December 10, 2003

Property Bartlow Road, Hadstock, Cambridge

Rooms 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms
Price £595,000

Details A pretty thatched cottage with delightful garden and a separate 1.63 acre paddock.
 

Situation
Hadstock is a pretty village, just one mile south of the village of Linton which has a good range of local shops and schooling including the secondary school, Linton Village College. There are more extensive facilities in the market town of Saffron Walden, about 4.5 miles to the south, and for the commuter Audley End Station provides a regular service to London's Liverpool Street (about 1 hour). Road communications are good with the A1307 at Linton which connects with the A11 to the north and M11 to the south.

Description
Grade II listed being of architectural and historic interest, believed to date back to the early 17th century. Constructed of a heavy oak timber frame, rendered under a reed thatched roof, the cottage benefits from well proportioned rooms, two superb inglenook fireplaces with wood burning stoves and large windows on the southern elevation overlooking the garden. The cottage is therefore light with exposed timbers and it is presented in good decorative order throughout. With gas fired central heating, the accommodation is arranged as follows:

ON THE GROUND FLOOR
To one side there is a covered area with gate to the front, useful store, recess for coats, boots and woodstore with outside gas and electricity meters. Door to:

Entrance Lobby
Quarry tiled floor, coat hooks, built-in broom cupboard and separate larder cupboard, fitted shelving, space for dryer with vent, part-glazed door to:

Kitchen/ Breakfast Room 6.10m(20'0'') x 3.56m(11'8'')
Range of handmade cherry wood cabinets with oak worksurface over, inset white enamel 1 1/2 bowl sink and drainer with mixer tap, matching wall mounted cabinets with underlighting, space for electric cooker, space and plumbing for dishwasher and washing machine, brick surround to fireplace with fitted Rayburn gas fired cooker which also provides the central heating and domestic hot water. Recess spotlights, quarry tiled floor, part-glazed door to:

Sitting Room 5.23m(17'2'') x 3.28m(10'9'') plus 9'8" x 8'9".
An L-shaped room with substantial brick inglenook fireplace with oak bressumer, fitted wood burning stove and substantial bread oven to one side, radiator, exposed timbers to ceiling, door at base of stairs to first floor, door to:

Sun Lobby 3.20m(10'6'') x 1.04m(3'5'')
Stable-style door to garden, pine clad vaulted ceiling.

Dining Room 3.84m(12'7'') x 3.43m(11'3'')
Substantial brick inglenook fireplace with oak bressumer, fitted wood burning stove, former bread oven to one side, built-in cupboard, two radiators, exposed timbers to ceiling, door to stairwell with stairs up to bedroom1.

Study 3.78m(12'5'') x 2.34m(7'8'')
Radiator, fitted shelving, door to understairs storage cupboard.

Bathroom
White suite comprising panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, pedestal hand basin, WC, tiled floor, radiator, dual fuel towel rail.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR

Bedroom 1 4.45m(14'7'') x 3.25m(10'8'') average
With sloping ceilings, radiator, access to roof space, built-in cupboard over stairs, exposed chimney breast with cross beam, small doorway providing access through cupboard into bedroom 2.

Main Landing
Accessed from the sitting room. Access to loft space, rooms from right to left:

Bedroom 2 3.48m(11'5'') x 3.73m(12'3'') maximum
Exposed original elm boards to floor, built-in cupboard with access hatch through from bedroom 1, radiator, exposed beams, sloping ceiling.

Shower Room
With sliding door, suite comprising tiled shower with glass door, WC, hand basin with cupboard under and tiled surround, mirror with light and shaver point above, chrome towel rail/radiator.

Bedroom 3 3.40m(11'2'') x 2.95m(9'8'')
Built-in cupboard and separate double wardrobe with sliding doors, exposed chimney breast, radiator.

Bedroom 4 3.02m(9'11'') x 2.97m(9'9'') or 13'6" into bed recess.
Built-in double wardrobe with sliding doors, radiator, exposed wooden floor.

Outside
There is a gravelled drive to one side, two single garages of timber frame construction, rendered under tiled roofs with up-and-over doors. Gates give access over a paved path to the main entrance and courtyard area with brick built coal store. A separate panelled gate gives access to the front garden.

The Garden
A pretty garden which has been well stocked with a variety of trees, herbaceous and perinial shrubs. A brick path runs along the rear elevation with a kennel and dog run to one side, a former washhouse 10'2" x 8'1" of timber framed construction, weatherboard clad under a tiled roof. There are paved paths through herbaceous borders and archways clad in roses and clemitis. Behind the garage there is an aluminium framed greenhouse, the garden then being part-divided by a rose and shrub bed with lawned areas and mature fruit trees. At the far corner there is a post and rail fence with concrete yard with two loose boxes of timber framed construction, weatherboard clad under a corrugated roof. There is a timber constructed tack room to one side and a five-bar gate from the yard leads into Arnolds Lane which leads down to the 2 acre paddock.

The Paddock
As shown on the attached plan shaded pink, the paddock is within 200 yards. It is sheltered by a belt of trees and hedging with an iron gate and is part-divided.
In all the house and garden comprises 0.33 of an acre, and the paddock 1.63 acres.

Services
All main services are connected to the property.

Local Authorities
Uttlesford District Council Tel 01799 510510
Cambridge Water Company Tel 01223 706050

Outgoings
Council Tax Band G
Council Tax Payable 2003/2004 £1,873.21

November 2003

Situation

Hadstock is a pretty village, just one mile south of the village of Linton which has a good range of local shops and schooling including the secondary school, Linton Village College. There are more extensive facilities in the market town of Saffron Walden, about 4.5 miles to the south, and for the commuter Audley End Station provides a regular service to London's Liverpool Street (about 1 hour). Road communications are good with the A1307 at Linton which connects with the A11 to the north and M11 to the south.

Description

Grade II listed being of architectural and historic interest, Hillcrest Cottage dates back to the early 17th century. Constructed of a heavy oak timber frame, rendered under a reed thatched roof, the cottage benefits from well proportioned rooms, two superb inglenook fireplaces with wood burning stoves and large windows on the southern elevation overlooking the garden. The cottage is therefore light with exposed timbers and it is presented in good decorative order throughout. With gas fired central heating, the accommodation is arranged as follows: