5 bedroom house

History and Heritage

The property is a Grade II listed stone house with a part tiled and part slate roof, built in the 1600s – 1700s. Character features include original single pane leaded windows throughout, latch and brace doors, half glazed doors and original fireplaces. There are cast iron radiators throughout.

The house is believed to have been thatched until the late 1800s and is thought to have originally been a farmhouse on the Beachborough Estate. The house is L shaped and was extended in 1801 adding a rear wing to the north end. The current vendors have owned the property since 1994. They have undertaken sympathetic updates including replumbing and rewiring, and new flooring to some rooms. In 2012 they added a conservatory and re-roofed one end of the property including adding Velux windows.

Ground Floor

A half glazed door leads into the entrance hall which accesses the dining room and drawing room. The hall has flagstone flooring, an exposed ceiling beam and there is a door to the rear garden. A staircase, with elm balustrades and understairs storage, leads to the first floor. There are two shower rooms on the ground floor, both with vanity washbasins and shower cubicles and one with built-in storage cupboards and an exposed brick wall. There is also a back kitchen which has a range of floor and wall mounted units with an integrated Bosch double oven and a dishwasher. It has space and plumbing for a washing machine and space for a freestanding fridge.

Principal Reception Rooms

The drawing room has an inglenook with working open fireplace, dual aspect windows overlooking the front and rear gardens with window seats beneath, a re-laid oak floor and an exposed ceiling beam. The dining room has dual aspect windows with window seats, an open fireplace and recessed shelving. It also has a relaid oak floor and an exposed ceiling beam. The sitting room can be accessed via steps from the conservatory and has a built-in TV unit with storage along the length of one wall. It has exposed ceiling beams. Steps lead down from the sitting room to the study which has stone flooring, an inglenook with an inset calor gas stove, dual aspect windows and doors to front and side gardens. There is a built-in cupboard and stairs to the first floor with an understairs storage cupboard.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

The bespoke kitchen/breakfast room is hand built and hand painted and has exposed ceiling beams. It has a range of wall and base units with Caesarstone work surfaces with a butler sink. Integrated Neff appliances include an oven and microwave, a fridge, and a dishwasher and there is an integrated bin and a spice cupboard. An inglenook houses an oil fired Aga. The central island has a matching work surface and an integrated Neff double oven and induction hob as well as a Neff fridge. It also has a breakfast bar with seating, and display shelves below. There is a walk-in pantry with space for a fridge and a utility cupboard with space and plumbing for a washing machine. A door leads to a staircase, with original elm balustrades, to the first floor and there is a door to the rear garden. A further door leads to stairs to the cellar, which has original flagstone flooring and has space for three freestanding fridge/freezers, and a tumble dryer.

Conservatory

There is an opening from the kitchen/breakfast room to the conservatory which has a vaulted ceiling with Velux windows and French doors to the front garden. There is flagstone flooring and room for a table seating eight.

First Floor Principal Bedrooms

The first floor is accessed by three separate staircases. There is an inner landing which has ladder access to a loft which runs from outside the master bedroom to the end of the wing. There is also a family room which has a vaulted beamed ceiling with a Velux window, dual aspect windows and fitted storage cupboards, along with space for a sofa and a piano. The master bedroom has dual aspect windows, one with a window seat, and a vaulted ceiling. It has a feature fireplace with wooden mantel and surround, a built-in wardrobe and a reconditioned elm wood floor. Bedroom two has a window overlooking the front garden and Velux windows to the rear. There are exposed ceiling beams and built-in wardrobes. These two bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom which has a double walk-in shower cubicle with rainfall shower, an original freestanding clawfoot bath, twin wash basins and a separate WC. It has a vaulted ceiling, a re-laid oak floor and built-in storage cupboards.

Other Bedrooms

There are three further bedrooms. One has dual aspect windows with window seats, two built-in cupboards, an original feature cast iron fireplace and an exposed ceiling beam. Another has a vaulted ceiling with a Velux window, and built-in wardrobes spanning one wall. The remaining bedroom has a built-in cupboard, original wood flooring and a window overlooking the rear garden.

Gardens and Grounds

The established, private gardens wraparound the property and have been professionally designed. The rear garden is predominately laid to lawn with mature tree and shrub borders and features a prominent Yew tree which is thought to be over 200 years old. There is a pergola next to a paved terrace and a further seating area. An archway through a dividing Yew hedge leads to a side garden which has an area of raised lawn enclosed by a stone wall, which was formerly used as a play area. The front garden has a lawned area with mature tree and shrub borders, including birch and beech trees, with a central water feature.

Westbury

Westbury is a village in northern Buckinghamshire, 2.5 miles from the market town of Brackley and 5 miles west of Buckingham. Both offering a range of shopping and leisure facilities, a library, and dental and GP surgeries. The village boasts a small shop full of local products; fruit and vegetables and everyday essentials. There is a village hall which hosts a number of clubs and activities, and there is also a Westbury Cricket Club and a Westbury Village Club. Local schools include Beachborough School, a private prep school which is in the village itself, along with being in the catchment area for the Royal Latin (grammar) school. Westbury can trace its roots back to Saxon times when an entrenched camp was built on a mound north east of the church in 867 A.D. The history of the village is depicted in specially-commissioned woodcarvings which now form an historic village trail throughout Westbury.