• Main house extending to 6,265 sq ft +
• Five double bedrooms all en-suite +
• Five generous receptions +
• Indoor pool and leisure complex +
• Bar/games room and further dining/entertainment room +
• 1,189 sq ft Annexe +
• Detached triple garage block +
• Detached triple bay stable block +
• Extensive workshop and further garaging +
• 2 Acres with further 5 acres available under separate negotiation +

DRONE FOOTAGE An idyllic country home, with indoor leisure complex, detached two-bedroom annexe, stabling, garage and further outbuildings. Surrounded by far reaching open farmland and set behind a deep (400m) tree lined private driveway. A mixed plot of formal parkland grounds and substantial pond to the front amounting to 2 acres (stls) with a further 5 acres (stls) of adjoining paddocks available under separate negotiation. . Sawbridgeworth main line station (7 mins). EPC exempt.

THE PROPERTY

Hardings Farm is Grade II Listed, considered to be of architectural and historical merit.
The original construction of Hardings Farm (thought to date to the 1600’s) is predominantly timber framed, with more recent additions and improvement providing a two storey extension to the rear and a stunning oak framed orangery/garden room which is vaulted and integral to the kitchen/breakfast room via beautiful open studwork.
Brick paving with lavender borders leads to an oak framed porch to the front of the house, opening to a generous central reception hall with views to the south across the pond. Adjacent is the formal dual aspect dining room with brick surround Tudor fireplace and lovely views to the south and east. A further east/west, dual aspect sitting room has double doors opening to the west courtyard and an inset woodburning stove protected by a sandstone surround and hearth. A wonderfully light kitchen/breakfast room also enjoys southerly views across the front garden and pond, an electric Rangemaster oven and open stud work to the previously mentioned vaulted orangery, with double doors opening to the rear courtyard and access into the adjoining cloakroom.
To the first floor there are four double bedrooms, all of which are ensuite due to a well-considered jack n jill shower room between bedrooms two and three, which both enjoy lovely views across the pond and paddocks to the front. The master benefits from air conditioning, extensive fitted wardrobes a dual aspect and lovely ensuite bathroom with separate shower. The fourth bedroom also has its own shower room and generous mezzanine via a spiral staircase, which connects to two further attic/ potential bedrooms on the second floor. Reverting to the ground floor accommodation, a good size utility room serves the previously mentioned kitchen with a corridor leads into a generous ground floor office, to the west wing of the main house. Beyond the office is the magnificent indoor pool/leisure complex which also provides a 5th ground floor bedroom with ensuite shower room, ideal for elderly parents on an au pair. This wonderful complex/facility provides a heated indoor swimming pool below a vaulted roof, solid oak cladding, extensive relaxation areas and a powerful neck and shoulder massage fountain. Double doors open into the pub/games room with a striking mahogany bar (reclaimed from a Irish pub in Dublin), air conditioning and bifold doors onto an extensive, raised terrace with wonderful westerly views across open countryside. The bar also gives access into a further substantial entertainment/dining room with three sets of doors which open onto the front garden.