£1.5m family home in Sheering hits the market on Zoopla

Green Acres offers five bedrooms, four bathrooms and three main reception rooms, together with ancillary barn accommodation, tennis court, orchard and small stable block.

The oldest part of the house dates back to the 17th century and is timber framed with plastered and weather-boarded elevations under a tiled roof.

The kitchen (Image: Zoopla)

Extensions over time have expanded the ground floor to include a kitchen and breakfast room at the rear with views and doors out to the garden.

The dining space (Image: Zoopla)

The kitchen is fitted with integrated appliances, granite worktops, a central island and two sinks, with a wide walkway of oak-fronted cupboards providing extra storage and cloakroom space.

The main lounge facing the garden doors (Image: Zoopla)

At the front, a drawing room believed to have originally been two rooms features open timbers, a large wood burner and an eyebrow window, while a sitting room, study and gym/additional sitting room complete the main living areas, supported by two hallways, cloakroom and utility room.

One of the homes sitting spaces (Image: Zoopla)

On the first floor there are three double bedrooms and two singles, served by a wet/shower room and a four-piece bathroom, with a fifth bedroom currently used as a dressing room. Adjoining the house via a glazed link is the barn, a period building with notable timbers, partial vaulted ceiling and stained glass panels.

One of the bedrooms (Image: Zoopla)

It contains a sitting/dining room and fitted kitchen, with two staircases leading to two bedrooms, both with en-suite facilities, providing ancillary accommodation separate from the main house.

One of the bathrooms (Image: Zoopla)

Outside, the grounds are laid out with an extensive terrace, vegetable area, listed period pump, lawns, shrubs and orchard, plus a folly, hard tennis court and small stable block.

Some of the garden (Image: Zoopla)

A gravel parking area and period outbuildings sit to the front, with around a third of an acre used for established screening with trees and shrubs.

The tennis court (Image: Zoopla)

Sheering itself offers a shop, primary school and inns, with Hatfield Heath and Sawbridgeworth nearby for further amenities and rail services to London Liverpool Street.

Nearby Bishop’s Stortford and Harlow provide wider facilities and M11 access at junctions 8 and 7A/7.

Anyone interested in viewing this property should contact Mullucks - Bishop's Stortford through Zoopla, or by phone at: 01279956544.