4 Bed Detached House For Sale

** OFFERED CHAIN FREE **
OLD POTTERY HOUSE is a spacious period home full of charm and character situated in a Conservation area in the popular village of Quendon. With approx. 2925 sqft of accommodation over 3 floors including the cellar, the property boasts beautiful features throughout and has a mixture of single and double glazed doors and windows, exposed beams and timbers, beautiful exposed brick fireplaces, with original flooring in parts of the property.

The front door leads into the older part of the property being timber framed with stairs rising to the first floor and 2 reception rooms either side being the sitting room and dining room, both with bay windows looking out to the front. From the dining room, a small hallway leads into the kitchen/breakfast room with further door giving access to steps down to the cellar.

The spacious kitchen is fitted with a range of storage cupboards, work surfaces and appliances include a double oven, 4-burner gas hob with extraction fan over, space for a dishwasher and fridge-freezer. A door from the kitchen leads into a sizeable, secure lean-to/boot/store room with windows looking through into kitchen, doors to both the front and rear, and in turn gives access to a separate utility/cloakroom and a further store room with door to outside. To the rear of the property is a further reception room with double doors leading to outside and a large picture window drawing in good amounts of natural light.

Upstairs, the landing gives access to 3 bedrooms; bedrooms 3 and 4 are situated to the front, both with original floorboards and bedroom 3 with the benefit of a dressing area. The master bedroom features a dressing area and its own well appointed en suite shower room, in addition to the family bath and shower rooms also to this floor. A good sized study sits to one side, but could be used as a further bedroom. From the landing, stairs rise to the second floor where you will find bedroom 2 - a great space 27' 5" x 11' 10" with dual aspect windows, many exposed beams and timbers and again, could be used for a variety of purposes.

OUTSIDE, a delightful garden extends to the rear measuring approx. 70ft deep x 37ft wide > 27ft. A large paved terrace adjoins the rear of the property with low brick wall surrounds providing ideal space for alfresco entertaining. The rest of the garden is laid mainly to lawn with many mature plants, shrubs and wild natural areas with close-boarded fencing and mature hedging to the rear boundary. In addition, there is off-street parking space for 2 vehicles adjacent to the neighbouring property on the left hand boundary as shown on the location map.


QUENDON is a popular Essex village situated broadly equidistant between the market town of Bishop’s Stortford (6 miles) and Saffron Walden (6 miles). The larger villages of Stansted and Newport, both about 3 miles distant provide a range of facilities, including schools, shops etc. Key stage 1 & 2 school can also be found at Rickling Green (approx. 0.4 miles car/500m on foot). Secondary schools can be found in Newport (Joyce Franklin Academy & Saffron Walden County High School) Bishop’s Stortford provides a more comprehensive range of amenities. Mainline railway stations can be found at Newport, Stansted, Audley End (Wendens Ambo) and Bishop’s Stortford with regular services to London (Liverpool St). Access to the M11 is on the outskirts of Bishop’s Stortford.