5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- Grade II listed, extended cottage
- Inglenook with wood burner and original bread oven
- Five bedrooms, three bath or shower rooms
- Three reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room
- Utility room, cloakroom
- 0.32 acre plot with secluded rear garden, workshop, store
- Gated driveway parking
- No upper chain, Freehold
Many original features are retained including a brick inglenook fireplace which has an inset wood burning stove and an original bread oven. There are exposed wall and ceiling timbers and as well as internal latch doors.
The accommodation includes three reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, a two piece cloakroom and an externally accessible utility room on the ground floor. Upstairs, there are five good sized bedrooms; two have ensuite facilities, and a three piece family bathroom.
Rooms
Reception Rooms
The dual aspect sitting room extends to 23 ft. in length and provides access to a dual aspect study which overlooks the rear garden. In the extended section of the cottage, there is a formal dining room with exposed vertical wall timbers. There is potential to add some form of garden room off the kitchen subject to the relevant planning consent.
Outside
At the front there is gated access with off street parking for several cars. A section of lawn wraps around one side of the cottage and continues to the rear garden which has a paved patio for entertaining. The garden, with mature trees and herbaceous borders, also has a timber store and workshop.
Situation and Schooling
Henton is north of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with access to footpaths and bridleways including the Phoenix Trail and Ridgeway Path. There are livery yards and The Peacock Country Inn. Chinnor (1.5 miles), has primary schools and a GP surgery; Thame (5.8 miles) has shopping, social and sports facilities. Buses go to Lord William's Secondary School in Thame from Henton.