8 bed detached house for sale

Finchingfield, Saffron Walden, Essex CM7

Wood Hall is a charming family home, extending to 5,210 sq ft, situated amidst well-maintained formal gardens and expansive paddocks. The property benefits from ample reception rooms ideal for formal and informal living. The well-arranged bedroom accommodation offers a good ratio of bedrooms to bathrooms, each enjoying delightful rural views. The attic provides versatile overflow rooms, adding to the property's adaptability.

A detached cottage serves as valuable ancillary accommodation, featuring an entrance hall, open-plan kitchen/sitting/dining area, and a bedroom with an en suite bathroom.

Outside
The gardens have been beautifully designed, featuring numerous hedges and diverse specimen trees, creating lovely walks throughout the grounds. Private terrace seating areas envelop the house, with summer room doors opening to a discreetly positioned swimming pool. The orchard and vegetable garden are to the north, while the
east of the house reveals a substantial pond and hard tennis court. Stables complete the outdoor offerings with three railed paddocks.

Wood Hall is positioned on the edge of the Essex/ Suffolk border in a picturesque rural setting with convenient access to London. Finchingfield, one of North West Essex's most attractive villages, features a charming green and pond, surrounded by shops, a post office, garages, restaurants, and public houses. Village amenities include a primary school and an award-winning Health Centre.

The region is renowned for its esteemed educational institutions, such as Felsted Junior and Senior Schools, Dame Bradbury's School, Barnardiston Hall School, New Hall School, Chelmsford, and several prestigious schools in Cambridge. Mainline railway stations at Audley End (approx. 13 miles) provides regular services to London Liverpool Street.

Bishop's Stortford offers further amenities, including access to the M11 Junction 8, connecting to M25 and Cambridge, and M11 Junction 10, leading to the A1 and A14. The property is approximately 25 minutes from Stansted Airport and less than 2 hours to the North Norfolk and Suffolk coast.