Description
A recently renovated 1950s brick under tile five bedroom detached chalet style house with a carriage driveway and a plot of approximately 0.25 acres. The property is on Rectory Lane with three other similar houses with countryside views to the rear. It is set back from the road with a block paved carriage driveway, a lawned front garden and mature shrubs. The rear garden has a paved seating area positioned to take advantage of the far reaching views.
There is approximately 3,611sq. ft. of accommodation with an entrance hall with cloakroom, and up to seven reception rooms including a sitting room, dining room, snug, family room, and study. There is also a home office with potential for conversion into a one bedroom annexe. The kitchen/breakfast room has been completely refitted and has a range of built in units and a walk-in pantry. The principal bedroom suite has a dressing room with built-in wardrobes and an en suite bathroom. There are four further bedrooms and a four piece family bathroom.
Ground Floor The entrance hall has a high vaulted ceiling, stairs to a galleried landing, a fireplace and a hard wood floor. In the sitting room, the brick built inglenook style fireplace has an inset wood burning stove. The dining room has double doors to the garden. The kitchen has an oil fired Aga in a fireplace recess, an oven and a central island which has an electric hob with a cooker hood over.
First Floor The principal bedroom measures over 20 ft. square and has a range of built-in wardrobes as well as an opening to a dressing room which has built-in wardrobes along two walls, and access to the en suite bathroom. Bedroom two has a built-in dressing area and bedroom four has built in wardrobes. The fifth bedroom is currently used as a dressing room.
Home Office A former double garage on the right of the property has been partially converted and is currently used as an office but there is scope to create an annexe if required. A separate front door opens into the home office which has a cloakroom and a door to a play room/garage area. The adjoining family room could also be incorporated as part of an annexe if desired.
Situation and Schooling Lilley is a small village and civil parish between Hitchin and Luton in Hertfordshire, The church, rebuilt in the 19th century, contains some original features and a fine Elizabethan heraldic memorial. There is also a village pub and it is about 10 minutes' drive from Hitchin town centre which has a range of schools including the Boys' and Girls' schools which are both rated Outstanding by Ofsted and the Priory School, the only co-educational secondary school in Hitchin.
