House For Sale £2,495,000
Unique & characterful, spacious family home in desirable Chiltern village.
Description
This pretty Grade II Listed house dates to the 16th Century. It derives its name from the Barlows family who lived here for 400 years. With its traditional brick and flint exterior and clay tiled roof, it retains many original features including exposed brickwork, ancient timbers, leaded light windows and ledge and braced doors. The house has been sympathetically extended and updated and now effortlessly fuses its architectural styles, creating a hugely spacious family home suitable for 21st Century living.
The striking Heart of Oak kitchen is open to the eaves with oak a-frames and trusses. Banks of windows face south and west with French doors opening to the delightful west facing courtyard garden. A new bespoke kitchen by Langstaff Ellis has painted wood units beneath, Siemens & Miele appliances (include a fivezone induction hob), including a double oven & microwave, plate warmer, integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher. With a double stainless-steel sink, deep pan drawers and pull out organisers for cleverly accessible storage space & underfloor heating. The adjacent utility room has cabinetry to match the kitchen, additional sink & cupboards connecting to a separate laundry room with room for washer, drier, wine fridges, water softener & separate downstairs toilet. The family/living rooms interconnect and are inviting rooms with oak floors, beams, original inglenook fireplace, plus further fireplace with powerful wood burning stove.
The south facing lounge is generously proportioned with large fireplace, wood burning stove and French doors to the garden also fitted with underfloor heating. Also on the ground floor is a study, hall/cloakroom and guest double bedroom suite with underfloor heating. The principal bedroom suite is arranged over both floors. A door opens to a small inner hall where a beautiful limed oak staircase, with delicate cut string detail, winds to this lovely light-filled bedroom. Large windows, with views down the full length of the garden, flood this room with natural light. With a bank of bespoke wardrobes to one wall, the en-suite is at the opposite end. A frameless shower enclosure is fitted to a Brazilian slate back wall, with coordinating oak and slate vanity unit beneath a honed marble basin. From the family room the main staircase rises to three further bedrooms and a lovely family bathroom with freestanding cast iron bath, separate shower with Fired Earth fittings and accessories.
Outside
The gardens are stunning and feature sweeping lawns, wild flower meadow, woodland walk amongst mature broadleaf trees, a pond and a variety of terraces to maximise light at different times of the day for outdoor dining & relaxing. A Swedish hot tub & outdoor seated circle with adjacent playhouse for changing/storage makes a great entertaining/family fun area.
Across the front courtyard is a separate one bedroom annex with a large wine store. Within the garden is also a log cabin with verandah (currently used as a workspace with double sofa bed for extra guest accommodation), shower and kitchenette. A garden/games room/double garage has a workshop attached with a large covered area. There is also a garden store for bikes etc. With a drive through garage off the village high street and additional double garage option accessed via a reinforced lawn drive, there is plenty of off street parking. Hidden at the far end of the large garden, lies a small solar field feeding electricity to the house and into the National Grid as part of a government buy-back agreement, providing £2,750 income per quarter. In all approximately 1.9 acres.
Location
The village is situated on top of Frieth Hill in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has a primary school, village hall and two popular pubs, The Yew Tree & The Prince Albert. Also located in priority zone for grammar school applications.
Lane End is one mile away has a butcher & farm shop, Post Office, coffee & other shops, with Marlow (3 Tom Kerridge eateries), Henley and High Wycombe offer more extensive shopping, recreational and educational facilities.
National road and rail networks are easily accessed via the M40, just 4.5 miles away and High Wycombe Rail station (Chiltern Rail) is 6.4miles away in to Marylebone, London.
Square Footage: 3,096 sq ft
Acreage:
1.9 Acres
Directions
From Henley take the A4155 towards Marlow. After 3 miles turn left to Hambleden and Skirmett. Fork right through Hambleden village and continue to Frieth. Barlows can be found on the right just after the church. From Marlow take the Oxford Road, after 4 miles turn left at the Frieth crossroads. Barlows can be found on the left 100m after the Yew Tree pub.
Description
This pretty Grade II Listed house dates to the 16th Century. It derives its name from the Barlows family who lived here for 400 years. With its traditional brick and flint exterior and clay tiled roof, it retains many original features including exposed brickwork, ancient timbers, leaded light windows and ledge and braced doors. The house has been sympathetically extended and updated and now effortlessly fuses its architectural styles, creating a hugely spacious family home suitable for 21st Century living.
The striking Heart of Oak kitchen is open to the eaves with oak a-frames and trusses. Banks of windows face south and west with French doors opening to the delightful west facing courtyard garden. A new bespoke kitchen by Langstaff Ellis has painted wood units beneath, Siemens & Miele appliances (include a fivezone induction hob), including a double oven & microwave, plate warmer, integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher. With a double stainless-steel sink, deep pan drawers and pull out organisers for cleverly accessible storage space & underfloor heating. The adjacent utility room has cabinetry to match the kitchen, additional sink & cupboards connecting to a separate laundry room with room for washer, drier, wine fridges, water softener & separate downstairs toilet. The family/living rooms interconnect and are inviting rooms with oak floors, beams, original inglenook fireplace, plus further fireplace with powerful wood burning stove.
The south facing lounge is generously proportioned with large fireplace, wood burning stove and French doors to the garden also fitted with underfloor heating. Also on the ground floor is a study, hall/cloakroom and guest double bedroom suite with underfloor heating. The principal bedroom suite is arranged over both floors. A door opens to a small inner hall where a beautiful limed oak staircase, with delicate cut string detail, winds to this lovely light-filled bedroom. Large windows, with views down the full length of the garden, flood this room with natural light. With a bank of bespoke wardrobes to one wall, the en-suite is at the opposite end. A frameless shower enclosure is fitted to a Brazilian slate back wall, with coordinating oak and slate vanity unit beneath a honed marble basin. From the family room the main staircase rises to three further bedrooms and a lovely family bathroom with freestanding cast iron bath, separate shower with Fired Earth fittings and accessories.
Outside
The gardens are stunning and feature sweeping lawns, wild flower meadow, woodland walk amongst mature broadleaf trees, a pond and a variety of terraces to maximise light at different times of the day for outdoor dining & relaxing. A Swedish hot tub & outdoor seated circle with adjacent playhouse for changing/storage makes a great entertaining/family fun area.
Across the front courtyard is a separate one bedroom annex with a large wine store. Within the garden is also a log cabin with verandah (currently used as a workspace with double sofa bed for extra guest accommodation), shower and kitchenette. A garden/games room/double garage has a workshop attached with a large covered area. There is also a garden store for bikes etc. With a drive through garage off the village high street and additional double garage option accessed via a reinforced lawn drive, there is plenty of off street parking. Hidden at the far end of the large garden, lies a small solar field feeding electricity to the house and into the National Grid as part of a government buy-back agreement, providing £2,750 income per quarter. In all approximately 1.9 acres.
Location
The village is situated on top of Frieth Hill in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has a primary school, village hall and two popular pubs, The Yew Tree & The Prince Albert. Also located in priority zone for grammar school applications.
Lane End is one mile away has a butcher & farm shop, Post Office, coffee & other shops, with Marlow (3 Tom Kerridge eateries), Henley and High Wycombe offer more extensive shopping, recreational and educational facilities.
National road and rail networks are easily accessed via the M40, just 4.5 miles away and High Wycombe Rail station (Chiltern Rail) is 6.4miles away in to Marylebone, London.
Square Footage: 3,096 sq ft
Acreage:
1.9 Acres
Directions
From Henley take the A4155 towards Marlow. After 3 miles turn left to Hambleden and Skirmett. Fork right through Hambleden village and continue to Frieth. Barlows can be found on the right just after the church. From Marlow take the Oxford Road, after 4 miles turn left at the Frieth crossroads. Barlows can be found on the left 100m after the Yew Tree pub.
