* Freehold
* Charming period cottage
* Central village location
* Attractive period features
* 3 bedrooms
* 2 reception rooms
* Kitchen/breakfast room
* Cloakroom and shower room
* Off - street parking
* Lovely rear garden
* Home office/studio
Elm lea is a charming semi detached period cottage of enormous style and
character occupying a central position within this popular and highly regarded
Essex village. The property has been improved and enlarged by the current
owners creating this nicely proportioned home with well balanced living
accommodation containing many attractive internal features associated with its
age.
The principal entrance is at the side of the property where a partly glazed
door opens into the attractive kitchen/breakfast room which is partly vaulted
with an overhead Velux window, in addition to glazed double doors and window
to the rear all drawing in good amounts of natural light. The kitchen itself
contains a butler sink with wooden working counters, a Rayburn cooker and
space for appliances. There is a charming sitting room which looks out to the
front featuring an attractive oak floor and period style fireplace
incorporating a log burning stove. From here a door opens into an inner
hallway where stairs rise to the first floor, there is attractive oak flooring
continuing from the sitting room and extending into the cosy snug which has a
window to the front and could be used for a variety of purposes including a
home office, giving ideal space for those who work from home. Upstairs, the
central landing leads to 3 bedrooms; the master containing a free - standing
rolltop bath which is in addition to a cloakroom and separate shower room both
accessed from the landing.
Outside, the property sits back from the road accessed via a driveway which
leads onto a gravelled parking area with space for several vehicles. The
gardens to the rear extend to about 55ft deep by 26ft wide being laid out
predominantly to lawn with a large paved patio adjoining the rear of the
property which provides ideal space for outside entertaining. There is a
useful home office/studio which sits at the back of the garden, beyond which
gardens adjoin open countryside over which they have lovely countryside views.
Arkesden is a highly regarded North West Essex village with its mixture of
period and modern properties set amidst undulating countryside. Facilities
include a church, village hall, the newly refurbished public house – The Axe &
Compass and a playing field. The village of Clavering is 2 miles away and has
a village shop, public houses and a primary school. The historic market town
of Saffron Walden lies 7 miles distant offering a wide range of shopping,
educational and recreational facilities, and the City of Cambridge lies to the
north. The mainline railway station at Audley End (3 miles) has commuter
services to London (Liverpool Street).

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