45 High Street

Ground Floor

The front door opens into an entrance hall which has a window to the front with original shutters, stairs to the first floor, a feature fireplace and access to a ground floor shower room. Originally there was a smaller hall with adjoining dining room but the vendors opened the rooms up to create a more spacious hallway.A side hall off the kitchen has a fitted storage bench, access to the utility room, and stairs to the first floor.

Reception Rooms

The sitting room is part of the extensions added by the vendors. It was originally a detached outbuilding which has been converted with a glazed link added to connect it to the main house. It is dual aspect with sash windows to the side and a bay with full height glazed doors with wing windows to a terrace in the garden. There is a beamed ceiling, a sound system, and a range of built-in cupboards and display shelving spanning one wall. The dining/family room is part of the former butcher’s shop. It measures over 36 ft. long and has exposed ceiling beams, an engineered oak floor, triple aspect windows and access to a shelved pantry and a further walk-in store room. The third reception room has a sash window to the front overlooking the parterre garden. It is currently used as an office for working from home and also has space for a snug. It has a feature fireplace with a coal effect gas fire and a range of built-in cupboards and display shelves spanning one wall.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

The kitchen/breakfast room is an extension added about 15 years ago. It has two sets of sliding doors to a terrace in the rear garden, an opening to the dining/family room, and a door to the sitting room giving a good flow through the internal and external space for modern family life and entertaining. The Vererina kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of two tone, high gloss full height and base units as well as a large L-shaped island which incorporates a breakfast bar. There is a sink in the island with a boiling, chilled and filtered water tap, and a further one and half bowl sink in the perimeter units with a flex tap. There is an induction hob with retractable extractor on the island and eye level appliances by Miele include a coffee machine (not currently working), a steam oven, a fan oven, a combi microwave oven and three warming drawers, and there are also two integrated dishwashers. The Sub Zero full height fridge/freezer and wine fridge are available subject to separate negotiation.

Utility Room

The utility room is accessed via the side hall and has a tiled floor, a range of full height and base units, a double sink with a flex tap, a Miele fridge freezer and space and plumbing for a washing machine and a tumble dryer.

First Floor

The first floor can be accessed via two staircases, one from the main hall and one from the side hall.

Principal Bedroom Suite

Stairs from the side hall lead to a small landing which gives access to the principal bedroom suite. The bedroom is over the sitting room and has a vaulted ceiling, two windows overlooking the rear garden and a range of built-in drawers and shelves. Across the landing, the dressing room has fitted wardrobes spanning one wall and a fitted dressing table, shelves and drawers opposite. A door from the dressing room leads to the en suite bathroom which has a tiled floor with underfloor heating, a bath with a tiled surround, a walk-in shower with inset shelves and a rainwater shower, a bidet, a concealed cistern WC and a vanity washbasin. Steps up from the landing lead to glazed double doors which open to a landing with skylight windows which links to the main landing.

Other Bedrooms and Bathrooms

The stairs from the entrance hall lead to the main landing which has windows to the rear and access to the three remaining bedrooms and the main bathroom. One of the bedrooms has a shelved airing cupboard, and double built-in wardrobes and the other two bedrooms both have bespoke fitted wardrobes by Polyform and Vibieffe, and three piece en suite shower rooms. The main bathroom has a Villeroy and Boch bath, a separate shower cubicle with rainwater showerhead, a vanity washbasin, a concealed cistern WC and a chrome towel radiator.

Self Contained Annexe

When the vendors purchased the property, it came with outbuildings including an old barn on the other side of the drive from the main house. The vendors have rebuilt the barn, put in new internal walls and new glazing, and replumbed and rewired it. The majority of the 1,067 sq. ft. of accommodation is level on the ground floor and the doors have been designed to fit a wheelchair if necessary. A wide stable door opens to a hall which has a window to the front, stairs to the first floor and doors to a dual aspect ground floor bedroom with fitted wardrobes and dressing table, and a shower/utility room which has a window to the rear, a shower, washbasin and WC, and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer.

Annexe Cont'd

The hall also has a door to an over 28 ft. kitchen/sitting/dining room which has a vaulted ceiling with exposed A frames, a window to the front and double doors with wing windows to a private paved garden area with views over the main garden. The Hacker kitchen has a range of full height units with appliances including an oven, microwave, warming drawer, and a fridge/freezer. The island has additional storage, a breakfast bar, a dishwasher, a Siemens induction hob, and an inset sink. The kitchen has wood flooring while the dining/sitting area is carpeted and has space for a dining table and chairs as well as a sofa and armchair.The first floor bedroom has a window overlooking the drive, and a range of wardrobes spanning one wall. The en suite bathroom has a freestanding ball and claw footed slipper bath, a separate shower cubicle, a pedestal washbasin and a concealed cistern WC. A cupboard conceals the boiler for the gas central heating.

Other Outbuildings

Attached to the barn, in a converted garage, there is a studio which has a door and two windows to the drive with a range of units and a sink under one of the windows. It is currently used as a workroom for sewing and upholstery work but could alternatively be used as a detached office for working from home if required.In the garden there is a 19 ft. 7 by 16 ft. 3 timber built outbuilding which is currently used as a workshop but which could be used as a double garage if required. There is also a large shed which is used for garden machinery, and a greenhouse.

Gardens and Grounds

The house is set back from the road with a low wall with inset railings surrounding a formal parterre garden at the front with shaped box hedge beds intersected by gravel paths. Roses climb over the house façade and there is a feature Japanese Acer tree. A gated gravel drive at the side leads between the house and annexe to an extensive gravel parking area at the rear.The rear garden has been landscaped and has extensive paved terraces by the house for al fresco dining and entertaining. The terraces are partly sheltered by a pergola which supports two blue flowered wisteria. Beyond the terrace is a split level water garden which is enclosed by a combination of walls and fencing, with paved pathways, established shrub borders, specimen trees and a water channel with small waterfalls and a pebble bed running down the centre. At the top of this area there is a circular water feature with a fountain. (Please note that the Crane statues seen in the photos will be removed by the vendors).

Gardens Cont'd

Beyond the formal garden there is a lawned garden with mature trees and hedges providing screening. There is a garden machinery store and a greenhouse with a path between leading to a vegetable garden which is screened by mature hedges and has several raised beds and a fig tree. An arch from the lawned garden leads to a wildlife garden which has wildflower areas, an orchard, and a gazebo for entertaining.

Situation and Schooling

The property is walking distance from amenities in the village of Sherington which has a village shop with post office, a Church, sports pavilion, and a village hall which hosts several regular groups including a toddler group, a historical society, and a youth club. There is also the renowned White Hart public house and restaurant which has an attached shop and deli and is listed in CAMRAs “Good Beer Guide” and “Good Pub Food.” Sherington has a C of E primary school which is rated good by Ofsted. Secondary education is available at Ousedale schools in Newport Pagnell and Olney, or there is a bus to the Bedford Harpur Trust schools which are 13 miles away.

Situation cont'd

For a wider range of amenities, the property is only 6 minutes’ drive from Newport Pagnell and is about 15 minutes’ drive from the array of amenities in the City of Milton Keynes which has one of the largest covered shopping centres in Europe, and numerous sports and leisure facilities including a theatre, a 16 screen Cineworld cinema and a dry ski slope. For the commuter Milton Keynes has trains to London in as little as 32 minutes.