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"A fine Victorian school house with beautiful gardens and a self contained annexe set in nearly two acres of Whipsnade, an area of outstanding beauty.

Main house Kitchen Dining room Conservatory Study Sitting room Utility Boot room Cloakroom Verandah Principal bedroom with dressing room & en suite bathroom 2 Further bedrooms Wet Room EPC rating E

The Annexe Kitchen Dining Room Sitting room bedroom 3 Cloakroom Utility Bathroom 2 further bedrooms EPC rating D

Ancillary buildings Greenhouse Stable Garden I, planning permission for additional buildings, prospective purchasers are advised that they should make their own enquiries of the local planning authority.

Old School House is an attractive Victorian property that features beautifully presented accommodation. There is also a self contained, detached annexe providing an excellent opportunity for multi generational living. The main house has character features including gothic arched doors, flagstone flooring, and original school windows alongside additions like the stunning treble glazed conservatory with its vaulted glass ceiling and French doors opening onto the garden. Matching doors also lead from the hall into a beautiful glass roofed verandah with its well established and productive grape vine. There is a snug sitting room and study with a South facing bay window, each with log burners. The ample open plan kitchen dining room is equipped with a breakfast bar, fitted units, an AGA, a further log burner and space for a large dining table. Upstairs, there are three double bedrooms, two serviced by a wet room and a large principal bedroom with accompanying walk in wardrobe and en suite bathroom.

The detached, self contained annexe is set away from the main house and enjoys its own large car parking area. It includes a reception room, a fully equipped kitchen, utility room, cloak room, bathroom, and large sitting room third bedroom. It is ideal for guests, multigenerational family members, or use as a holiday cottage or business.
There are also foundations and base constructed
for a triple garage with business use for two thirds
of it. Separated from the road by some seventy metres of common, gates open onto a gravel driveway which provides plenty of parking space for residents and guests. The main garden to the rear faces South East. It includes beautifully maintained lawns, Herbaceous borders, an evening patio by the greenhouse, a vegetable garden, a wildflower wood, a paddock with large stable permission exists for two more and the whole property is private, surrounded by mature hedging and trees.

Berkhamsted 9.7 miles, Harpenden 10.0 miles, St Albans 13.0 miles, Harpenden station 9.3 miles 25 minutes to London St. Pancras International , Berkhamsted station 29 mins to Euston, M1 Jct 9 5.5 miles"