8 High Street

Whitwell, Hertfordshire, SG4 8AG

Asking Price

£535,000

Property Highlights

Grade II listed house dating from 1450
Two bedrooms
Inglenook fireplaces and exposed beams
Ground floor cloakroom and first floor bathroom
Sitting/dining room with woodburning stove
Conservatory
Enclosed garden, patio area, and front lawn
Garage and two car parking spaces

Property description

A Grade II Listed 15th century two bedroom cottage situated at the end of a small row of cottages set back from the road with a garage and parking.

The house is believed to date back to 1450 and originally stood as a house on its own. The Elizabethan chimneys and inglenook would have been added to the building possibly in the 16th century. Also, at this time it is thought that the external walls were bricked from the ground floor to the first-floor level. During the 17th/18th century the whole row (4-6 High Street) was used as one house which was converted into workmen’s cottages sometime during the Victorian era, at which time 8 High Street was two cottages. During the early 1990’s planning permission was obtained to renovate 6 and 8 High Street. This involved removing and reinstating the roof, removing all the false ceilings, opening the inglenook fireplaces including a bread oven. and installing new damp proof on the ground floor. During the renovation, medieval plasterwork on the first floor was uncovered and preserved by specialist conservationists.

Ground Floor

The sitting room has a door and window out to the lawned garden at the front. There is an inglenook fireplace with a wood burning stove and on old bread oven to one side. Next to the fireplace there are stairs to the first floor and double doors to the conservatory. The kitchen/dining room has built-in units, an electric oven and hob, and there is another inglenook fireplace with stove in the dining area. A door from the kitchen leads to a side lobby which has access to a cloakroom and a door to the side.

First Floor and Outside

The first floor has two double bedrooms and a fitted bathroom with exposed beams and exposed brickwork in the fireplaces. The front garden is laid to lawn with gated access to a side patio and an enclosed rear garden. There is a pedestrian gate to the parking area where the property has two car parking spaces and a single garage. The access to the garage and parking is between 12 and 14 High Street.

Situation and Schooling

Whitwell is situated 5 miles from Welwyn and 6 miles from Hitchin and Harpenden. There are trains to Kings Cross from Hitchin, and trains to St. Pancras International from Harpenden take 28 minutes. The village has a primary school, a public house, a village shop and post office and GP surgery. It is also a popular location for walkers, and Emily's Teashop is located just down the lane from the house. The village is in the catchment areas for the Hitchin and Harpenden secondary schools.

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