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Guide Price£850,000

Parsonage Barns, Forest Hall Road

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3

Description

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this stunning barn conversion on the outskirts of the vibrant and historic village of Stansted Mountfitchet. With four double bedrooms and three bathrooms arranged over three floors of generous and well designed living space, this recently completed luxury family home is offered chain free for a swift and trouble free completion. Enjoying an idyllic rural location surrounded by open fields and farmland, this property offers the best of both worlds - peaceful countryside living yet incredibly well connected by road, rail and air, being five minutes from the M11 and around ten minutes from the bustling market town of Bishop's Stortford and Stansted airport.

Accommodation:
The house has been expertly designed to offer all the modern conveniences a family would expect and comes complete with the latest generation technology for maximum thermal efficiency with substantial insulation and underfloor heating throughout powered by air source heat pumps. This also allows the interior to be clean and clutter free with no radiators, which marries nicely together stylistically with the wonderful exposed beams on display throughout the ground floor.
The front door, with inset opaque glass panels, is neatly recessed into a protective alcove, and opens into a generous hallway, which is light and bright thanks to the front door design and an additional window at the rear alongside the bespoke wooden staircase. From the entrance hall doors lead into the living room and kitchen/dining room, along with a neat cupboard built into the back of the staircase.

The living room is a large room by any measure that enjoys really well balanced proportions, being pretty much square, and this endows the space with a great ability to be configured and furnished in any way you wish. Comfortably large enough to accept multiple sofas and chairs, as well as other occasional furniture besides, the room is flooded with natural light throughout the day with two windows to the front and large glazed French doors opening out onto the rear patio. It is a blank canvas with a crisp white finish, ready for you to personalise it and make it yours, with the impressive roof beams bringing lovely natural warmth and colour to the space.

Across the entrance hall is the kitchen/dining room, another room that is graced with more than abundant light, mirroring the living room arrangement with two windows to the front and glass double doors to the rear. The kitchen area boasts a comprehensive array of wall and floor mounted cupboards fitted around three of the perimeter walls, which ensures a wealth of storage space and worktop area. Integrated within the cabinets is a full complement of premium brand appliances sure to meet all your family's needs. The remainder of the room is left as open space for you to plan and furnish as you see fit. It is easily capacious enough for a substantial dining suite and other furniture items, and would also comfortably accept an island with a breakfast bar if you so wished.
The corner of the kitchen has open access through to an internal lobby area which serves a conveniently placed guest cloakroom and a good sized office/study. The office/study benefits from a rear facing window and should you not need it in that role, or find that the extensive space upstairs can better fulfil that function for you, this ground floor room is perfectly placed to be a playroom, games room, gym, TV room or teenage hang out space.

Up on the first floor are two very large bedrooms, both of which have front and rear facing windows, and a superb family bathroom with a separate bath and shower. The principal bedroom also boasts a luxury en-suite bathroom with a separate bath and shower.

The second floor has a further two large bedrooms, with fabulous vaulted ceilings open into the pitch of the roof. Both bedrooms each have two Velux roof lights and a separate window set into the gable end. There is a further shower room on the second floor shared between the bedrooms and a useful eaves storage cupboard. All three of the bathrooms have electrically heated towel rails/radiators.

Exterior:
The property is set along the edge of a large area of hardstanding which is perfect for the family and guests to park and turn their vehicles. There is useful separate gated access from the front into the rear garden, which features a generous paved patio running the full width of the house, linking the multiple access points into the living room and kitchen/dining room, and easily spacious enough for casual seating and dining furniture. Beyond the patio is a substantial grassed area, directly accessed up a short flight of paved steps, with safety glass panels discreetly protecting the edges without impacting on the light or the views.

Location:
Situated in a fantastic semi-rural location, yet convenient for the village of Stansted, Bishop’s Stortford, the M11 and Stansted airport. The properties are surrounded by open fields and farmland.

Buyers Information
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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-09-04

Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
75 C
80 C

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Air Source Heat Pump
Broadband
Fibre (FTTC)
Sewerage
Septic Tank / Private

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed Property
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Off-Street Parking
Garden
Garden

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

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

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

  • St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School299 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    255
    Type
    Foundation school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School965 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    93
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Magna Carta Primary Academy0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    194
    Type
    Free schools
  • Bentfield Primary School and Nursery1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Community school
  • All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Forest Hall School745 metresOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    506
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Birchwood High School1.4 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,417
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hockerill Anglo-European College1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    903
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Avanti Grange Secondary School2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    660
    Type
    Free schools
  • The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College2.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,508
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

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 Stansted Mountfitchet - Church Road, Stansted Mountfitchet0.6 miles
Tesco Stansted Express, Stansted Mountfitchet0.8 miles
Lidl Bishops Stortford, Bishop's Stortford1.3 miles

GP surgery

Peacock Surgery0.6 miles

Pharmacy

Peacock Pharmacy0.6 miles

Hospital

Herts And Essex Hospital2.1 miles

Green space

Play Space47 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

Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station953 metres

Nearest bus stop

Reeve Road231 metres

Typical drive times

Thaxted15 min · 9.4 miles
Great Dunmow14 min · 10 miles
Chelmsford (city)31 min · 22 miles
Bishop's Stortford7 min · 3.1 miles
Stansted Mountfitchet3 min · 1.2 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 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low 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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