The Walnuts, High Street, Silverstone

£835,000 Freehold

Stone Detached Period Home

Four Reception Rooms

Kitchen/Breakfast Room With AGA

Refitted Family Bathroom

A Wealth Of Period Features

Outbuildings, Cellar & Ample Parking

Secluded Gardens On All Sides

Five Bedrooms & Two Ensuites

EPC Rating - E

The Walnuts, High Street, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, NN12 8US

The Walnuts is a former DETACHED FARMHOUSE

believed to date back to the mid-17th CENTURY with

later Victorian additions and constructed from

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STONE under a slate roof. The

property offers spacious living accommodation in excess

of 2500 square feet arranged over two floors retaining a

WEALTH OF CHARACTER AND PERIOD FEATURES

including fireplaces and flagstone floors. On the ground

floor there is a sitting room, living room, day room,

dining room, cellar and a large kitchen/breakfast room

with an AGA and separate utility room/pantry. On the

first floor there are FIVE BEDROOMS, two of which are

ensuite with a REFITTED FAMILY BATHROOM. Fronting

the old village High Street, the plot affords a significant

level of privacy with gated vehicle access leading into the

rear with attractive south facing lawned gardens to two

sides with OUTBUILDINGS including an open DOUBLE

GARAGE, barn and store. The property is offered for sale

with the benefit of having NO ONWARD CHAIN.

The village of Silverstone is situated midway between Towcester and Brackley.

Road communications are excellent with the A43 providing access to the M40

junction 10 (8 miles). M1 junction 15a is some 9 miles distant. Milton Keynes

offers a fast Intercity train service to London Euston (40 minutes). The village has

convenience store including a Post Office catering for day to day needs, with

a wider choice at Towcester and Milton Keynes. There is a primary school in the

village. State secondary education is available at Sponne School, Towcester and

private education includes Winchester House in Brackley, Stowe School

and Akeley Wood. Leisure facilities include golf at Silverstone and Whittlebury,

horse racing at Towcester, leisure centre at Towc ester. There is a doctors

surgery, pub, village cricket, tennis and football club facilities and a

recreation field.

ACCOMMODATION: Entrance Hall, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Day Room, Living

Room, Cloakroom, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Pantry/Utility Room, First Floor

Landing, Master Bedroom with Ensuite Bathroom, Bedroom Two with Ensuite

Shower Room, Three Further Bedrooms, Cellar, Open Garage, Barn, Store and

Established Gardens to the Front, Rear & Sides.

ENTRANCE HALL: Entered via a

solid panelled entrance door

with a canopy porch above,

flagstone and timber flooring,

staircase to the first floor

landing, panel doors leading off

to:

SITTING ROOM: 16' 4" x 13' 1"

(4.98m x 3.99m) Open fireplace

with a brick surround and quarry

ti led hearth and arched alcoves

to either side, double glazed

window to the front aspect,

window to the side aspect, single

panel radiator, three wall light

points.

DINING ROOM: 17' 11" x

14' 3" maximum (5.46m x

4.34m maximum) Open

fireplace with cast iron

'Adam' style surround, cast

iron log basket and

flagstone hearth, double

glazed window to the front

aspect with panelling

beneath, single panel

radiator, arched recess, two

wall light points, door to

the rear hallway.

REAR HALLWAY: Flagstone floor, two windows to the rear aspect, single panel

radiator, braced and latched door to the Day Room, panel door to:

CELLAR: 14' 3" x 11' 4" (4.34m x 3.45m)

DAY ROOM: 17' 11" x 15' 2" (5.46m x 4.62m) Open fireplace with marble surround and

cast iron grate, fitted shelves and cupboard to alcove, further built in cupboard and

bookcase, flagstone floor, double panel radiator, two windows overlooking the garden,

braced and latched doors to:

CLOAKROOM: 7' 3" x 5' 10"

(2.21m x 1.78m) Fitted with a

white suite comprising a low

level WC and butlers sink,

quarry tiled floor, fitted storage

cupboard, velux window, tongue

and groove wall panelling.

LIVING ROOM: 16' x 15' (4.88m x 4.57m) With a stripped pine floor,

exposed ceiling beam, double panel radiator, double glazed window

to the front aspect and window to the side aspect, television point.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM:

16' 4" x 14' (4.98m x 4.27m) A

farmhouse style kitchen

largely furnished with free

standing dressers and kitchen

furniture. There is a fireplace

containing a gas fired four

oven AGA with a twin

hotplate and a two ring gas

hob, double belfast sink unit

with swan neck mixer tap,

cupboards below and an

adjacent oak working surface,

tongue and groove wall

panelling, exposed ceiling

beam, windows to the side

and rear aspects, braced and

latched door to the rear

garden, ti led floor, open plan

through to:

PANTRY/UTILITY ROOM: 15' 5" x 6' 1" (4.7m x 1.85m) Potterton gas central heating

boiler serving radiators and domestic hot water, stainless steel single bowl single

drainer sink unit, plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher, window to the

rear aspect, quarry tiled floor.

FIRST FLOOR LANDING: Walk in

storage cupboard, panel doors

leading off to:

BEDROOM ONE: 14' 8" x 13' 9"

(4.47m x 4.19m) Double panel

radiator, built in wardrobe,

windows to the rear and side

aspects, door to:

EN-SUITE BATHROOM: 8' 1" x 7'

5" (2.46m x 2.26m) Fitted with a

white suite comprising a panel

bath with mixer tap shower and

folding glass screen, pedestal wash

hand basin and low level WC, fully

ti led around the bath with further

ceramic tiled splash backs.

BEDROOM TWO: 12' 11" x 12' 1" (3.94m x 3.68m) Double glazed window to

the front aspect with window seat, double panel radiator, built in wardrobe,

panel door to:

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM: 8' 10" x 3' 7" (2.69m x 1.09m) Fitted with a white

suite comprising a glazed shower cubicle with an electric shower, low level

WC, vanity wash hand basin, half height ceramic wall tiling, window to the

rear aspect.

BEDROOM THREE: 13' 3" x 12' (4.04m x 3.66m) Double glazed window to

the front aspect with window seat, two built in cupboards.

BEDROOM FOUR: 15' 4" x 8' 6" minimum (4.67m x 2.59m minimum) Double

glazed window to the front aspect with window seat.

BEDROOM FIVE: 8' 4" x 6' 3" (2.54m x 1.91m) Double glazed window to the

front aspect.

BATHROOM: 11' 9" x 6' 9" (3.58m x 2.06m) Recently refitted with a ‘Fired

Earth’ white suite comprising a freestanding slipper bath, wall mounted wash

hand basin, low level WC, tongue and groove panelling, heated towel rail,

window to the side aspect.

FRONT GARDEN: The Walnuts occupies an

elevated position behind a retaining wall

with steps up to the entrance door. There is

a high hedge screening the property from

the road providing a high degree of pri vacy.

REAR & SIDE GARDENS: Secluded south and

west facing gardens to the rear and side

aspects enclosed by mature trees and

hedging. The garden is laid mainly to lawn,

well stocked with a variety of trees and

shrubs including plum, walnut and hazelnut

trees. Vehicle access is to the rear via a

gated driveway leading up to the

outbuildings.

GARAGE: 18' 11" x 17' 7" (5.77m x 5.36m) A

stone built outbuilding currently in use as a

garage/open car port.

BARN: 17' 5" x 14' 9" (5.31m x 4.5m) With

twin timber doors and a further garden

store with timber door.

STORE: 16' 9" x 2' 11" (5.11m x 0.89m)

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