Description
A Grade II listed four bedroom cottage with character features, two reception rooms and gardens to the front and rear, within walking distance of amenities in Winslow town centre and with no upper chain. This 16th-century, timber framed, brick under tile cottage has approximately 1,639 sq. ft of accommodation over four floors. The vendors have lived here for the last 27 years, and the Grace family for 200 years before that. The ground floor has a kitchen, a dining room, a sitting room, a cloakroom, and access to a cellar, which measures over 12 ft. by nearly 11 ft. On the first floor there are three bedrooms and a four piece family bathroom. The fourth bedroom is on the second floor within the roof eaves.
The cottage is in the conservation area and retains many original features including a jetty overhanging the street, herringbone brickwork, oak floorboards, exposed beams, flagstone flooring, fireplaces, a wooden staircase with a twist, and a cobbled courtyard. Built-in furniture has been tastefully restored.
There is an enclosed low maintenance rear garden with a summerhouse and a cottage garden at the front. The property is in catchment for the Royal Latin Grammar School.
Kitchen, Sitting Room and Dining Room There are three entrances to the cottage, one into the kitchen and two into the dual aspect sitting room. This room has an open inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam and a bread oven, and there are ceiling beams and stone flooring. The dining room is a Georgian, late 18th-century extension with a sash bay window, wooden flooring, and a cast iron fireplace. The inner hall has stairs to the cellar and flagstone flooring which continues into the kitchen, which has a range of handmade wooden units with Elm worktops and a butler's sink.
Outside The cottage is approached via a gated path with a wrought iron arch covered in climbers. The raised garden, enclosed by fencing and a mature hedge, has a courtyard for outside dining. The enclosed rear garden is mainly laid to artificial lawn and has a patio. The summerhouse has electricity, heating, and Wi-Fi, and could be used as a home office. Planning permission was granted in 2020 (now expired) for a single storey extension off the kitchen to add a breakfast room.
Situation and Schooling The market town of Winslow has a range of shopping and leisure facilities, GP and dental surgeries, a library and a range of public houses and restaurants. The town also has a Church of England combined school and the Sir Thomas Fremantle secondary school. Winslow is also in the catchment area for the Royal Latin School in Buckingham.
