Location

Beaconsfield New Town, with its extensive shopping facilities is popular with families and commuters. The picturesque Old Town dates back to the 13th century and local amenities include a wide variety of restaurants, supermarkets and independent retailers together with a weekly market every Tuesday and a monthly Saturday farmers market.

Gerrards Cross also offers an excellent range of shops, restaurants and an Everyman cinema. Beaconsfield mainline station operates trains into London Marylebone and Birmingham, while the M40 and M25 enable access to central London, Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

The county is one of the last to maintain the traditional grammar school system, of which there are several including the Beaconsfield High School for girls and the Royal Grammar School for boys in High Wycombe, which are the closest.

Independent schools in the area include High March (about 0.3 miles away), Pipers Corner and Godstowe for girls, Davenies, Caldicott and The Beacon for boys, to name a few.

Description

Occupying a prime location this spacious family home offers beautifully presented accommodation, ideal for both family life and entertaining friends. Albany House is ideally positioned in a convenient yet tucked away location just over half a mile from the station and shops.

On the ground floor the living spaces flow well, with an entrance porch opening into a generous reception hall, with a guest cloakroom and stairs to the first floor. Overlooking the garden to the rear the kitchen/breakfast/dining room is an open plan sociable space with ample room for a large table. In the dining area wide sliding doors open the room to the garden and terrace. The handmade kitchen is beautifully appointed with an excellent range of built-in, illuminated cabinetry offering plentiful storage, complemented by Quartz worktops and Miele appliances. A large island unit incorporates breakfast bar seating and under top lighting. A fully fitted utility room lies off the kitchen. An elegant sitting room enjoys views over the rear garden with French doors opening the space to the terrace. Along the hall a family room, with a bespoke media unit overlooks the frontage while a quietly situated study, again with fitted cabinetry, offers the ideal home office space.

The bedroom accommodation is arranged on the first floor with five generous bedrooms and a family bath/shower room. All the bedrooms benefit from built-in wardrobes with three of the rooms also having en suite facilities. The principal bedroom is generous with a beautifully appointed walk-in dressing room and en suite bathroom.

Set well back from the road Albany House is approached via a shared electric gated driveway giving access to just two houses. A large private driveway to the front of the property provides ample parking for several vehicles and leads to the garage. The rear garden is beautifully landscaped and set over two levels with an area of lawn bordered by well stocked flower borders and a bijou patio area nestles in the far corner. Mature trees and high hedging provide screening and good privacy. There is garden lighting on all sides and a generous terrace adjoins the rear of the property giving the perfect spot for outside dining and entertaining friends and family.

Directions

From Beaconsfield Station head towards Penn, over the roundabout and turning right into Ledborough Lane. Take the first turning on the left into Sandelswood End. Take the second right into Brownswood Road. Albany House (5a) is on the left hand side in a gated development.