High Street, Graveley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4

A handsome Grade II listed village home with immense charm and beautiful gardens

Description

Fife House is an attractive Grade II listed detached property enjoying a commanding position within the centre of the village of Graveley, set back from the road behind tall brick walls. Originally dating back to the 16th Century, the house requires modernisation and renovation in parts but offers a well proportioned rooms with genuine character, retains many period features and sits within a plot of about 0.74 of an acre. As such Fife House represents a wonderful opportunity for an incoming buyer to create a fine home for themselves and their family.

The house is entered through a large and welcoming entrance hallway which gives access to the principal rooms as well as a garden room and cloakroom.. The substantial sitting room has a bay window to front and French doors to the rear, there is a dining room with bay window overlooking the garden and a generous study. The kitchen is located to the side with a utility room and inner hallway that leads through to the back stairs, a library and also to the cellar.

On the first floor the main bedroom has an en suite shower room while the similarly sized second bedroom has an en suite bathroom with claw foot bath. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom also with claw foot bath.

At the side of the house there is an array of outbuildings including a substantial cart lodge/garage, workshop and stable block. In addition in about 1905 a previous owner created a visually impressive, billiards room/studio above the workshop accessed from the house by an intriguing wooden panelled passageway extending from the first floor landing. These buildings provide great scope for conversion to an annexe or home office or alternatively to be incorporated into the main house to provide additional living space, subject to planning consent

The house has a block paved driveway that leads to a graveled area providing extensive off street parking. The gardens to the rear are mature and well screened by hedging and trees. There is a "secret" side garden hidden behind the boundary wall to the High Street which also creates separation to the neighboring house.

Location

Stevenage Station 3 miles (Kings Cross from 25 minutes)
Hitchin 4.4 miles
Letchworth 4.3 miles
A1M (J8) 1 mile
Welwyn Garden City 10.5 miles
Luton Airport 12.7 miles

An attractive village with its two public houses the 'George and Dragon' and the 'Waggon and Horses', Graveley also has an eye-catching and typically English village pond. St Mary's church, which dates to the 12th Century, is situated on the outskirts of the village to the east.

There is a small village primary school, whilst further afield, education is available at nearby Kingshott Preparatory School with a choice of fine schools in Hitchin, Cambridge and Bedford.

The A1(M) provides access to the motorway network via the M25 (J23), which is just over 18 miles away.

The neighbouring town of Stevenage, comprising New and Old Towns offers comprehensive shopping facilities, schools for all age groups, a leisure complex, theatre and arts centre, and a mainline railway station with fast regular trains to London Kings Cross.

The elegant Georgian town of Hitchin provides attractive boutique style shops and eateries and also has a large branch of Waitrose.

Square Footage: 3,998 sq ft


Acreage: 0.74 Acres