4 bedroom detached house

THE WILLOWS is a highly individual detached country residence, nicely situated in this lovely setting placed just outside the popular and well served village of Steeple Bumpstead. The property provides spacious and versatile living accommodation with the great advantage of being set within mature gardens and with views to the rear over open surrounding countryside.

The front door opens into an entrance hall featuring attractive wood strip flooring and doors leading off to either side. There is a family room/occasional 4th bedroom which looks out to the front and side and could, of course, serve a variety of purposes. The principal sitting room has a window to side and bi-folding doors opening to the rear garden, both drawing in natural light, there is a fireplace with calor gas fire, stairs that rise to the first floor and glazed double doors opening to an adjoining office which also looks out over the rear garden and provides ideal space for those working from home. The kitchen/breakfast room is well appointed with windows looking out to the front and side, fitted with an extensive range of storage cupboards, worktops including a central island/breakfast bar, space for appliances including a Range cooker and attractive freestanding dresser matching the style of the kitchen. The kitchen itself provides ample space for dining table and chairs and also has the advantage of an adjoining utility room which provides further appliance space. To one side, a boot room provides another entrance into the property with a stable door to the front and window to side, also linking to the ground floor cloakroom which contains a white 2-piece suite.

Upstairs, a central first floor landing leads to 3 generously proportioned double bedrooms; the master with its own en suite shower room which is in addition to a large family bathroom, which has Jack & Jill access from the landing and bedroom.

OUTSIDE, the property sits central within a beautiful plot providing a high degree of privacy and seclusion with mature natural borders giving excellent enclosure all round. The property is set well back from its entrance, where a 5-bar gate leads onto a long gravel driveway approach which has lawns either side, flower and rose beds stocked with a variety of plants and shrubs and mature trees. The driveway leads to an extensive hardstanding area which incorporates parking space for multiple vehicles and gives access a double carport (19' 8" x 17' 5") with adjoining workshop (17' 5" x 9' 2"). This area also incorporates a further garden shed, greenhouse and vegetable plots. The gardens to the rear include a paved patio adjoining the rear of the property with steps leading up to well kept lawns which have flowerbeds and borders stocked with a wide variety of mature plants and shrubs. In addition, there is a further enclosed terrace to one corner which provides further outside entertaining space. The gardens ultimately back onto farmland over which they enjoy an attractive rural aspect.

STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD is situated in rolling countryside on the Essex/Suffolk border. The village is well placed for the market towns of Saffron Walden and Clare. The University City of Cambridge is 20 miles away. For the commuter there are train services from Audley End station into London Liverpool Street. Steeple Bumpstead has amenities including a small library, garage with shop, post office, 2 public houses, surgery and a local primary school. There are shopping facilities at Cambridge, Saffron Walden and Haverhill.