5 bed terraced house for sale

The Street, Manuden, Nr Bishops Stortford CM23

The Old Wallhouse forms an important part of the historic street scene of the attractive village of Manuden. The house is believed to date back to around 1500 and is predominantly timber framed with rendered and colour washed elevations under a peg tiled roof and has around 3000 sq ft of accommodation over three floors. The ground floor rooms have higher than average ceiling heights which is unusual for a property of this age. The house has significant character with many exposed timbers and has benefitted from some modernisation, in particular the en-suite and family bathrooms.

The accommodation includes a generous entrance hall with stained glass panel, staircase to the first floor and door to a cloakroom. The sitting room has an attractive fireplace with wood burning stove, the kitchen/breakfast room is a generously proportioned bright room with windows and doors overlooking the garden, electric cooker, propane gas hob and electric underfloor heating. In addition, there is a dining room, a study, playroom with doors to the garden and a utility room.

On the first floor there is a master bedroom with fitted wardrobes and a high quality en-suite bathroom. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom. On the second floor, there is an attic bedroom and access to a generous roof space for storage.

Outside, there is a lovely enclosed and well established walled garden which has a terrace, shrub borders and flower beds. Towards the back of the garden there is a greenhouse on a brick base, an area of lawn, hedging, a timber building housing the oil tank. A gated access leads to a side driveway where there is parking and double garage with useful storage.

Manuden is a very popular and attractive North West Essex village with local facilities including a school, inn and garage and is situated approximately 3 miles north west of Bishop’s Stortford where extensive amenities are available. The mainline station at Bishop’s Stortford provides a regular train service to London's Liverpool Street, and access to the M11 is approximately four miles from the village.