Busgrove Lane

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Built in 2017 by a respected local firm and beautifully redecorated throughout in 2025, this detached family home sits right in the heart of Stoke Row, one of the most loved villages in the Chilterns, with protected woodland rising directly behind it and an award-winning bakery, the village shop and two much-loved pubs all within a few minutes on foot.

Arranged over three floors and extending to approximately 2,969 square feet, it offers five bedrooms, generous, connected living space and a genuinely versatile layout, all finished to a premium standard. Underfloor heating runs through the ground and first floors, the kitchen is fitted with Siemens appliances, and an EPC rating of B reflects how efficiently a home of this age performs. It is, in the truest sense, turnkey: a house you can move into and simply begin living in.

A welcoming arrival

Birchwood House announces itself quietly. Electric gates, open onto a wide block-paved driveway with private parking for up to six cars, framed by clipped hedging and topiary. Ahead stands a handsome red-brick house under steep gables, its oak-framed porch giving the newly built home the warmth of something older.

The hall is double-height and galleried, with an oak staircase rising through the centre and a sculptural brass pendant hanging in the well of light above. Oak flooring and doors run throughout the ground floor, and from the first moment the sense is of a home that has been thought about, and cared for, in every detail.

The heart of the home

Life at Birchwood House gathers, as it should, in the kitchen. A large island sits at its centre, topped in warm timber and generous enough to seat the family around it, with the induction hob built in and the room wrapping around it on every side. Handmade in a deep navy by Optiplan and set against a blue metro-tiled splashback and a Belfast sink, it is a kitchen that looks the part and works hard: two Siemens ovens, a Siemens microwave and integrated steamer, an integrated tall fridge and dishwasher, all in easy reach of the cook.

The room opens to a dining area beneath pendant lights, where French doors give onto the terrace and the garden beyond. Tucked into the end wall is newly installed bespoke oak cabinetry, a stylish coffee station, the kind of considered, handmade touch that tells you the house has been loved. This is where Saturdays begin and where homework, cooking and conversation happen all at once. Off the back, a boot and utility room keeps the working part of the house out of sight, with its own Belfast sink and a door straight out to the garden for muddy boots and paws.

Space to gather, retreat and entertain

For all its openness, Birchwood House knows when to offer calm. The formal living room is the grown-up end of the home, a room to retreat to in the evening. It centres on a large, modern log burner set into a brick hearth beneath an oak mantel, soft carpet underfoot and its own French doors to the patio, so it stays bright by day and cosy by night. It is a room made for reading, talking and long evenings with friends, while daily life carries on around.

Calm, considered and complete

The first floor holds four bedrooms. The principal suite looks out over the garden and the woodland behind, with a large walk-in wardrobe and a private en-suite finished with a double vanity and a walk-in shower. A second bedroom has its own en-suite, while two further bedrooms share the family bathroom along the landing. One of these rooms is currently used as a generous dressing room, giving the house an easy five or six bedrooms depending on how a family chooses to live.

A second oak staircase rises to the top floor, where two more bedrooms sit under the eaves, brightened by roof lights and served by a stylish shared bathroom. A large, fully boarded and lit storage room on this floor offers the kind of walk-in loft space most homes can only dream of.

On the ground floor there is also a snug, a relaxed, comfortable room with fitted storage that works equally well as a playroom, a family television room or a quiet escape. A dedicated home office completes the ground floor: with fast, reliable broadband and both owners having worked from home here for years, it is a room that earns its keep.

A garden made for summer days

The garden is designed to be lived in. A sandstone terrace runs the full width of the house, with seating set outside both sets of French doors so the outside space flows straight from the kitchen and the living room. To one side sits a proper garden kitchen with a barbecue and bar, ready for summer entertaining, alongside built-in seating and a spot set aside for a hot tub.

Beyond the terrace, a level lawn is framed by fencing and, in the far corner, a timber pergola creates a shaded, private seating area to slip away to. Paths run down both flanks of the house past a shed and log stores, and the whole garden backs directly onto woodland which is privately owned, protected, and can never be built on: a green, permanent backdrop and a rare thing to own so close to the centre of a village.

Daily life is remarkably walkable. The award-winning Imma bakery, where the pastries, bread and coffee draw people from miles around, is a two-minute stroll, and the family-friendly Cherry Tree Inn is barely three. A little further sits the Crooked Billet, one of the country's original gastropubs, still serving a daily changing menu and famous for the intimate music nights held in its marquee. Favourite walks lead out through the woods, one of them to the Cheese Shed at Nettlebed Creamery and its celebrated toasties. Henley-on-Thames, with its regatta, festival, riverside and wider choice of shops and restaurants, is a short drive away, and the weekly shop is easily done at the Waitrose or Tesco there.

A lifestyle rooted in village living

For all its seclusion, the house is well connected. Henley station, on the branch line via Twyford, is the nearest, while Reading, close by, offers the fast Great Western service into London Paddington in around twenty-five minutes. The M4 and M40 are both within easy reach, and Heathrow is a comfortable drive for international travel.