The Brick HouseWICKEN BONHUNT • SAFFRON WALDEN • CB11 3UG

The Brick HouseWICKEN BONHUNT • SAFFRON WALDEN • CB11 3UG

A fine Grade II* listed Jacobean house with separate cottage and attractive gardens and grounds

The Main HouseReception Hall • Panelled Dining Room • Sitting Room • Morning Room

Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Garden Room • Drawing Room

Master Bedroom with En Suite Bathroom and Dressing Room Five further Bedrooms (two En Suite) • Family Bathroom • Two Cellars

Separate Cottage Two Reception Rooms • Conservatory • Kitchen/Breakfast Room

Three Bedrooms • Bathroom • Shower Room

Garaging and Stores • Stables with separate access Heated Swimming Pool • Tennis Court

Approximately 7 acres

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Situation

The Brick House is situated in the heart of historic Wicken Bonhunt, less than two miles from the attractive and well served village of Newport. Wicken Bonhunt benefits from a public house (The Coach & Horses), the 11th Century Chapel of St Helens which is believed to be one of the oldest surviving buildings in the East of England and the 14th Century Church of St Margaret which also serves as the village hall.

The property is ideally located for communication with London and ever more importantly Cambridge. London is accessible via the M11 at Junction 8 and Cambridge and the rest of East Anglia from Junction 10 or through the villages to the north. There are regular train services to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge from Newport Station approximately two miles distant (from 61 minutes and 26 minutes respectively). Alternative rail connections can be made at Audley End and Bishop’s Stortford.

The medieval market town of Saffron Walden - which still holds a well attended bi-weekly market - is approximately five miles away and here there are excellent shopping facilities for everyday needs including a Waitrose supermarket. Cambridge offers a more comprehensive range of shopping, recreational and cultural facilities including the Grand Arcade shopping mall and the 800 year old market square.

Cambridge is at the heart of the biggest cluster of technology and biomedical companies in the UK. The well established science parks on the northern and eastern sides of the city have been joined by world class research institutes such as the Wellcome Genome Campus, the Babraham Institute and the Biomedical Campus which is being established alongside Addenbrooke’s, the Cambridge University hospital. Microsoft Research is headquartered in Cambridge and AstraZeneca has recently moved its global headquarters and research and development centre to the city.

There is local schooling at primary and secondary level in Newport and the well regarded Country High in Saffron Walden. There are a number of independent schools in the area for all ages including Bishop’s Stortford College and Dame Bradbury’s School with others in Cambridge including St Faith’s, St John’s, King’s College, The Leys, and The Stephen Perse Schools.

deSCription

The Brick House is a very fine example of a Jacobean house which is situated in the middle of the pretty village of Wicken Bonhunt with plenty of privacy from a high red brick and stone wall and a screen of shrubs and mature trees.

The house, which was originally built in approximately 1603 (probably by William Bradbury) with further extensions in the 17th and 18th Centuries is constructed of red brick beneath a peg tiled roof. Grade II* listed as being of architectural and historic interest and with a number of attractive features such as a bust of the Emperor Augustus and the coat of arms of the Bradbury family, the Brick House is utterly charming. The principal elevation is enhanced by a central front door, symmetrically placed mullioned windows, Dutch gables and a central circular recess.

The accommodation is on three principal levels. Stone steps with wrought iron railings lead up to the centrally positioned front door with semi-circular pediment enclosing an ornamental cartouche bearing the coat of arms of the Bradbury family. The door opens into an almost square reception hall which has a beautiful Purbeck marble and white limestone floor.

To the left is a well proportioned dining room with 18th Century oak panelling into which is recessed a wide brick fireplace set in a Tudor style arch. Double doors lead through into a sitting room which has a fireplace with wood burning stove set in a brick surround with pine mantle. At the rear of the reception hall is an attractive kitchen/breakfast room with a well fitted range of Smallbone units with wooden work surfaces, an integrated dishwasher and separate electric Aga inset into the brick Inglenook. Beyond, and up a step, is a preparation area which includes a ceramic hob, an American-style fridge freezer and access to a well

proportioned traditional larder. A door leads from the kitchen into the morning room with secondary stairs up to the first floor. On and through from the sitting room and morning room, passing the utility room on the right, a set of polished steps lead up to an octagonal garden room with pamment tiled floor and six sets of french windows which in turn lead out onto the terrace and garden beyond.

There is also a cloakroom which has access to one of the cellars, via a trap door. The second cellar can be accessed via a brick staircase to the side of the main staircase which houses the boiler and has extensive shelving for storage.

A fine Jacobean staircase believed to be original with oak rails and turned banisters opens up into an elegant drawing room with views over the gardens to the paddocks. This impressive south facing room is further enhanced by an impressive fireplace with white marble surround and black slips of veined marble.

There are three en suite bedrooms on this floor with a choice for “the master” between bedrooms 1 and 2, both benefitting from en suite bathrooms with separate showers although bedroom 1 has the additional benefit of a walk-in wardrobe. There are three further double bedrooms on the second floor, a family bathroom and walk in luggage store.

Separately accessed to the side of the property there is a substantial three bedroom, two storey cottage with large kitchen/breakfast room, sitting and drawing rooms, conservatory, downstairs shower room and first floor bathroom.

Adjoining the cottage is a room currently used for wine storage which has a large woodburner and vaulted ceiling with exposed beams with access to a wc and beyond to a brick-built greenhouse.

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Bedroom 14.30 x 3.7414'1 x 12'3

Bedroom 24.40 x 3.7614'5 x 12'4

Bedroom 33.83 x 2.5712'7 x 8'5

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Cellar4.27 x 3.7814'0 x 12'5

Sitting Room5.17 x 3.8117'0 x 12'6

Living Room6.12 x 3.8320'1 x 12'7

Breakfast Room3.64 x 3.4211'11 x 11'3

Conservatory4.60 x 2.2115'1 x 7'3

Garden House7.08 x 3.1623'3 x 10'4

Wine Cellar4.38 x 3.6514'4 x 12'0

2.51 x 1.938'3 x 6'4

Kitchen4.25 x 2.0613'11 x 6'9

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Bedroom 54.91 x 3.9716'1 x 13'0

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Bedroom 14.78 x 4.7215'8 x 15'6

Bedroom 35.16 x 4.55

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Sitting Room6.83 x 4.4822'5 x 14'8

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Sitting Room5.09 x 4.4916'8 x 14'9

Utility2.67 x 2.29

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Kitchen5.06 x 3.4816'7 x 11'5

Sitting Room4.50 x 3.4514'9 x 11'4

Dining Room4.67 x 4.6615'4 x 15'3

Entrance Hall4.76 x 4.6415'7 x 15'3

4.25 x 4.2513'11 x 13'11

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Cellar4.08 x 3.2513'5 x 10'8

2.46 x 1.728'1 x 5'8

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Stable3.55 x 3.5011'8 x 11'6

Store3.50 x 3.4911'6 x 11'5

3.49 x 1.6711'5 x 5'6

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Brickhouse, Wicken Bonhunt, Saffron Walden, CB11 3UGGross Internal Area (approx) = 452.0 sq m / 4865 sq ftCottage Building = 242.5 sq m / 2610 sq ftOutbuildings = 54.9 sq m / 591 sq ftTotal = 749.4 sq m / 8066 sq ftFor identification only. Not to scale.© Floorplanz Ltd

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the briCk houSeGross Internal Area (approx) = 452.0 sq m / 4865 sq ft

Cottage Building = 242.5 sq m / 2610 sq ft Outbuildings = 54.9 sq m / 591 sq ft

Total = 749.4 sq m / 8066 sq ft

Outside, along the northern frontage of the property is a stone and brick wall behind which is a deep screen of shrubs and trees providing plenty of seclusion. There is a five bar gate to access the driveway which opens into a large parking sweep by the front door. To the right of the driveway is a range of brick weather-boarded and pan tiled outbuildings incorporating garaging for two or three cars and a store room.

The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property and are well delineated into different areas. To the east of the house, beyond a well maintained flint wall is an extensive area of topiary box hedging surrounding an old well with a number of herbaceous borders. The heated swimming pool, which has a salt cleaning system and was re-lined in 2016, is bordered on two sides by flint walls and is surrounded by a wide York stone terrace.

The principal terraced gardens to the south of the house are interspersed with three sets of stone steps between well stocked sloping borders which lead up to the paddock via a 5 bar gate (or alternatively via the lane to the east of the adjacent property from Wicken Road).

There are numerous mature trees including chestnut, beech, oak and ash in addition to a pond. In the south-west corner is an all-weather hard tennis court which was re-laid in October 2016 and closer to the cottage, but well screened with separate access from the road, are two ranges of stables containing three loose boxes, a tack room and two open sided stores for wood or hay, as necessary.

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important notiCe:Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Photographs taken May 2017 by Justin Paget Photography Ltd. Details prepared May 2017 by Kingfisher Print Ltd.

ServiCeS

Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage are connected. Gas fired central heating by hot water radiators.

fixtureS and fittingS

Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, light fittings and garden equipment, are specifically excluded but may be made available for purchase by separate negotiation.

eaSementS, WayleaveS and rightS of Way

The property is offered for sale subject to and with the benefit of any rights of way, either public or private, all easements, wayleaves and other rights of way whether they are specifically referred to or not.

loCal authority

Uttlesford District Council Council Tax: Band H

direCtionS

Exit at Junction 8 of the M11 signed to Bishop’s Stortford. Follow signs to the A120 heading west around Bishop’s Stortford. At the third roundabout take the third exit to Stansted Mountfitchet, Quendon and Newport. In Newport turn left signed to Clavering. In Wicken Bonhunt, pass the pub on your right and the entrance to The Brick House is about 200 yards on the left.

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Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908)

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