Description
A 19th century five bedroom detached cottage with a walled rear garden and driveway parking in the conservation area of Thurleigh, and for sale with no upper chain. The cottage, formerly a pair of cottages, has been extended and completely renovated by the current owners with careful attention paid to integrating the extension with the older part of the property. Traditional features include exposed stonework, exposed oak beams and timbers, feature fireplaces and a custom built staircase.
The versatile accommodation on the ground floor includes a dining hall, three separate reception rooms, a vaulted garden room, and an open plan kitchen/breakfast room. In addition, there is a gym and a cloakroom. On the first floor there are five bedrooms, a refitted family bathroom and a refitted shower room. The principal bedroom has a dressing room and an en suite shower room.
The driveway provides parking for one car and there is also a gravelled area which provides parking for one car and has an EV charger.
Kitchen/Breakfast/Family Room The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of bespoke painted units and an island, with a combination of Quartz and wooden work surfaces incorporating a Villeroy and Boch butler sink and a breakfast bar. Integrated appliances include a fridge/freezer, a dishwasher, and a wine cooler. A brick recess houses the Rangemaster cooker which is to remain. The oak framed breakfast area has natural light from floor to ceiling windows, four skylights and two doors to the rear garden. There is a reclaimed terracotta tiled floor throughout.
Rear Garden The walled rear garden is designed for ease of maintenance and has an artificial lawn, a shrub border and an outdoor entertaining area with steps up to the breakfast room. A further door leads to from the breakfast room leads to a covered paved courtyard which incorporates a log store. There is also a timber summerhouse.
Situation and Schooling Thurleigh is a North Bedfordshire village with a church, a village hall and a sports and social club. It has its own primary school and is in the Sharnbrook Academy catchment area. The A6 at Milton Ernest is 3 miles away and Bedford (8 miles) has a railway station with services to St. Pancras. The Harpur Trust schools are in Bedford, and Kimbolton School is 11 miles away. The property is 5 miles from The College Equestrian Centre at Keysoe, and 2 miles from the Thurleigh Equestrian Centre.
