A rarely available family home in heart of village living.
Tudor Cottage, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9BT
Freehold
Detached village home with sheltered gardens • Delightful period features • Four reception rooms • Kitchen/breakfast room with Aga • Separate utility room • Principal suite with dressing room and en-suite • Five bedrooms with three bathrooms • Detached garage with loft space • Off-street parking
Local Information There is a fantastic selection of Harpenden Station 5.5 miles, golf courses in the area including Harpenden High Street 5.7 miles, Brockett Hall with its superb Welwyn North Station 4.5 miles, Auberge du Lac restaurant, Welwyn Garden City 5.9 miles, St Knebworth, Mid Herts. at Gustard Albans Station 7.2 miles, Old Wood and the challenging course Welwyn Village 3.1 miles at Hammonds End, Harpenden.
Location Good schools are numerous and Ayot St Lawrence is superbly include Haileybury College and situated surrounded by some of Heath Mount Preparatory School, Hertfordshire's finest countryside, both in Hertford, Aldwickbury but is only about 30 miles from Preparatory School and St Hilda's central London. The village, made Girls school at Harpenden, and famous by George Bernard Shaw St. Alban's High School for Girls who lived at Shaw's Corner and the St Albans School at St. between 1906 and 1950, has a Albans. wonderful community feel with an active church, open gardens and About this property art shows, along with the annual Located in the heart of the village, ball. The town centres of this delightful home which has Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City evolved over the decades since and St. Alban's all provide the 16th Century is now a comprehensive shopping and charming family home within travel facilities. reach of comprehensive amenities. Communications in the area are excellent. The A1(M) and M1 Delightfully decorated in chalky motorways provide access on to pale tones throughout contrasting the motorway network. From beautifully with the exposed Welwyn North there are frequent timber frame, the living trains to London (Kings Cross) accommodation extends to over and the City, taking about 35 3000 sq ft. minutes, from Harpenden to London (St Pancras) taking about With a choice of front doors, 26 minutes and from St. Albans to those used to country living will London (St Pancras) taking about access via the kitchen door or, for 22 minutes. Major airports are more formal visitors, the front very accessible with Luton about door into the welcoming reception 10 miles away, Stansted 30 miles hall. and Heathrow 38 miles.
The arrangement of rooms has Overlooking the front garden created for very versatile living; there is a study which extends to perfect for a growing family with over 18 ft and makes for the their changing needs. The heart perfect home office with a reliable of this home changes dependent fast internet connection. Ideal for on seasons. During the summer those opting to work from home. months the family gravitate to the southern wing with its stunning From the drawing room one of the drawing room and its magnificent two staircases rises up to the first inglenook fireplace and during the floor landing. Double doors open winter months they cosy up in the up into the principal bedroom with sitting room with the wood a walk-in dressing room featuring burning stove blazing. fitted cupboards and an en-suite bathroom. A well-proportioned The kitchen/breakfast room space with room enough for the features hand painted Shaker largest of beds, and a vanity style cabinets arranged around a nook, this makes for the perfect central island unit which is master suite. warmed by the 4 oven Aga. Usefully an electric oven and hob There are four further bedrooms have been installed for when the sharing two family bathrooms, Aga is switched off during the one with a separate shower. The warmer months. There is second staircase provides access underfloor heating which gently to bedrooms 3 and 4 and one of heats the tiled floor. With space the bathrooms – this provides enough to seat 8 this is where very versatile sleeping family get-togethers over casual arrangements for both children suppers take place. and guests alike. Adjacent to the kitchen is a fitted utility room with ample storage and under counter space for two Outside laundry machines and a tall larder The sheltered garden enjoys a fridge freezer. sunny aspect being south east facing. An expansive flagstone A latch door opens up to the terrace spans the rear of the sitting room which has a door to house and is ideal for al fresco the rear terrace and leads through dining. Nestled within into the central hallway. A boundaries of tall hedges and comfortable room ideal for walls the lawns are sheltered and lounging around on sofas interestingly creates its own catching up on the day’s news. microclimate and as such is a few degrees warmer. With lots of A dining room with space to easily space for play frames, entertain 12 opens up onto the trampolines and the Wendy drawing room which overlooks the house, this is an ideal garden for garden and has a galleried the children to run off some steam landing above. The perfect place whilst the adults to relax on the for the tallest of Christmas trees. terrace. Located in a southerly facing direction there is a fenced and gated vegetable garden with
raised planting beds; perfect for cultivating home produce without the fear of chickens wandering in to take their fill.
Set to one side of the property is a detached garage with a useful loft area. This could lend itself to becoming ancillary accommodation subject to being granted the necessary consents. There is off–street parking for at least two cars to the front on a gravel driveway.
Tenure Freehold
Local Authority Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Energy Performance EPC Rating = Exempt
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