5 bed detached house for sale

Westmill, Buntingford, Hertfordshire SG9

Keepers cottage is situated off a private road amongst gently undulating countryside, just to the south of Buntingford. The building would appear to be a structure of some age, with the main section being Victorian with a fine extension to the rear. The handsome elevations are part plastered and part tile hung.

Award-winning architects Cowper and Griffiths designed the extension at the rear of the house to incorporate a generous kitchen/breakfast/family room with a pantry and a utility room. The kitchen/breakfast/family room benefits from automated blinds on the windows. There is a timbered sitting room with a wood burning stove and dining room with an open fireplace.

From the hallway there is a cloakroom and a modern, conservatory-style link which leads to a study area and a ground floor shower room. Here a second staircase leads to a large bright double guest room which sits above the garage

On the first floor in the main house there are 4 bedrooms, a well specified bathroom and a shower room adjoining the main bedroom. The property has good storage and most of the bedrooms have fitted wardrobes.

Keepers Cottage is a beautiful house which has been extended and renovated and is in excellent order.

There is a generous double garage with light and power, granite sets to the front and parking for three vehicles. To the front of the property there is a small garden with a shrub border and a gravel pathway to a gated side access leading to a log store and a bunded oil tank on a block base. There is a covered boot area at the side of the house which leads to the utility room.

At the back of the house there is a spectacular garden, established by the current owner with a recently renovated summerhouse with doors opening out to the lovely garden with delightful planting, pathways and a terrace, all aided by an irrigation system.

Although close to Westmill village and a short drive from the A10, the cottage is in a rural location with views over open fields and surrounded by farmland with very little passing traffic. The cottage is far enough away from main roads, railway lines and airports and, therefore, benefits from a tranquil setting.

Agents note: The driveway is owned by the farm, but the owners of Keepers Cottage have a vehicular and pedestrian right of access over it. They pay 1/8th of the maintenance of the driveway, which is currently in good condition.

The property is also being sold with vacant possession with no onward chain.

Westmill is one of North Hertfordshire’s most keenly sought after villages with a fine selection of individual and period properties, local inn/restaurant, church and tea shop, with a very good range of both state and private schools close-by (St. Edmunds College, Haileybury, Bishop's Stortford College) and a number of primary and secondary schools in Puckeridge and Buntingford - all with good reputations. Conveniently located less than one mile from the A10, which provides access to London, the M25 and the north, Westmill is approx. 2 miles from the large centre of Buntingford to the north, which provides a range of social, recreational and educational facilities. Further facilities are available in the larger towns of Royston, Ware and Bishops Stortford.