5 bed house for sale in Hallingbury Place, CM22, Bishop's Stortford

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£1,695,000

5 bed house for sale in Hallingbury Place, CM22, Bishop's Stortford

Price:

£1,695,000

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Overview The Water Garden occupies a delightful rural setting, but lies only about two miles from junction 8 of the M11 motorway and the market town of Bishops Stortford where there is a mainline station with services to London Liverpool Street, Cambridge and Stansted Airport. The house is believed to date from the second half of the 19th century and originally formed part of the Hallingbury Place estate where there was a house on the site dating from the 16th century and four centuries later, it was the largest house in the immediate vicinity. It was owned by the Morleys, the Turners, the Houblons then saleed by the Locket-Agnew family in the early part of the 20th century. Hallingbury Place was demolished after the first world war. The grounds of the former Hallingbury Place are notable with the creation of the great lake possibly in the 18th century and parkland designed by Capability Brown. Hallingbury Place and the additional properties on the estate, in particular The Water Garden, form part of a major article in the 4th October 1919 edition of Country Life. The house has benefitted from some minor extensions and more significant modernisation in recent years and now provides around 3,600 sq ft of excellent accommodation set over two floors. The front door leads to the impressive entrance hall with a staircase to the first floor, there is a cloakroom, a drawing room with doors to the garden, sitting room and dining room with wooden flooring. An inner hall has a second staircase to the first floor. On the other side of the house there is an excellent high quality kitchen with integrated appliances kitchen, a breakfast area with doors overlooking the water garden and family room with bifold doors leading to the terrace and pool. There is a generous and well-equipped utility room with a sink and water softener and a shower room. On the first floor, the main bedroom has a generous en suite bath/shower room. There are four further bedrooms,. Still available at ListedBuy!

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September 28 2023 on ListedBuy