Description
A Grade II listed 19th century two bedroom detached former lodge to Mentmore Towers with outbuildings, approximately 1.01 acres of gardens and off street parking. Built by the Rothschilds in c. 1870 to a design by George Devey, and sympathetically restored by the current owner using conservation materials . The property is located at the bottom of Crafton Lodge Road, a no through road country lane and backs on to Mentmore Park, and forms part of the Mentmore Conservation Area. The grounds are mainly laid to lawn with estate fencing to the front and with a variety of mature trees and box and yew hedging. There is off street parking for up to four cars.
The ground floor has two reception rooms and a further room which could be used as a reception room or a ground floor bedroom. The kitchen has a vaulted ceiling, triple aspect windows overlooking the gardens and a door to the rear. There is also a utility/cloakroom. There are three entrances to the property. The front door is sheltered by a covered walkway.
Reception Rooms The sitting room has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, a cast iron fireplace and dual aspect windows overlooking the garden. It is open plan to the dining room which has a fireplace housing a log burning stove, a window overlooking the front garden and French doors to the rear garden. Both these rooms have parquet flooring. The third reception room could be used as a bedroom and has a lead lined bay window overlooking the garden, and an open fireplace.
First Floor The first floor landing has doors to the bedroom and bathroom. both with open fireplaces. The bathroom is fitted with Duravit sanitary wear, with Vola taps, a panel bath, twin washbasins, a WC and a bidet.
Outside The grounds consist of approximately 1.01 acres of lawned gardens with mature oak and hornbeam trees. A pedestrian gate opens to a path to the front door and double gates to hardstanding off street parking for up to four cars. There is paving around the property with a low retaining wall, and a red brick well. There is the original game larder, a Crittall greenhouse, and views across local countryside and Mentmore Park. Outside the kitchen there is a herb garden and a row of mature box balls.
Situation and Schooling The property is in catchment for Aylesbury grammar schools, Cheddington Combined School, Wingrave Church of England Combined School and Cottlesloe Secondary School in Wing. Leighton Buzzard (4.4 miles) and Tring (6.7 miles) both have shops, supermarkets and trains to Euston (Leighton Buzzard 30 minutes and Tring 37 minutes). Aylesbury (9.5 miles) has shopping, social and sports facilities, the Waterside Theatre, a cinema, a mainline railway station, a college, and a university.
