Detached house for sale in Green Road, Rickling Green, Nr Saffron Walden, Essex CB11

Spinney cottage is a most attractive detached cottage occupying a lovely setting within this popular and highly regarded village placed close to the impressive central green and nearby school. The property, whilst not Listed, does contain an abundance of attractive period features including exposed beams and timbers and inglenook fireplace.

The front door opens into an entrance hall with a window drawing in natural light and a ground floor cloakroom placed to one side. The principal reception area is a lovely open room with two windows to the front and two to the side, exposed beams, timbers and studwork, impressive inglenook fireplace, staircase rising to the principal first floor landing and door concealing a second stairway leading to bedroom 2 which sits above. The kitchen/breakfast room provides plenty of space for table and chairs, contains further exposed beams and timbers with a range of storage cupboards, worktops and space for appliances. There are two windows to the rear and a door opening to outside. On the first floor, the bedroom, accessed from the second staircase, has exposed beams and timbers and exposed brick fire breast whilst accommodation accessed from the principal stairway leads to a landing and further double bedroom with two skylight windows and exposed timbers, along with the bathroom which contains a 3-piece suite including ball & claw rolltop bath.

Outside, gardens extend predominantly to the front of the property and are laid out mainly to lawn. The gardens contain a variety of beds and borders stocked with numerous plants and shrubs, ornamental pond and summerhouse which has lovely views over the village towards the central green. A driveway approach to the property provides off-street parking space, at the same time giving access to its single garage.

Rickling green is a small north west Essex village surrounding the well known village green and cricket pitch. A public house and primary school are situated within the village which has access to the M11 (J8) approximately 7 miles distant and the historic town of Saffron Walden is approximately 7 miles to the north east. Mainline railway services are available from Audley End, Newport, Stansted and Bishop’s Stortford.