3 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Converted former ticket office
- Three bedrooms and two bath/shower rooms (one en suite)
- Three reception rooms and first floor office
- Driveway parking
- Two garden stores
- Cottage gardens running alongside the station platform
- Railway side location
- 2.4 miles from market town of Princes Risborough
The building was first used as a residence in the 1960s when the then station master bought it. In the 1970s a comprehensive conversion to a residential property was commissioned by the new owner. It is a rare opportunity to purchase an operational station that has been converted into a home.
Rooms
About the House
The property is only 4 minutes’ drive from Chequers, a fact which is believed to have saved it from Beeching’s railway cuts in the 1960s as the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, preferred to travel to and from Chequers by train rather than car. The station has the reputation of being the least used station in Buckinghamshire but in 1998 it received the British Royal Train. The G8 Summit was held in Birmingham that year and the wives of the leaders, including Cherie Blair and Hilary Clinton travelled via Little Kimble, before being transferred to Chequers by limousine.
Outside
A gravel drive, with mature raised shrub borders, gives access to a parking area. A five bar gate leads to the rear garden which is terraced and has a path leading down the garden between areas of lawn, further shrub borders and mature trees. At the end of the garden is a fenced vegetable, soft fruit and herb garden with raised beds. The gardens are bordered by hedging to the roadside and railings on the platform side. There are also two garden stores.
Situation and Schooling
Little Kimble is a village approximately 3 miles from Princes Risborough and is situated close to the Chiltern Hills. The market town of Princes Risborough (2.4 miles) has shops, restaurants, schooling for all ages (including private), a tennis and bowls club, a golf club, and a mainline railway station. Little Kimble Station is walking distance away and gives access to Princes Risborough and London Marylebone. The property is in catchment for Great Kimble C of E School (Ofsted rated Outstanding) and for Aylesbury Grammar Schools.
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