4 bedroom detached house for sale

An extremely characterful beamed detached cottage, the origins of which are understood to date from the 16th Century. This appealing Grade II listed property has tile hung upper elevations under a pitched clay tiled roof and enjoys a delightful semi-rural position south of Mark Cross village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The property affords fine far reaching views over neighbouring countryside to both the front and rear, in particular from the top floor. The accommodation, which extends over three floors and abounds with quintessential timbered features and oil fired central heating throughout, to the ground floor has two reception rooms with inglenook fireplaces and woodburners, the office also has a fireplace. The kitchen/family space has quarry tiling throughout and three areas of granite worktops including a central island with storage beneath. There is a twin bowl glazed Butler’s sink, an oil fired AGA with assorted storage to either side plus a ‘back-up’ oven and hob. There is also an integrated fridge/freezer, an external door to the rear and a boiler set beneath the second staircase to the first floor. There is also a ground floor shower room/WC. On the first floor. the principal bedroom has a window to the front, extensive wardrobe storage and a spacious en suite bathroom with a white suite, chrome fittings and underfloor electric heating. There are two further bedrooms to the first floor and on the top floor an attic bedroom 4 and a family bathroom, also with a characterful white suite with chrome fittings, a claws foot roll top bath and a window to the front elevation which affords wonderful views to the south. The grounds extend to 1.25 acres. The property is accessed via a shared drive with parking and turning, plus electric point. A substantial timber outbuilding acts as an office or could provide overflow accommodation. This too has a woodburner, kitchenette and shower room/WC. External features include a large pond, raised terraced area to the rear of the house with plunge pool and barbeque area - all of which enjoy fine far reaching views to the north.