May Cottage

Church Lane, Upper Dean, Bedfordshire, PE28 0NB

Guide Price

£995,000

Property Highlights

Modern detached property
Six bedrooms; three bathrooms
Three reception rooms
Custom built kitchen/dining room
Utility room and cloakroom
Oil to radiator heating
Driveway parking and garage
Landscaped gardens of just under 0.2 acres.

Property description

A modern six double bedroom detached property with driveway parking, a garage and just under 0.2 acres of landscaped gardens on a quiet no through lane in the village Conservation Area with views over open fields and paddocks beyond.

The property has a combination of Old Stock style brick and painted featherboard elevations under a tiled roof and has been improved and enlarged, with the most recent extension completed in 2015. It now has 3,596 sq. ft. of accommodation including an entrance hall with an understairs cupboard and exposed solid oak flooring, a separate family room and an open plan kitchen/dining/sitting room with doors to the rear garden allowing a free flow through the space for modern family life and entertaining. There is also a study, a cloakroom and a utility room on the ground floor. On the first floor there are four bedrooms and a four piece bathroom. The principal bedroom has an en suite bathroom. Bedroom two has double doors to a balcony and an adjoining dressing room. The landing is part galleried with access to the roof space, part panelled walls, two storage cupboards, and stairs to the second floor which has two further bedrooms with a shared shower room.

Reception Rooms

The family room is at the front of the house and has shuttered dual aspect windows and an exposed oak floor. The study has a window to the side overlooking the driveway. The sitting room has a deep inglenook fireplace housing a log burning stove and is triple aspect including glazed double doors to the front onto a secluded paved outdoor seating area. Two openings set either side of a dual aspect inset display shelving unit lead into the open plan kitchen/dining room which is undoubtedly the centrepiece to the property.

Kitchen/Dining Room and Utility Room

The kitchen is built to a bespoke design by Harvey Jones and features handmade Shaker style cabinets with quartz work surfaces incorporating a Villeroy and Boch sink and drainer, and a breakfast bar. Integrated appliances include a range style cooker, a dishwasher, an electric under counter oven and a wine chiller. The kitchen has an exposed tiled floor and the dining area has wooden flooring and glazed double doors to the garden. The separate utility room also has custom built units with solid wood work surfaces, a butler sink and space and plumbing for appliances.

Grounds and Gardens

The landscaped gardens extend to just under 0.2 acres and are a particular feature of the property which is accessed over a village bridge over the Brook, on a quiet single track lane. The gravel driveway provides parking at the front for up to five cars and access to the garage. The gardens have established borders surrounded by mature box hedge and include a private flagstone terrace with access to the rear garden which has panoramic views over neighbouring paddocks. The gardens are fully enclosed by a combination of mature hedgerow and picket fencing.

Situation and Schooling

Upper Dean is a rural village on the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire border. Rushden Lakes shopping centre is 10 miles away and provides shopping, restaurants, nature walks and a marina. Bedford is 14 miles away and has rail links to St. Pancras International. Wellingborough and St. Neots are both within 30 minutes’ drive and have services to St Pancras or London Kings Cross in under an hour. The property is within the Sharnbrook Upper School catchment area and is 4 miles from Kimbolton School.

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