20 Lower Green, Westcott, HP18 0NS
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£500,000
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Description
LOCATION
Westcott is a small village with a combination of modern and period property and the archaeology in the area suggests that there may well have been a larger medieval settlement here than the modern day village.
Named in the Domesday Book as part of the ancient Bernwood Forest Westcott lies in the Parish of the larger village of Waddesdon and sits at the foot of Lodge Hill and the Rothschild mansion, Waddesdon Manor, with beautiful country walks in all directions. There is a cricket club, deli/cafe and small shop on the former M.O.D site, said site being now the venture park and home to a number of businesses.
Aylesbury is some 6 miles with a train service to Marylebone in 55 mins and Bicester (10 miles) also has a train service to Marylebone which takes around an hour. There is however a station at Haddenham (9 miles), Haddenham & Thame Parkway, that has frequent trains to London, the fast train arriving in Marylebone is 36 minutes.
The market town of Thame is approximately 10 miles with the M40 just beyond.
Oxford is approximately 24 miles distant and Milton Keynes 22 miles.
DESCRIPTION
Lower Green is a quiet lane a stones throw away from wonderful rural walks up Lodge Hill to Waddesdon and in a different direction towards Ashendon and Brill through the surrounding countryside. Number 20, a detached property, offers very comfortable family accommodation and alongside keeping the house in superb decorative order the owners have over their tenure renovated much of the property and in much more recent times (early 2024) created an ensuite to the main bedroom.
The entrance is via a double glazed door with leaded light panels which opens into the kitchen/dining room, of generous proportions the kitchen area is fitted in cream shaker style units and solid timber worktops and more of said units and worktops are stationed along the dining area walls in an attractive dresser style effect. The floor is quarry tiles and the room has both concealed LED lighting and lighting set into the kick boards. Spaces are provided for a fridge/freezer, washing and dishwasher (plumbing in situ) and a cooking range, above which is a black 'Rangemaster’ extraction hood.
There is a dogleg staircase at the end of the hall and the hall’s laminate floor has a wooden board appearance, this wooden board style flooring then continues through the reception rooms. The understairs cupboard is virtually a utility room in its own right and contains huge storage. There is a good size study or family room and opposite that a lovely cloakroom with patterned floor tiles, a wash basin, wc, and towel rail/radiator. The sitting room is dual aspect, a spacious L-shape and it overlooks the garden and has doors out onto the patio. In the corner of the room is a large concealed understairs storage area.
Upstairs are four bedrooms with wood laminate flooring and a family bathroom, the guest rooms comprising two excellent doubles and a large single. The principle bedroom has a corridor with an ensuite shower room, crafted from a former walk in wardrobe now this ensuite has LED downlighting, a tiled floor, heated towel rail, wc, wash basin and a shower cubicle, the shower with a handheld and overhead rainfall options. The family bathroom is bigger than usual and offers a bath and separate shower facility, again the latter with a handheld shower and overhead rainfall shower and also once more there is a heated towel rail. The bedrooms at the back of the house enjoy stunning views up Lodge Hill where the Rothschild mansion Waddesdon Manor is situated.
OUTSIDE
The front is given over to parking and the hardstanding can host five or six vehicles. There is a security light and down the gated side access a tap can be found.
To the rear the mature garden faces pretty much due south and is very private. The patio is stone and the lawn has a border of established flowers, trees and shrubs. A block paved path heads to a fairly substantial timber workshop that has electricity supplied from the house and is built in to the corner of the plot to maximise its size.
The timber shed near the house is where the bio mass boiler resides.
SERVICES
Mains water, drainage and electricity. The central heating is powered via an Okofen bio mass pellet fed boiler.
EDUCATION
Preparatory schools at Ashfold, Swanbourne and Oxford.
Primary schools in nearby Waddesdon, Quainton and Grendon Underwood.
Secondary school at Waddesdon.
Public schools at Stowe, Berkhamsted and Oxford.
Grammar schools at Aylesbury.
COUNCIL TAX
Band E £2,645.56 per annum (2023/2024)