4 bed detached house for sale

Sampford Hall Lane, Little Sampford, Nr Saffron Walden, Essex CB10

The lodge is a most attractive, detached Victorian property situated in a lovely rural setting overlooking farmland. The property provides nicely proportioned rooms and well balanced living accommodation creating a charming, character home.

The front door opens into a wide hallway with doors leading off to all principal rooms and stairs rising to the first floor. The relaxed country-style kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with hand-built wall and base units, wooden worktops, butler sink unit and space for free-standing appliances. The breakfast/dining area offers further cupboards and storage, an Aga and a side door opening to the rear garden. A ground floor cloakroom sits to the rear of the hallway and gives access to the cellar. There are two reception rooms; to the front - a cozy sitting room with a log burning stove and feature bay window looking over the rear garden. To the rear is a large formal dining room which opens into a conservatory with double doors opening out to the garden.

Upstairs, the first floor landing has a window to the rear flooding the area with natural light and doors lead off to the four nicely proportioned bedrooms and the family bathroom which is fitted with a 3-piece suite. The master bedroom has the benefit of its own en suite shower room.

Outside, the property sits on a wonderful plot of about 0.3 of an acre. There is a parking space directly in front of the property for one vehicle. The main garden area sides the property and has two entrances from the roadside. Due to the plot size, there is scope for development (STPP). The garden is bordered by mature hedgerow and is predominantly laid to lawn with a patio area and a re-laid shingle seating area, both perfect for outside entertaining. The garden has open views to the rear which boast incredible sunsets. At the end of the garden is a double garage/workshop with further outbuildings including a greenhouse and chicken coop.

Little sampford is situated south east of the larger village of Great Sampford, which has a Public House, a church and primary school and is approx. 8 miles from the historic market town of Saffron Walden. The town of Thaxted with village shops, weekly market, school, restaurants/public houses etc is about 4 miles away, and the University City of Cambridge lies some 20 miles distant. Audley End mainline station (London’s Liverpool Street) is approx. 10 miles from the village.