• Stunning Victorian former school house +
• Accommodation of approximately 3,000 sqft +
• Many original features +
• Beautifully maintained grounds of over half an acre +
• Elevated position in an idyllic setting with fields beyond +
• Ideally located for access to road and rail networks +

This exceptional converted Victorian school, dating from 1881, offers a characterful family home which has been carefully reconfigured to meet all the needs of modern family life, while being set within one of the region’s most sought-after and well-connected villages.

The Old School House retains a wealth of original features from when the building first opened as a school on 25th April 1881. It was converted into a residential dwelling in 1947 and has been masterfully improved and extended by the current owners during their 22-year tenure at the property. The house is typical of Victorian architecture, finished in red brick with steeply pitched roofs, ornate gables and decorative 19th century windows. This house is an attractive feast for the eye with its ivy and hydrangea-clad facades, ornate brickwork and walled gardens. Typically for a school conversion it sees spacious rooms and plenty of natural light, peppered with cast-iron fireplaces, original Victorian tiles and awash with original features which will make it attractive to the most discerning of buyers.

Accessed via a public bridlepath leading to a sweeping driveway, the imposing property sits on one of the highest points of the village and has views over the surrounding rooftops to rolling countryside beyond. The centrepiece of the home is its incredible, vaulted kitchen which was refitted by the current owners using Knight’s Kitchens of Clare in Suffolk. Set within the kitchen is a wonderful 76 foot deep well, which has been turned into a feature with a reinforced glass top and spotlights which allows you to see right down to the water at the bottom. The kitchen has been perfectly designed for entertaining and has bi-fold doors out to the walled courtyard garden and a large bespoke-built kitchen peninsula. The kitchen leads to a spacious utility room and downstairs loo as well as a laundry room, which was carefully reconfigured by the current owners from a previous outbuilding and the original school loos which were previously in place. From the kitchen is also a charming breakfast room. Formerly the headmistress’s office, this cosy room has space for a farmhouse table and has the original Victorian chequerboard tiles and polished wooden floorboards, as well as an oil-fired Aga dating from 1947, which makes the room warm as toast in the winter months. This room then takes you to the rest of the house via a hallway. The hallway leads to a smart formal dining room, currently painted in the deepest of red colours, and which makes for an excellent entertaining area. From here is the formal drawing room which was originally the main school room. This light-filled room sees high set windows, typical of school conversions, and has double doors onto the garden. Painted in a pale neutral, it has made a wonderful room for Christmas gatherings and is one of the most eye-catching spaces at the property. This in turn leads to a cosy snug with a woodburner, and a rear hall with coat storage.