Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM22

The Setting

Old Mead Lane is located within the village of Henham, a pretty village with a convenience store and public house and is suitably situated within a 17 minute walk or 2 minute drive to a mainline railway station at Elsenham offering good links to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. Elsenham itself is an up-and-coming village with a selection of village amenities such as a post office, convenience store, 2 public houses and primary school. For a more comprehensive selection of shops, restaurants and public houses, the market town of Bishop’s Stortford is less than 10 minutes away by car and Saffron Walden, a 15-minute drive away and for road users wishing to commute, J8 of the M11 is approximately 4 miles away and Stansted’s International Airport is approximately 5 miles away.

Accommodation

A glass door opens onto a bright entrance hallway with wood flooring and a skylight and large, picturesque window overlooking the garden and terrace. Doors to the left open onto two double bedrooms, both having sliding patio doors to the garden and en-suite shower facilities. The hallway further flows through to the center of the property and the most stunning, expansive open plan living, kitchen and dining area with natural light flooding the room from remote operated skylights in the vaulted ceiling. Large sliding patio doors open onto the terrace and outside entertaining space. The Kitchen area has been well designed with an abundance of storage cupboards, a stunning central island with a 3.5m Brazilian quartzite worksurface, integrated appliances, Quooker hot water tap and an additional worksurface housing an induction hob with integrated extractor. There is a fully-shelved, walk-in pantry and a separate utility/boot room with an external door to the front aspect (truncated)

Outside

To the front of the property a gravel driveway offers parking for numerous vehicles leading to a detached coach house with two lockable garages and an open fronted cart-lodge with wc to the rear. An open staircase to the side of the building rises to a self-contained annex/studio apartment offering kitchen and shower room facilities, bedroom and a living room with Juliet balcony and French doors with views over neighboring countryside. Granite steps lead to the main front door of the property, passing an original ‘puddingstone’, the namesake to the property. The property sits on a private plot that is surrounded by gardens which are predominantly lawned with mature trees to its borders, including fruit trees, a separate vegetable garden with raised beds and a lovely meadow with a mound and a wooden bench to sit on and to take in the surrounding views.

Services

A zoned water fed underfloor heating system throughout the property, mains drainage, water and electricity are connected.

Local Authority

Uttlesford District Council

Council Tax

Tax Band G

Vendors Note

• The airport is close enough that you can jump in a taxi at the house and be in duty free 25 minutes later . However we are not under a flight path (planes take off east/west, and we're north). • There's two local pubs, post office, convenience store, and fish and chip shop in the immediate vicinity. Less than 3 miles away in Stansted Mountfitchet there's an excellent selection of public houses restaurants and fast food take away options • Several local farmers markets provide access to high quality foods and ingredients. • There are some very well rated schools nearby in Newport and Saffron Walden, with local bus pickups • The property is around 100m above sea level, with no risk of flooding at all despite changing climates.