House For Sale £725,000
The Thatchings dates back to the early 17th Century and offers an array of original and period features, which include exposed honey coloured timbers, open inglenook fireplace and casement windows, all under a well maintained thatch and peg tile roof. The accommodation is well presented throughout and comprises of an entrance lobby which leads on to the vaulted sitting room, spanning over 25 ft with a dual aspect, adjacent is an ideal home office. Further rooms include 2 large double bedrooms on the ground floor and a family shower room. In the 1980's the property was extended to provide an open plan Aga kitchen/breakfast room with a conservatory linked, in 2017 the current owners converted this to a dining room which has created a wonderful social space, adopting idyllic garden views. Upstairs provides a further bedroom and dressing area.
With a gated gravelled driveway, offering ample parking, which leads on to the formal grounds that wrap around the property, the garden is mainly laid to lawn with established shrubs and flowered borders. To the other side of the driveway is a well-stocked and constructed kitchen garden with raised beds, fruit cages and a greenhouse.
There is a log cabin detached from the house and offers the ideal home office space/crafts room, as well as a further workshop all in the initial gardens. Via a footbridge leads to further gardens/orchards, which have been planted with a variety of fruit trees, all adopting countryside views.
This property has been extremely well maintained, with being re-thatched in 2019, re-roofed in 2013 and various others works. The solar panels were fitted in 2019 and offer great financial and environmental benefit, especially in the current climate.
Gainsford End is a small hamlet which lies to the south east of Toppesfield. Toppesfield has a community run village shop, pub and brewery. A primary school and daily play group, village hall and a Church. For more extensive day-to-day needs there are wider shopping facilities in the towns of Sudbury, Haverhill and Saffron Walden, Further schooling at Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Sudbury and Colchester with private schools at Sudbury, Gosfield and Stoke by Clare.
For the commuter there are through train services to London Liverpool Street from Audley End, Witham, Stansted and Colchester, with a branch line at Braintree and Sudbury.
Freehold
Mains water & electricity.
Private drainage.
Oil fired Central Heating & Solar panels.
Braintree District Council
Band E
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Viewing: By appointment with Carter Jonas
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With a gated gravelled driveway, offering ample parking, which leads on to the formal grounds that wrap around the property, the garden is mainly laid to lawn with established shrubs and flowered borders. To the other side of the driveway is a well-stocked and constructed kitchen garden with raised beds, fruit cages and a greenhouse.
There is a log cabin detached from the house and offers the ideal home office space/crafts room, as well as a further workshop all in the initial gardens. Via a footbridge leads to further gardens/orchards, which have been planted with a variety of fruit trees, all adopting countryside views.
This property has been extremely well maintained, with being re-thatched in 2019, re-roofed in 2013 and various others works. The solar panels were fitted in 2019 and offer great financial and environmental benefit, especially in the current climate.
Gainsford End is a small hamlet which lies to the south east of Toppesfield. Toppesfield has a community run village shop, pub and brewery. A primary school and daily play group, village hall and a Church. For more extensive day-to-day needs there are wider shopping facilities in the towns of Sudbury, Haverhill and Saffron Walden, Further schooling at Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Sudbury and Colchester with private schools at Sudbury, Gosfield and Stoke by Clare.
For the commuter there are through train services to London Liverpool Street from Audley End, Witham, Stansted and Colchester, with a branch line at Braintree and Sudbury.
Freehold
Mains water & electricity.
Private drainage.
Oil fired Central Heating & Solar panels.
Braintree District Council
Band E
What3Words: ///predict.proudest.quieter
Viewing: By appointment with Carter Jonas
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