Main Road, Biddenham, Bedfordshire, MK40 4BD

A Grade II listed 17th century two bedroom semi detached cottage with driveway parking, outbuildings, and an enclosed front garden, in a prominent position in the centre of the village.

The cottage is of stone construction under a thatched roof which was completely renewed in 2020.

Retained period features include exposed beams, an inglenook fireplace, and ledge and brace internal doors.

Ground floor accommodation includes a sitting/dining room, a fitted oak kitchen with a vaulted ceiling, a utility area/boot room, and a refitted contemporary shower room.

The first floor has two double bedrooms, one of which is used as a dressing room with fitted wardrobes spanning one wall. An attic room on the second floor provides a study area/hobbies room.

A gravel driveway provides parking. The outbuildings can be accessed from a pathway shared with the neighbouring cottage or via an adjacent pathway accessing No. 55 Main Road.

No 49 owns the central one in a row of three barns which are of stone, brick and featherboard elevations under a tiled roof. It provides a garden store/workshop.

Gardens   The gardens are a particular feature and has been landscaped with a paved seating area by the cottage, and a central lawn flanked by established borders with mature shrubs and trees.

There is also a gazebo providing garden seating and a custom built summerhouse for outdoor entertaining. A further seating area, to the rear, has borders set into a raised rockery area.

In addition to the garden store/workshop, there is a garden shed. Situation and Schooling   Biddenham lies in a loop of the River Great Ouse, before it reaches Bedford some 2 miles away.

It has a church, three schools, a War Memorial, a private hospital, and a village pub. A village hall and a secondary pavilion with grounds are used for sports and other village activities.

Bedford has rail services to St. Pancras International.