- Spectacular detached barn conversion +
- Idyllic location backing onto open fields +
- Planning permission granted to extend +
- Period features +
- Gatehouse with a useful family room/studio over +
- Plentiful parking +
- Double garage +
This exquisite barn conversion offers a perfect mix of period features and contemporary design. With a spacious sitting room, bespoke kitchen, four double bedrooms, and stunning gardens, it also includes a double garage, gatehouse, and planning permission for additional accommodation.
DESCRIPTION
Old Barn is a magnificent detached barn conversion set in a serene and picturesque location, backing onto open countryside. The property combines original period features with contemporary style, creating a home of exceptional character and quality. Upon entering, you are welcomed by a spacious vaulted hall, with two separate staircases leading to the first floor. The ground floor is designed for comfortable living and entertaining, featuring a spectacular 31`4 x 13`8 sitting room with a fireplace and doors opening to the garden and countryside views. Additional ground floor spaces include a formal dining room, a study, and an exquisite kitchen/dining area, which boasts bespoke hand-painted units, contrasting granite worktops, and integrated appliances. A useful utility room and cloakroom complete the ground floor. Upstairs, the master bedroom enjoys expansive views over the surrounding countryside and includes an en-suite bathroom. There are three further double bedrooms and a family bathroom with a shower. Outside, the property is accessed via a gated entrance leading to a gravelled driveway with ample parking space, which also provides access to a double garage. The property further benefits from a gatehouse that offers extra storage and a versatile family room with many potential uses. The secluded, beautifully maintained rear gardens feature a stone-paved area perfect for outdoor entertaining, a level lawn, well-stocked flower beds, and adjoin open fields. Planning permission has already been granted to convert the double garage into additional living space and to build a new detached garage on the grounds, providing even more potential for this exceptional property.
SITUATION
Located just to the north of Tring, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, Wilstone is surrounded by delightful green belt countryside, perfect for walking, cycling and horse riding. There are miles of tucked-away footpaths to explore, along with the Grand Union Canal paths and the Tring reservoirs, which provide an important habitat for wildlife. The ancient Icknield Way, Great Britain`s oldest road, runs close by, crossing the old Roman road of Akeman Street in the centre of Tring. Nearby country and golf clubs include the Stocks Hotel Golf & Country Club, Ashridge, Ivinghoe and Chiltern Forest Golf Clubs and the world-famous Champneys health resort in Tring. Towns in the surrounding area offer a comprehensive range of facilities, from the independent boutiques, coffee shops and markets in picturesque Tring and Berkhamsted, to larger shopping centres in Aylesbury and Hemel Hempstead, where you will also find multiplex cinemas and extensive leisure facilities. Milton Keynes, with is fantastic selection of shops and leisure venues is just 16 miles from Wilstone and Watford`s Intu shopping centre is also only 20 miles away, via the A41. Communication links are excellent, including the A41 at Tring, which provides a convenient dual carriageway connection to the M25 (J20) and the M1 (J6A) into London. Tring also has its own mainline train station, providing a fast and frequent service into London Euston in approximately 35 minutes. For international travel, Heathrow and Luton airports are both within 45 minutes` drive.