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" Sterling are delighted to be appointed with sole selling rights for Piccotts End Farmhouse. The house which has been lovingly restored and maintained over the years by the current owner now forms part of a small and select mews of properties. The property itself is Grade II listed and dates back to Circa 1450, it has all of the character and historic features you would hope for in a residence of this stature. Set in grounds of 2 acres (approx) features include a watercourse - which was built by medieval monks, the River Gade, paddocks, a vegetable garden, an orchard, a separate fully functioning cottage, a double garage with remote rollover doors, a car port and beautiful seasonal cottage garden. Internal specification for the Farmhouse includes; Five bedrooms, three bathrooms, two w/cs, kitchen, lounge, dining room, office/garden room, laundry room, walk-in larder, cellar and a boot room. Further features of interest are medieval wall paintings, Grade II listed flint boundary walls, exposed brickwork, exposed beams, Inglenook fireplaces, exposed floorboards, solid wood panelled walls, exposed original brick paved and tiled floors.

The Location Piccotts End is a village situated on the upper River Gade. While often mistaken for a hamlet, it became a village when its church - All Saints - was dedicated in 1907 and remained a place of worship until the 1970s.

The village is home to several medieval cottages and a number of Georgian and Regency villas. One of these, Marchmont, is now a public house. There is an extensively restored 19th century watermill. Piccotts End is positioned on the edge of Hemel Hempstead's extensive urban area, but careful planning has kept green space between it and the town. Reception Rooms As expected for a property of this magnitude the reception rooms are of excellent proportions and offer an abundance of character features. Both the drawing room and the formal dining room has imposing inglenook fireplaces with a multi fuel stove inset to the drawing room fireplace and the dining room benefitting from an open fireplace. Both of these reception rooms also have a wealth of exposed timber beams to the ceiling and windows to the front aspect. There is also a third reception room which is currently used as a study but also lends itself to a family room since there are double doors opening to the formal garden area. Kitchen & Ancillary Ground Floor Rooms The kitchen/breakfast room has a rustic feel with a door opening to a side portico and a window overlooking a courtyard to the side and a second window overlooking the front courtyard. From the kitchen there is a door to a utility room and another door opening to an inner lobby which leads to a laundry room. A second door opens to a cloakroom and leads through to a store room. Stairs from the dining room also descend to a cellar which is an ideal wine store in a convenient position. Bedrooms & Bathrooms The bedrooms and bathrooms are situated over the first and second floors. Several landing areas open to four first floor bedrooms, all of which are double in proportion. The guest/second bedroom has its own private lobby area which has a door opening to a dressing room which has an opening to the bedroom and a door opening to an ensuite shower room. The master bedroom has a door opening to a dressing room area and has a window to the front overlooking the entrance to the paddock land. There is also an extensive main bathroom to the first floor which is fitted with a white four piece suite comprising low level wc, wash basin, shower cubicle and sunken bath. The whole second floor is dominated by a bedroom suite that also has its own dedicated bathroom. Driveway, Garaging & Outbuildings A sweeping driveway leads to a cobblestone courtyard which has a pathway to the front door and to a double garage with two rolling up and over doors. A useful covered portico area also has a door which opens into a front lobby which in turn opens to the kitchen. There is also a detached coach house which has been used as a studio apartment and makes an ideal annex for perhaps an elderly relative, an au pair or an independent teenager since it is equipped which a kitchenette and shower room. In addition there is an outside toilet with Belfast sink which is ideal if you have gardeners or grooms people working at the paddocks or tending the formal gardens. Formal Gardens There are formal gardens directly to the front and the side of the property which are mainly laid to lawn and benefit from a variety of mature beds and borders and several specimen trees. Paddocks From the front courtyard there is an entrance to the paddock which is laid to level grazing space and enclosed by post and rail fences. Three of the boundaries also have the benefit of an excellent screen of privacy provided by an extensive range of mature tree-lines and hedging. You may download, store and use the material for your own personal use and research. You may not republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any party or make the same available on any website, online service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or in any other media without the website owner's express prior written consent. The website owner's copyright must remain on all reproductions of material taken from this website. "