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£900,000

Bardfield Centre, Great Bardfield

Bedrooms
16

Key Features

  • DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
  • GRADE II LISTED BARN CONVERSION
  • CONVERSION OF EXISITNG BUILDING PLUS PLOT WITH PLANNING FOR NEW BUILD HOUSE
  • FORMER MUSIC AND WEDDING VENUE
  • RURAL LOCATION
  • FANTASTIC VIEWS TO THE REAR
  • FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR TWO LOTS
  • VIEWINGS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT

Description

High Barn - A Grade II listed building, once owned by Henry VIII and bequeathed to Anne of Cleves.
More recent times it has been a poplar wedding venue and before that a music venue hosting performances from the likes of Matt Cardle, Ultravox lead singer Midge Ure and Brit Award winner Ed Sheeran and Jules Holland.

Situated in the picturesque village of Great Bardfield, with fantastic views out to the rear over fields.
PLANNING PERMISSION WITH BRAINTREE COUNCIL as follows;

A 4400 SQ. FT Grade II Listed Barn with planning consent to convert and split into TWO semi-detached four bedroom dwellings.

Barn Conversion:
24/02436/FUL:
24/02437/LBC:

Detached office with planning consent to convert into a FOUR bedroom detached house. With additional building plot with planning consent for a FOUR bedroom detached house.

Application: 23/02703/FUL:
Variation (for new driveway and access): 24/02426/VAR:
Variation (for retention of substation): 24/00552/VAR:

For sale either as a WHOLE or SEPARATELY @ £500,000 each.

Viewings available by appointment

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AGENTS NOTES Misrepresentations Act 1967: These details are prepared as a general guide only and should not be relied upon as a basis to enter a legal contract or to commit expenditure. Any interested party should rely solely on their own surveyor, solicitor or other professionals before committing themselves to any expenditure or other legal commitments. If any interested party wishes to rely on any information from the agent, then a request should be made and specific written confirmation can be provided. The agent will not be responsible for any verbal statement made by any member of staff, as only a specific written confirmation should be relied upon. The agent will not be responsible for any loss other than when specific written confirmation has been requested. The sales particulars may change in the course of time and any interested party is advised to make a final inspection of the property prior to exchange of contracts.

Property Misdescriptions Act 1991: The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixture, fittings or services and does not verify they are in working order, fit for their purpose, or within ownership of the sellers, therefore the buyer must assume the information given is incorrect. Neither has the agent checked the legal documentation to verify legal status of the property. A buyer must assume the information is incorrect until it has been verified by their own solicitors. Nothing concerning the type of construction, condition of the structure or its surroundings is to be implied from the photograph, artist's impression or plans of the property.

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Property details

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Date Posted
2026-06-14

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Great Bardfield Primary School349 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    117
    Type
    Community school
  • Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    71
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    44
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Shalford Primary School3.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    73
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Stebbing Primary School3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    200
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Helena Romanes School5.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,265
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Tabor Academy6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    989
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hedingham School and Sixth Form7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,177
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form7.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,210
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Alec Hunter Academy7.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,058
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Great Bardfield, Great Bardfield366 metres
Co-op Church Street, Bocking, Braintree5.7 miles
Co-op Flitch Green - Webb Road, Flitch Green5.9 miles

GP surgery

The Freshford Practice1.8 miles

Pharmacy

Thaxted Pharmacy4.1 miles

Hospital

Braintree Community Hospital6.2 miles

Green space

Playing Field314 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Braintree Rail Station7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Alienor Ave110 metres

Typical drive times

Thaxted10 min · 5 miles
Halstead18 min · 11 miles
Braintree16 min · 10 miles
Great Dunmow13 min · 9.4 miles
Chelmsford (city)26 min · 20 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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