Sold Detached

Grovebury House

MILL LANE, CHALFONT ST. GILES, CHALFONT ST. GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HP8 4NR

4 baths 5,759 sq ft Listed 17 Aug 2022 (-1398d)

£2,950,000

Guide Price

Reduced on 26 Mar 2024

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

535 m²

Council tax band

H

Year built

England and Wales: 2007-2011

Last sold

£2,600,000 Nov 2007

Price per m²

£5,514/m²

Local average

£1,019,840 (+189.3%)

Deprivation

Decile 10 (33,217 of 33,755)

Street crime

21 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)

Key features

  • Reception Hall, 2 Ground Floor Cloakrooms
  • Drawing Room, Family Room
  • Sun Room, Dining Room
  • Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room
  • Main bedroom with Dressing Room & En Suite
  • Bedroom Two with Dressing Area & En Suite
  • Bedrooms 3 & 4 with En suites
  • Games/Leisure Room
  • Two Second Floor Bedrooms, Family Bathroom
  • Landscaped Gardens of 0.8 of an Acre, Triple Garage

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

On entering you are greeted by the split level reception hall with doors leading to the three principal reception rooms and the part roof-glazed sun room. The elegant triple aspect drawing room has a stone fireplace with wood burner and vaulted ceiling with attractive half-moon window above the deep bay window that overlooks the rear garden. The formal dining room again with a deep bay window has connecting doors to the kitchen/breakfast room. The family room with its square bay window has a large fitted unit of display shelves and cupboards to one wall.

The bespoke fitted kitchen, with granite worktops and breakfast bar island incorporates a Mercury range cooker, American-style fridge/freezer, wine cooler and dishwasher and is ideal for a modern day family lifestyle, providing space for informal dining and relaxing. The utility/boot room has a staircase leading to the games/leisure room which spans the triple garage.

Arranged over the two upper floors are a total of six bedrooms served by five well-appointed en suite bathrooms. All the four bedrooms on the first floor have en suite facilities including the master bedroom also with a dressing room and a deep bay with lovely views over the rear garden. The two bedrooms and shower room on the top floor are ideal for guests or an au pair for example.

A particular feature is the plot of about 0.8 acre with plenty of parking and turning space in front of the triple garage. The rear garden is well established with a large patio for al fresco entertaining and extensive lawns with mature trees towards the far end.

Grovebury House is situated on sought-after Mill Lane, which has a semi-rural feel, on the edge of Chalfont St Giles, accessed from the A413.

Chalfont St Giles with its picturesque village green and duck pond setting is about ½ mile away at the end of Stratton Chase Drive.

Amersham on the Hill which includes the Metropolitan/Chiltern line station providing a London commuter service to Baker Street/Marylebone respectively, is about 3½ miles away. The A413 provides access to Gerrards Cross and on to the M25/M40 junctions at Denham.

The area is renowned for its excellent educational facilities including Dr Challoner's High School for girls in Little Chalfont and Dr Challoner's Grammar School for boys in Amersham.

Listed by

Gerrards Cross

BNP Paribas - Strutt & Parker

Reference: 126124760

EPC ratings on this postcode

We don't have a matched EPC for this property yet. Below are efficiency scores and details for other addresses on this postcode.

Address Current Potential Floor area Age band Type
Ardenne, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 68 78 203 m² England and Wales: 1950-1966 Detached
Chase Green House, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 66 73 342 m² England and Wales: 1950-1966 Detached
Fieldfare Annex, Mill Lane, Chalfont St Giles 52 68 42 m² England and Wales: 2003-2006 Flat
Fieldfare, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 80 82 577 m² England and Wales: 2003-2006 Detached
Fieldfare, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 76 79 509 m² England and Wales: 2007-2011 Detached
Grovebury House, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 79 83 535 m² England and Wales: 2007-2011 Detached
LUTYENS, MILL LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, CHALFONT ST GILES 77 80 525 m² England and Wales: 2007-2011 Detached
Mardan Ville, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 68 75 560 m² England and Wales: 1983-1990 Detached
Oakwood, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 77 80 566 m² England and Wales: 2007-2011 Detached
Stratton Way, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 57 76 209 m² England and Wales: 1930-1949 Detached
The Garden House, Mill Lane, CHALFONT ST. GILES 77 83 573 m² England and Wales: 2003-2006 Detached

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

Floorplan

Floorplan

Price history

Event Date Price % change
Sold 22/11/2007 (18 years ago) £2,600,000 —

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
MAYTHORN COTTAGE DODDS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EL £1,425,000 12/01/2026 Detached
24 BOTTRELLS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EY £1,015,000 22/08/2025 Detached
30 BOTTRELLS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EY £910,000 27/10/2023 Detached
Same street STRATTON WAY MILL LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4NR £800,000 05/04/2023 Detached
MAGNOLIA DODDS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EL £1,150,000 13/10/2022 Detached
Same street MARDANVILLE MILL LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4NR £2,180,000 05/05/2022 Detached
57 BOTTRELLS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EY £1,375,000 12/04/2022 Detached
CHERRY TREES DODDS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EL £1,725,000 04/03/2022 Detached
THREE LANTERNS DODDS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EL £1,450,000 02/11/2021 Detached
7 BOTTRELLS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EX £1,005,000 29/10/2021 Detached
44A BOTTRELLS LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4EY £945,000 28/09/2021 Detached
WESTWAYS MILL LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4NX £1,565,000 29/06/2021 Detached
Same street OAKWOOD MILL LANE, CHALFONT ST GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP8 4NR £3,182,900 25/06/2021 Detached

Street average: £2,054,300 (3 sales)

Area average: £1,256,500 (10 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth -21.2%
10y growth 2.9%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Buckinghamshire. Series: Detached. As of March 2026.

1y (index) -1.2%
5y (index) 14.6%
10y (index) 24.5%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Buckinghamshire. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,326/mo
Realistic £1,473/mo
Optimistic £1,620/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Buckinghamshire.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Chilterns: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

Location

Map view View on Google Maps View on OpenStreetMap Street View HP8 4NR

Address

Mill Lane

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Shop Co-op Food 0.4 miles
Shop Rennie Grove Hospice Care 0.4 miles
Bus stop High Street 0.4 miles
Bus stop London Road 0.5 miles
Train station Seer Green and Jordans 2.2 miles
Train station Chalfont & Latimer 2.3 miles
University Buckinghamshire New University 4.4 miles
Hospital Watford General Hospital 7.5 miles
University John Scales Centre for Biomedical Engineering 11.2 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Violence and sexual offences 12
Anti-social behaviour 3
Public order 2
Vehicle crime 2
Burglary 1
Criminal damage and arson 1
Total incidents 21

Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Chalfont St Giles Infant School and Nursery Primary 0.3 miles Good — 5 Jul 2013
Chalfont St Giles Junior School Primary 0.5 miles Outstanding — 25 Feb 2020
Jordans School Primary 1.5 miles Good — 25 Feb 2024
Chalfont St Peter Infant School Primary 1.8 miles — (Inspected (no overall grade))
The Chalfonts Community College Secondary 1.8 miles Good — 14 Dec 2022

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area. Bedroom counts vary — use the Beds column to compare like-for-like lets. Student lets are excluded.

Title Rent Beds Distance As seen on
5 Bed Semi-Detached House, Miltons Head, HP8 £3,500/mo 5 0.38 miles OpenRent
2 Bed Flat, Miltons Head, HP8 £4,300/mo 2 0.38 miles OpenRent
2 Bed Flat, Miltons Head, HP8 £4,300/mo 2 0.38 miles OpenRent
2 Bed Flat, Miltons Head, HP8 £4,300/mo 2 0.38 miles OpenRent

Average rent: £4,100/mo (4 listings)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.15%
Max investor price (0.8%) £537,500
Target investor price (1%) £430,000
Gross yield 1.7%
Cost-to-rent ratio 57.2×
Monthly cashflow £-7,772/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term
Cash-on-cash ROI -10.9%
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
  • Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
  • Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
  • ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

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