Corner House

Post Office Lane, Hoggeston, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3LJ

Asking Price

£650,000

Property Highlights

A Grade II listed semi-detached thatched cottage
Three/four bedrooms, bathroom and shower room
Kitchen, utility room
Sitting/family room, dining room, reception hall
Off street parking under a carport
Enclosed west facing garden
Grammar school catchment - Buckingham and Aylesbury
No onwards chain

Property description

A Grade II listed three/four bedroom semi-detached cottage with three reception rooms, carport parking, and an enclosed west facing private garden in a village location, with no onwards chain.

This period cottage has a combined approximately 2,238 sq. ft. of accommodation set over two floors. On the ground floor the reception hall and open plan sitting/family room have fireplaces with wood burners, there is a dining room, a refitted kitchen, a utility room, a shower and cloakroom and a study/fourth bedroom. On the first floor there are three double bedrooms, a cloakroom, and a three piece refitted family bathroom. Retained period features include vaulted ceilings with exposed beams and timbers in the bedrooms, ground floor wall and ceiling beams, wooden parquet and quarry tiled flooring, fireplaces, and original leaded windows. The rear garden is enclosed, mainly laid to lawn with a variety of shrub/flower borders and a mature tree providing good privacy. Paved and gravelled seating areas offer space for al fresco entertaining. The property is in catchment for grammar schools in Aylesbury and Buckingham and is within 4 miles of the soon to open Winslow station.

Kitchen and Reception Rooms

The refitted kitchen has a quarry tiled floor, exposed beams, and a range of Shaker style units with Quartz worksurfaces. A ceramic sink has a mixer tap and metro style tiled splashbacks. Included are an integrated dishwasher, a fridge and space for a cooker. The adjacent dining room also has a quarry tiled floor and opens to the rear garden. The reception hall, with the same flooring, and exposed beams, has a brick inglenook fireplace with a wood burner. The open plan sitting/family room has three windows overlooking the front aspect. It has wooden parquet flooring and a fireplace housing a wood burner.

Bedrooms and Bathrooms

The principal bedroom’s vaulted ceiling has exposed beams and there are a built-in cupboard and a closet with a wash basin. Bedroom three also has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams. Bedroom two has a range of built-in wardrobes. There are an independent cloakroom and a refitted three piece bathroom with a separate bath and walk-in shower cubicle. On the ground floor there is a study which could be used as a fourth bedroom. This is next door to a fitted shower room with a toilet.

Situation and Schooling

Hoggeston is a semi-rural village surrounded by countryside in a quiet area with no street lights and so little light pollution. It is a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district, located less than 3 miles from Winslow and 8 miles from Aylesbury (A413). The village is in the catchment area for Aylesbury and Buckingham Grammar Schools. A range of facilities are located in Aylesbury, Buckingham (10 miles) and Milton Keynes (13 miles). Leighton Buzzard station (9 miles) provides a fast train to London Euston. Hoggeston is a close community and the villagers arrange monthly social gatherings.

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