BACON’S HOUSE NR • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

BACON’S HOUSE NR FINMERE • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Buckingham 4.6 miles • 5.2 miles • 7.9 miles (London Marylebone 50 mins) M40 (J10) 9.2 miles • Oxford 23 miles (Approximate distances/times) Georgian farmhouse with river frontage in rural setting

Entrance hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Library • Music room • Sitting room • Kitchen Breakfast room • Garden room • Utility/boot room • Cloakroom • Cellars 5 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • Dressing room/bedroom 5 Independent guest wing comprising bedroom • Bathroom • Dressing area Range of traditional outbuildings including:- Stone barn providing garaging Stores • Pottery studio • Former open bay cart sheds • 2 loose boxes • Tack room • Feed room Closed garaging • Timber store • Green house Landscaped gardens & grounds • River frontage • Paddock grazing In all about 16.4 acres

36 South Bar, , OX16 9AE Tel: 01295 228002 [email protected] www.savills.com

YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE TEXT SITUATION Bacon’s House is situated in a rural position between the villages of With Finmere C of E Primary School in the village, Bacon’s House Accommodation has been more recently updated and extended and Finmere and Water Stratford on the borders of Buckinghamshire, is in the catchment for The Royal Latin Grammar School in offers ample space for family life and entertaining. Formal drawing Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. Finmere offers a range of Buckingham. Local independent preparatory schools include:- and dining rooms are well proportioned and have high ceilings, amenities including a church, village hall, primary school and The Beachborough (Westbury), Winchester House (Brackley), Akeley offering a feeling of space and light. Delightful interconnecting Red Lion public house. More specialist requirements are close by Wood and Swanbourne, with senior independent schools including library, music and sitting rooms with under floor heating lead at Buckingham, (Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets), Bicester and Stowe School, Thornton College (girls), and through to a pretty garden room. As is often the case with traditional farmhouses, modern day to day living comes through the back door Brackley. Milton Keynes, Banbury and Oxford offer more extensive Tudor Hall (girls). which opens to the utility/boot room. From here a door opens to leisure, recreational and cultural facilities. DESCRIPTION the kitchen, an open plan room with a breakfast room/snug, which Communication is good with intercity train services either from is very much the hub of the house with an oil fired Aga and electric Situated along a single track lane in open countryside, the grounds of Bicester North to London Marylebone about 50 minutes or Milton companion. Access from here onto the terrace and garden beyond for Bacon’s House border the River Great Ouse. Of stone construction Keynes to Euston about 35 minutes. Convenient access onto the M40 summer entertaining. beneath a tile roof the property is GII Listed. With origins dating motorway at Ardley (J10) about 9.5 miles. On the first floor are 4/5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, bedroom 5 to the 17th century, the present house and farm buildings were built currently being used as a dressing room. Sporting and leisure activities in the area include golf at Buckingham by the Duke of Buckingham in the first half of the 18th century and Accessed by separate staircase from the rear hall is a comfortable and Whittlebury; horse racing at Towcester; National Trust house and it boasts classic period features including open fireplaces, exposed guest suite above the barn which could be used as a nanny flat, area gardens at Stowe; motor racing at Silverstone; cinema and theatre at timbers, sash windows, window shutters and seats and deep skirting for teenage children or home office. Two cellar rooms are accessed Milton Keynes and Oxford. boards. externally.

First Floor

Cellar

Outbuildings

Ground Floor BACON’S HOUSE Approximate Gross Internal Area House: 513 sq m (5,522 sq ft) inc attached garage Outbuildings: 275 sq m ( 2,960 sq ft) Total: 788 sq m ( 8,482 sq ft) For identification only - Not to scale

Outbuildings Main House Not shown in actual location / orientation Outbuildings OUTBUILDINGS, GARDENS AND GROUNDS Attached to the main house is a traditional stone barn currently used as garaging with the guest accommodation above. A conservatory abuts its rear wall. Forming two sides of the former farmyard is a range of traditional outbuildings including former cart sheds and stores, one of which is used as a pottery studio. Across the driveway is a further range of traditional outbuildings comprising two loose boxes, tack room/feed store and garaging (formerly stables). Separate detached timber double garage with light and power connected. Entered through gates to a gravel courtyard there is ample space for parking and turning. A flag stone terrace leads from the kitchen to the garden room with steps down to lawns and herbaceous boarders. At the bottom of the garden are two ponds and woodland area where the property’s boundary is defined by the River Great Ouse, all providing a wonderful wildlife habitat. There are further formal landscaped gardens and orchards to the west of the property as well as an area of pasture, with further pasture accessed over the lane. Agents note:- a foot path crosses the fields to the east of the property. Contact selling agents for further information.

DIRECTIONS (MK18 4AT) From M40 (J10) proceed north on the A43 direction Northampton and Silverstone, then taking the A421 as signposted to Buckingham and Milton Keynes. Proceed for a couple of miles and then take the left turn to the village of Finmere. Drive into the centre of the village and take the right turn towards Water Stratford. After about a mile and a half, Bacon’s House is found on the left and entered through grey gates to a gravel parking area.

SERVICES Mains electricity, drainage and water are connected to the property. Oil fi red boiler provides central heating and hot water. Oil Aga. Broadband internet connection subject to usual transfers.

LOCAL AUTHORITY Aylesbury Vale District Council. Tel: 01296 585858

COUNCIL TAX BAND G

POSTCODE MK18 4AT

VIEWINGS By appointment with Savills. Prior to making an appointment to view, Savills strongly recommends that you discuss any particular points which are likely to affect your interest in the property with a member of Savills’ staff who has seen the property in order that you do not make a wasted journey.

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Those items mentioned in these sale particulars are included in the freehold sale. All other fi xtures, fi ttings and furnishings i.e. carpets, curtains and light fi ttings and the urn on the garden wall are expressly excluded. Certain such items may be available by separate negotiation. Further information should be obtained from the selling agents.

Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. 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. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Photographs taken: March 2016. 17/02/22 NR. Kingfi sher Print and Design. 01803 867087. sher Kingfi