Description
A Grade II listed five double bedroom detached farmhouse with four reception rooms, off street parking, planning permission for a garage and 5.32 acres of land in a village location within a 1.5 mile walk to Buckingham town centre and with no onwards chain. This 17th-century, stone under tiled roof property has been renovated by the current owner and has nearly 3,760 sq. ft. of accommodation arranged over three floors. On the ground floor there is an entrance hall, a utility/boot room, a cloakroom, a refitted kitchen/breakfast room leading into a garden room, and three separate reception rooms: a sitting room, a dining room, and a family room. On the first floor there are three double bedrooms, including the principal with a dressing room and a new four piece en suite shower room, and a new four piece family bathroom. The second floor has two more double bedrooms, a newly fitted wet room, and a play room/study.
Retained period features include exposed beams and feature stone walls, fireplaces, and reclaimed period wooden doors.
There is gravel off street parking for up to six cars. The south facing rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with a patio. At the rear there is over 5 acres of paddock enclosed by post and rail fencing.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room The newly fitted kitchen includes a range of base and wall units and an island including a breakfast bar, all with Quartz work surfaces. The island incorporates a range of drawers and an electric induction hob with a draw-down extractor. Integrated appliances include double electric ovens, a microwave, a coffee machine, a dishwasher, and a free-standing fridge/freezer. Stone flooring extends to the breakfast area which is open plan to the garden room. This has a pitched ceiling with bi-folding doors to the rear garden.
Sitting, Dining and Family Room The dual aspect sitting room has exposed ceiling beams and timbers. There is a feature stone fireplace, the window at the rear has a window seat and wooden shutters, and there is a door to the garden. The dining room, also dual aspect, has two windows with window seats and wooden shutters, an exposed stone wall, a ceiling beam, and a feature brick inglenook fireplace with a Bessemer beam. The family room has wood effect flooring and French doors to the rear garden.
Bedrooms and Bathrooms The principal bedroom is over 20 ft. long with views over the garden and paddocks. It has a dressing room and a tiled four piece en suite shower room with his and hers wash basins. Bedroom two is dual aspect and bedroom three has fitted wardrobes. The tiled four piece family bathroom has a separate shower and a free-standing bath tub. On the second floor in the roof eaves with exposed beams there are two more bedrooms, a playroom/study and a three piece shower room.
Situation and Schooling Chackmore is a hamlet in the parish of Radclive-cum-Chackmore. It is approached using the avenue that links Buckingham with Stowe Park. The hamlet is home to St James and St John Church of England Primary School and is in the catchment for the Royal Latin School. The market town of Buckingham (1.5 miles), offers a range of shopping and leisure facilities, a library, and dental and GP surgeries. Regular bus services connect to Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, Bicester, and Oxford.
