The Willows, Blackgrove Road, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4AH Aylesbury 6 miles (Marylebone 55 minutes), Bicester 10 miles, Oxford 22 miles, Leighton Buzzard 13 miles (Euston 36 minutes) Distances approx. THE WILLOWS, BLACKGROVE ROAD, QUAINTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE A LOVELY EARLY VICTORIAN HOUSE WITH A THIRD OF AN ACRE PLOT IN A RURAL SETTING JUST OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE SURROUNDED BY COUNTRYSIDE. THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN MODERNISED BY THE CURRENT OWNERS AND THERE IS SCOPE TO POSSIBLY EXTEND Porch, Reception Hall, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom, Master Bedroom with Ensuite Bathroom, Three further Bedrooms, Family Bathroom OUTSIDE – Lots of Parking, Lawns and Well Stocked Gardens Bordered by a Stream, Brick Outbuilding and Timber Sheds. GUIDE PRICE £650,000 Freehold LOCATION Quainton takes its name from the Old English words Cwen + Tun The surrounding market towns and villages provide a wealth of and means ‘The Queens Farmstead or Estate’ prominent on the historical and interesting places to visit including Waddesdon skyline is the 14th century church which is exceptionally rich in Manor, Claydon House and Quainton Steam Railway. Extensive large late 17th and 18th century monuments. The centre point of shopping facilities are situated at Bicester Village Retail Outlet, the Quainton is the picturesque village green which looks up towards refurbished Friar’s Square Centre in Aylesbury, and Milton Keynes. the 1830 windmill. In the middle of the green is a fourteenth The A41 provides easy access into Aylesbury, Bicester and the M40 century preaching cross and in a picture from the late 1800’s the old network. Rail connections are fast and convenient on the Chiltern whipping post is visible where miscreants were tied and flogged! Line reaching London Marylebone in under an hour from Until the outbreak of Dutch Elm disease the village was surrounded Aylesbury. Services to Euston are available from Cheddington and by trees. Quainton now has a public house and popular cafe, motor Leighton Buzzard. Aylesbury Parkway now provides a link to repairs, shop (incorporating a Post Office), playing field and floodlit Marylebone at Fleet Marston. tennis courts. EDUCATION Although the current accommodation is perfectly comfortable for a Preparatory schools at Ashfold, Swanbourne and Oxford. family there is great scope for enlarging particularly the ground Village Primary School at Quainton. floor with maybe opening out and adding to the kitchen which Waddesdon Secondary School. would provide a stunning room onto the garden. Public schools at Stowe, Berkhamsted and Oxford. Grammar Schools at Aylesbury and Buckingham. At the entrance is a porch and then a double glazed door into a large reception hall that has the original parquet flooring a box bay DESCRIPTION window and the staircase where the landing has a gallery. Both the The building now called The Willows was originally two workers sitting and dining rooms also have box bay windows and each a cottages serving Lower Denham Farm that date back to 1850, the working fireplace of brick with quarry tiled hearths, the latters owners have the old deeds detailing the whole of its history. Its housing a multi fuel stove. The sitting room has a laminate floor and conversion into one dwelling and extension was we believe sliding doors out to the garden, and the dining room is currently completed some 30 years ago. The property has rendered elevations used as more of an office. There are fitted desks and shelving either under a slate roof and enjoys a rural location about a quarter of a side of the chimney breast, and like the hall the parquet floor is mile outside the village with just one neighbour, both front and rear exposed. Across the back of the house is the kitchen/breakfast or aspects looking out across the surrounding countryside. alternative dining room, all open plan with porcelain floor tiles and patio doors onto the garden. The kitchen is fitted in a comprehensive range of sage grey units and the oak worktops incorporate a one and a half bowl sink, over which is a mixer tap and sprayer. Integrated is a larder with carousel and appliances including a double fridge, a double freezer, a Bosch silent plus dishwasher, and a Rangemaster double oven and induction hob with an extractor hood above. There is black metro tiling to the walls and downlighting. The boot room or utility has a counter top, plumbing for a washing machine, a vent for a tumble dryer, a tiled floor, and a door to outside. Off the utility is a cloakroom with a wc and wash basin. shower. There are two further double rooms and a big single. The family bathroom has also recently been refitted with a white suite and white metro wall tiles. Over the bath is a shower screen and alongside the hand held shower attachment is a Mira electric shower. Adjacent to the airing cupboard there is a useful linen closet. OUTSIDE The whole plot is over a third of an acre and enclosed by mature hedging and a small stream, the rear boundary now a dry culvert. The Willows is accessed through double gates opening onto a gravel Upstairs on the landing is access to the loft which is boarded and has driveway that provides a parking bay for 3/4 vehicles and separates a light. The principle bedroom is dual aspect and has built in the garden whilst making its way to the garage. By the double gates wardrobes along one side and a recently refitted four piece ensuite is a hand gate for pedestrians. bathroom with a separate cubicle and overhead monsoon power There are two principle lawns dotted with a variety of fruit trees including a beautiful aged Bramley as well as a Cherry, Plums and a Greengage. The deep flower beds are abundantly stocked and to the right flank of the driveway is a trellis and an arbor with Honeysuckle and Wisteria, which can be taken in from a paved patio. There is a timber greenhouse next to the garage and a second patio adjacent the potting room. The garage is a brick outbuilding with a metal up and over door and personal door, it has a concrete floor, windows, power and light and with some work could be employed as an office or studio or possibly as described in the agents note below. Elsewhere in the garden are more sheds, one of timber (10’ x 6’) and another of timber and tin with a potting room which we believe used to house livestock. AGENTS NOTE: The owner has had some informal advice from a planning consultant who suggested that the chunk of land to the side over the stream would be a good spot for a garden room building and that the garage could probably be replaced with a new garage and ancillary accommodation above. NB: The garden is enclosed by an underground electric dog fence. VIEWING Strictly via the vendors agent. SERVICES Mains electricity, water and drainage. DIRECTIONS From Aylesbury take the A41 towards Bicester and proceed into Waddesdon. After approx. 1 mile turn right signposted to Quainton and continue on this road into the heart of the village. At the T junction turn right and stay on this road out of the village. The Willows will be found on the right. IMPORTANT NOTICE W. HUMPHRIES for themselves and as Agents to the Vendors of the property give notice that: 1 These particulars have been prepared to give a fair overall description of the property whilst some descriptions are inevitably subjective, all information is given in good faith. No statement within these particulars should be relied upon as being either a statement or a representation of fact. The descriptions within do not contribute part of any offer or contract. 2 All measurements, areas and distances mentioned in these particulars are approximate and are issued as a guide only. If such details are fundamental to a purchase, purchasers must rely on their own enquiries. 3 Photographs incorporated within these particulars show only certain parts of the property and no assumptions should therefore be made in respect of parts of the property which may not be shown. 4 Nothing in these particulars should be seen as a statement that the property or any fixture described is in good condition or otherwise. Purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the condition of any property or item included within the sale. None of the appliances or services mentioned in these particulars have been tested by W. Humphries and no warranty is given or implied by them that they are in good working order. 5 If reference is made either to alterations to the property or a change of use, no warranty is given by W. Humphries or the Vendors/Lessors that any planning or other consents or Building Regulations approval has been obtained. Where references are made to potential uses (subject to planning) this information is given in good faith although purchasers must take their own enquiries to the relevant authorities. 6 Most importantly if there is any particular aspect of the property about which you would like further information, we invite you to discuss this with us before you travel to view the property. J042 Printed by Ravensworth 01670 713330 74 High Street, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire HP18 0JD Tel: 01296 658270 Fax: 01296 658272 Website: www.whumphries.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] .