Bush End, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM22

CATTERILLS is a delightful unique Grade II Listed cottage located on the outskirts of Takeley village within a 5 minute drive of the M11 roundabout. The property has been extended and updated by the current owners and offers good accommodation and beautiful gardens.

Solid wood door to the entrance hall. In the entrance hall there is solid wood flooring, stairs rising to the first floor landing, exposed brickwork and timbers and a casement window to side aspect. There is a ground floor shower room. The lounge/diner has inset inglenook fireplace with brick surround and inset cast iron wood burner, exposed timbers and studwork throughout, selection of wall lights and dual aspect casement windows. The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of eye and base level units throughout with inset sink, Jerusalem stone work surfaces throughout, tiled flooring, integrated larder fridge, integrated dishwasher, inset 6-ring gas cooker Range (LPG), inset lights, selection of timbers throughout, built-in water softener, casement window to rear aspect and French doors leading to the rear garden. The utility room has further eye and base level units, tiled flooring, dual aspect windows, space for tumble-dryer and washing machine and door to the front of the property. From the kitchen/breakfast room there are French doors leading to the garden room which has dual aspect windows and a Velux, semi vaulted ceiling, selection of spotlights, tiled flooring and French doors leading to the garden and patio area.

Upstairs, there is exposed brickwork and built-in airing cupboard on the landing. There are 3 double bedrooms, all with fitted cupboard space and wardrobes and a family bathroom.

OUTSIDE, to the front of the property - access is gained via a timber electric double gates which, in turn, leads to the gravelled parking area for numerous vehicles and then leads to the oversized single garage which has power and lighting and a newly fitted fuse box. The majority of the gardens are to the left and right of the property; to the left we have a picket fence which leads to further gardens and within those gardens is a summerhouse which has power and lighting and then, beyond a secret hedge line, we have a vegetable patch with raised beds, compost area and timber outbuildings with power and lighting. There is a small patio area feeding off the back of the property itself which is accessed via a timber gate, a small lawned area to the rear of the property and then, to the right of the property, are the more formal gardens which have superbly stocked shrub borders. The gardens are completely private and un-overlooked.

Takeley, a West Essex village, is situated approximately 4 miles to the east of Bishop’s Stortford, and is now bypassed by the A120 trunk road. There is a village shop, post office, primary school, cricket and football fields and public house. The market town of Bishop’s Stortford provides a wide range of amenities including shops and schools and mainline station to London's Liverpool Street. The M11 motorway (3 miles) provides excellent road communications with London, Cambridge and the M25.