For Sale4 Bedroom House in High Street, Great Bardfield, Essex, CM7£900,000

A most handsome Grade II listed village property, dating back to the Elizabethan period, offering a modern configuration of family living space sympathetic to the wealth of period features you would expect. There are four double bedrooms, family shower room, family bathroom which could be ensuite to the master, three generous receptions and stunning kitchen breakfast room opening to the generous rear garden. Parking for two vehicles in addition to a single garage. Walking distance to all amenities. EPC Exempt. Town House is an important Grade II listed family residence, once a former boarding house, dating back to the Elizabethan period with further additions and improvements during the 17th and 18th centuries. Located in the heart of the ever popular Northwest village of Great Bardfield, within walking distance of the local school, butcher, supermarket, pubs and bookshop. The property is in excellent condition both internally and externally offering generous and light accommodation over two floors. The beautiful reception hall with fluted wood panelling is located to the centre of the house and looks straight through the glazed rear door to the lovely rear gardens beyond. It also gives access to the first floor via a split turning stairwell, and indeed to the three receptions either side of it. The West wing provides a generous sitting/music room which was historically a former courtroom, now enjoying a lovely bay window to the front aspect, an open fireplace and French doors which give access to the rear garden. To the other side of the hallway, a charming drawing room also benefits from a generous bay window with seating and storage below, a striking exposed brick fireplace with inset wood burner on a herringbone brick hearth and fitted low level book shelving running the entirety of the far wall. The generous dining room is located behind the drawing room again benefitting from a wood burning stove and stunning brick flooring. Beyond the dining room is the vaulted kitchen breakfast roomwhich was completely renovated by the current owners, using Knights Country Kitchens of Clare in Suffolk, resulting in a variety of bespoke units below a quartz work top, double butler sink, central island with two seater breakfast bar, Perrin & Rowe Phoenix 3-in-1 boiling water system, under-counter Capel wine cooler and Bosch appliances. There is a lovely four door Everhot range, generous walk in pantry, engineered oak flooring with under floor heating and access to the rear patio and garden via a stable door. The kitchen is served by a utility room with ground floor cloakroom. To the first floor the landing boasts 17th century oak panelling and opens to four lovely double bedrooms. Bedroom two is located above the sitting room, providing a dual aspect to the front and rear gardens and has a Victorian style feature fireplace. Bedrooms three and four are also doubles and look out to the front of the house, both offering plenty of wardrobe space and are served by a fully tiled modern shower room with double length shower and electric underfloor heating. The master bedroom is located to the rear of the property, adjacent to the family bathroom. This could easily become ensuite to the master if required. This lovely bedroom also benefits from generous wardrobe space and lovely views of the rear garden. The part walled rear garden is extremely generous (127" deep x 57" wide), predominantly laid to lawn, ascending to double gates which open to a block paved driveway and single garage. There is further potential to create a two bay cart lodge if required, subject to the usual consents. Wellconsidered beds run along the walled section of garden with a wide variety of shrubs and plants. A generous paved patio is accessed directly from the kitchen, offering a further raised terrace housing the garden shed. Both of these areas enjoy the afternoon and evening sun. There is also a handy log store adjacent. Town House is ideally located in the heart of this ever popularNorth Essex village, not only offering walking distance to all of the local amenities but also a fantastic geographical position for major road and rail links into London and Cambridge. Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow are nearby as is Stansted Airport and varied schooling within all sectors.