Baythorne End, Halstead, Essex, CO9

A stylish and luxuriously presented home of significant character, finished to a high standard throughout and set in landscaped gardens of about 0.27 Acre, with garaging and annexe/home office outbuilding.

Entrance hall/living room, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room/study and a cloakroom. First floor galleried landing, master bedroom with en-suite, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Gated driveway & parking, double garage & utility/workshop, one bedroom annexe/home office and front & rear gardens.

THE PROPERTY
This beautiful, traditional barn was sympathetically converted in around 1995 and is timber clad under a clay roman pantile roof. The property has been significantly updated and improved, to an exceptional standard, by the current owners over recent years, including new radiators, Velux windows, new hot water tank, Hive remote heating and hot water, HUE remote lighting to the driveway, hall/living room and the kitchen.

A solid oak front door gives access to the galleried central reception hall/living room which features a wealth of beautiful, exposed timbers, stairs to the galleried first floor with a vaulted ceiling above and bi-fold doors out to the rear garden. Limed oak effect Karndean flooring and open studwork lead into the outstanding and stylish kitchen, which was completed by ‘Eadenstone Kitchens’ and is comprehensively fitted with a range of bespoke base units and cupboards with quartz worksurfaces, oversized splashbacks, a central island breakfast bar, Blanco underset sink unit with Quooker tap providing cold, sparkling water and boiling water options, an electric Bora induction hob with down draft extractor, Neff microwave combi oven, electric fan oven and a warm drawer. Integrated appliances include a full height Bosch fridge and larder freezer, Caple wine fridge set below a built-in coffee station set into a pocket door cupboard and a Bosch dishwasher. The room enjoys exposed timbers, windows to the side and rear and a half glazed rear door. A rolling barn style door gives access to the drawing room which features windows overlooking the garden, engineered wood flooring and a superb inglenook fireplace with a stylish and oversized Stovax log burning stove. The dining room has a window to the rear and a vaulted ceiling with further exposed timbers and beams. The sitting room/study has an engineered oak floor and windows to the front and side. Continuing on the ground floor there is also a cloakroom. On the first floor a spacious galleried landing with Karndean flooring and a window overlooking the garden, leads to four bedrooms. Bedroom one features a low-level window, a Velux window with blind and enjoys an en-suite with a Velux window, tiled corner double walk-in shower, wc, double wall mounted vanity wash basin unit with drawer below, a radiator towel rail and mirrored insets between the exposed timber wall studs. Bedroom two has a low-level window and a Velux window, bedroom three has a window to the rear and a wall of bespoke fitted internally lit wardrobe cupboards and shelving and bedroom four is currently used as a dressing room with Velux window to the rear and two walls of built-in wardrobe cupboards. There is also a family bathroom.

OUTSIDE
Electric double hardwood gates open from the farm track, to the spacious gravelled drive and parking area, which leads to a double garage to the side with electrically operated up and over doors to the front and a door into a utility storeroom/workshop with a window to the front and a fitted roll top work surface with space and plumbing below for a washing machine and tumble dryer.

The Annexe comprises a living room, with built-in wardrobe storage cupboards, a front door, window overlooking the garden and an electric panel heater. There is also a double bedroom with a window to the front and an en-suite with shower cubicle, wc and a pedestal hand wash basin.

The private high fence enclosed front garden opens from the house with a south facing paved and gravelled terrace area ideal for alfresco dining and entertaining with a low retaining wall and steps up to the lawn and lavender bordered paved path with uplighters leading to the drive. There is a new metal bunded oil tank and a charming gravelled ‘Mediterranean’ garden seating area.

LOCATION
Baythorne End is a small hamlet just 4 miles from the market town of Clare, which is well-regarded and situated in the Stour valley near Long Melford. The town itself is extremely well served and has excellent everyday facilities including two schools, several pubs/restaurants, B&Bs, a hotel, a doctor’s surgery, a castle and a church. The nearby towns of Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Haverhill provide further educational and recreational facilities. There is easy access to the A14, the A11(M11) and Cambridge. For the rail commuter there is a link line service from Sudbury to London Liverpool Street, via Marks Tey, or to the west from either Whittlesford or Audley End to the City.

DIRECTIONS
From the centre of the nearby village of Clare follow the A1092 to Stoke by Clare and proceed through the village, continuing on the A1092 and entering Baythorne End. At the T-Junction take the left turn onto Ridgewell Road (A1017), proceed around the bend and after a short distance take the right turn. Proceed past the Eagle Farm private carpark on your left and Elms Barn will be found after a short distance.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains Water, electricity and drainage . Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority Braintree District Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1000Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network provider. Please visit to check availability
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