• Elegant Village house +
• Beautiful grounds (5.31 acres) +
• Exceptional historic accommodation +
• Equestrian facilities including Field, Paddock and Stables +
• 8 bedrooms +
• Coach House/Stables with planning permission for a home office +
• Principal Bedroom with adjoining dressing room +
• Great rail (London Euston in 30 minutes) and road connections +
• 5 reception rooms +
• Catchment area for Outstanding Ofsted rated Grammar schools +

VIEWING IS A MUST A quite exceptional eight bedroom village house with period features, flexible accommodation set in wonderful grounds, in all about 5.31 acres.

Situation
Whitchurch is a pretty village situated within the Buckinghamshire countryside. The village has excellent facilities, including a state combined primary school, local butchers, vets, post office and well-regarded public house.
Connection onto the motorway network is found at junction 13 (Milton Keynes, 18 miles) for the M1, and junction 9 (Bicester, 19 miles) for the M40 and trains to London Euston may be reached in under 30 minutes from Leighton Buzzard or from Aylesbury Vale Parkway into Marylebone in less than 1 hour.
There is a wide selection of schools in the area: Whitchurch Combined School (state primary 4-11 years) within easy walking distance and school bus services to Aylesbury Grammar School for boys, Aylesbury High School for girls, Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School and Waddesdon Church of England School. Private schools include Swanbourne Preparatory School, Ashfold Preparatory School, Berkhamsted Independent School and Stowe Independent Boarding and Day School.

History of the house
The house is Grade II Listed and believed to have dated from the early 16th century and was extended to the rear in the 18th century and early 20th century to give the impressive property that we see today. Whitchurch House has been home to famous occupiers including the Anstruther family in the early 20th century The author Jan Struther (under the pen name of Joyce Anstruther) was brought up at the house. Her father, Henry Torrens Anstruther was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire. Jan was known for the novel Mrs. Miniver, and a number of well-known hymns.

Whitchurch House
The handsome Whitchurch House was built of local Oving stone, and rendered elevations and overlooks its beautifully landscaped private formal gardens. Extensively renovated by the current owners in 2010, the property was fully refurbished including, replumbing, insulating, rewiring, and repairing and replacing the main frontage. Today the property offers expansive well-proportioned living accommodation arranged over two floors with many beautiful original period features, including beamed ceilings, panelled walls, and open working fireplaces. On entering from the rear paved courtyard, through the charming porch entrance, the house opens up onto the central hall, the oldest part of the house featuring an original red brick and iron fireplace, which is centrally positioned between the four reception rooms, and staircase with fine turned balusters, and moulded handrail leading to the first-floor accommodation. From the hallway you enter the comfortable drawing room which features a historic inglenook fireplace with log burner. From the drawing room you enter a wonderful, well-proportioned dual aspect panelled dining room. The kitchen/breakfast room is located at the rear of the property giving easy access to the gardens and benefits from a bespoke kitchen, with plenty of workspace, Aga cooker and integrated appliances, including a Bosch coffee machine and microwave. This leads to a good size utility room and pantry. Completing the ground floor is a further large reception room currently fitted with a home bar, a playroom and home gym or separate sitting room, cloakrooms, a second utility room, and staircases down to two dry cellars. The main staircase leads to the first floor accommodation with a dual height feature window giving optimum light. The principal bedroom is of generous size, flooded with lots of natural light with beautiful original exposed beams, with adjoining double dressing room. Within the older part of the house the remaining space comprises of 3 further bedrooms and two bathrooms one of which enjoys the views over the formal gardens of Whitchurch House. There is also access from the landing to the extensive unconverted attic space. The rear part of the house makes a wonderful guest area, comprising 3 bedrooms all of which are of generous size and a further family bathroom. This has the potential to be used as separate/ancillary accommodation.