House For Sale £1,250,000
Thought once to have been three tied cottages to the adjacent farm, High Chimneys was subsequently converted to provide five bedroom accommodation arranged over three floors plus an attic.
A generous entrance hall provides access to all the ground floor rooms, a cloak room and stairs to the first floor. The three reception rooms comprise of the south west facing dining room, a living room and spacious sitting room. The latter has a brick fireplace, windows to the side and rear aspect and French doors opening onto the gardens. The bright and welcoming kitchen/breakfast room has a good range of fitted wall and base units, an aga, double sink unit and integrated appliances. The dining section has doors opening onto the rear and a separate door leads into a utility room.
The first floor has a principal bedroom facing the front with an en suite bathroom. The second bedroom has often been used as a guest room with views over the gardens. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom which shares a Jack and Jill arrangement with the guest room. From the landing, a door leads to stairs ascending to the attic. This is presently divided into two sections, a studio and storage space, and offers vast potential for conversion, subject to the relevant consents.<br /><br />Great Bardfield is a popular village centred around a thriving high street, two public houses, a cooperative store, a butchers, an electrical shop and a book shop. In addition, on the outskirts of the village, there is a farm shop with a restaurant and post office. Within the village is a pre-school and a Church of England Primary school and three churches. Nearby Great Dunmow offers a supermarket together with a busy high street of independent stores along with numerous pubs and restaurants. The larger town of Bishop's Stortford lies just beyond. Communications in the area are catered for with a rail service to London Liverpool Street from either Stansted (approximately 45 minutes) or Bishop's Stortford (approximately 45 minutes). The A120 linking the M11 at junction 8 and the A12 is just to the south at Dunmow, 7.7 miles away.<br /><br />High Chimneys is offered as two titles, the gardens with woodland and a separate adjacent field presently used as a paddock and for the production of cricket bat willow. The formal grounds measure 4.73 acres and have extensive lawns with mature hedge borders and include a heated swimming pool and terrace. Established woodland occupies the western boundary and was formally used by the previous owners as a nature reserve. This area also has a tennis court. The adjacent field measures 2.34 acres and provides a willow crop approximately every 10-15 years.
A generous entrance hall provides access to all the ground floor rooms, a cloak room and stairs to the first floor. The three reception rooms comprise of the south west facing dining room, a living room and spacious sitting room. The latter has a brick fireplace, windows to the side and rear aspect and French doors opening onto the gardens. The bright and welcoming kitchen/breakfast room has a good range of fitted wall and base units, an aga, double sink unit and integrated appliances. The dining section has doors opening onto the rear and a separate door leads into a utility room.
The first floor has a principal bedroom facing the front with an en suite bathroom. The second bedroom has often been used as a guest room with views over the gardens. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom which shares a Jack and Jill arrangement with the guest room. From the landing, a door leads to stairs ascending to the attic. This is presently divided into two sections, a studio and storage space, and offers vast potential for conversion, subject to the relevant consents.<br /><br />Great Bardfield is a popular village centred around a thriving high street, two public houses, a cooperative store, a butchers, an electrical shop and a book shop. In addition, on the outskirts of the village, there is a farm shop with a restaurant and post office. Within the village is a pre-school and a Church of England Primary school and three churches. Nearby Great Dunmow offers a supermarket together with a busy high street of independent stores along with numerous pubs and restaurants. The larger town of Bishop's Stortford lies just beyond. Communications in the area are catered for with a rail service to London Liverpool Street from either Stansted (approximately 45 minutes) or Bishop's Stortford (approximately 45 minutes). The A120 linking the M11 at junction 8 and the A12 is just to the south at Dunmow, 7.7 miles away.<br /><br />High Chimneys is offered as two titles, the gardens with woodland and a separate adjacent field presently used as a paddock and for the production of cricket bat willow. The formal grounds measure 4.73 acres and have extensive lawns with mature hedge borders and include a heated swimming pool and terrace. Established woodland occupies the western boundary and was formally used by the previous owners as a nature reserve. This area also has a tennis court. The adjacent field measures 2.34 acres and provides a willow crop approximately every 10-15 years.
