Highfield Stile Road, Bocking

Highfield Stile Farmhouse offers a stylish interior with large rooms flooded with natural light. Approached via an automated gated private entrance into the driveway offering ample parking and access to the detached garage. The welcoming entrance hall with wood flooring gives access to a reception with media wall and further family room with bi-folding doors, exposed beams and feature wood burning stove. There is also a spacious games room. To the rear of the property is the bespoke kitchen/dining/family room with porcelain tiled floor incorporating underfloor heating, range of stylish fitted units including a central island incorporating a double oven, a separate range cooker and bi-folding doors to the rear – there is a part-divided kitchen area making this area ideal for entertaining. Adjacent is a good sized utility room with external door and cloakroom wc. To the first floor the central landing gives access to the four bedrooms, one with en-suite shower with this room and a further double bedroom sharing a dual dressing area. There are two further bedrooms and a main bathroom with underfloor heating, with two of the bedrooms offering vanity sink facilities and one with original cast iron fireplace. The property features plantation shutters to the front aspect.

Outside adjacent to the Farmhouse is a generous sized outbuilding which offers, to the ground floor, garaging, a dual accessed storeroom, separate workshop and cloakroom wc. A staircase leads up to further storage space and a large gym/leisure area – this area could easily have a kitchen and/or bathroom installed creating an ideal Annex setting. There is also a further store/workshop adjacent with power and light connected. The gardens are beautifully landscaped with pathways, mature trees and shrubs, well tended lawns and seating areas. These include a beautifully designed covered pergola/seating area and further brick built open summerhouse ideal for summer entertaining. There is outside power points available. The gardens look out over open fields and have been designed to take advantage of the setting sun and rural surroundings. There is also a manmade pond, a wooden foot bridge, a small lined pool with paved surround and a larger natural pond with hidden original walled garden. A small orchard features apple and pear trees. An access track to the rear of the farmhouse brings you into Bocking with a Bridleway and you can walk into Braintree from here.
** OFFERED CHAIN FREE **

Property Information: Tenure Freehold, Braintree District Council band G, energy rating (EPC) C, double glazing, mains gas heating, mains drainage. Ref: CAV240031.

Braintree town centre and railway station approx. 1.5 miles (London Liverpool Street) | John Bunyan Primary School & Nursery approx. 1.1 miles
Gosfield Independent School approx. 4.7 miles | Chelmsford City Centre approx. 13 miles | Main road links via A120/A12 (M25), A120 (Stansted Airport 20 miles approx.)