4 bed bungalow for sale

Old Mead Lane, Henham, Essex CM22

Old Mead Lane and is situated close to the villages of both Elsenham and Henham within an easy five minute walk from a mainline train station at Elsenham, which is almost equidistant between the Hertfordshire town of Bishop’s Stortford and the historic Essex town of Saffron Walden.

This single storey property possibly dates back to the 1950s but has had some significant extensions in recent times. The house is both well-presented and well equipped and has a modern gas fired heating system, both under-floor and to radiators. There is a well proportioned drawing room with wood burning stove, a large study and a kitchen/dining room at the back of the house with an adjoining utility room where there is a gas fired boiler and plumbing for a washing machine and a cupboard which houses the electricity fuse box. There are three bedrooms two with fitted wardrobes and one with an en suite and a family bathroom.

The annexe has a separate front door, a kitchen and shower room, as well as a bed/sitting room. There is an inter-connecting door to the drawing room.

The grounds are a particular feature with an excellent pond with stream (pumped and filtered), two terraces – one at the back of the house and one towards the back of the garden. The grounds are south facing, well established and relatively easily maintained with lawns, shrubs and trees. At the far end is a useful compositing/bonfire area. In all about 0.47 of an acre.

Henham is a well regarded North Essex village with its local primary school, church, public house, village shop and Post Office. Henham lies about 7 miles from the market town of Bishop’s Stortford, which provides a more comprehensive range of social, recreational and educational facilities, as well as access to the M11 motorway on the outskirts of the town linking London, the M25 and the north. There is a mainline railway station at Bishop's Stortford, providing a regular commuter service to London's Liverpool Street. The nearest mainline station to the village is at Elsenham.