5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Victorian character home
- Former School and Headmaster's Cottage
- Four bedrooms and two bedrooms
- Three refitted bathrooms and cloakroom
- Off road parking for four cars
- Enclosed private garden
- 30 ft. former school room with exposed brickwork
- Character features throughout.
The sitting room, which was once the main classroom, has five gothic arched windows overlooking the garden with original decorative brickwork. There is a galleried landing with views over the seating area and triple arched window to the side aspect.
The rear garden has a shaped terrace leading to an elevated lawn with established borders and a garden shed. The gravelled driveway provides off road parking for four cars. There is a front door to the Headmaster's Cottage and a separate door to the Old School behind a low brick wall with wrought iron railings and a gate.
Rooms
Ground Floor
An entrance vestibule with a vaulted ceiling leads to the entrance hall which has exposed brick faced walls, exposed timbers, ceramic tiled flooring, and the original door to the sitting room. The sitting room has a fireplace housing a log burning stove, and the pentagonal shaped seating area has a vaulted ceiling detailed with exposed timbers. The kitchen/breakfast room has been refitted with a modern range of units with a breakfast bar and built-in appliances. The dining room has a bespoke oak rear lobby with double doors leading to the rear.
First Floor
The first floor landing has a gallery over the sitting room with arched windows to the side aspect. The refitted bathroom has a side panel bath, wash basin and WC and there is also a refitted shower room. Bedrooms one, two and three are double bedrooms with Velux windows. Bedroom one has a mezzanine storage area, bedroom two has a built-in wardrobe, and bedroom three has a circular window at the front.
The Headmaster's House
On the ground floor there is utility room with built-in units and an authentic brick fireplace, there are stairs to the first floor and a door to a refitted ground floor shower room. There is a door to the study, also with a brick fireplace, a bay window overlooking the front, and a separate front door. On the first floor there are two further bedrooms with built-in storage in the smaller bedroom
Situation and Schooling
Shefford is a market town with a population of around 7,300 people, sitting on the point where the rivers Hit and Flit meet to become the Ivel. The town has a range of shops and facilities as well as restaurants and coffee shops. Schools include Samuel Whitbread Academy (Ofsted Good,13 - 18 years) and Robert Bloomfield Academy (Ofsted Outstanding, 9 -13 years) and Shefford Lower School (Ofsted Good, 3 -9 years). There is also a bus service to the four Harpur Trust Independent Schools with walking distance from the property.
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