The Brick House WICKEN BONHUNT • SAFFRON WALDEN • CB11 3UG

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

The Main House Reception 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

Savills Cambridge Savills Bishop’s Stortford Savills Country Department Unex House, Chequers, 33 Margaret Street, 132-134 Hills Rd, 19 North St, London, Cambridge CB2 8PA Bishop’s Stortford CM23 2LD W1G 0JD 01223 347000 01279 756800 020 7499 8644 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text 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 accommodation is on three principal levels. Stone steps with proportioned traditional larder. A door leads from the kitchen into the wrought iron railings lead up to the centrally positioned front door morning room with secondary stairs up to the first floor. On and through The Brick House is a very fine example of a Jacobean house which with semi-circular pediment enclosing an ornamental cartouche from the sitting room and morning room, passing the utility room on the is situated in the middle of the pretty village of Wicken Bonhunt with bearing the coat of arms of the Bradbury family. right, a set of polished steps lead up to an octagonal garden room with plenty of privacy from a high red brick and stone wall and a screen The door opens into an almost square reception hall which has a pamment tiled floor and six sets of french windows which in turn lead of shrubs and mature trees. beautiful Purbeck marble and white limestone floor. out onto the terrace and garden beyond. The house, which was originally built in approximately 1603 (probably To the left is a well proportioned dining room with 18th Century oak There is also a cloakroom which has access to one of the cellars, by William Bradbury) with further extensions in the 17th and 18th panelling into which is recessed a wide brick fireplace set in a Tudor style via a trap door. The second cellar can be accessed via a brick Centuries is constructed of red brick beneath a peg tiled roof. arch. Double doors lead through into a sitting room which has a fireplace staircase to the side of the main staircase which houses the boiler Grade II* listed as being of architectural and historic interest and with wood burning stove set in a brick surround with pine mantle. At and has extensive shelving for storage. with a number of attractive features such as a bust of the Emperor the rear of the reception hall is an attractive kitchen/breakfast room with A fine Jacobean staircase believed to be original with oak rails and Augustus and the coat of arms of the Bradbury family, the Brick a well fitted range of Smallbone units with wooden work surfaces, an turned banisters opens up into an elegant drawing room with views House is utterly charming. The principal elevation is enhanced by a integrated dishwasher and separate electric Aga inset into the brick over the gardens to the paddocks. This impressive south facing central front door, symmetrically placed mullioned windows, Dutch Inglenook. Beyond, and up a step, is a preparation area which includes room is further enhanced by an impressive fireplace with white gables and a central circular recess. a ceramic hob, an American-style fridge freezer and access to a well 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. Brickhouse, Wicken Bonhunt, Saffron Walden, CB11 3UG Gross Internal Area (approx) = 452.0 sq m / 4865 sq ft The Brick House

Cottage Building = 242.5 sq m / 2610 sq ft Gross 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 Outbuildings = 54.9 sq m / 591 sq ft N Total = 749.4 sq m / 8066 sq ft Up Total = 749.4 sq m / 8066 sq ft For identification only. Not to scale. Wine Cellar 4.38 x 3.65 Garden House 7.08 x 3.16 14'4 x 12'0 Up © Floorplanz Ltd 23'3 x 10'4

2.51 x 1.93 8'3 x 6'4 Bedroom 3 Up Kitchen 3.83 x 2.57 Up 3.75 x 3.72 4.25 x 2.06 12'7 x 8'5 Up Dn 12'4 x 12'2 Up Up 13'11 x 6'9 3.48 x 2.91 Dn Up 11'5 x 9'7 Up

Breakfast Room Bedroom 1 Cellar B 3.64 x 3.42 Bedroom 2 4.27 x 3.78 4.30 x 3.74 4.40 x 3.76 Garaging Living Room 11'11 x 11'3 14'0 x 12'5 14'1 x 12'3 14'5 x 12'4 Sitting Room 6.12 x 3.83 T 5.17 x 3.81 20'1 x 12'7 17'0 x 12'6 Up

Up Stable 3.49 x 1.67 Store Cottage Lower Conservatory 3.55 x 3.50 11'5 x 5'6 3.50 x 3.49 4.60 x 2.21 11'8 x 11'6 11'6 x 11'5 Ground Floor 15'1 x 7'3

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4.25 x 4.25 Sitting Room 13'11 x 13'11 5.09 x 4.49 Sitting Room 16'8 x 14'9 6.83 x 4.48 22'5 x 14'8 Up Utility 2.67 x 2.29 Up 8'9 x 7'6 Up

Kitchen Bedroom 3 Sitting Room Dn Up Bedroom 6 5.06 x 3.48 5.16 x 4.55 4.50 x 3.45 3.74 x 3.64 16'7 x 11'5 16'11 x 14'11 Up 14'9 x 11'4 12'3 x 11'11 Cellar 4.08 x 3.25 Dn Up Dn 13'5 x 10'8 Dn Up Up Up Up Up Up

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2.46 x 1.72 Dining Room Bedroom 1 Entrance Hall Bedroom 2 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 8'1 x 5'8 4.67 x 4.66 4.78 x 4.72 4.76 x 4.64 4.77 x 4.68 4.33 x 3.75 4.91 x 3.97 15'4 x 15'3 15'8 x 15'6 15'7 x 15'3 15'8 x 15'4 14'2 x 12'4 16'1 x 13'0

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Up IN Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor Outside, along the northern frontage of the property is a stone The principal terraced gardens to the south of the house are and brick wall behind which is a deep screen of shrubs and trees interspersed with three sets of stone steps between well stocked providing plenty of seclusion. There is a five bar gate to access sloping borders which lead up to the paddock via a 5 bar gate (or the driveway which opens into a large parking sweep by the front alternatively via the lane to the east of the adjacent property from door. To the right of the driveway is a range of brick weather- Wicken Road). boarded and pan tiled outbuildings incorporating garaging for two or three cars and a store room. There are numerous mature trees including chestnut, beech, oak and ash in addition to a pond. In the south-west corner is an The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property all-weather hard tennis court which was re-laid in October 2016 and are well delineated into different areas. To the east of the and closer to the cottage, but well screened with separate access house, beyond a well maintained flint wall is an extensive area from the road, are two ranges of stables containing three loose of topiary box hedging surrounding an old well with a number of boxes, a tack room and two open sided stores for wood or hay, herbaceous borders. The heated swimming pool, which has a salt as necessary. 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. In all 7 acres. age 2 ott C rks 4 tages Howland ot Cla C Farm New

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Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:1750 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 THE BRICK HOUSE 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. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Viewings Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) Strictly by appointment with Savills

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.