The Old Barn

Thrupp End, Station Road, Bedfordshire, MK43 0SL

Guide Price

£1,750,000

Property Highlights

Barn conversion with high specification features
Three en suite double bedrooms
Three separate reception rooms
Open plan kitchen/breakfast room with Aga
Utility and boiler rooms, two cloakrooms
Underfloor heating with integrated Biomass system
Landscaped gardens including a detached garden room and outdoor kitchen
Double garage with gym and first floor home office/games room
Open countryside views

Property description

The principal wing and one of three barn conversions with a gated driveway, a detached double garage with a gym and a first-floor home office, and a separate purpose-built garden room, within enclosed fully landscaped gardens in a rural position.

The property has approximately 3,840 sq. ft. of accommodation including an entrance hall, three reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, a utility room, a boiler/boot room, and a cloakroom, on the ground floor. Features include vaulted ceilings with exposed oak beams, exposed brickwork, and wall panelling. The principal bedroom has shuttered glazed double doors to the rear garden, an inset Heritage skylight, custom-built wardrobes, and a five piece en suite bathroom. The ground floor rooms have underfloor heating throughout and are finished with a combination of solid oak or limestone tiled flooring. On the first floor are two further bedrooms, both with en suite shower rooms with exposed quartz tiled floors. The gravel driveway provides access to the detached double garage with twin timber doors and includes a gym, a kitchenette area, and a separate cloakroom. At the side a staircase provides access to a first floor home office with Velux skylights and eaves storage.

Reception Rooms

The dining room has a brick inglenook fireplace and exposed brickwork and beams. Dual aspect windows and glazed double doors overlook the driveway and open to the garden; an oak herringbone parquet floor continues into the sitting room, accessed by oak and glazed double doors. It has a vaulted beamed ceiling with exposed brick walls. There is a centrally placed log burning stove on a tiled hearth and two pairs of glazed double doors to the limestone paved patio. The family room has an inglenook style fireplace set on a raised tiled hearth with exposed ceiling and wall beams and an exposed brick wall.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

The open plan over 25 ft. by 20 ft. kitchen/breakfast room with a vaulted ceiling has a kitchen with two-tone Shaker style Neptune cabinetry and a central island and breakfast bar, with a combination of granite and quartz work surfaces incorporating a butler’s sink with a Quooker tap. Integrated appliances include a five oven electric Aga, a double Fisher and Paykel dishwasher, and a larder fridge/freezer. Full-height glazed panels and double doors open to the rear garden.

Rear Garden

The garden is enclosed by post and rail fencing and mature hedgerow affording panoramic views over open countryside. Mainly lawned, there are hedge borders, trees, and a paved entertaining area. A brick pathway leads to the timber framed, oak floored outdoor garden room with a pitched roof which has a sitting area with a purpose-built bar with infrared heaters along its length, a custom fitted kitchenette area, and a log burning stove. Glazed bi-fold doors extend along one side.

Situation and Schooling

Lidlington is just off the A507 between Ampthill and Ridgemont. Amenities include a lower school, two public houses, a general store, and a water sports lake. Junction 13 of the M1 is 3 miles away and the village has a station on the Bedford to Bletchley line, with the nearest mainline station in Flitwick. The property is in catchment for Redbourne Upper School and the Harpur Trust Schools in Bedford are fewer than 10 miles away. Ampthill has shops including a Waitrose.

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