Just So Cottage

9 The Walk, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3AJ

Offers Over

£500,000

Property Highlights

A Grade II listed semi-detached cottage
Three double bedrooms, three bath or shower rooms
Kitchen, dining room, sitting room
Cottage garden, outbuilding split into storage and laundry
Period features including an beams and an open fireplace
Town centre location with access to amenities
Walking distance from Winslow train station
No upper chain

Property description

A Grade II listed three double bedroom semi-detached cottage with three bathrooms, two reception rooms and a useful outbuilding at the end of a quiet cul de sac in the centre of the old market town of Winslow and with no onwards chain.

This 16th Century cottage has a combined 1,457 sq. ft of accommodation over two floors including the outbuildings which could be converted into a home office or other useful accommodation subject to planning. The cottage has traded as a BnB for the last 15 years with top Airbnb ratings, alternatively it could be rented traditionally or is a charming period home with many retained period features for any buyer. Winslow train station with services linking Oxford and Milton Keynes is a 0.7 miles walk with a variety of amenities along the route. There is lovely countryside between the Chilterns and Cotswolds and good road links for the A41, A43 and the M40 for commuters. On the ground floor there is a kitchen, a cloakroom and dual aspect dining and sitting rooms. On the upper floors there are three double bedroms, two with en suites and a family bathroom. Outside there is an approx 26ft by 24ft cottage garden, mainly laid to lawn with a variety of flower bed borders and seating areas.

Ground Floor

The kitchen has a range of bespoke solid oak units with wooden butcher block style worksurfaces with tiled splashbacks, a breakfast bar and quarry tiled flooring. Integrated appliances include double ovens, and a five ring gas hob with an extractor over. The dining room is dual aspect with tiled flooring and an inglenook open fireplace with a bressummer beam. The sitting room is also dual aspect and has an open fireplace, currently used as a log store, and a feature exposed stone wall. All the ground floor rooms are full of character with exposed beams and timbers.

Bedrooms and Bathrooms

The principal bedroom is dual aspect, has exposed beams, wooden floorboards and a feature brick fireplace. There is a five piece en suite bathroom with a separate shower cubicle, a free standing roll top bath, twin wash basins set in an oak stand and a WC. Bedroom two is also dual aspect with exposed beams and has a built-in shower cubicle with an extractor in the bedroom as well as an en suite cloakroom. Bedroom three is on the second floor, has a built-in wardrobe and uses the three piece family bathroom which includes a free standing roll top bath.

Situation and Schooling

The market town of Winslow has a range of shopping and leisure facilities, GP and dental surgeries, a library and a range of public houses and restaurants. The town also has a Church of England combined school and the Sir Thomas Fremantle secondary school. Winslow is also in the catchment area for the Royal Latin School in Buckingham.

Agents Note

The cottage has a right to go from its back door, around the rear of No. 11, and across the front garden of No. 11 to reach the joint access to the road. However, this right of way is very rarely used. No. 11 has access to their property from the road across the garden of No. 9.

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