New Street, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire.

DESCRIPTION
Hedgehog House sits off a side street in the middle of the village, a Victorian property which has retained some charming features such as the original internal doors and fireplaces. The elevations are red brick, the front elevation having yellow brick quoins ad a diapered yellow brick diamond alongside pvcu sash style windows.
The accommodation would benefit from a little updating but is perfectly liveable, it does though offer the opportunity to replace the kitchen and bathroom for example.
Beyond the main door is a broad sitting and dining room with floorboards and at one end a cast iron fireplace that has an open flue which could be lined and a woodburning stove installed. The kitchen/breakfast room has painted timber units and natural wood worktops incorporating a butlers sink. Integrated is a fridge, there is plumbing for a dishwasher, and remaining is a cooking range with 5 gas burners and 2 electric ovens. The staircase resides in the study/family room where the another old fireplace. Behind the kitchen are a lobby for a host of coats and boots, a utility room and finally a toilet.
The brickwork is exposed up to the landing and on the first floor are three bedrooms, the smallest able to take a double bed. The bedrooms are served by a full bathroom and also a second separate wc. A proper staircase leads up to the loft room where there is a small amount of restricted headroom. Around the edges are undereaves storage cupboards and in the roof are two velux windows.

Opposite the garage is the boiler room.

OUTSIDE
At the front are railings and a hand gate with a gravelled drive down the side and a garage and gated rear access.
The garage is brick built and has twin wooden doors with a personal door at the back.

The rear garden enjoys a southerly aspect and is secluded measuring roughly 60ft in depth. It has become a little wild over recent years but could be restored to a real showpiece for the property. Currently there is a stone patio, lawn and a row of trees about two thirds in. The back boundary is walled and in the corner a shed.
Attached to the houses downstairs toilet is a potting shed.

AGENTS NOTE: There are no building regulations for the loft conversion although it is to all intents and purposes a fourth bedroom. Planning consent and building regulations were obtained for a roof light in 1991 which is when we assume the loft was converted.


LOCATION
In the ancient division of the county, Waddesdon Parish was of great extent. The name is a combination of a persons name and DUN in old English, translating to Wotts Hill. The village is steeped in history, a large account is written in MAGNA BRITTANNIA in 1806 concerning its famous connections. There is a church of Norman origins and the old Roman Military Road, Akeman Street used to pass through the place. A branch of the Aylesbury and Tring silk manufactory was established in the village in 1843 employing some 40 females at hand loom weaving but has long since gone.
Of some renown is the magnificent Waddesdon Manor, the recently refurbished Rothschild Mansion. Baron Ferdinand De Rothschild bought the land in 1874, it is said he picked the site for his residence after hunting in the area.

The village has excellent pre schools with a junior and highly sought after secondary school.
The nearby market towns and villages provide a wealth of historical and interesting places to visit including the local Waddesdon Manor, Claydon House and Quainton Steam Railway. Extensive shopping facilities are situated at Bicester Village Retail Outlet, the Friars Square Centre in Aylesbury, Milton Keynes and Oxford. The village itself offers a great convenience Store with a post office, a popular coffee shop, hairdressers salon, a Doctors Surgery, dentist, vet, charity shop, pubs, the Five Arrows Hotel and an Indian Restaurant, and Chinese takeaway/fish and chips. There are also tennis and bowls clubs.

Aylesbury is about 5miles with the Aylesbury Vale Parkway station providing frequent service to Marylebone, just a five minute drive away in Fleet Marston/Berryfields. Haddenham/Thame Parkway station is about 8 miles away, providing rail links to London and Birmingham. The market town of Thame is about 9 miles and Oxford is approx. 26 miles. The M40 motorway beyond gives access to London, Oxford, Birmingham, the M25 network, Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports.

COUNCIL TAX
Band E 3,016.29 per annum 2025/26

EDUCATION
Preparatory schools at Ashfold, Swanbourne and Oxford.
Pre Schools in Waddesdon
Primary and Secondary Schools in Waddesdon.
Public Schools at Stowe, Berkhamsted and Oxford.
Grammar Schools at Aylesbury.

SERVICES
Mains Electricity, Gas, Drainage and Water.

VIEWING
Strictly through the vendors agent W Humphries of Waddesdon.

DIRECTIONS - From Aylesbury take the A41 towards Bicester into Waddesdon and in the middle village turn right immediately prior to the pedestrian crossing down Quainton Road. New Street is a little way along on the right.