5 bedroom detached house for sale

An attractive double-fronted property, sensitively combining modern amenities and elegant décor with period features. It sits in a highly convenient location on the Hertfordshire border, near to local and market town amenities, the A road network and a mainline station with regular services to major regional centres including Cambridge and London.

Built in 1910 as accomodation for the head teacher and used as a school House until 1972, School House is an attractive part-rendered double-fronted family home offering 2,610 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged across two floors. Configured to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment, it combines modern amenities and elegant décor with period features including casement glazing, generously proportioned reception rooms and high ceilings. The accommodation flows from a welcoming part double-height reception hall with a staircase to a part-galleried first floor landing. It briefly provides a sitting room with a feature fireplace with an inset living flame gas fire, flanked on one side by a triple aspect drawing room which is currently used as a games room housing a full size snooker table and on the other by a part-wooden-floored sitting/dining room, both with French doors to the rear terrace. The property also benefits from a dual aspect study with fitted shelving and a dining room with a front aspect bay window and a feature open fireplace. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a kitchen, accessible from the sitting/dining room. It has a range of wall and base units, complementary worktops, tiled splashbacks, modern integrated appliances, a walk-in store and a door to a fitted utility room with an en suite cloakroom and rear terrace access.

The part-vaulted first floor houses a front aspect study, a rear aspect office, five bedrooms, three with useful sinks and one room also having a fitted dressing area, together with a fully tiled family shower room and a separate family bathroom with bath and separate shower enclosure.

Set behind an area of level lawn screened by mature hedging, the property is approached through a five-bar gate over a tarmacadam side driveway and forecourt providing private parking. The forecourt gives access to a front aspect veranda, while the driveway leads past the house to a detached double garage to the rear, both having pedestrian gates to the rear garden. The generous south-west-facing wraparound garden to the side and rear is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by numerous fruit trees including apple, pear, damson, greengage and
cherry and mature hedging. It features a summer house and a large wraparound block-paved terrace accessible from the drawing, dining/sitting and utility rooms, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole enjoying far-reaching views over neighbouring countryside.

Located off the A505, the Cambridgeshire hamlet of Odsey is surrounded on three sides by Hertfordshire countryside. It has a London-Cambridge mainline station, Ashwell & Morden (0.2 mile). The picturesque Hertfordshire village of Ashwell has amenities including a church, village hall, independent shopping, a butcher, hairdresser, garage, café, GP and dental surgeries, a pharmacy, recreation ground, pubs, sporting clubs and pre- and primary schools. The nearby market towns of Baldock and Royston and Cambridge city centre all offer more extensive shopping, educational and leisure facilities. Transportation links are excellent: in addition to the train station, the A1, A1(M) and M11 connect to major regional centres and the motorway network, and London Stansted Airport provides a wide range of domestic and international flights.

The area offers a good selection of state primary and secondary schooling together with independent schools including The Perse, St Francis’ College, St Christopher and Kingshott.