Description
A Grade II listed 17th-century thatched cottage with flexible accommodation and an established rear garden, with off street parking and a garage in the centre of Quainton village. The property was historically a public house known as The Sportsman but is now a home with approximately 1,773 sq. ft. of accommodation arranged over two floors. On the ground floor are five reception areas, including an open plan sitting/family room, an open entrance hallway/snug, a dining room, and a study. The kitchen is accessed from a secondary entrance lobby which also accesses the utility room, the downstairs four piece shower room, and the dining room. On the first floor are three bedrooms reached via two staircases and a Jack and Jill bathroom shared by bedrooms one and two.
The property has a newly thatched ridge (Dec 2024) and retains additional character features such as exposed wooden beams, and an inglenook style fireplace.
There is parking along the front of the property ahead of the detached garage. There is also a mature lawned garden with a stone paved patio at the rear.
Ground Floor The ground floor is flexible due to the five reception areas. The ground floor shower room also gives the option of using one of the reception rooms as a bedroom. At the front of the property is the open plan sitting/family room, with exposed beams, an inglenook fireplace, and a staircase leading to the first floor. The entrance hallway/snug has a second staircase leading to bedrooms two and three. The centrally placed kitchen, leads to the utility room, the dining room and onwards to the study. The study, with French doors opening to the rear patio, could be used as a bedroom or garden room.
Outside To the rear is a mature south facing garden. Adjacent to the end of the house and alongside the garage, is a stone paved seating area with an electrically operated awning over. The lawn has some low stone walling and established shrub and herbaceous borders. At the rear of the garden is a timber summerhouse with glazed double doors and windows. In front, is parking for three cars ahead of the painted brick-built garage with a pitched clay tiled roof.
Situation and Schooling The village of Quainton has a Church of England combined school, a village store, tennis courts, a windmill, a football pitch, a playground, a church, and The George and Dragon public house as well as a tea room. Local private schools include Ashfold School, Swanbourne House School, Stowe School, and Akeley Wood School. The property is also in catchment for Waddesdon Church of England secondary school and Aylesbury's grammar schools.
