Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire

A truly splendid traditional family home in an enviable location with quite exceptional established gardens.

This handsome and much loved family home originally built in 1936, is perfectly set in the mature and tranquil gardens optimising the panorama and distant views. The accommodation with its lovely, elegant proportions has been meticulously maintained over the years, still displaying much originality and offering a wonderful opportunity for the fortunate buyer.

The front door opens into a lovely wide reception hall with a proper traditional cloakroom and stairs up to the first floor. The large double aspect sitting room has a prime view over the rear garden and an original open fireplace as the focal point. The generous separate dining room has a delightful bay window and another original fireplace. The kitchen/breakfast room is comprehensively fitted with units and integrated appliances together with an AGA, with casement doors opening out to the garden. The breakfast area has double doors opening into the cosy family room with its open fireplace. The utility room also has a door out to the garden.

On the first floor the principal bedroom has fitted wardrobes and a large ensuite bathroom. There are four further bedrooms and a family bathroom. The bedrooms to the rear all overlook the fabulous gardens with the view beyond.

OUTSIDE

The property is approached via a gravel in and out driveway, providing parking space and access to the double garage. There is also a neat of lawn with a hedge and trees on the front boundary.

The gardens are an absolute delight of enchanting maturity. Immediately to the rear there is a wide semi-circular terrace across the back of the house and running down the side with steps down to the lawn. The established boundaries provide optimum privacy and there is plenty of colour throughout most of the year from the buses and shrubs. The garden as a whole is interspersed with numerus mature trees creating a quite idyllic setting. The lovely Regency pavilion style summerhouse is a very pleasant place to sit and admire the setting.

LOCATION

Whiteleaf is a delightful leafy hamlet on the fringes of the market town of Princes Risborough and close to the Golf Course. There is a comprehensive range of shops for day-to-day facilities including a Marks and Spencer Foodhall and Tesco supermarket, doctors and dental surgeries, library and veterinary surgeons. Risborough Springs offers excellent gym facilities and an indoor swimming pool. The mainline railway station provides excellent access to London Marylebone at either Monks Risborough or Princes Risborough. The M40 motorway provides fast access to the M25 or M4 motorway networks. Schooling in the area is excellent in both public and private sectors, the primary school at Monks Risborough being almost on your doorstep. There are many pleasant walks and bridleways within the area.