3 bed detached house for sale

Brick End, Broxted, Dunmow, Essex CM6

The Cottage is located in the hamlet of Brick End, part of the larger village of Broxted, which has a mixture of period and more modern houses. The nearest village of size is Elsenham (2.5 miles), where there is a train station. Another station is located at Stansted Airport (2.5 miles). Broxted benefits from an active parish council and community association which organise social and other events throughout the year.

The Cottage is a Victorian building with a rendered exterior and a pitched and tiled roof. It has been a much-loved family home for many years, and the building has been well maintained. The accommodation is shown on the floorplan and includes a dining room at the front of the building with cupboards, and a well-proportioned sitting room with an open fireplace and sliding glazed doors to the garden.

The kitchen has a basic range of storage cupboards and a deep larder cupboard, and from here a utility room houses the oil fired boiler which provides the heating and hot water. There is also a cloakroom with a wash hand basin and w/c.

There are three good sized bedrooms upstairs, all of similar size, one has a ladder to access the roof space and there is also a shower room with modern shower, airing cupboard, w/c and wash basin.

A driveway to the side of the house leads to a brick built single garage and the driveway continues towards the back of the garden where there is a significant area of hardstanding and a large outbuilding which would make an excellent garage, workshop or recreation room. The building was probably constructed in the mid part of the 20th century.

The gardens are very much a feature with some well stocked herbaceous borders, lawns and an orchard, as well as a pond, well established trees, shrubs and hedges.

Agents notes: (1) There is an option to purchase The Cottage at a slightly reduced price without the barn and less land if this was of interest to any prospective purchaser (see plan). More details can be provided on request.

(2) We believe the private drainage system complies with modern regulations although it is not a modern system. The oil tank may need to be repositioned to comply with fire regulations.

(3) Broxted and Brick End do experience some aircraft activity due to their proximity to Stansted Airport.

The hamlet of Brick End is part of the larger village of Broxted, which is a small and pretty village with church, and considered to be conveniently situated for the villages of Henham, Elsenham and the historic market town of Thaxted, which provides further shopping and recreational facilities. The larger centres of Great Dunmow, Saffron Walden and Bishop’s Stortford are approximately 7 miles distant offering further comprehensive amenities. There are mainline stations at Elsenham, in the village of Stansted Mountfichet and Stansted Airport with commuter services to London’s Liverpool Street, and the M11 motorway (Junction 8) can be accessed from the outskirts of Bishop’s Stortford. There is also an hourly local bus service 6 days a week to Stansted Airport (with lots of onward connections) in one direction and Saffron Walden in the other.