2 Old Bakery Cottages

2, Old Bakery Cottages, Ducks Lake, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1RF

Guide Price

£300,000

Property Highlights

A 17th Century, Grade II listed thatched cottage
Two bedrooms, three piece shower room
Bespoke wooden kitchen/breakfast room, larder
Sitting room, entrance hall with timber staircase/storage
Private and low maintenance courtyard garden
Allocated off street parking for three cars
Within a one mile walk of Buckingham town centre
Village location, no onwards chain

Property description

A Grade II listed two bedroom thatched cottage with allocated off street parking in a village location within a one mile walk of Buckingham town centre and with no onwards chain.

This 17th-century timber framed and rendered cottage retains many original features. There is an open fire place, ceiling beams, exposed timbers, latch and brace wooden doors, wooden flooring, bespoke, hand-built wooden kitchen and retains a priest hole. On the ground floor the entrance hall has stairs to the first floor, storage, and a door to the sitting room. This room, measuring over 17 ft. by 13 ft., has a casement window at the front, and doors to the kitchen/breakfast room, with French doors opening to the rear garden. On the first floor there are two beamed bedrooms, one double in size, and both with fitted wardrobes; one of which is carved with traditional linenfold patterns. There is also a first floor, three piece family shower room. At the rear, there is an enclosed, private, low maintenance courtyard garden. Access at the rear leads to a communal residents’ parking area (hatched red on the plan), where there are three allocated off street parking spaces for the cottage.

Kitchen and Sitting Room

The bespoke dual aspect kitchen is handmade with wooden base units and worksurfaces, a variety of wall-mounted shelves and glazed display units and a larder. There is tiling on the walls to water sensitive areas and quarry tiled flooring. It has an island with storage and a granite surface, and French doors that open to the rear garden. The sitting room is in excess of 17 ft. by 13 ft. and has wooden flooring, ceiling beams and exposed timbers, and a feature open fireplace with a timber lintel and a raised sone hearth.

Situation and Schooling

There is a primary school in the village and public and private schools in the area. The Royal Latin grammar School and a secondary school are located in the market town of Buckingham (1.2 miles). Buckingham town centre has a range of shopping and leisure facilities, including parks, a swimming pool, and sports clubs. There is also a library and dental and GP surgeries.

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