Botley Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5

A beautiful late Victorian country home, with approaching 14 acres. Located 1 mile to Chesham Station and 0.4 miles to Chesham Grammar School.

Description

For sale for the first time in over 50 years - Woodlands is a beautiful late Victorian country home, believed to date back to 1890, with attractive elevations and generous room proportions providing elegant and spacious family accommodation. Brimming with character including high ceilings, original period cornicing in part and sash windows. The property is nestled within glorious Chilterns countryside and set within mature grounds approaching 14 acres. The property enjoys a wonderful setting with uninterrupted rural views.

The accommodation is highly adaptable with a layout arranged over two well planned floors, alongside the stables, hay shed, store rooms and further outbuildings including a double garage with loft storage above, this property is ideal for an equestrian family and benefits huge potential to improve and extend/convert subject to consent.

The living accommodation comprises three principal reception rooms accessed via the welcoming entrance hallway with staircase rising to the first floor. There is also a cloakroom and large airing cupboard off the hallway.

The kitchen/breakfast room is flooded with natural light, being triple aspect with doors opening to the garden. Fitted with base and eye level units with space for freestanding appliances. There is also ample space for a dining table and chairs. Off the kitchen there is a formal dining room which offers beautiful views over the land.

The sitting room is double aspect with doors to the rear, a feature of this room is the charming Victorian open fireplace.

There is a study to the front of the property connecting the kitchen to the entrance hallway.

The first floor accommodation enjoys equally impressive proportions with five generous bedrooms served by a re-fitted family bathroom. There is also a laundry store housing the water tank on the first floor.

Extending to approaching 14 acres, the gardens, grounds and adjacent farmland surround the house and provide stunning rural views. There are various outbuildings including stables, hay shed, double garage with storage above, various store rooms and field shelters.

Location

Botley Road connects Chesham to Ley Hill. Ley Hill offers a picturesque village scene of the common with an 18-hole golf course and cricket club opposite the popular Crown public house.

There is also the sought after Ley Hill Primary School. The surrounding Chiltern countryside provides many miles of footpaths and bridleways.

Chesham centre, 1 mile away, offers a comprehensive range of shopping facilities, coffee houses, restaurants and both a Waitrose and Sainsburys supermarket within the pedestrianised High Street. Chesham Metropolitan Line station offers a regular London commuter service into Baker Street.

The area is renowned for its education including Chesham Grammar School is 0.4 miles away from the property with Dr Challoner’s Grammar School for boys in Amersham and the High School for girls in Little Chalfont.

School catchments are as of April 2026, and distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,040 sq ft


Acreage: 13.69 Acres