High Chimneys

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.

Great Bardfield is a popular village centred around a thriving high street, two public houses, a cooperative store, a butchers, 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.

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.

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