Floorplan
Map3 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Features and description
- A Listed three/four bedroom detached cottage
- Kitchen/breakfast room, utility area
- Sitting room, family/dining room, study
- Ground floor bathroom, en suite shower room
- Period features throughout
- Wraparound gardens in a plot of approximately 0.3 acres
- Barn style detached double garage, driveway parking
- Overlooking paddocks and open countryside
At the rear, the main entrance opens to a hall with a step down to the kitchen/breakfast room. Off the kitchen, the utility area has space for a washing machine and tumble dryer and accesses a dual aspect, vaulted study in the gable end which has a fitted desk and cupboards, but could be used as a fourth bedroom. The ground floor bathroom has a bath, a walk-in shower, a vanity unit with an inset basin, and a WC. Both reception rooms are dual aspect with garden views and measure over 15 ft. by over 13 ft. The sitting room has beams, an open fireplace with a mantel over; the family/dining room has an inglenook fireplace with a woodburning stove and the staircase to the three first floor bedrooms and shower room.
Rooms
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room has bespoke, hand painted cabinetry, limestone worksurfaces and upstands with an inset butler’s sink. There is a matching central island, providing additional under counter storage and incorporating a circular wooden breakfast table seating two. Integrated appliances include a fridge/freezer, and a dishwasher. There is space for a range style cooker under a mantel with an extractor above and a tiled splashback.
First Floor
Stairs from the family/dining room, turn and lead up to the first floor landing with leaded casement windows as elsewhere. The principal bedroom has built-in wardrobes and a three piece en suite shower room. The second bedroom has fitted wardrobes running almost the full length of the room and views over the garden and open fields beyond. The third bedroom also overlooks the rear garden and has fitted wardrobes.
Outside
The property is approached via a five-bar gate which opens onto a gravel drive providing parking for multiple vehicles. There is a timber-built barn style double garage which has been part boarded to provide loft storage. The established garden wraps around the property and is mainly laid to lawn. It is enclosed by clipped hedging and timber fencing and is edged by flower and shrub borders.
Situation and Schooling
Great Hampden is a village in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a church, a public house, a community hall, and a cricket ground. More extensive amenities are available in the neighbouring Prestwood (3.6 miles), Princes Risborough (3.8 miles) and Great Missenden (4.4 miles). The property is in catchment for Speen C of E Infant School and a variety of grammar schools in nearby towns.
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