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
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