Leading Home Counties developer, Weston Homes are pleased to announce the launch of Nightingale Rise, the transformation of a historic site, once the gardens of local squire Lord Cobham, into a stunning development of 49 stylish houses and apartments on Morton Road in the heart of the historic market town of Buckingham.
Those interested in owning a property at Nightingale Rise are invited to register their interest and attend the opening on Saturday 27th February 2016, at the on-site marketing suite. The development offers a mixture of one and two bedroom apartments, and two, three and four bedroom houses.
The Nightingale Rise site was historically part of the gardens of the country estate of Lord Cobham and an interesting and highly unusual feature of the new development is a historic Grade II listed folly, built in the 18th Century by Lord Cobham, which is being restored and renovated with new build elements into a new home.
The folly is located on a rise at one end of the development, historically once part of private gardens of Stowe House on the Cobham estate, the country residence of the Cobham family. The Grade II listed folly was built by and situated in the former private gardens of Sir Richard Temple (1675-1749) who became Lord Cobham due to his achievements on the battlefield with the British Army, where he served as Lieutenant General under the Duke of Marlborough.
Lord Cobham developed the gardens of the Cobham estate into a great French-style parterre garden. The gardens grew throughout the course of the eighteenth century due to the Cobham family being leaders of the Whig party and generating two Prime Ministers.
Bob Weston, CEO of Weston Group commented: “This historic site was once the formal gardens of Lord Cobham’s country estate, and the Grade II listed folly still survives. We have turned the site into a collection of attractive homes and transformed the folly into an interesting new home and feature of the development. Buckingham is an attractive market town with good local schools and easy transport links to London.”
The development, located in a private enclave minutes from the centre of town, offers a timeless feel that compliments with the market town surroundings. Designed to combine the local Buckingham vernacular with the best in contemporary design, the houses have contrasting brick and render facades with features including undulating roofscape, feature brick chimneys, dormer windows and canopy style entrance porches. The result is a high quality collection of homes that compliment their surroundings and exude the best in local architecture style and modern design.
The houses are positioned over three floors, with spacious reception area, living area and separate kitchen/dining area. Each master bedroom comes with en-suite bathroom. The apartments contain an open-plan kitchen, dining and living space with the master bedroom consisting of fully fitted mirrored wardrobes.
The fully fitted kitchen spaces are designed to specification by the UK’s leading specialists Oakwood Kitchens with integrated Zanussi branded appliances and a choice of quartz stone worktops specifically tailored to each home owner. Exclusive to Weston Homes, the bespoke Fascino brand, who specialise in lifestyle and product design innovation have provided stainless steel hand-finished sink, instant boiling water tap, oversized single bowl and integrated removable chopping board.
The bathrooms which are illuminated with low level LED strip lighting, heated chrome towel rails, fitted mirror and shaving point, concealed dual flush with “Roca Laura” wall-hung WC and ‘Laufen pro’ wall-hung basin with contemporary chrome wall-mounted tap. Residents can also choose from an array of porcelain wall and floor tile colours provided by RAK Ceramics, both with polished and matt finishing giving the WC a truly personalised feel.
Nightingale Rise has communal landscaped along with private rear gardens to the houses. Nightingale Rise has trees around the perimeter of the property, providing a sense of seclusion and privacy to the development. Residents of the houses can enjoy the outside patios/decks, which are suitable for both outdoor entertaining or simply relaxing in the idealistic surroundings. There is allocated parking for some of the houses – including garages, carports and an undercover parking area exclusive to residents.
Nightingale Rise is surrounded by various gastronomic hotspots such as Villiers Restaurant, first featured in the Michelin guide back in 1911 and has remained a true highlight in every Michelin guide since. Residents will also be able to visit the Nelson Street Café, which is headed up by former Ivy chef, Louis Myhill.
Nightingale Rise is ideally situated just a brisk walk from the centre of Buckingham with easy access to the M40 or M1 motorway. Neighbouring Milton Keynes provides regular trains to London Euston – on the Northern Line and others – links to the City and West End areas. The new station at nearby Winslow scheduled for completion in 2019 will offer direct routes to Oxford and London’s Marylebone station.
Prices at Nightingale Rise start from £190,000 for a one bedroom apartment, two bedroom apartments commence at £250,000 and three bedroom houses will start at £385,000. The marketing suite is open to visitors seven days per week from 10am to 5pm daily. People interested in purchasing are invited to contact Weston Homes and book an appointment to tour the new development. To view Nightingale Rise contact Weston Homes on Tel: 01279 873 300 or visit: www.weston-homes.com/nightingale-rise.