Property description

LOCATION In the ancient division of the county, Waddesdon Parish was of great extent. The name is a combination of a person’s name and ‘ DUN’ in old English, translating to Wotts Hill. The village is steeped in history, a large account is written in ‘MAGNA BRITTANNIA’ in 1806 concerning its famous connections. There is a church of Norman origins and the old Roman Military Road, Akeman Street used to pass through the place. A branch of the Aylesbury and Tring silk manufactory was established in the village in 1843 employing some 40 females at hand loom weaving but has long since gone. Of some renown is the magnificent Waddesdon Manor, the recently refurbished Rothschild Mansion. Baron Ferdinand De Rothschild bought the land in 1874, it is said he picked the site for his residence after hunting in the area.

The village has excellent pre schools with a junior and highly sought after secondary school.

The nearby market towns and villages provide a wealth of historical and interesting places to visit including the local Waddesdon Manor, Claydon House and Quainton Steam Railway. Extensive shopping facilities are situated at Bicester Village Retail Outlet, the refurbished Friar’s Square Centre in Aylesbury, Milton Keynes and Oxford. The village itself offers a general store, a Post Office, a Doctor’s Surgery, Pubs, the Five Arrows Hotel, a hairdressers, a charming café, fish and chip/Chinese takeaway and an Indian Restaurant. Aylesbury is about 5miles with railway station to London (Marylebone approx. 55 mins), or Haddenham/Thame Parkway about 8 miles. The market town of Thame is about 9 miles and Oxford is approx. 26 miles. The M40 motorway beyond gives access to London, Oxford, Birmingham, the M25 network, Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports. The Aylesbury line has been extended to Aylesbury Vale Parkway station which now provides a frequent service to Marylebone from Fleet Marston.
EDUCATION Preparatory schools at Ashfold, Swanbourne and Oxford. Pre Schools in Waddesdon Primary and Secondary Schools at Waddesdon. Public Schools at Stowe, Berkhamsted and Oxford. Grammar Schools at Aylesbury.
DESCRIPTION
Century Mews is a modern development of just four houses in a terrace built with red brick elevations under a slate roof giving a cottage appearance. Number is at the end on the right and is extremely well presented. At the entrance is a porch and the front door opens into a hall that has slate tiles with underfloor heating and a useful cupboard. In the kitchen is a good range of cream coloured units complimented with beech effect worktops. Built in is a four ring induction hob, oven, dishwasher and a wine chiller. There is space for a fridge/freezer also both space and plumbing for a washing machine. The flooring is a continuation of the slate. There is a sitting/dining room that has double doors leading onto the garden, the staircase rises to the first floor and the room has a feature fireplace comprising and electric stove in a Victorian style painted wood surround. Upstairs are two double bedrooms and the bathroom which has underfloor heating beneath black ceramic tiles, the white suite with chrome fittings and above the bath is a ‘monsoon’ shower that has a pump providing excellent pressure.

OUTSIDE The mews sits back from the High Street and is tucked away accessed from underneath an archway between two character houses. There is a shingled bay within which is an allocated parking space. Access is provided down the side of the house to the rear where off the sitting room is a paved patio, steps then rise to a slightly elevated garden which is approx. 50ft long and landscaped with pea gravel and plants. There are two further seating areas.
SERVICES Mains water, drainage and electricity
VIEWING Strictly via the vendors agent
DIRECTIONS From Aylesbury take the A41 towards Bicester into Waddesdon, opposite the Five Arrows restaurant is an arch between two houses and Century Mews is found beyond the archway