High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2
- PROPERTY TYPE
Detached
- BEDROOMS
2
- BATHROOMS
2
- SIZE
1,544 sq ft
143 sq m
- TENUREDescribes how you own a property. There are different types of tenure - freehold, leasehold, and commonhold.Read more about tenure in our glossary page.
Freehold
Key features
- Detached Grade II Listed cottage
- Two double bedrooms and first floor bathroom
- Three reception rooms with log burning stoves
- Ground floor shower room and utility room
- Potential for ground floor en suite bedroom
- Gas central heating with combination boiler
- Period features throughout
- Driveway parking for four cars
Description
The rear garden is enclosed by timber fencing and has a paved seating and entertaining area, which leads to a lawn and a rear driveway with parking for four cars.
Robin Hood Cottage as it is now called, was built in around 1810 by James Spriggins of Walkern, and later purchased in 1877 by Fordham brewers of Ashwell. It is now a family home and has been sympathetically refurbished and updated over the years.
Accommodation
The family room has French doors opening to the garden, oak beams and a log burning stove with a stone hearth. The kitchen/breakfast room, with French windows to a paved terrace, offers tiled flooring with a range of Shaker style cabinets and wooden counter tops. Both first floor double bedrooms have exposed beams and sash windows to the front aspect; the principal bedroom also has a walk-in closet. The family bathroom, with a sash window at the front, has a panelled bath, a low-level WC and a wash basin.
Situation and Schooling
Walkern is a village about 2 miles from Stevenage and has St Mary's Church, a convenience store, a pub, a salon, craft shop and tea shops, a petrol station, and a garage. There is a recreation ground and cricket, football and other clubs based in the Walkern Sports and Community Centre. The primary school in the village has a Good Ofsted rating and the nearest secondary school is The Nobel School 2.5 miles, also rated Good.
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Web Details- COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
- Band: E
- LISTED PROPERTYA property designated as being of architectural or historical interest, with additional obligations imposed upon the owner.Read more about listed properties in our glossary page.
- Listed
- PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
- Yes
- GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
- Yes
- ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
- Level access shower,Level access
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High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2
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