Description
A Grade II listed 17th century five bedroom detached cottage extended in the late 20th century, with off street parking and a garage and set on a plot of 0.33 acres. The property is set in a slightly elevated position on a quiet country road in the Hertfordshire village of Rushden.
The original Oak front door is set in the middle of the property and leads into the family room. The current entrance opens to a hall with stairs to a fifth bedroom with en suite bathroom over the garage, and access to the recently refitted kitchen. There are four reception rooms.
Two staircases lead to the two first floor areas each with two bedrooms. There is a ground floor shower room and a first floor bathroom.
At the front there is off street parking for two cars and an over 20ft. garage. The private mature gardens face south east and wrap around one side of the property.
Ground Floor The kitchen has just been refurbished and refitted with a range cooker, Shaker style units under white granite worksurfaces and upstands. The family room has an inglenook fireplace with a wood burning stove and exposed beams. The sitting room has another fireplace, a bay window with a window seat, and a door to the dining room which has views over the garden. In the extended part of the house there is a newly fitted shower room and two further reception rooms, the study has a gas fire and double doors to the garden.
First Floor In the original part of the house there are two dual aspect double bedrooms with exposed brickwork and beams. In the extended part of the house, off the second staircase, there is a dual aspect bedroom overlooking the front, a principal bedroom with windows to three aspects, and a newly re-fitted bathroom.
Outside At the front there are mature trees and hedgerows, and a gate to the original front door and a pathway around the front of the house. In the rear garden there is paved patio with a low wall surround and a variety of mature trees and shrubs. The garden is laid mainly to lawn and enclosed by fences and mature hedges. There is also a timber garden shed and hexagonal summer house with another patio area.
Situation and Schooling The village of Rushden has a public house, church and local garden centre with coffee shop and lies just 5.2 miles from the town of Buntingford and 5.4 miles from the Georgian town of Baldock. Sandon Primary School is 3 miles from the property, and The Knights Templar Secondary School is 5.5 miles away. Junction 10 of the A1 is just 7.3 miles away.
