Description
A seven bedroom detached former rectory with a separate four bedroom annexe set in approximately 0.51 acre located in the village of Stoke Hammond Located in the village of Stoke Hammond dating back to the 16th Century and extended in the 18th Century. The property is adjacent to the local church and has a self-contained four bedroom two-storey annexe which can be used as a rental, granny annexe, office or teenager space.
With many original features including flagstone and pamment floors, plaster work ceilings and cornices, fireplaces and beams, the property has two staircases, secret doors and a covered well in the utility room
Outside, the property has in excess of 0.5 acres with lawns, mature trees and shrubs. Accessed via wrought iron gates, the driveway passes the annexe and main house along with walled boundaries and there is a double garage and sheds. There is a private courtyard along with steps up to the first floor of the annexe as well as ground floor access into the annexe kitchen/dining room
Conveniently located for London by road and rail via Leighton Buzzard station (4 miles) to Euston (29 minutes)
Ground Floor Highlights The entrance hall has stairs to the first floor and accesses the drawing room and dining room. An inner hallway leads to a second staircase to the first floor. The drawing room has an open fireplace and a door to a patio area, as well as double doors into the study. The dining room has a secret door into the breakfast room which has an inglenook fireplace with log burner and bread oven. The kitchen has an oil fired Nobel cooker and an electric hob/ oven, utility room and a walk-in larder. There is also a door to the courtyard garden.
First and Second Floor Highlights The landing has a gallery area and accesses two bedrooms. It leads to an inner landing which accesses three further bedrooms and three bath or shower rooms. Bedroom four has a secret door with stairs and a passage to the inner landing. On the second floor, there are two further bedrooms and a bathroom
Annexe The annexe was built in the 1980's. On the ground floor there is a kitchen/dining room, utility room, sitting room, separate cloak and shower rooms as well as two ground floor bedrooms. On the first floor, which can be accessed via external and internal stairs, there are two further bedrooms which are currently in use as games and family rooms. There is a wooden balcony overlooking the garden.
Situation and Schooling In the village there is a local shop and The Dolphin public house. A short distance from Grand Union Canal, Liscombe Park Country Club has health cub and equestrian facilities. Nearby leisure facilities include Woburn Golf and the Three Locks Golf and Country Club (about 2 miles). Shopping facilities are available in Leighton Buzzard (about 3 miles) and Central Milton Keynes (about 9 miles). The property is situated within the Aylesbury grammar schools catchment area and there are GP surgeries and dental practitioners in Leighton Buzzard.
