High Street, Barley, SG8

Property Insight
Ensum Brown are delighted to offer for sale this stunning 4-bedroom period cottage on the ‘chocolate box’ High Street of Barley. This property is just a short walk from some fantastic village amenities and enjoys no upward chain, over 1400sq ft of accommodation, 4 reception rooms, a large kitchen, a utility room, a downstairs shower room, 4 well-proportioned bedrooms, a family bathroom, a landscaped rear garden, an outbuilding, a garage, and off-road parking. 

This pretty semi-detached cottage enjoys excellent kerb appeal, with a beautiful frontage of cream render and exposed brick, and side access to a driveway space. Upon stepping inside, visitors are immediately welcomed into a spacious kitchen, which benefits from a window to a front aspect, a range of base units, wood worktops, a range cooker, inset and pendant lighting, wood flooring, a butler sink, integrated storage, and space for a breakfast setting and other small kitchen appliances. The utility provides further storage, space for large laundry appliances and access through to a downstairs shower room. 

The dining room is a bright and beautifully presented space, enjoying floor-to-ceiling windows and double French doors to a garden aspect, a large roof lantern, quarry tiled flooring, sconce lighting, and space for a dining setting. The lounge is equally well-presented, benefiting from an exposed brick fireplace with a wood-burning stove, wood flooring, pendant lighting, and space for a range of lounge and storage furniture. 

The sitting room offers further generous, handsomely presented reception space, with a stunning inglenook fireplace, exposed beams and upstands, quarry-tiled flooring, stairs to the first floor, and space for furniture. Through to the large study, double French doors open out into the garden, creating a lovely atmosphere for reading and working from home. There are exposed beams, wood flooring, sconce lighting, and lots of room for furniture. 

Upstairs to the first floor, this stunning property continues to impress, with 4 well-proportioned bedrooms, period features throughout, integrated storage, and a family bathroom comprising a shower, a bath, a WC and a hand wash basin.

Outside, to the rear, the garden is an incredibly good size, enclosed by walls and fencing, and offering multiple wonderful spots to sit and relax on warmer days. The garden is laid mainly to lawn, with a paved patio and pergola, providing space for a range of garden furniture, enjoying family meals and entertaining guests. There are countless established borders and beds, brimming with colourful plants, flowers and shrubs, access to a well-stocked vegetable garden with raised planters, access to a greenhouse, multiple sheds, Garden Office with electricity, Log Burner and power, garage offering excellent storage, and scope for new owners to transform and make their own.

Contact Ensum Brown today to arrange your private viewing appointment.

Location - Barley
If you don't know the village of Barley, then whilst your viewing this stunning home take a look around. Unlike most villages, you have plenty of amenities including a post office, doctors surgery, well supported town hall, stunning village church, riding school, village shop, primary school, recreation ground and two village pubs. Worth a special mention is the 'Fox & Hounds', a recently renovated pub and restaurant that people come from miles around to visit that has already been nominated for a Michelin star and voted in the top 50 gastropubs in the country.

You are surrounded by beautiful countryside though you are perfectly located for national road and rail networks, ideal if you are a commuter. Royston station is just a 10-15 minute drive away with a regular train service to London Kings Cross, with a quick train taking just 39 minutes. You are close to the M11, A14, A10 and A1, along with just a half an hour drive from Stansted airport. Barley is within an easy drive of the towns of Royston, Saffron Walden or the university city of Cambridge.