The Cottage

The Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedfordshire, MK44 1AN

Offers Over

£450,000

Property Highlights

Early 19th century detached cottage
Three double bedrooms; two en suite
Three reception rooms and hall/family room
Kitchen/breakfast room
Utility room and ground floor bathroom
Double glazing
Driveway and garage with automated opening doors
Sharnbrook Academy catchment

Property description

An early 19th century three double bedroom mainly thatched cottage set back from the road with a garage and annexe potential, and for sale with no upper chain.

The cottage has been extended and now has 1,668 sq. ft. of accommodation including an entrance hall/family room which has wood effect flooring, two storage cupboards, a Velux skylight, stairs to the first floor and a door to the garage. The sitting room has a bay window and a brick feature fireplace housing a multi fuel stove. The dining room also has stairs to the first floor, exposed wattle and daub to part of the wall and an opening to the snug which has glazed double doors to the garden. There is also a kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, and a ground floor bathroom. Both first floor landings have built-in wardrobes and there is access to the roof space. There are three bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes and part vaulted ceilings, and two with en suite shower rooms. The gravel driveway provides parking and access to the integral garage which has remotely operated twin timber doors and power connected.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room and Utility Room

The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of cream fronted Shaker style units and integrated appliances including an electric double oven, ceramic electric hob with extractor and a dishwasher. The utility room has matching units with space and plumbing for a washing machine and additional fridge/freezer.

Garden

The landscaped garden faces almost due south. There is a paved terrace outside the doors from the snug with a low retaining wall and steps up to a lawned garden which has a variety of established borders and a further paved patio seating area. There is a timber storage shed and a gate to the rear.

Situation and Schooling

Yielden, which is in the Domesday Book of 1086. is a Bedfordshire village on the borders of Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire, about 12 miles from the A14 and 15 miles from the A1. Wellingborough School is approximately 11 miles away and Wellingborough has rail services to St. Pancras International in 55 minutes. Kimbolton School is about 7 miles away and the Harpur Trust schools in Bedford 14 miles.

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