Long Marston Road, Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire

A detached 6 bedroom family home with 1.4 acres located on the fringes of a sought-after village.

Storm porch | Entrance hall | Sitting room | Family room | Dining room with en suite shower room | Kitchen/breakfast room | Larder | Cloakroom | 6 Bedrooms, 2 en suite | 4 further bathrooms | Garden | Outbuilding with double garage and open-sided store/double carport | 1.4 acres | EPC rating: E

The Property
West End Farmhouse is a period property offering more than 2,700 sq ft. of sensitively modernised and extended accommodation arranged over three floors. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the accommodation flows from an entrance hall which leads to a wooden-floored sitting room with feature cast iron open fireplace and patio doors to the terrace, and to a spacious family room with a woodburner and French doors to the terrace. The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of wall and base units including a breakfast bar, complementary worktops and splashbacks, a Rayburn stove, larder and an en suite cloakroom. The neighbouring dining room has a contemporary suspended woodburner, en suite shower room, feature wraparound skylight glazing and stable doors to both front and rear aspects. The dining room could also serve as a useful annexe/guest suite and has the benefit of its own front door. On the first floor a spacious landing with built-in storage gives access to a principal bedroom with feature fireplace and contemporary en-suite shower room, three further double bedrooms, two with feature fireplaces, and a modern family bathroom.

The property’s two remaining vaulted double bedrooms, one with contemporary en suite bathroom, can be found on the second floor. They could easily be used to provide useful study/office space.

Location
Located at the foot of the Chilterns, Cheddington village has a church, village hall, village store, two public houses, a popular primary school and numerous sports and leisure clubs. Nearby Tring and Leighton Buzzard offer comprehensive shopping, service, leisure and sporting facilities, with more extensive amenities available in Luton, Harpenden and Milton Keynes. The M1 and M25 give access to the motorway network, Cheddington station offers regular direct services to major regional centres including Milton Keynes and central London, and London Luton Airport provides a range of domestic and international flights. The area offers a wide range of independent and Grammar schools including Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Berkhamsted School, Aylesbury and Henry Floyd Grammar, Egerton-Rothesay, Griffin House Prep and Beechwood Park, with a bus route to the Grammar schools from the village.

Having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through a contemporary seven-bar gate over a gravelled driveway providing private parking and giving access to an outbuilding with double garage and open-sided store/double carport with a door to a block-paved courtyard. The garden is laid mainly to lawn and pastureland bordered by mature shrubs and trees and features numerous seating areas, a large natural swimming pond and a generous decked terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Cheddington and station 0.6 mile (London Euston 48 minutes), (Leighton Buzzard to London Euston 30 mins) Tring 5.0 miles, Leighton Buzzard 6.4 miles, M1 (Jct. 11A) 13.1 miles, Luton 14.7 miles, M25 (Jct. 20) 17.6 miles, Harpenden 18.2 miles, London Luton Airport 19.6 miles, central London 43.4 miles