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Guide price£1,500,000
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8 bedroom detached house for sale

Birdbrook, CO9
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Detached house
8 bed
4 bath

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band H
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 8 bedrooms
  • 4 reception rooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • 5.70 acres
  • Outbuildings
  • Period
  • Detached
  • Equestrian
  • Garden
  • Rural
Birdbrook Hall is a delightful Grade II listed country house, dating back to the 16th century with updates throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The property is in a tranquil village location adjacent to the church, with two vehicular accesses leading to a wide array of outbuildings, formal gardens, and paddocks with a menage and tennis court, all offering breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside.

Internally, the property offers extensive, well-proportioned accommodation, highlighted by a spacious reception hall. The ground floor accommodates the main reception rooms, including a dining room, the drawing room with French doors opening on to terraces, an inglenook fireplace and access to the cellar and dining room, and the sitting room featuring original wood flooring, a fireplace, and enchanting views of the duck pond. A kitchen/breakfast room is equipped with wall and base units, a central island, and high-end appliances. Triple-aspect windows create a light and airy space and provide views of the rolling countryside. There is also additional access to the garden. A cellar offers ample storage for wine enthusiasts. The bedroom accommodation is thoughtfully arranged, with the principal suite featuring triple aspect views overlooking the countryside.

A self-contained annexe offers additional living space, complete with a bedroom, kitchenette, and bathroom, with its own separate side entrance.

Outside, the property is enveloped by delightful gardens, featuring expansive lawns, mature beds, and borders, ensuring privacy. A tennis court and timber outbuilding provide recreational and functional opportunities, and to the east is an enclosed orchard and vegetable garden.

Equestrian enthusiasts will appreciate the paddocks and menage, offering exceptional facilities, with former stables.

Services: Mains electricity and water. Oil fired heating. Septic tank. Fast broadband/internet connection.


Birdbrook Hall is beautifully positioned on the edge of the attractive village of Birdbrook on the Suffolk/Essex border, enjoying local amenities, inlcuding St. Augustine of Canterbury church, and a public house. More comprehensive facilities are available in the nearby town of Clare (approximately 5.5 miles), Saffron Walden (approximately 13 miles), and the high-tech university City of Cambridge (approximately 22 miles) with its comprehensive cultural, recreational, and shopping faciliites. Stansted Airport is approximately 21 miles for the commuter, while mainline rail services are available from Audley End (16 miles) with services to London Liverpool Street (from 49 minutes). The A1307 provides easy access to the A11 and M11.

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Places of interest

    A thriving, smart and socially-minded Herts town, Bishop's Stortford is ideally placed town for the commuter, just 40 miles north east of London, offering a wonderful combination of metropolitan living with surrounding rural countryside. It attracts movers, predominantly from London, looking for that quality of life, reassessing their home, health, family, community, schools and environment but still living within easy reach of the capital. The town itself provides a range of comprehensive shopping with a mix of High Street brands alongside smaller independent outlets, a variety of eateries , plus recreational facilities all located on one main long High Street. Bishop’s Stortford offers a real mix of period and modern properties. The north-west corner of the town, close to Bishop’s Stortford College, and the period houses close to the station are the most desirable, including the likes of Avenue Road, Grange Road, Maze Green Road and Dane O’Coys Road. To the west of town are The Hadham villages, to the north-west the Pelham villages with a charming mix of period houses and to the south east of town are The Matchings. Bishop’s Stortford has an excellent and wide choice of state and independent schools. Bishop’s Stortford College is located within the town and Hockerill Anglo-European College has been consistently ranked as one of the leading schools in the UK.

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