Location

Townsend House is centrally located within the Village of Barkway.

The village comprises an attractive mix of traditional period houses. The main street has a pub, two garages, a primary school with nursery class and a playgroup. There is a village shop and sub post office in Barley, 1.5 miles away.

Renowned Cambridge Schools are swiftly accessed by car, train and bus with pick ups at Barley and the Trumpington Park & Ride Car Park.

The market towns of Royston, Buntingford and Saffron Walden provide a range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities.

The larger towns of Letchworth and Bishops Stortford offer further amenities.

There is a mainline railway station in Royston with frequent trains to London King's Cross (from 34 mins).

Further Stations at Audley End, Bishop's Stortford and Ware have services to London Liverpool Street.

The A10 lies 2 miles to the West, and links to the City via the M11 and M25 (around 35 mins).

All times and mileages quoted are approximate.

Description

This magnificent Regency period home dates back to 1836 and is Grade II listed.

The current owners have spent the last few years carrying out significant improvement works to create the stylish, practical living space you see today, with much attention to detail whilst retaining plenty of the original character.

The ground floor reception rooms are arranged off the hallway, with a guest cloakroom to the rear. The sitting room is triple aspect with lovely views over the side and rear gardens, a wood burning stove and built in cupboards. The study also has a fireplace with wood burner. The dining room leads into the bespoke fitted kitchen, with the units in here and the adjacent playroom built by John Lewis of Hungerford. A delightful garden room provides an everyday family area opening onto the gardens. Accessed under the stairs, is the cellar which provides excellent storage space.

Upstairs, there are five bedrooms. The main bedroom suite enjoys a walk through dressing room leading into a sumptuous en suite bathroom. The second bedroom also has an en suite, with the remaining rooms sharing the family bathroom, which has a lovely roll top bath.

The house sits in a substantial, mature plot of around 0.62 acres with established hedging providing a good deal of privacy. The formal rear and side gardens have been tastefully landscaped to provide much interest. The rear part of the garden has a new sunken wooden swimming pool heated via air source and salt water system.

At the front, the gravelled carriage driveway provides plenty of parking, with a double cart lodge and electric car charging point.

Agents Note - some of the external images were taken in July/August 2024

Directions

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