Old School House

Old School House, High Street, Lidlington, Bedfordshire, MK43 0RN

Guide Price

£600,000

Property Highlights

Wing of a Victorian former School
Three bedrooms, bathroom and shower room
Two reception rooms
Kitchen/breakfast room and hall/utility room
Gas fired heating
Detached study/garden room/guest wing
Double and single garage and driveway parking
Private gardens

Property description

A wing of a converted Victorian former school house with off street parking, double and tandem garages, and private gardens on a corner plot in a prominent position in the village of Lidlington.

The property has over 1,830 sq. ft. of versatile accommodation with character features such as exposed floorboards, beams and timbers throughout. There is scope to update and reconfigure the space to individual needs. Access is at the side into a hall/utility room with parquet flooring, and there is 28 ft. 6 triple aspect sitting room with double doors to the garden and views over Marston Vale, and a dining room which also has doors to the garden, and there is a kitchen/breakfast room with adjoining utility room, a shower room and a bedroom on the ground floor. A mezzanine area in the sitting room has stairs up to two further double bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. The gardens wrap around the house and include a detached outbuilding which is currently used as a study/garden room. There is a gravel parking area leading to two garages, one owned by Old School House and the other by a neighbour. The double garage is accessed via a lane accessing the church yard.

Sitting Room and Kitchen/Breakfast Room

The sitting room has an open fireplace with a raised hearth and a solid oak mantel, ceiling beams, and arched windows to the side. Steps lead to a mezzanine with a full height window overlooking the church. The dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room has a high, part vaulted ceiling, a brick fireplace, and a range of oak units with complementary work surfaces, and integrated appliances include a range style cooker with an extractor over, a dishwasher and a larder fridge.

Garden and Outbuilding

The plot is enclosed by walls with iron gates to a path to the house. Separate gates lead to the garages which both have remotely operated up and over doors. The garden is screened for privacy and is split level with lawns, established borders, and mature trees. A paved terrace for outdoor entertaining links the house and the brick built outbuilding which has two linked rooms and a store room, and has scope for conversion into a guest wing if desired.

Situation and Schooling

Lidlington is just off the A507 between Ampthill and Ridgemont. Amenities include a lower school, two public houses, a general store, and a water sports lake. Junction 13 of the M1 is 3 miles away and the village has a station on the Bedford to Bletchley line, with the nearest mainline station in Flitwick. The property is in catchment for Redbourne Upper School and the Harpur Trust Schools in Bedford are fewer than 10 miles away. Ampthill has shops including a Waitrose.

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