Melchbourne,
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KEY FEATURES: -• A Fine Home for the Cottage Connoisseur.
• Beautifully Positioned with Stunning Parkland Views.
• Sitting Room with Charming Inglenook Fireplace.
• Separate Dining Room/Snug.
• Well Fitted Kitchen with Pine Counters.
• Two Double Bedrooms.
• Refitted Contemporary Bathroom.
• Landscaped Front Garden and Rear Cottage Garden.
• Brick and Pantiled Garden STUDIO/OFFICE.
• Delightful Rural Location yet Convenient for Major Road and Rail Links.
• Grade II Listed.
Full Details
Painted hardwood front door with glazed/leaded panel.
Sitting Room
16' 10" x 15' 4" (5.13m x 4.67m)
Brick Inglenook fireplace with raised flagstone hearth and oak bressummer, exposed wall and ceiling beams, radiator, wall light points, TV and telephone points, leaded light window to front. Latch door to stairs, doors to dining room and rear lobby. Opening to large understair storage area with cloaks cupboard.
Dining Room/Snug
10' 11" x 9' 9" (3.33m x 2.97m)
Feature brick fireplace and chimney breast, exposed wall and ceiling beams, radiator, wall lighting points. Leaded light window to front.
Rear Hall
Tiled floor, radiator. Painted hardwood door with glazed panel opening onto rear garden. Latch doors to bathroom and kitchen.
Kitchen
15' 7" x 6' 3" (4.74m x 1.91m)
Recently renovated and well fitted in a range of painted hand-built units with solid pine counter-tops, Butler sink, matching glazed wall cabinets and larder cupboard, built-in electric oven and hob, plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher, additional appliance space, oil fired boiler for the central heating system. Quarry tiled floor, exposed brickwork and timbers, radiator, window to rear.
Bathroom
Refitted in contemporary three piece suite comprising free standing roll-top bath with shower mixer taps, vanity unit with tiled counter and inset basin with cupboards below, WC. Tiled and panelled walls, exposed timbers, tiled floor, radiator, window to rear.
First Floor
Stairwell with exposed timbers. Deep built-in wardrobe with extensive hanging space.
Bedroom One
14' 1" x 10' 7" (4.29m x 3.23m)
Exposed original oak floorboards, part-vaulted ceiling with wall timbers, radiator, TV point, dormer-style leaded light window to front.
Latch door to:
Bedroom Two
10' 10" Minimum x 9' 6" (3.30m x 2.90m)
Exposed brick chimney breast and wall timbers, part-vaulted ceiling, shelved recess, radiator, access to loft space. Dormer-style leaded light window to front.
Outside
Deep frontage enclosed by picket fencing and hedgerow and attractively landscaped with lawn, flower and shrub beds and meandering pathway to the front door.
The rear cottage garden is fully enclosed by panel fencing with paved terrace and pathway, shrub borders and climbing plants, outside lighting, two timber sheds, log store, concealed oil tank.
Brick and Pantiled Studio/Office
10' 7" x 10' 5" (3.23m x 3.18m)
Exposed brickwork and vaulted beamed ceiling, light and power connected, window to rear and painted hardwood stable door to the garden.
Adjacent storeshed.
Marketed by Town-and-Country
Melchbourne
Dominated by the superb open spaces of Melchbourne Park, the small rural community of Melchbourne is one of the most well regarded villages in north Bedfordshire. It boasts a pleasant mix of period properties including Melchbourne Hall, charming thatched cottages and a few executive houses and lies within the Sharnbrook Upper School catchment area.
Bedford is some 10 miles away and offers a wider range of facilities as well as a mainline railway station to London St.Pancras.
Kimbolton is about 5 miles away and enjoys a range of local shops along with the renowned private school.