3 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- Grade II listed period detached property
- Three double bedrooms; two bathrooms
- Two reception rooms
- Open plan Aga kitchen/breakfast room
- Oil fired heating
- Ground floor cloakroom
- Landscaped south facing garden
- Driveway, garage and outbuildings
The property is believed to date from the late 17th or early 18th century and is of limestone rubble construction under a clay tiled roof. Retained character features include period fireplaces, exposed beams and timbers, ledge and brace wooden doors and a flagstone floor in the reception hall. There are two reception rooms, both with a door to the rear garden. There is also a cloakroom and a kitchen/breakfast room on the ground floor. The first floor is accessed via two separate staircases and has three double bedrooms, served by two separate bathrooms, one of which is en suite to the principal bedroom.
Rooms
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The current entrance to the property is at the rear with access via an oak stable door into the kitchen/breakfast room. This has exposed beams and timbers and dual aspect leaded light windows, and is fitted with a range of oak units with complementary work surfaces and has a two oven oil fired Aga and an integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher.
Outside
A timber five bar gate leads into a sweeping driveway which provides parking and access to the detached timber garage and additional timber outbuildings for garden machinery storage. A fenced area encloses the oil storage tank. The gardens extend to the side and rear and are principally lawned with established borders and a variety of mature trees interspersed. There are crazy paved pathways, a split level paved outdoor entertaining area and a Wishing Well.
Situation and Schooling
Pavenham is a village about 6 miles from Bedford. Community facilities include a public house, Pavenham Park Golf Club, Pavenham Cricket Club, Pavenham Tennis Club, and Pavenham village hall, recreation field and play park. The village is in catchment for Sharnbrook Academy, while the independent Harpur Trust schools are located in Bedford.