Offers in excess of
£1,500,000
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3
5 bedroom detached house for sale
Jenkins Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM22
5
3
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Key features
- Grade II Listed Family Residence
- Steeped in History
- 5 Double Bedrooms & 4 Bathrooms
- 4 Reception Rooms
- Kitchen/Breakfast Room & Separate Utility Room
- 3 Acre Plot/Paddocks
- Planning Permission for 1800 sq ft Single Storey Residence
- Detached Stable-Block & Manége
- Car Port & Parking for Numerous Vehicles
- EPC Exempt
Floor plan
Description
Property description
This beautiful Grade II Listed Farmhouse dating back to the 16th Century, offers a wealth of period features. This lovely home offers 3 generous reception rooms, a beautifully fitted bespoke kitchen and adjoining breakfast room, separate utility room and walk-in pantry and a dry cellar. The first floor offers a Principal bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and en-suite bathroom. The second bedroom also offers an en-suite bathroom and built-in wardrobe space and there are a further 3 double bedrooms, family bathroom and a shower room. There is a gated driveway offering parking for numerous vehicles, a detached cart-lodge with adjacent workshops and storage outbuildings and a separate studio.
Additionally, the property offers excellent equestrian facilities separated from the main house, including a stable block for several horses, tack room and washing facilities, an Olympic sized all weather manége and paddocks extending to 3 acres. There is also planning permission granted to convert the stable block into a single storey dwelling.
BUYERS INFORMATION
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| The Setting | ||||
This lovely home is set in a delightful position on a no-through road, close to the edge of the National Trust Hatfield Forest, offering excellent and horse-riding and off-road walking. The property lies between Little Hallingbury and the busy market town of Bishop’s Stortford is less than 2 miles away offering a comprehensive range of amenities including shops, restaurants, bars and schools for all ages. For commuters, a regular and excellent train service from Bishop’s Stortford, (less than a mile away), into London Liverpool Street takes around 42 minutes, the same too for Cambridge. Stansted’s International Airport and Junction 8 of the M11 are a short drive away.
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| Ground Floor Accommodation | ||||
A solid wood door situated at the front of the house opens onto a lobby area with further doors opening onto bright and airy drawing room with natural stone flooring, feature fireplace with inset electric fire and exposed timbers to the ceiling and there is a staircase rising to the first floor and a further staircase leading to the dry cellar. Further doors lead from the Drawing room to a generous, dual aspect study with bay window to the side and on the opposite side, the formal dining room, which again is dual aspect with wood flooring and exposed timbers to the walls and ceiling. A rear hallway has access to the rear of the property and opens onto a traditional farmhouse kitchen which has been fitted with wall and base units with contrasting granite worktops, an Aga and integrated appliances and there is an island/breakfast bar. The kitchen further opens onto the breakfast/family room with vaulted ceiling and feature fireplace and a flight of steps lead to the first floor.
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| First Floor Accommodation | ||||
The two sets of staircases rise to the first-floor landing area with doors leading to the Principal bedroom with walk-in wardrobes and en-suite bathroom and views overlooking the front and side aspect. Bedroom 2 also has en-suite bathroom facilities with a further 3 double bedrooms, family bathroom and separate shower room that completes this floor.
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The property is approached by a no-through lane to a gated driveway offering parking for several vehicles with access to a car port, storage outbuildings and a separate granary/studio. The private rear gardens wrap around the property and are predominantly laid to lawn with mature trees, shrubs and hedgerows to the borders. There are two terraced areas, perfect for outside dining and a natural pond to the rear of the garden.
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| Equestrian Facilities / Planning Permission to Develop | ||||
Separate from the house, the excellent equestrian facilities are located opposite offering a superb Scotts of Thrapston stable block with hard standing, tack room, washing facilities, further hay store and an adjacent all-weather Olympic sized, Charles Bretton manège. The paddocks are located beyond amounting to approximately 3 acres and the option to rent an additional 2 acres of grazing.If the equestrian facilities are not required, there is an opportunity to develop the stable block. Planning permission has been granted for a single storey dwelling in excess of 1800 sq ft.
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Oil Fired Central Heating, Private Drainage, Water & Electricity are connected
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| Local Authority | ||||
Uttlesford District Council
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