Floorplan
Map5 bedroom cottage for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Grade II listed thatched cottage
- Five bedrooms
- Three reception rooms
- Three bathrooms
- Kitchen/breakfast room
- Utility and cloakroom
- Two single garages and workshop
- Overlooks the village green
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The Old Bakehouse overlooks the village green and church and retains much period character with exposed ceiling beams, flag stone floors, an inglenook fireplace with a bread oven in the sitting room, and a feature fireplace in bedroom three.
There is separate garaging for two cars, driveway parking for a further two cars, and scope for a workshop and office space in existing outbuildings. The property was re-thatched with reed in January 2022.
Rooms
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of base and wall units with granite work surfaces and a double butler’s sink. There is space and plumbing for a dishwasher, an American style fridge/freezer, and an electric Aga set into a recess with a beam over. The room has travertine flooring, a dual aspect with two window seats at the front, a separate pantry cupboard and space for a six-seater dining table. There is a stable door in a porch to the garden, and a door to the utility room which has space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer and access to a cloakroom.
Bedrooms and Bathrooms
Three double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes lead off the main landing (with space for a study area). The refitted shower room has a double shower, electric underfloor heating, and a heated towel rail. The bathroom has high level cistern, a basin set in a cabinet, and a bath with a shower and screen over. A vaulted fourth bedroom is on the second floor and bedroom five with an en suite shower room which is reached via a second staircase off the utility room.
Outside
A single garage with an electric up and over door houses the oil fired boiler and is open at the rear to a block paved drive and a further brick under slate garage with one door. This has power and lighting, an electric up and over door, and a vaulted first floor space with potential for ancillary use subject to the necessary consents. The enclosed rear garden has lawns, paved or gravelled seating areas, and beds and borders. There is a greenhouse, a potting area, and a timber outbuilding with power and lighting.
Schooling and Situation
Abthorpe has a church, a public house, and a village green. Local schools include Silverstone Church of England School, and Sponne School in Towcester, Akeley Wood Senior School, Royal Latin School in Buckingham and Stowe School, Stowe.
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