6 bed detached house for sale

Wicken Road, Wicken Bonhunt, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11

Bonhunt House is a fine red brick early Victorian house dating to the late 1840’s and situated almost equal distance between the village of Newport (with mainline train station and amenities) and the smaller village of Wicken Bonhunt.

This significant and substantial dwelling is well proportioned with high ceiling height and well proportioned rooms as would be expected of a building of this age. The house retains its original front door and bell ring. The substantial front door leads to an impressive entrance hallway with cloakroom and a staircase to the first floor. There are two rooms at the front of the property, the sitting room and the dining room, and behind this a large study which links to a sympathetic extension to the property which was completed in 2013 to provide a generous drawing room which has a wood burning stove and glazed doors out to the garden. In addition, there is a kitchen and breakfast room, two further lobbies and a utility room.

There is an excellent cellar with good ceiling heights divided into four room, the cellar houses the pressurised water system and two large hot water cylinders.

On the first floor there is landing with three bedrooms (including the master bedroom suite) and a dressing room/single bedroom. From the landing there is a staircase to a study area and a fourth bedroom. There is also a staircase from the drawing room to two further bedrooms and a bathroom.

The driveway to the house leads to garaging. There is a double garage on one side of the house and a single on the other side, there is also a sizeable garden shed. The gardens are well established with herbaceous borders and watering system which is supplied from the house well, as well as a terrace, lawns and mature trees at the far end of the garden there is a hard tennis court. The grounds are about 1.5 acres.

Agents note: For those with a question or interest, it may be possible to rent a further acreage of up to five acres adjoining the house.

The adjoining property is Bonhunt Lodge, a property around 2900 sq.ft (including a single garage) which is also available to purchase and provides some excellent accommodation with a guide price of £725,000.

Wicken bonhunt is a well regarded small North Essex village with its fine church and public house, and is situated midway between the villages of Newport and Clavering. Clavering offers an excellent local shop/post office, inns and restaurant, and Newport provides a further range of amenities, including schools and shops, and mainline station to London (Liverpool Street). The historic market town of Saffron Walden lies some six miles away and offers a more comprehensive range of social, recreational and educational facilities. To the north, Audley End mainline station is about 2.5 miles distant, running regular services to London's Liverpool Street (approx 55 minutes), and to the South, Stansted Mountifchet (in approx 45 mins). The M.11 motorway can be accessed at either Duxford or Bishops Stortford.