a three piece en suite shower room. A door from the principal bedroom leads to a landing with steps down to three further bedrooms and a family bathroom. Stairs by the games room access a further bedroom and a study, both with Velux windows.
Outside
The cottage is approached by a block paved driveway with space for three/four cars. There are gardens on both sides joined via a path at the rear. The easterly facing garden has a summer house and is mainly laid to lawn and screened by mature hedging and a retaining brick wall. The westerly facing garden has a curved patio with a pond, a vine-covered pergola, and a path to a sunken hot tub and a further seating area. An area of level lawn has established shrub borders.
Situation and Schooling
The village of Great Kimble has a C of E primary school, a church, The Swan public house, and Griffin House Prep. School. Little Kimble railway station is a 10 minutes’ walk. The bus stop is by the church providing transport to Aylesbury and High Wycombe, including the grammar schools. The market town of Princes Risborough (2.4 miles) has shops, restaurants, schooling for all ages, a tennis and bowls club, a golf club, and a mainline station.
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