Sampford Road, Radwinter, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10

OLD HILL has been a well loved home for the current owners for many years and benefits from a superb setting with countryside views. The property is within walking distance of the local well respected primary school along with the church, village hall, playing fields, cricket pavilion and public house. The property is part thatched and part tiled with weatherboarded and rendered elevations and sits on the brow of the hill, hence the name. Dating back to mediaeval times there are many period features including exposed beams, inglenook fireplaces and original brick flooring.

Accommodation comprises a front entrance door leading to a small lobby/ boot room area which connects to both the kitchen/breakfast room and formal dining room. The kitchen has brick flooring and is fitted with a range of bespoke cherry wood wall and base units with granite work tops and a large larder style cupboard. Appliances include a Neff electric hob with extractor fan over, Bosch dishwasher and Neff electric oven with an oil fired Rayburn used for both cooking and hot water. There is also an adjacent oil fired central heating boiler and space for a freestanding fridge/freezer. A large dining room has a twin aspect and an open brick fireplace with copper hood. A side entrance door with adjacent cloakroom leads to an inner hallway and into the spacious sitting room with triple aspect, Inglenook fireplace housing a log burning stove with attractive pargetting above the oak bressummer beam. A rear hall area leads to the study with views over the rear gardens and to a utility room with fitted shelves and plumbing and space for a washing machine and tumble dryer. A door from this rear hallway leads to a small wine cellar.

The first floor comprises a large master bedroom with fitted wardrobes, dressing room area and ensuite bathroom. There are 4 other bedrooms, a family bathroom and a small shower room. The views from all bedrooms look over either the countryside or the delightful mature and well stocked gardens.

OUTSIDE, the property is approached over a large gravelled driveway which provides ample parking and turning areas and leads to the double garage, triple stable block and further workshop which has been recently reroofed. There are several areas adjacent to the house to sit and dine and the beautiful floral borders lead to further lawned areas with mature trees and shrubs. Beyond the formal gardens lies a large paddock area which can be accessed by a gated entrance for vehicles and is adjacent to a footpath leading to walks towards the village centre and surrounding countryside.

RADWINTER is a small village which lies in the north west corner of Essex with a fine old parish church, primary school, and other amenities. The village lies approximately 4 miles to the east of the historic market town of Saffron Walden which offers a wide range of shopping, educational and recreational facilities. Access to the M11 (southbound) may be gained at Stumps Cross (J9), and Audley End main line station offers regular services to London’s Liverpool Street.