4 bedroom barn conversion for sale

This charming barn conversion in a bucolic Bedfordshire village presents characterful accommodation with potential to update, set on a 0.70 acre (sts) churchside plot with an outbuilding, a double garage and a driveway.

Accommodation:
Converted from barn to house in the mid-20th century, this stone-built property is a charming residence with character features and a cosy feel. The current owners have lived here since the 1980s, and The Barn has been a cherished family home over the decades.

The accommodation offers great space, with separate living areas on the ground floor, and four double bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first. With lots of glazing, natural light flows in, and all outlooks are either down the garden or of the church.

The primary reception room is particularly spacious, with capacity for comfy sofas, armchairs by the fire at one end, perhaps a play area to the other. The stove gives warmth in winter, and the trio of tall windows brings breeze and brightness come summer.

The second reception room is used as a dining room. This has doors onto the patio for dining al fresco, and is next to the kitchen for convenience. There’s potential to open up the layout if preferred.

The kitchen is fitted in a farmhouse style, with wooden cabinets, light surfaces, tiled splashbacks and flooring and a ceramic sink. There’s an integrated hob and double oven, plus gaps for freestanding appliances such as a fridge/freezer and a dishwasher. There’s space for a table for informal family meals, maybe an island too.

Next to the kitchen is the utility room, with gaps for further appliances, more cabinets, two generous storage cupboards, and an access door to the garden.

Upstairs from the dining room, past a feature arched window, the landing is both long and large, with the option for seating and a workspace. Bedroom one, private at the end of the landing, has fitted furniture and a bank of built-in wardrobes, as well as an en suite shower room. The remaining three bedrooms share the family bathroom, and there’s also a useful cloakroom downstairs.

Outside:
The Barn is positioned on a plot of circa 0.7 acres (sts) To the front is a gravel driveway and a double garage providing plenty of parking. The outbuilding in the garden grants substantial storage. Split into sections, there’s flexibility to create a workshop, a garden room, even an art studio (conversion and/or connection to the house stp).
The southerly facing garden is fantastic, especially for a family. The lawn is expansive for little ones to run around, and the flagstone patio spans the full width of the house for ample space to sit on a sunny day. There are well-established and beautifully maintained trees and plants in abundance, plus an orchard and an allotment. Behind the rear boundary are fields.

The property has the benefit of a right of way to the rear over the neighbouring property (Church Barn).

Area:
The Barn is in a bucolic location tucked away at the top of Church Green. All Saints Church is opposite, and the primary school, the village hall and the local pub are within steps of the front door. A little further down the road is the garden centre, which stocks pantry essentials and a wide range of wares, and also has a café and a Post Office.
Milton Ernest provides plenty of opportunity for fresh air and the great outdoors, with playing fields on the eastern edge, the River Great Ouse running to the south, and scenic countryside in all directions.
This small village is only 10 minutes from Bedford’s town centre, mainline station and Harpur Trust schools. Sharnbrook and Lincroft Academies are even closer. Supermarkets, retail parks and all sorts of entertainment are within easy reach, Milton Keynes and St Neots are half an hour away, and you can be in Cambridge in an hour.