Property description

'Great Barford House' is situated along a pretty tree-lined drive in a private position encompassing panoramic views of rural Bedfordshire for miles around. The property comprises an impressive entrance lobby with wonderful stone floor and a beautifully romantic sweeping staircase off the hallway to the first floor. The drawing room and dining room boast traditional high ceilings with floor to ceiling windows, complete with original shutters. Each room has a wonderful marble open fireplace which enhance the atmosphere of this historic house. The character features are endless, along with five impressive bedrooms all with gorgeous countryside views. The master bedroom has a beautiful bay window and a spacious en-suite bathroom with roll-top bath and plenty of storage space. Great Barford House is full of everything you would expect from a stately home; huge attic space, a cellar, a small library, utility area, and a traditional open plan kitchen breakfast room with impressive AGA. Everything about the house reveals its provenance, including a magnificent viewing tower from which you could survey the 15 ACRES of Great British countryside that you could own.Outside, the property is equally impressive with a selection of original out-buildings which could serve many purposes for different buyers (one had planning for a leisure complex conversion for example), and there is a FIVE ACRE PADDOCK and stables. There is a beautiful lake and an adjoining super lawn, which would be perfect for outdoor entertaining with Victorian walled kitchen garden with a self sufficient vegetable garden. There is a large green house which produces several hundred-weight of grapes which are professionally harvested. The property is in a sought after location for commuters or if you want country living close to many amenities. Bedford, Cambridge and St Neots (including mainline stations for London Kings Cross & Euston), with all they have to offer, are a short drive away If you are in a position to consider making Great Barford House your home then you must visit because seeing is believing. Contact Giggs & Company on 01480 276888 to arrange a viewing appointment.

Property Features :

• MANOR HOUSE SET IN 10 ACRES
• TRADITIONAL RANGE OF PERIOD BUILDINGS
• THATCHED GAME LARDER AND BARN
• ORNAMENTAL LAKE
• PADDOCKS

Property Info:

• FLOOR PLAN