Under Offer
Chiltern Cottage
Rocky Lane, Kings Ash, Buckinghamshire, HP16 9NP
£835,000Guide price
Property Highlights
- Characterful period cottage
- Four bedrooms and two bath/shower rooms (one en suite)
- Three reception rooms
- Exposed beams and latch doors
- Cottage gardens to all sides of the house
- Driveway parking for four cars
- Hilltop semi-rural location
- Countryside views
Property description
A characterful period cottage set in an elevated position, with driveway parking, surrounded by gardens with distant countryside views.
The cottage, which is believed to date from the 17th century, is rendered under a tiled roof and occupies a central position in a plot, surrounded by established seasonal gardens. A covered porchway leads to the entrance hall with two staircases to the first floor bedrooms The sitting room has a study area and a wood burner. The dining room has garden views and leads to the kitchen with steps up to the breakfast room with French doors to the rear terrace. There is also a utility room and a boot room. The bedroom accommodation is over two floors with two ground floor bedrooms served by a family bathroom. The two first floor bedrooms are accessed by their own staircases, both with far reaching views and one with built-in wardrobes, a door to an external staircase, and an en suite shower room.
Internal Features
The cottage retains many original features, with numerous exposed painted wall and ceiling beams, cottage latch doors, and an inglenook fireplace in the sitting room. The kitchen has a range of fitted units with integrated appliances including an oven, a hob, a fridge, and a freezer. Some rooms are part vaulted and others enjoy garden views, notably the first floor bedrooms which also have views over distant countryside.
Outside
Approached via a lane, the house is surrounded by gardens with, from higher points, views over the landscape. A front driveway has parking for four cars and accesses a garden store. The cottage garden has shrubs, evergreens, and semi mature trees, and there are ponds, lawns, and a woodland garden edged by box hedging, and a store.
Situation and Schooling
Kings Ash is in the Chilterns Area of Natural Beauty, with extensive footpaths and woodland. The Old Swan at Swan Bottom is a mile away. Wendover, about 2.5 miles away, has restaurants, delis and pubs. The property is in catchment for Great Missenden C of E Primary School (Ofsted rated Good), Chesham Grammar School, Dr Challoners High School, and Dr Challoners Grammar School, all rated Outstanding.
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