High House, Sheering Road, Churchgate St, Old Harlow, Essex CM17 0JW Guide price £875,000

Situation

Churchgate Street village benefits from a public house, hotel with leisure facilities and a village store whilst the larger village of Old Harlow close by offers multiple shopping and schooling facilities and a main line railway station with commuter services to London’s Liverpool Street, the Olympic site at Stratford, Stansted Airport and Cambridge from Harlow Mill or Harlow Town. The village also benefits from an excellent range of public houses and restaurants.
For schooling there is a local JMI school and the well regarded St Nicholas independent day school (ages 4-16)
One mile distant is the Mayfield Farm bakery, where bread is hand made fresh daily using locally sourced grains. Furthermore the Gibberd Garden is found close by where a seven acre garden has been designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd with some 80 sculptures, ponds, glades and multiple species of plants and flowers.

Description

High House is a detached grade II listed property dating back to the 16th Century and is one of the most impressive looking houses within the village of Churchgate Street.
The property provides spacious family accommodation arranged on three floors, and is further enhanced by the addition by the annexe built by the current owners in 2003/2004.
High House has undergone sympathetic refurbishment and enhancement by the current owners to provide enviable accommodation throughout.
On the ground floor the bespoke solid wood kitchen is enhanced by a freestanding oven, integrated dishwasher, fridge and separate freezer and terracotta style flooring.
The remainder of the ground floor has wood flooring throughout.
This attractive finish married with leaded windows, sandblasted beams and two impressive Inglenook recesses serve to enhance the well proportioned dining room and reception room.
The first floor is approached by a pair of turning oak staircases which lead to the master bedroom with a freestanding bath, bedroom two, and a family bathroom. On the second floor there are two further children’s bedrooms.
Turning left from the entrance hall leads through to the garden room of the annexe with parquet flooring and French doors lead out to a well proportioned terrace. Upstairs there are two bedrooms and modern bathroom.
Outside the gardens are laid mainly to lawn with mature hedges and bushes which provides plenty of privacy.
There are two large garden sheds.

Accommodation

– 2,765 sq ft of accommodation
– kitchen/breakfast room
– reception room
– dining room
– master bedroom with free standing bath
– 5 further bedrooms
– 2 further bathrooms
– annexe with garden room, 2 bedrooms & 1 bathroom
– driveway suitable for multiple cars leading to garage
– ample storage
– mature garden

Directions

From Bishop’s Stortford go south on the A1184 continuing through Sawbridgeworth. At the roundabout on the outskirts of Harlow turn left signposted Old Harlow. Continue through Old Harlow going straight on at the mini roundabout. At the next roundabout turn left into Gilden Way (B183 to Sheering) At the roundabout turn right and at the T-junction turn left. High House will be found on the left hand side.