Burcott, LU7 0JU

A FINE EXAMPLE OF A FORMER ROTHSCHILD ESTATE HOUSE RESTORED AND REMODELLED TO CREATE A MOST IMPRESSIVE FAMILY HOME ON A GOOD SIZE SECLUDED PLOT APPROACHING 0.3 OF AN ACRE. Set in the sought-after village of Burcott, facing open countryside and conveniently placed only seven minutes to Leighton Buzzard station with trains to London Euston from 30 minutes Hallam House has been carefully restored and successfully combines period features with modern living spaces. The owners have carried out a host of improvements with excellent attention to detail and finishing touches, including period-style radiators, solid oak doors, ornate turned staircase, exposed floorboards and log burning stove all echoing the era of the original house. Whilst modern features enhance the accommodation with a superb new contemporary kitchen with island unit, dining and family area leading to a new large terrace for outdoor entertaining. All the sanitaryware has been refitted throughout with new clean-lined white suites and new central heating and Worcester boiler installed in 2023. The accommodation is ideal for today’s lifestyle with two home offices off a welcoming hallway and a spacious triple aspect sitting room for relaxing. The first floor offers a principal bedroom with balcony, ensuite, a second bedroom with dressing room or study area, two further bedrooms enjoying open views and a new shower room. Making the most of the outside, the gardens are secluded with play and relaxing areas with a large workshop for day-to-day needs and a private gated driveway for several vehicles completes the property. HISTORY Hallam House was once the family home of Dame Kathleen Raven who rose from wartime nurse to become Chief Nursing Officer to the NHS from 1958 to 1972 and was directly involved in the introduction and creation of what we now call “Intensive Care”. A viewing is highly recommended to appreciate the space, accommodation and lifestyle opportunity on offer at Hallam House. GROUND FLOOR A pitched and enclosed entrance porch with solid door and side windows leads into a welcoming hallway where a turned staircase rises to the first floor with a cupboard under and has woodblock flooring with a useful tall double door cupboard. Within the hall, a cloakroom is finished in a new white period suite of washbasin and wc with tongue and groove panelling. Lying to both the left and right of the hall are two home offices or TV/library rooms, one being triple aspect with double doors and a view over the garden and has a lantern roof light. The second features a beamed ceiling and is fitted with a custom-made range of book shelves. Double opening doors lead from the hall into the excellent size sitting room which has a fireplace with inset log burning stove, wooden flooring and a full height bay window and two additional windows all providing a view of the garden. Forming the heart of the home, the kitchen/diner and family room offers open plan living with a quartz topped Island unit and a contemporary range of base, eye and larder units, again with quartz work surfaces. Appliances included an electric Rangemaster cooker with an extractor over and a Bosch dishwasher. There is ample space for table, chairs and a sofa and the whole room has quality, smooth finish ceramic tiling to the floor along with full height and width picture windows and three doors which open out to the good size garden terrace. Within the room there is a unique glazed top and illuminated Well which once served the property. Adjacent to the kitchen, a useful utility room offers further storage with a door to the garden, a wall mounted Worcester gas boiler and has space for a washing machine and tumble dryer. FIRST FLOOR A light and spacious landing has a feature window to the front and shelved storage cupboard. With its own useable railed balcony, the dual aspect main bedroom has a part vaulted ceiling and a new fully tiled ensuite comprises bath with shower unit over, vanity wash basin, wc, heated towel rail and illuminated mirror. Echoing the main, the second bedroom is a good size with vaulted ceiling and has a “dressing area” leading to the sleeping area two windows to the rear, a double wardrobe and access to the loft. Two further double bedrooms face to the front and enjoy open views over farmland. Completing the accommodation a new fully tiled shower room has a modern suite of walk-in shower, vanity wash basin, wc and heated towel rail. OUTSIDE Hallam House is approached via a shingle driveway with parking to the side and front of the property with sleeper edging and hedging to the boundary. The rear garden is ideal for everyone’s needs – an excellent size smooth tiled patio area leads from the kitchen and offers great space for barbecues, table, chairs, sun loungers and has laurel planting to one side which leads to a concealed potting area and the workshop/barn which measures 5.9m x 5.4m. The workshop offers a multitude of uses and has a pitched ceiling, power and light. The main garden area is nicely secluded and features a large lawn with assorted trees and shrubs all bordered by hedging and has a pedestrian gate to the front of the house. LOCATION Burcott is a small hamlet on the edge of the Vale of Aylesbury with access onto a network of country lanes and paths. The nearby village of Wing offers local shopping facilities including general store and newsagents together with restaurants, children’s nursery, Cottesloe Secondary and Sixth Form school. Burcott also lies within the catchment area for Aylesbury Grammar School and there is a train service from Leighton Buzzard to Berkhamsted Collegiate School. There is also an excellent choice of private schooling in the area including Swanbourne and Winchester House preparatory schools along with Stowe, Akeley Wood and Thornton College to name a few. Leighton Buzard, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes provide more extensive shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities. The market town of Woburn boasts a wide selection of restaurants along with the prestigious Woburn Golf and Country Club with its three top one hundred UK championship golf courses. Communications are excellent with trains taking 30 minutes from Leighton Buzzard to London Euston and Aylesbury to London Marylebone from 50 minutes. Burcott is also well placed for the motorway network with the M1 accessible at Junction 12, 12A and 13 and the M40 at Junction 9. Air travel is available locally at Luton with Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted further afield. PROPERTY INFORMATION Services: Mains water, drainage, electricity and gas Local Authority: Aylesbury Vale Council. Tel: 0300 131 6000 Outgoings: Council Tax Band “G” Tenure: Freehold. EPC Rating: “C” Viewing: Strictly by appointment through the sole agents Jackson-Stops. 1 Market Place, Woburn, MK17 9PZ. Tel - 01525 290 641