A Grade II listed barn conversion in a beautiful water meadow setting, with established gardens, garaging, an office and outstanding countryside views.
Little Manor Barn is an impressive Grade II listed barn conversion, understood to date from the late 17th century. The barn has been sensitively modernised to create substantial and flexible accommodation of about 3,663 sq ft, with a further 846 sq ft of garaging and outbuildings. The barn combines considerable character, including exposed beams, vaulted ceilings and an impressive inglenook fireplace, with generous family accommodation and a strong connection to the gardens and surrounding countryside.
From the village green, the house is approached over a gravel driveway through an electric wooden five bar gate, leading to ample parking. There is a terrace for outdoor dining, an ornamental pond and well stocked shrub borders. The garden wraps around the house and is mainly laid to lawn, with four mature willow trees, wicker fencing, native hedgerows and a small brook along the eastern boundary.
The main entrance has double doors opening into the hallway, from which the reception and bedroom accommodation is arranged.
A second spiral staircase rises to a large vaulted 40ft principal bedroom, with built in storage and doors opening to the terrace, from where there are outstanding views over the surrounding countryside. The principal bedroom is served by an en suite bathroom with steam shower.
The Kitchen / Breakfast room forms a natural everyday living space with a further door opening directly onto the terrace. The kitchen has a range of floor and wall mounted units giving extensive storage space , quartz worktops, together with a large island , a built in microwave oven, double Belfast sink , a Double door Cool Larder and an oil fired Aga with an electric side for use during the summer months .The adjoining Utility Room provides further storage and space for a fridge. The back door from the terrace gives access to the Kitchen via a small hallway with a Guest WC.
The principal reception room is a particularly stunning space, with a large vaulted ceiling, exposed beams, oak flooring and an impressive inglenook fireplace with bread oven. One side of the room is largely glazed with wooden framed windows overlooking the garden, while two sets of French doors open onto the terrace. A spiral staircase rises to a mezzanine level, which leads into a large double bedroom with generous windows overlooking the garden and village green beyond, and an en suite shower room with enclosed shower, vanity unit with hand basin and WC.
On the ground floor there are three further double bedrooms. One has an en suite shower room with enclosed shower, hand basin and WC. The family bathroom is linked to one of the bedrooms and also has a secondary door from the hallway, with a bath, bidet, hand basin and WC. The two rear bedrooms both have doors leading into the garden room, which has sliding external doors to the garden and beautiful panoramic views of the countryside beyond.
Outside there is a double carport with a dog shower, together with two further garages. Alongside the garage is an office with views over the garden, providing an excellent space for home working. To the rear of the house there is a greenhouse and a large outdoor kennel area.
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One of the finest drawing rooms I have seen in a thatched house.
Ed Seth-SmithProperty agent