The Street, Great Saling, Braintree, CM7

**CONTRACTS HAVE NOW EXCHANGED**A detached former Headmasters House dating back to the early Victorian period, offering four bedrooms set in the heart of the popular village of Great Saling. There are two generous receptions, recently fitted kitchen/breakfast room, playroom, utility, integral garage, three/four bedrooms, small en-suite, family bathroom, ground floor shower room/cloakroom. Detached external office with fibre optic broadband. Period features include exposed brick fireplaces, high ceilings and sash windows. Large paved patio, rear garden and extensive parking. (Felsted 10 mins) . Cast iron railings protect the front of the property. The Ornate storm porch with a slate tiled roof, central light and beautiful glazed door opens to the entrance hall with turning stairwell to the first-floor bedrooms. The living room has sash windows looking onto the front of the property, exposed timbers and a delightful open fireplace set on a raised flagstone hearth. The separate dining room benefits from a multifuel burner, also set on a flagstone hearth and a lovely dual aspect. The kitchen breakfast looks out to the rear garden and provides a charming Rayburn cooker, set within an exposed brick stack protected by a bressumer beam. There is also a further stainless-steel cooker with extractor. The Rayburn provides the central heating and hot water. The kitchen is fully fitted with high ceilings and steps down to an adjoining playroom with down lighters and wood effect flooring. The rear lobby open to the rear patio and garden, also benefitting from a vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers and quarry tiled flooring. It gives access internally to the Laundry/utility room and ground floor shower room with cloakroom. There is also integral access to the adjoining 1.5 garage. To the first floor there are four bedrooms. Of note the master with generous ceilings, a dual aspect with views across to the pretty green to the front and an ensuite shower room. Bedrooms two and three share a lovely family bathroom with a panel enclosed bath. The fourth bedroom is currently utilised as a dressing room. It is important to note that there was previous planning permission to develop further bedroom/bathroom space above the garage if required. Outside Approached via a five-bar gate, the property enjoys a well screened garden with mature hedging and fencing. There is a large paved patio area which is ideal for outside entertaining and barbecuing with the remainder laid to lawn with a paved pathway, enclosed by picket fencing. Extensive gravel parking for numerous vehicles is protected by tiered sleeper edged borders and leads to the garage (21'8 x 11'4). There is a further side storage area with oil tank and a raised decked entertaining area with garden shed and outside lighting. A generous detached home office/gym with power and lighting is also located at the rear of the property, benefitting from fibre optic broadband. The front of the house is enclosed with a low brick wall with decorative wrought iron railings.