House For Sale £2,350,000
Knight Frank are delighted to offer this superb family home situated in the centre of a desirable Chiltern village. The house has been sympathetically extended and updated, creating a wonderful mixture of contemporary and period accommodation suitable for modern family living. Its mixture of original features and modern interior style, including underfloor heating, blend seamlessly.
On entering this contemporary style property the entrance hall leads you to the spacious south-facing lounge with a large fireplace, wood-burning stove and French doors to the terrace, a wonderful room to admire the fantastic garden, it also has electric underfloor heating powered by solar panels. The ground floor also has a study, hall with a cloakroom and a guest double bedroom suite with underfloor heating. The principal bedroom suite is arranged over both floors. A door opens to a small inner hall with a beautiful limed oak staircase, with delicate cut string detail, which rises to the lovely light-filled bedroom. Large windows, with views across the length of the large garden and outdoor living space, fill the room with natural light. The en suite is behind a screen/wall, a frameless shower enclosure has a Brazilian slate back wall, with a coordinating oak and slate vanity unit beneath a honed marble basin. A wall of bespoke wardrobes is on the opposite side of the room.
Barlows benefits significantly from a striking Heart of Oak kitchen. It is open to the eaves with oak A-frames and trusses, and it has walls of windows facing 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 and Miele appliances, including a five-zone induction hob, a double oven and microwave, a plate warmer, an integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher. With a double stainless-steel sink, deep pan drawers and pull-out organisers for conveniently accessible storage space and underfloor heating. The adjacent utility room has units to match the kitchen, additional sink and cupboards connecting to a separate laundry room with room for a washer, drier, wine fridges, water softener and separate downstairs toilet. The snug/living room interconnect and are wonderful with oak floors, beams, an original inglenook fireplace, and a further fireplace with a wood-burning stove. The main staircase rises from the family room to a further three
bedrooms. All the bedrooms have views across the gardens and share a lovely family bathroom with a freestanding cast iron bath,
and a shower with Fired Earth fittings and accessories.
The gardens are stunning feature of Barlows with beautiful lawns, a wildflower meadow, a woodland walk amongst mature broadleaf
trees, a pond and several terraces, allowing you to enjoy the sun at different times of the day and great for outdoor dining and
entertaining. A Swedish hot tub and outdoor seated circle with an adjacent playhouse for changing/storage make a great family area
and additional entertaining space. Across the brick paved front courtyard is a separate one bedroom annexe with an extensive wine store. The garden also has a log cabin with a verandah (currently used as a workspace) is ideal for extra guest accommodation and includes a shower and a kitchenette. There is plenty of off street parking with a drive-through garage off the village high street and and additional double garage accessed via a reinforced lawn drive. 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 a generous tax-free income as well as reducing electricity costs.
On entering this contemporary style property the entrance hall leads you to the spacious south-facing lounge with a large fireplace, wood-burning stove and French doors to the terrace, a wonderful room to admire the fantastic garden, it also has electric underfloor heating powered by solar panels. The ground floor also has a study, hall with a cloakroom and a guest double bedroom suite with underfloor heating. The principal bedroom suite is arranged over both floors. A door opens to a small inner hall with a beautiful limed oak staircase, with delicate cut string detail, which rises to the lovely light-filled bedroom. Large windows, with views across the length of the large garden and outdoor living space, fill the room with natural light. The en suite is behind a screen/wall, a frameless shower enclosure has a Brazilian slate back wall, with a coordinating oak and slate vanity unit beneath a honed marble basin. A wall of bespoke wardrobes is on the opposite side of the room.
Barlows benefits significantly from a striking Heart of Oak kitchen. It is open to the eaves with oak A-frames and trusses, and it has walls of windows facing 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 and Miele appliances, including a five-zone induction hob, a double oven and microwave, a plate warmer, an integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher. With a double stainless-steel sink, deep pan drawers and pull-out organisers for conveniently accessible storage space and underfloor heating. The adjacent utility room has units to match the kitchen, additional sink and cupboards connecting to a separate laundry room with room for a washer, drier, wine fridges, water softener and separate downstairs toilet. The snug/living room interconnect and are wonderful with oak floors, beams, an original inglenook fireplace, and a further fireplace with a wood-burning stove. The main staircase rises from the family room to a further three
bedrooms. All the bedrooms have views across the gardens and share a lovely family bathroom with a freestanding cast iron bath,
and a shower with Fired Earth fittings and accessories.
The gardens are stunning feature of Barlows with beautiful lawns, a wildflower meadow, a woodland walk amongst mature broadleaf
trees, a pond and several terraces, allowing you to enjoy the sun at different times of the day and great for outdoor dining and
entertaining. A Swedish hot tub and outdoor seated circle with an adjacent playhouse for changing/storage make a great family area
and additional entertaining space. Across the brick paved front courtyard is a separate one bedroom annexe with an extensive wine store. The garden also has a log cabin with a verandah (currently used as a workspace) is ideal for extra guest accommodation and includes a shower and a kitchenette. There is plenty of off street parking with a drive-through garage off the village high street and and additional double garage accessed via a reinforced lawn drive. 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 a generous tax-free income as well as reducing electricity costs.
Frieth is a popular village with families as it is in the priority admissions area for the excellent Sir William Borlase Grammar School and other Bucks grammar schools.
Barlows is situated in the picturesque village of Frieth, only a short drive from the popular and attractive market town of Marlow. There are excellent shopping facilities in the local towns of Henley-on-Thames and Marlow, which offer a variety of shops, public houses and good local restaurants and within walking distance of the The Yew Tree pub in Frieth.
Frieth is perfectly located for several exceptional schools both state and private including a popular local primary school (rated Ofsted
Good), local grammar schools, St Pirans, Rupert House, Wycombe Abbey and Shiplake College to name just a few.
The property is well placed for access to the M40 J4 and J5 Stokenchurch which are both within six miles, and the M4 J8/9 Maidenhead within 10 miles via the A404. High Wycombe train station 6.4 miles, trains to London Marylebone in 26 mins, Maidenhead station 8 miles, trains to Paddington & Elizabeth Line. Central London 36 miles (distances are approximate).
