The Old Sportsman, Quainton

Situated in the heart of this delightful Buckinghamshire Village, The Old Sportsman dates back to the 17th Century and was once two cottages, a former public house and now a family home. The property underwent some extensions in the early 1900's and again in 1997. Period features flow throughout this fine home and every room bar the kitchen and one of the bathrooms boasts exposed beams.
The ground floor offers a spacious entrance reception room, a 25ft sitting room with a fabulous Inglenook fireplace, bright and airy dining room and a study/library with extensive fitted bookcases. The fitted kitchen is remarkably bright due to additional Velux windows and there is a useful utility room and guest shower/WC which completes the ground floor.
There are two staircases leading to the first floor. The first will take you to bedrooms one and two and a Jack & Jill bathroom and the second will take you to bedroom three which has access to the bathroom.
Outside, the south facing rear garden is an absolute delight offering a paved seating area with an electric awning, a manicured lawn with mature shrub and herbaceous borders and a summerhouse.
A garage provides parking for one vehicle and there are three further parking spaces.
Quainton is a charming village with easy access to the A41. The village enjoys a pub with a coffee shop, a village store, a post office, two churches and Quainton Church of England Primary School and within the catchment of Aylesbury Grammar Schools and Waddesdon Church of England School rated 'outstanding'. There is an historic windmill close to the village green which was built between 1830 and 1832 and was fully restored to a working mill in 1997. It is open to the public on Sunday mornings from March to October. The village is surrounded by open countryside and located close to the Chiltern Hills. Finemere Wood, a former Royal hunting ground for wild boar is located just outside the village and features a wonderful wildlife walk through the reserve. Waddesdon Manor is only five miles away; the manor house and grounds are open to the public all year round.