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"Beautiful Grade II listed semi detached house backing onto the River Lea.

Description

Offered for sale is this wonderful 15th century Grade II listed semi detached house located in a lovely part of Wheathampstead.

The house is full of character as you would imagine for a house of this era, having been in the same ownership for many years this is an exciting opportunity to purchase this unique property, formally part of a moated manor.

Arranged over the ground floor there are two formal receptions, one used as a living room, with the other currently used as a dining room. There is a galley style kitchen, a large pantry cupboard, rear porch area giving access to the rear garden and a downstairs shower room and guest WC.

Upstairs there are three double bedrooms arranged on the first floor with a family bathroom and stairs up to two further interconnecting rooms which could be used as either bedrooms or study spaces.

Externally the house offers stunning gardens, beautifully landscaped and which sits on a plot of around 0.5 of an acre. At the end of the garden is the River Lea, with your own little jetty, you get to enjoy a tranquil and peaceful setting.

Location

Approx mileages Harpenden town centre with mainline station into St Pancras International from 22 minutes 3.5 miles, St Albans city centre with mainline station 4.8 miles, Welwyn Garden City centre with mainline station into London Kings Cross from 30 minutes 5 miles, M1 junction 9 7.0 miles,
London Luton airport 7.9 miles

Ash grove is situated less than half a mile from the pretty and historic village centre of Wheathampstead, which offers a good range of shops, pubs and a Tesco Express

Wheathampstead lies about. 3.5 miles east of the delightful tree lined high street of Harpenden with its distinctly village feel, offering supermarkets, numerous boutiques and traditional independent shops, restaurants, bars and bistros

While St Albans city centre is about. 5 miles distant and offers a wider range of shops and amenities. Harpenden and St Albans are renowned for their private and state schools and both have numerous leisure and sporting facilities

For the commuter, Harpenden and St Albans provide mainline stations, which provide fast and frequent train services into London St Pancras International from 25 and 18 minutes respectively . Road communications are excellent with the M1 junction 9 being just 7 miles distant, and the A1M being 5.5 miles distant. Both motorways provide a direct link to the M25

Square Footage 2,244 sq ft

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