Fit for royalty! Former Victorian vicarage where the Queen’s grandmother Cecilia Bowes-Lyon was born hits the market for £950,000
- The Old Vicarage is the birthplace of the Countess of Strathmore, Queen Elizabeth II’s maternal grandmother
- It is in the desirable village of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, bordering the Duke of Bedford’s Woburn Abbey estate
- Ms Bowes-Lyon was born in 1862 at the historic property, which was the vicarage for All Saints church
- The house has been updated since the Countess’ time there, although it has kept its classic Victorian features
A former vicarage where the Queen’s grandmother was born is on the market for £950,000.
The historic Old Vicarage is the birthplace of Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore, Queen Elizabeth II’s maternal grandmother.
The property is in the desirable village of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, bordering the Duke of Bedford’s Woburn Abbey estate.
The house was the vicarage for All Saints, a church commissioned by the Duke of Bedford in 1854 and designed by renowned architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, with a grand spire that can be seen for miles.
The historic Old Vicarage is the birthplace of Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore, Queen Elizabeth II’s maternal grandmother
The property has kept its classic Victorian features such as 8ft high ceilings, ornate staircase and original marble and tiled fireplaces
The house has 2,377 sq ft of accommodation with a kitchen, sitting room, dining room, study and orangery downstairs and three bedrooms, one with a dressing room, and a bathroom upstairs
Ms Bowes-Lyon’s father William Charles Cavendish Bentinck was a Church of England clergyman, appointed as a vicar of Husborne Crawley and Ridgmont by the 7th Duke of Bedford.
He was vicar at Ridgmont until his death in 1865. Ms Bowes-Lyon was born at the vicarage in 1862.
She later married Claude Bowes-Lyon and they had ten children. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the queen’s mother, was her youngest.
The Old Vicarage has been updated since the Countess’ time there with a new kitchen, bathrooms, app controlled heating system and upgraded insulation.
The property is in the desirable village of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, bordering the Duke of Bedford’s Woburn Abbey estate
The Old Vicarage has been updated since the Countess’ time there with a new kitchen, bathrooms, app controlled heating system and upgraded insulation
The former vicarage where the Queen’s grandmother was born is on the market for £950,000
But it has kept its classic Victorian features such as 8ft high ceilings, ornate staircase and original marble and tiled fireplaces.
The house has 2,377 sq ft of accommodation with a kitchen, sitting room, dining room, study and orangery downstairs and three bedrooms, one with a dressing room, and a bathroom upstairs.
Outside the house has formal gardens on three sides with lawns and a pergola, as well as space for a vegetable garden or garden office.
Anthony Inskip from Jackson Stops, who are selling the property, said: ‘This is a unique opportunity to acquire a piece of history with this much improved period residence set in one of our desirable Woburn cluster villages bordering the Duke of Bedford’s estate.
Outside the house has formal gardens on three sides with lawns and a pergola, as well as space for a vegetable garden or garden office
Anthony Inskip from Jackson Stops, who are selling the property, described it as ‘a classic, well proportioned house with symmetrical rooms’
The renovated vicarage has ‘grand windows, marble fireplaces and lots of light’, according to the estate agents
‘The Old Vicarage was the birthplace of the Countess of Strathmore, grandmother to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
‘The property is a classic, well proportioned house with symmetrical rooms, grand windows, marble fireplaces, lots of light and attractive wrap-around gardens with views of the grand church spire.
‘You have the Woburn Safari Park entrance at one end of the village and Woburn Abbey nearby. It’s a very desirable area.’
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