- For Sale
- Guide price 1,350,000 GBP
- Build Size: 3,534 ft2
- Land Size: 3,534 ft2
- Bedroom: 5
- Bathroom: 3
Character filled property set in a delightful location.
Sparrows is a delightful Grade II listed village house, located on this sought after street. The house features in the well-loved tale, The Gingerbread Boy. The illustration is by Robert Lumley, who lived in Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak.The house enjoys a wealth of period features including a large inglenook fireplace and good ceiling heights in the sitting room and extensive fitted shelving in the study. The charming drawing room enjoys a period fireplace and bay window and the large light kitchen/breakfast room has extensive views over the mature garden. The bedroom accommodation is well-arranged with a well-proportioned principal bedroom with en suite shower. There are four further good-sized bedrooms over two floors and a further two bathrooms. The two-bedroom cottage adjoins the house with its own access and has excellent rental potential. Downstairs is a kitchen, family room, and shower room and two bedrooms upstairs. The extensive mature garden is mainly laid to lawn and interspersed by mature trees and herbaceous borders. There is a single garage located beyond the cottage.
The village of Hatfield Broad Oak offers a local rural lifestyle with a church primary school, post office, two public houses, butchers, and a village shop. The village is surrounded by beautiful open countryside, ideal for walkers and cyclists. Hatfield Heath lies approximately 2 miles away, with a small supermarket, restaurants, tea room, and public houses. There is easy access to Bishop's Stortford offering a more comprehensive range of leisure and shopping facilities, highly regarded schools in both the private and state sector, as well as a mainline railway station with regular commuter services to London Liverpool Street. There are good road links via the M11 providing onward access to the M25.Bishop's Stortford mainline station 6.5 miles (London Liverpool Street form 38 minutes). and Stansted Airport 4.8 miles. Distances and times are approximate.
Sparrows is a delightful Grade II listed village house, located on this sought after street. The house features in the well-loved tale, The Gingerbread Boy. The illustration is by Robert Lumley, who lived in Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak.The house enjoys a wealth of period features including a large inglenook fireplace and good ceiling heights in the sitting room and extensive fitted shelving in the study. The charming drawing room enjoys a period fireplace and bay window and the large light kitchen/breakfast room has extensive views over the mature garden. The bedroom accommodation is well-arranged with a well-proportioned principal bedroom with en suite shower. There are four further good-sized bedrooms over two floors and a further two bathrooms. The two-bedroom cottage adjoins the house with its own access and has excellent rental potential. Downstairs is a kitchen, family room, and shower room and two bedrooms upstairs. The extensive mature garden is mainly laid to lawn and interspersed by mature trees and herbaceous borders. There is a single garage located beyond the cottage.
The village of Hatfield Broad Oak offers a local rural lifestyle with a church primary school, post office, two public houses, butchers, and a village shop. The village is surrounded by beautiful open countryside, ideal for walkers and cyclists. Hatfield Heath lies approximately 2 miles away, with a small supermarket, restaurants, tea room, and public houses. There is easy access to Bishop's Stortford offering a more comprehensive range of leisure and shopping facilities, highly regarded schools in both the private and state sector, as well as a mainline railway station with regular commuter services to London Liverpool Street. There are good road links via the M11 providing onward access to the M25.Bishop's Stortford mainline station 6.5 miles (London Liverpool Street form 38 minutes). and Stansted Airport 4.8 miles. Distances and times are approximate.
