Property description

A charming five bedroom Grade II Listed moated farm house set within approximately 2.2 acres with delightful gardens, a paddock and a stream.

The property is a former hall house from the late fifteenth century with a wealth of period features including exposed beams, a former bread oven and a seventeenth century inglenook fireplace.

The property has a footpath through the garden. There is also an outbuilding in the garden with potential for conversion to a studio or home office, subject to the usual planning consents.

5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, entrance hall, kitchen, utility room, WC, studio, study, dining room, attic store room, garden, outbuilding, in all approximately 2.2 acres.

SITUATION    Broughton is a hamlet to the east of Aylesbury with three schools (New Millside Pre-school, Broughton Infant School and Broughton Junior School), an Anglican church, a community run coffee shop and 'The Dog House Inn' public house and restaurant, which is a short walk from The Grand Union Canal. Aylesbury town centre is approximately 1.8 miles away and offers amenities including a theatre, a cinema and The Buckinghamshire County museum. There are a wide range of shopping facilities and supermarkets. Rail services from Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville station reach London Marylebone station within an hour and the A418 provides road access to Thame and Oxford and the A41 road connects to Bicester and London.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

PORCH    Quarry tiled floor, outside light, door bell.

HALL    Quarry tiled floor, exposed beams, under stairs cupboard.

DRAWING ROOM 17'2\" x 15' (5.23m x 4.57m). Exposed beams, bay window, inglenook fireplace with brick hearth and cast iron hood, wooden beam mantel, radiator, door to stairs to first floor.

SITTING ROOM 18'5\" x 11'4\" (5.61m x 3.45m). Exposed beams, fireplace with white painted marble mantelpiece, electric fire, ornamental tiled surround, downlighters, television aerial point, radiator, French doors to garden.

STUDY 11'4\" x 7'6\" (3.45m x 2.29m). Quarry tiled floor, exposed beams, spotlights on beams, radiator.

DINING ROOM 15' x 12'2\" (4.57m x 3.7m). Quarry tiled floor, exposed beams, spotlight, radiator.

KITCHEN 15'10\" x 15'1\" (4.83m x 4.6m). Wood laminate floor, range of wall and floor mounted units, double butler sink with mixer tap, tiled work surface, gas fired four ring hob, double electric oven, plate warmer and griddle, tiled splashback, extractor hood with light, wall mounted cabinets with glass doors, exposed beams, sealed bread oven fireplace with beam mantel and tiled hearth, wooden larder cupboard, downlighters, radiator, door to front garden.

STUDIO 15'3\" x 13'9\" (4.65m x 4.2m). Flagstone floor, exposed beams, downlighters, wooden shelves, Ideal Mexico gas fired boiler, radiator.

UTILITY ROOM 13'4\" x 6'11\" (4.06m x 2.1m). Tiled floor, exposed beams, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, cupboard with slatted doors, coat pegs, radiator, door to garden.

WC    Tiled floor, exposed beam, WC, wash basin, tiled splashback, radiator.

LANDING    Exposed beams, leaded windows, radiator, stairs to second floor.

MASTER BEDROOM 150'11\" x 12'9\" (46m x 3.89m). Exposed beams, built-in wardrobe, dual aspect leaded windows, radiator.

EN SUITE BATHROOM    Freestanding bath with claw feet, shower cubicle with Bristan shower, WC, Bristan ceramic wash stand with basin, tiled splashback, panelled splashbacks with wooden shelf above, exposed beams, wall lights, shaving point, hanging rail attached to beam, screened radiator, radiator towel rail, eaves storage cupboard.

BEDROOM 2 12'2\" x 11'10\" (3.7m x 3.6m). Exposed beams, built-in wardrobe, wooden shelves, radiator.

UPPER LANDING    Exposed beams, radiator.

FAMILY BATHROOM    Laminate floor, panelled bath, pedestal wash basin, WC, tiled splashback, exposed beams, wall light, cupboard housing hot water tank and airing shelves, radiator.

BEDROOM 3 14'10\" x 14'3\" (4.52m x 4.34m). Exposed beams, leaded windows, built-in wardrobe, dual aspect, radiator, door to wooden stairs with light within.

BEDROOM 4 15'9\" x 8'8\" (4.8m x 2.64m). Exposed beams, built-in wardrobe, radiator.

BEDROOM 5 13' x 10'2\" (3.96m x 3.1m). Painted beams, leaded window, built-in wardrobe, cupboard under eaves, book shelf, radiator.

ATTIC 12'2\" x 10'4\" (3.7m x 3.15m). Wooden floor, exposed beams.

ANNEXE    Stone tiled floor, exposed beams, power and light.

OUTSIDE    The property is approached through a five bar gate signed Old Manor Farm. The gravel drive passes alongside mature laurel and fir hedges to the gravel parking area, where there is space to park several cars. There is a wooden screened bin store area with trellis to front of property and two wooden sheds beyond the parking area. A wooden bridge crosses the moat to the front garden and a stone path leads around to the front door area where there are mature flower beds edged by box hedges with hellebores, roses and ferns within. The property is screened by mature trees and fir and laurel hedges. A climbing rose is trained around the front porch. There is an outside light, an undercover wood store with power and light and the rear stairwell entrance. The sides of the property are flanked by lawns with seasonal flowering plants and mature shrubs.
To the rear of the property is a gravel and paved dining terrace enclosed within a brick wall that overlooks the pond and moat. A wooden bridge crosses the moat to the garden which is mainly laid to lawn with a splendid mature willow, fir trees, a mock orange bush, an Indian bean tree, six black poplars, several rose bushes, irises and a clipped fir hedge and archway. Beyond is a further area of lawn and an outbuilding with power and light. The garden is partly bordered by post and rail fencing and hedging. To the rear of the garden there are far reaching views of the local countryside and a small area of woodland. A five bar gate alongside mature trees opens to a paddock and stream which is crossed via a wooden bridge of railway sleepers. The paddock which is mainly pasture with saplings, hedgerows and several wooden benches overlooking the stream.

DIRECTIONS    From our office, head north on Banbury Road towards A4165. At the roundabout take the third exit onto Elsfield Way (A40). Continue to follow the A40 and turn slightly left at the Headington roundabout onto London Road (A40). Continue for approximately 4 miles and then merge left via the ramp onto the A418 towards Aylesbury/Thame. At the roundabout take the second exit and continue on the A418. At the next roundabout take the second exit onto Aylesbury Road(A418) towards Thame. Continue for 2 miles and at the roundabout take the first exit on the A418 towards Aylesbury and then proceed for approximately 5.7 miles. Continue for 1.5 miles on the A418 to Aylesbury. At the roundabout take Friarage Road (A41) towards Hemel Hempstead then go for another 440 ft to the next roundabout and take the first exit onto Exchange Street (A41). Continue on for 0.2 miles to the next roundabout and continue straight onto Vale Park Drive (A418). At the next roundabout continue straight onto Vale Park Drive (A418) and at the roundabout continue straight onto Stocklake. Continue for approximately 0.6 miles and then turn right onto Douglas Road(A4157). Turn left onto Stocklake and then turn right onto Broughton Lane. Go past the Dog House Inn and over the canal bridge and then the property will be on the right next to the entrance for Manor Farm, with an open five bar gate signed Old Manor Farm. Postcode HP22 5AW.