Hixham Cottage & Barnfield Cottage

This pair of delightful cottages are located in a beautiful setting, amongst some of the finest and unspoilt countryside in the area and are Grade II Listed, the oldest part traditionally constructed with a timber frame and some rendered elevations and weather boarded elevations under a neat long straw thatched roof. Hixham Cottage has an extension in brick and blockwork which has a pitched and slate roof. These two properties have been in the ownership of the current vendors since 1929 and electricity was installed in 1945.

Hixham Cottage adjoins Barnfield Cottage and is a larger property with a fine timber frame and an inglenook fireplace. A large part probably dates back to the early 17th century, but the cottage has been significantly extended in recent times to provide additional rooms including the kitchen/breakfast room, lobby and utility, as well as a sitting room and ground floor bedroom. There are two inter-linking bedrooms on the first floor. Outside there is a charming established garden around the property including a seating area, yew hedging a wide brick pathway, herb garden, lavender and box hedging, herbaceous and shrub borders, many roses and established fruit trees.

The whole of Barnfield Cottage is a period building of some quality, possibly dating back to the early 17th century, traditionally constructed with a timber frame and weather boarded plastered elevations under a thatched roof. The cottage has fine inglenook fireplace, some splendid timbers, two interlinking bedrooms and lovely views.

Outside, a generous gravel parking area leads to a timber framed double garage with cedar boarding, an up and over door and slate roof. Behind the garage there is a modern oil tank. The cottages have been well-maintained, but there is scope for modernisation inside.

In addition to the immediate garden around the house which amounts to about 1.15 acres, there is a paddock to the right hand side of around 6.74 acres with a small block of two stables and a tack room with water and electricity. On the other side of the cottages there is another excellent meadow currently used for grazing sheep, known as Oast Pasture which amounts to about 9.6 acres and includes an apple orchard and is bordered by established woodland with a separate gate to the highway. There are a number of bridleways and footpaths in the area and both The Catherine Wheel public house on the edge of Patmore Heath and The Brewery Tap public house in Furneux Pelham are considered to be within reasonable walking distance.


Furneux Pelham is a well regarded East Hertfordshire village adjoining undulating countryside with its own thriving and highly regarded primary school, a public house and a community shop. The larger centre of Bishop’s Stortford (approx 7miles) provides a more comprehensive range of recreational, educational and shopping facilities and a regular commuter service to London's Liverpool Street (approx 40 mins). Access to the M11 is reached on the outskirts of the town and provides a link to London, the M25 and the North. The A10 to London and the City lies approx seven miles distant.

Marketed by: Mullucks, Bishop's Stortford