5 bed detached house for sale

Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10

Trinity house is an extremely spacious Grade II Listed property which is arranged over three floors with a large and very useful basement. The current owners have lived there for many years, as have others in the past, and enjoyed the convenient location combined with the large character rooms with many original period features.

Accommodation comprises an elegant entrance hallway with an original turning staircase and exposed floor boards. A glazed door leads to the rear gardens and a sliding door opens to the brick staircase leading to the basement. Adjacent is a cloakroom. The stunning sitting room measures 26’10" long and is features a large marble fireplace housing a wood burning stove. A sash window to the front has original shutters and French doors also with shutters, lead to the garden terrace. To the left of the hallway is the family room with an open cast iron fireplace with marble surround and a large original cupboard is located in the chimney recess. A step leads up to spacious kitchen/breakfast room with lovely views over the rear gardens from the dining area. The kitchen is fitted with a range of wall and base units incorporating a Mercury Range cooker with 5-ring gas hob and electric oven with extractor fan over, a Liebherr fridge, a Bosch integrated dishwasher, a shelved pantry cupboard, deep drawer units and a corner cupboard with racks. An internal window looks into the dining room which is striking with two glass atriums flooding the room with natural light. A glass cover exposes an original water well feature, 2 sets of French doors lead to the garden and there is a large bench seat at the far end of the room. Both the kitchen and kitchen/breakfast room have underfloor heating.

The basement is accessed from the hallway and provides two large store areas, a fitted workshop area and a large laundry room with butler sink, fitted shelves and two large shelved store cupboards. There is also plumbing and space for a washing machine.

The first floor comprises a large study/library fitted with a range of wall cabinets and bookcases with twin aspect to the front and the rear of the house and stunning views of St Mary ‘s Church. There are two bedrooms both with original fireplaces and fitted cupboards and a large family bathroom. The bathroom is fitted with both a rolltop bath and separate shower with twin sinks inset to vanity units and a double fitted wardrobe/linen cupboard with sliding doors.

The top floor comprises the master bedroom with twin aspect and three wardrobes and has a door to the ensuite bathroom also accessed from the landing. The bathroom has a wooden floor and provides a roll top bath with separate shower, washbasin inset to a vanity unit, heated towel rail and a further wall mounted vanity unit. The landing also leads to a further bedroom with sash window to the front elevation and a shelved cupboard. A further bedroom/dressing room is located overlooking the rear garden and the church and has a cupboard which houses the gas fired central heating boiler. There is an adjacent shower room with washbasin inset to a vanity unit and a heated towel rail.

Outside, the rear gardens are beautifully laid out and face south east, with a large brick paved terrace with floral borders. Steps and a pathway lead up to the raised lawned area with a low brick retaining wall and well stocked borders and mature trees and shrubs. There is an original range of brick outbuildings adjacent to the churchyard wall. These include a bin store area, garden store and a large shed with vaulted ceiling. There is a further open store area to the far end. The gardens measure approx. 63ft deep x 42ft wide, are fully enclosed mainly by brick and flint walls and a weatherboarded wall is connected to the adjacent building which is a Chapel.

Saffron Walden is a historic market town with a magnificent parish church, impressive common, numerous period properties and a wide tree-lined High Street. A range of shops, schools, library, social and sporting amenities are all accessible within the town, together with cinema and concert facilities at Saffron Screen and Saffron Hall. Market days are Tuesday and Saturdays. Road links to London and Cambridge (15 miles) are at J9 and J10 of the M11. Trains to London (Liverpool Street) run from Audley End Station, about 3 miles away.