Hill Cottage Farm, ,

Buckinghamshire, MK18 3LA

Aylesbury 7 miles (Marylebone 55 mins) Bicester 15 miles (M40 Jnc 9) all distances/times approx. HILL COTTAGE FARM, HOGSHAW, , MK18 3JY WITHIN A SETTING OF MATURE TREES AT THE FOOT OF THE HILLS IN SOME 12 ACRES, A CONTEMPORARY FAMILY HOUSE WITH EXCELLENT EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES, A SUBSTANTIAL OUTBUILDING, PADDOCKS AND FISHING LAKES

THE HOUSE: Reception/Dining Hall, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Vaulted Sitting Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom, Boot Room, Family Room/Study, Three Bedrooms (1 Ensuite), Family Bathroom. YARD & OUTBUILDING: 5 Block Built Stables (1 Foaling Box), Feed & Tack Room. 40m x 20m All Weather Arena. 47ft x 31ft Steel Framed Box Clad Barn. Mains Power and Water to the Yard & Outbuilding. LAKES & GROUNDS: Formal Tree Studded Gardens with Ponds. Two circa. 1 Acre Commercial Fishing Lakes. Copse and Woodland. Paddocks. Substantial Parking for The House and Lakes.

Guide Price £1.295 million Freehold

LOCATION Hogshaw is a within the Vale district in interesting places to visit including Manor, Claydon House and Buckinghamshire. It comprises the two ancient villages of Hogshaw and Quainton Steam Railway. Extensive shopping facilities are situated at Bicester Fulbrook, though neither exist in their entirety any more. The village name Village Retail Outlet, Friar’s Square Centre in Aylesbury, and Milton Keynes. 'Hogshaw' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Hogg's brook' (where 'Hogg' is someone's personal name), and in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded The A41 provides easy access into Aylesbury, Bicester and the M40 network. as Hoggsceaga. Railconnections are fast and convenient on the Chiltern Turbo reaching London Anciently the parish was in the possession of the Knights Templar, and when Marylebone in under an hour from Aylesbury. Services to Euston are available that order was abolished the Knights Hospitaller. It began as the Hogshaw from and Leighton Buzzard. Aylesbury Parkway provides a link to Nunnery and then became the Hogshaw Commandery in the 15th century, Marylebone at . however during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547 the parish was seized by the Crown and it was after this time that the villages became EDUCATION depopulated. It was in 1720 that the church was officially depopulated for Primary Schools at , & Winslow financial reasons, and the remaining villagers forced to worship at East Upper School at Claydon. Said church was demolished shortly after and all that remains of the Preparatory schools at Ashfold, and Oxford two villages today is a handful of houses. Public schools at Stowe, Berkhamsted and Oxford. The surrounding market towns and villages provide a wealth of historical and Grammar Schools at Aylesbury and Buckingham.

DESCRIPTION Adjacent stands the all weather 40 metre x 20 metre manege that is post and Hill Cottage Farm is rurally situated below the southern edge of the Quainton railed with a flexi-ride surface. hills with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. The approach is From the yard and manege there is access to a 2 acre turn out field with a mains from a shared lane up to its own private gated entrance which then bears off left fed trough and the backdrop is the picturesque hills. to the house and right towards the lakes. Either side of the driveway leading to the house are large areas of hardstanding and beyond the parking bay is the The outbuilding is a steel portal framed box clad barn with an industrial up and stableyard and outbuilding. The formal gardens are to the front side and rear of over door, personal door and concrete floor. It is roughly 6 metres tall and the property comprising of lawns with two ponds, a host of ash trees, some potentially has the capability to be adapted to two storeys with the addition of a hawthorns and more recently planted a number of home oaks. mezzanine level. Power, water and lighting are provided. Attached to the rear is The residence is approx. 10 years old and has elevations of mellow brick and a single storey lean to, also steel framed with a concrete floor and listed as a log timber cladding beneath a slate roof with attractive gables. The front door opens and hay barn although it could be used to increase the stabling. into a grand reception room, a dining hall by design, which merges into a stunning farmhouse kitchen. The kitchen is fitted with soft close oak units and a Agents note: In the writers opinion and taking into consideration there are other mixture of solid wood and corian worktops, the latter incorporating a seamless commercial units in the vicinity it would seem likely that the outbuilding could sink. Integrated are a fridge, dishwasher, Smeg combination oven, Smeg be a light industrial premise if so desired. conventional oven and a Smeg induction hob and above the hob an AEG state of the art extraction system. The kitchen has a triple aspect and downlighting THE LAKES & GROUNDS: and aiding natural light in the dining hall is a sun tube. Both rooms have quarry The two fishing lakes are each circa 1 acre and stocked predominantly for tile flooring and exposed beams and timbers, the exposed beams and timbers coarse angling with 25 pegs available and commensurate parking. The top lake being a theme throughout the accommodation. There is a well proportioned is rumoured to be formed from an old dew pond used by medieval monks to sitting room, again triple aspect but this time with oak floorboards, and the farm carp. room has a vaulted ceiling and centrally positioned on the inner wall is a cast Swathes of land surround the lakes and run between the two and along the iron multi fuel stove. The remainder of the ground floor is made up of a utility western bank is a track serving the muck heap and another roadside field. room, cloakroom, boot room, and family room/study that with a little Occupying the space separating the lakes and the dwelling is natural woodland modification could become a self contained annexe or grooms quarters. that is intersected by a pretty meandering trail. Upstairs are three double bedrooms, the master suite particularly impressive having a balcony, recessed wardrobe space, and a well equipped shower room. NB: A footpath crosses the land. In the family bathroom are a freestanding roll top bath and an independent shower cubicle. SERVICES - Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. LPG fired central heating Agents note: The beams in the vaulted ceiling of the sitting room have been positioned in such a way as to be capable of creating joists for the floor of VIEWING - Strictly via the vendors agent W Humphries Ltd another bedroom suite. DIRECTIONS - From Aylesbury take the A41 toward Bicester through YARD AND OUTBUILDING: Waddesdon and turn right signposted to Quainton. At the crossroads in the village The stables are block built and the roof was replaced in 2019 and has window turn left and continue out of Quainton then at the next T-junction turn right and lights. One of the five boxes is foaling box size, there’s a feed and tack room, continue into Hogshaw hamlet. The lane to Hill Cottage Farm can be found on and the yard is connected to mains water and electricity. the right prior to the turning for the gated road.

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

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