Substantial Period House with Wonderful Views Over Private Parkland and Countryside
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Substantial period house with wonderful views over private parkland and countryside. Home Farm, Liscombe Park, Soulbury, Buckinghamshire LU7 0GF (postal address, Nr Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) Freehold Wonderful country setting • Over 4000 sqft of living space • Six bedrooms • Five reception rooms • Stylish interior • Gardens and paddock of about 2.09 acres • Lovely views over private parkland and countryside • Excellent range of outbuildings • Oak framed car port Local Information Mileages Approx: Leighton area for the highly regarded Buzzard 2.5 miles with Grammar Schools. Leighton mainline station to London Buzzard Station offers a Euston from 29 minutes, regular service to London Central Milton Keynes 12.5 Euston, from 29 minutes. The miles, Aylesbury town 10 village is surrounded by miles with mainline station to beautiful countryside and is Marylebone from 40 minutes, within easy reach of Milton Bedford town centre 24 miles. Keynes, Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury. All offer an Home Farm stands to the extensive array of shopping south of the renowned and leisure facilities including Liscombe Park estate and MK indoor ski slope, cinemas less than a mile from the and theatres. historic village of Soulbury. Liscombe House is a 17th- There is a fantastic choice of century mansion, which schools in the area, both remains in private ownership private and Grammar, one in today. The house is situated particular being Swanbourne to the south of the village of House School. This is a Soulbury and north of another coeducational infants' and village called Wing. Wing prep school from age three for benefits from having public day pupils and seven for houses (as does Soulbury), a boarders, up to the age of 13. local store with post office, Other day and boarding barbers, a hair and beauty schools include Akeley Wood salon and junior and senior School and Thornton College. schools. Liscombe Park Aylesbury provides Grammar features a leisure and health Schools for both Boys and complex and a riding stables, Girls, whilst other well which is open to the public. renowned private senior schools can be found such as The village of Soulbury is Berkhamsted Boys and Girls within the Aylesbury Vale school in Hertfordshire and district of Buckinghamshire Stowe in Buckinghamshire. and falls within the catchment About this property Home Farm is a truly fabulous house and either side of the late Victorian family house, main hallway, are two rather which offers substantial and elegant rooms, one the dining stylishly presented room and the other, the sitting accommodation over two room with a lovely open floors and set in lovely fireplace. gardens and grounds of about 1 acre and with an adjoining The house is accessed via a paddock to the side of about small porch, entering into a 1.09 acres; in all, about 2.09 large double height hallway. acres. From this hallway, a separate staircase rises to bedroom The house was significantly six, which is perfect for either improved and enlarged by the an au-pair, teenager or even a present owners some years second home office, if ago and now with five required, and also features its reception rooms downstairs own en suite. and six bedrooms upstairs, the overall space is fantastic. Off the main landing, the There are many rooms of remaining five bedrooms can note, not least the elegant be found. The main bedroom dual aspect drawing room and and a bathroom opposite bright and spacious create the perfect principal kitchen/breakfast room, which suite, whilst two of the other features an Aga at one end bedrooms also enjoy en and a lovely built-in corner suites. seating area and table at the other. This is undoubtedly the Outside 'hub' of the house where the Home Farm is approached family congregates, yet from over its own long and private here, you can step down into driveway with automated the bright and spacious TV gates standing at the head of and garden room where views the drive. Once at the top, the down the garden can really be driveway sweeps round to the enjoyed. left and in front of the house where parking for at least For those needing to work three cars can be found. At from home, there is a great the top of the drive, a large home office/study and if you open oak framed carport have pets, in particular dogs, stands with a large area to the there is a large boot room side, which is ideal for a horse with a door out to the rear. trailer or something of a Within the original part of the similar size. There are principally two Tenure outbuildings. A larger one that Freehold can house ride on lawn mowers, a car, bikes, outdoor Local Authority chest freezer etc, and a Aylesbury Vale District smaller brick barn. The Council attractive smaller brick barn is currently used for storing hay Energy Performance and wood, but has got EPC Rating = E planning permission to be turned into a single Viewing dwelling/outside office. All viewings will be accompanied and are strictly In addition to the two barns, by prior arrangement through there is a small stable block Savills Harpenden Office. with 2 loose boxes and tack Telephone: 01582 465 000. room. There is also a woodshed attached to the larger barn, which provides further useful storage. The gardens are a particular feature with an oak framed pergola immediately to the rear with sun terrace below, and lawned gardens sweeping away from the house down to bordering hedgerows. To the front lies a pretty section of garden which includes a productive fruit and vegetable garden. For those with an equestrian interest, there is an adjoining paddock, which is enclosed by post and rail fencing, has water supplied and features a good quality field shelter. Nick Ingle Harpenden 01582 465 000 savills savills.co.uk [email protected] Important Notice Savills, its clients and any joint agents give notice that 1: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. 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