5 bed detached house for sale

Bedmond Road, Hemel Hempstead HP3

On the market for the first time in over 40 years this historic building has parts dating back to the 16th century. Originally Rose Acre Farm, the land behind the house was used to grow multi-award-winning roses from 100,000 rose bushes and customers were thought to include Winston Churchill, the Archbishops of Canterbury and Norman Hartnell, dressmaker to the Queen and Queen Mother.

The ground floor offers spacious accommodation ideal for family living and entertaining, comprising double aspect sitting and living rooms, and dining room. The living room benefits from a feature inglenook fireplace and exposed beams extend throughout both the ground and first floors. The kitchen/breakfast room comprises an extensive range of wall and base units and from the living room stairs descend to the basement providing ample storage. A ground floor bedroom with adjacent shower room is ideal for older family members. On the first floor are 5 further bedrooms, study (which could be utilised as a 7th bedroom if required) and a family bathroom. The house is full of character and charm, typical of what you would expect of a property of this age, and offers potential for any new owners to refurbish as required.

Outside

A gated entrance opens to an extensive driveway which provides ample off-street parking and leads to a large garage. Gardens extend to three sides of the property, which are mainly laid to lawn with a wide variety of mature trees and shrubs to the borders. To the front of the property is a delightful courtyard garden and a dining terrace can be found to the rear. Within the gardens are the Well Room, Enquiries Room (currently used as a utility room with gardeners wc), barn with hayloft above, and Grain Room. Each of these have electricity connected and offer potential to be converted to other uses, subject to obtaining relevant planning permissions.

Situation

The village of Leverstock Green caters to your day-to-day requirements with the larger centres of Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans and Watford nearby. The M25 (junction 20) and the M1 (junction 5) provide access to London, airports and the national motorway network, and the British Rail mainline service runs from Kings Langley to London Euston (from 28 minutes). Within easy access are a number of first-class schools, sporting activities in the area include golf at Berkhamsted and Ashridge, and many of the foot and bridle paths in the area provide lovely walks and rides.

Property Ref Number:

Ham-53192