Church Lane, Riseley, MK44

This outstanding grade II listed village residence represents a meticulous and beautifully crafted renovation with charming rustic elevations and a wonderfully welcoming, spacious and light yet characterful interior featuring a wealth of exposed timbers, limestone, travertine and oak floors and warming woodburning stoves, along with a recently refitted bespoke country kitchen and well-appointed, high-quality bathrooms. The property offers a generous 1,900 square feet of adaptable accommodation including three reception rooms, four bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms, and is perfectly placed within this delightful semi-rural environment, close to the village Church and enjoying a generous plot approaching a third of an acre with delightfully private, mature gardens and useful outbuildings.

Ground Floor

Timber panelled door opens to the thatched entrance porch with exterior coach lamp. Oak latch door then into the formal dining room with oak flooring, inglenook fireplace with brick pamment hearth and bressummer housing a multi-fuel stove, and double doors opening onto the garden. (Stairs rising to the first floor).
The adjacent dual-aspect sitting room features a brick fireplace with brick pamment hearth and bressummer housing a multi-fuel stove, alcove cupboards and doorway to the study with fitted desk unit and storage, which would also be ideal as a cosy snug.

Grnd Flr Cont'd

The well-crafted kitchen/breakfast room has been recently refitted with a comprehensive range of bespoke cabinets under white quartz counters with upstands, matching dresser-style unit, double Butler sink and mixer tap, integrated dishwasher and fridge/freezer, tiled recess for range-style cooker with pelmet housing extractor hood and concealed lighting. The central island has a hardwood counter incorporating a breakfast bar, and there is also ample space for an additional table, if required.

(Cont'd)

The travertine flooring extends to rear lobby, which has a door to the garden, and into the washroom which has been fitted with quartz countertop and cabinets to complement the kitchen, with under-counter mounted sink, plumbing for washing machine, close couple WC and double-column radiator/towel rail.
The ground floor bedroom, which could also serve as an additional family room/home office, has a shower room en suite with tiled quadrant shower enclosure, washbasin with storage unit below, close-coupled WC and radiator/towel rail.

First Floor

From the dining room, a staircase with oak balustrade provides access to the split-level landing and the three first floor bedrooms.
The dual-aspect, principal double bedroom with part-vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers, enjoys bespoke fitted wardrobes and a well-appointed en suite comprising shower enclosure, corner washbasin, close-coupled WC and radiator/towel rail.
Bedroom two, with oak flooring, part-vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers, is also an excellent double and has a range of fitted wardrobes.
The generously proportioned family bathroom, with decorative tiled flooring and exposed timbers, is fitted with a four-piece suite comprising quadrant shower enclosure, free-standing roll-top bath, vanity unit with granite countertop, inset basin and storage cabinets, close-coupled WC and radiator/towel rail.

Outside

The property is superbly positioned on a no-through road on a plot approaching a third of an acre and is set back behind mature hedging with landscaped frontage including a functioning Well and driveway offering extensive car standing/turning space and leading to the garage/store.
Gated access to the exceptional rear garden with delightful south-easterly aspect and featuring gravelled seating areas and a fine expanse of lawn with beautifully stocked borders and a variety of mature trees, soft fruit and vegetable planters, stables approx. 7.31m x 3.65m (24ft x 12ft) currently used as a workshop, and an excellent summerhouse providing lovely views over the house and garden (both with power and light).

Garage/Store

4.20m x 2.80m (13’ 9” x 9’ 2”)
Double doors, power and light connected, doors to the house. Suitable for a number of uses including workshop, garaging and storage.

Location

Riseley village in north Bedfordshire has a village shop, C19th pub/restaurant, famed for its good food and beer, coffee shop and garage. Riseley Primary School feeds into Sharnbrook Academy (both Ofsted good). Private schools include Kimbolton School (6 miles) and The Harpur Trust schools in Bedford (11 miles). Rushden Lakes development is 11 miles away, off the A45 trunk road, and has a range of shops and restaurants with Marks and Spencer as its flagship store.
Nearby Bedford and St Neots mainline railway stations offer fast and frequent services to London’s St Pancras International station. Bedford’s southern bypass (A421) links with the M1 at Junction 13.
It is envisaged that the property will be around 20 minutes or so drive from the proposed east west rail link connecting Oxford to Cambridge and the biomedical campus.

BUYERS INFORMATION

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