• Reference
    Z449/1/5
  • Title
    Sale catalogue of Shortmead House, Biggleswade
  • Date free text
    Oct 1990
  • Production date
    From: 1990 To: 1990
  • Scope and Content
    Sale catalogue of Shortmead House, Biggleswade. - agents: Bryan Bishop of 9/11 Church Street, Welwyn [Hertfordshire]; - description: "An elegant Grade II listed Georgian house set in private grounds of about 4 acres with pleasant views over adjoining open countryside. The property dates back, it is thought, to about 1600 although the major part dates from around 1790. the present owners have lived in the property for some 8 years and during this time have considerably improved and modernised the house with the inclusion of full gas fired central heating"; - layout: ground floor: reception hall (21 feet 10 inches by 10 feet 6 inches); cloakroom; drawing room (17 feet 9 inches by 13 feet 10 inches); music/family room (16 feet 10 inches by 11 feet 8 inches); dining room (18 feet by 14 feet); farmhouse kitchen (21 feet by 16 feet 2 inches); additional fitted kitchen (11 feet 2 inches by 7 feet); - layout: self contained unit: room 1 (12 feet by 10 feet); room 2 (12 feet by 10 feet); - layout: first floor: six bedrooms; en-suite bathroom; lobby; family bathroom; - outside: 200 yard long drive; garage; stable with hayricks and trough; tackroom with loft over; standpipe in yard; 4 acres of grounds; - photographs [colour]: exterior front; farmhouse kitchen; drawing room; dining room; grounds; outbuildings; - site location map; - no plans; - price: £525,000
  • Level of description
    item