Detached house for sale in Bumpstead Road, Hempstead, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10

Ruses farmhouse offers well presented accommodation of over 4000 sqft and dates back to the 17th century. The Grade II Listed property has been in the same family for many years and the adjacent barns have in recent times been tastefully renovated creating a small community without reducing the privacy of the house and gardens. The property is approached via a sweeping gravelled driveway providing ample parking and turning areas and the south west facing gardens offer beautiful views across adjoining farmland.

Accommodation comprises a rear entrance porch/boot room leading to an inner hallway with large adjacent cloakroom and pantry/utility room. A truly impressive kitchen/dining room is 31ft long and houses an oil fired Aga and electric double oven and hob, and wall and base units with a central island. The dining end opens into the garden room which offers wonderful views of the adjacent countryside. An additional playroom, also accessed from the dining end, leads to the rear terrace and gardens also. The property has a wealth of exposed beams throughout and the main sitting and family rooms both have brick fireplaces one housing a multi fuel burning stove. A reception hallway adjacent to the reception rooms leads to an additional cloakroom and boiler room.

The first floor comprises 5 large bedrooms, the master having an adjacent bedroom which offer the potential to be a large dressing room and/or bathroom. There are 2 family bath/ shower rooms and one has a Jack and Jill access. A small staircase leads to 2 large loft rooms which are ideal for storage or could offer the potential to create another useful living or office space.

Outside, the grounds offer two garden areas, one south and one west with a large terrace adjacent to the house surrounded by lawn areas interspersed with mature trees and shrubs.

Agent's note: Further land of up to 9 acres available by separate negotiation. These are available in 3 separate plots with a further plot to include a barn of 2336 sqft with 0.16 of an acre.