5 Bed Detached House For Sale

The Accommodation

The front of the property retains its classic character with red brick elevations and a welcoming entrance. Internally, the home has been meticulously modernised while preserving original features. The property welcomes you with an elegant entrance hall, featuring high ceilings, detailed cornicing, and original staircase balustrades that set the tone for the character and scale found throughout. At the heart of the home lies an impressive open-plan kitchen, dining, and living space, creating a wonderfully light and airy environment. The open plan kitchen/family room is a stunning architectural addition that delivers a seamless blend of period charm and modern sophistication. This expansive space is flooded with natural light, thanks to a striking vaulted ceiling with rooflights and full-width glazed doors opening directly onto the garden terrace, offering seamless indoor-outdoor flow. 

The kitchen is a statement in both form and function — expertly designed with bespoke cabinetry, high-end integrated appliances, and a large central island providing additional preparation space. This space flows effortlessly into the dining and informal family living zones, creating a natural focal point for everyday life and entertaining on a grand scale. Accessed from the kitchen is the Hydropool exercise pool and jacuzzi, additionally, to the front, a beautifully proportioned sitting room enjoys a bay window. Adjacent to the kitchen, a useful utility and boot room provides practical storage— ideal for family living. The lower ground floor, fully tanked and cleverly converted, offers a highly versatile space with attractive exposed brickwork, providing good size a independent guest room with en suite or potential for a media room, playroom, or studio, depending on one’s lifestyle requirements. 

To the first floor there are three generous bedrooms providing both luxury and flexibility, with two rooms benefiting from excellent built in storage and two of the bedrooms from en suite shower rooms. A spacious family bathroom and additional shower rooms serve the remaining bedrooms.

The top floor provides an interesting versatile space and a potential principle suite or independent space for a relative perhaps, with a good size double bedroom, a shower room and an additional room for a dressing room, nursery or indeed a kitchen area if needed. 

Outside

The property enjoys generous off-road parking on a spacious paved driveway, a real benefit for such a central location. To the rear, the landscaped garden has been thoughtfully designed to offer a low-maintenance yet highly usable outdoor space, ideal for both relaxation and recreation. A large, paved terrace directly accessible from the kitchen/living area, provides a perfect area for al fresco dining and summer entertaining. 

Beyond, a neatly kept lawn area offers space for children to play and enjoy day-to-day activities, while being intentionally easy to manage — perfect for busy families or those looking to make the most of town-centre living without the upkeep of a large garden. Located to the rear of the garden is a spacious timber garden shed providing excellent storage and also serves as a versatile space for hobbies, workshop use, or garden equipment. The garden enjoys a good degree of privacy, with mature planting and fencing creating a calm and contained environment. 

Altogether, the outside space complements the internal accommodation perfectly — offering a well-balanced lifestyle property that’s just a short stroll from the heart of Saffron Walden.