Location

The bustling market town of Hoddesdon is conveniently situated for local shopping and transport facilities. There is a range of well regarded state and private schools including Heathmount, St Edmunds and Haileybury within a few miles.

Access into London is excellent with a main line rail station 0.9 mile away at Broxbourne with a 30 minute journey time to Liverpool Street. Road links are well served with M11, M25 and A10 within a few miles.

Description

London style in Hoddesdon. This elegant Grade II listed Georgian house is typical of properties situated in prime central London locations and offers spectacular accommodation extending to 4,720 sq ft. The current owners have sympathetically restored the house with style and imagination to create an outstanding and impressive property. There are period features throughout typical of houses of this era including fireplaces in eight of the rooms, tall ceilings with roses, original ornate cornices and large shuttered windows which flood the rooms with natural light.

There are numerous contemporary conveniences including air conditioning on each floor, Vodafone & Sky Internet, a large water pump ensuring strong water pressure on all floors, a fast EV charging point, a turn table on the drive to assist parking, a gym and cinema room.

The listing entry on Historic England describes the house as follows:-

'Late C18, yellow stock brick casing. Painted stone and stucco details of early-mid C19. 2 storeys and attic. 5 sash windows, symmetrical front. Quoin blocks, large dentils cornice. Moulded window architraves, those on ground floor with cornices. 1st floor bracketed sill course. Central pedimented door. S elevation has blind windows and large square, Tuscan porch. Later C19, slate roof, rear extension on north with bracketed cornice'.

The ground floor comprises an L-shaped entrance hall with part panelled walls, tiled floor and ornate cornicing. There is a staircase rising and descending to the first and basement floors. There are four reception rooms, each with their own character and style. The dining room has a marble dining table which seats twelve. The family room has access to an orangery which is used as a recreation room with doors to the garden.

Of particular note is the professional quality Poggenpohl kitchen which features cupboards and integrated appliances including a Zip tap with hot and cold water filter, two dishwashers, two wine coolers, a fridge freezer, three ovens arranged around an island and breakfast bar.

The basement floor is arranged as a guest/staff bedroom suite with a shower room, an office, utility room, boiler room containing a new boiler system for hot water and heating with two boilers (one for emergency), further shower room and a room currently used as a studio.

The first floor landing leads to four double bedrooms, one with a balcony overlooking the garden, a family bathroom and a shower room.

The second floor landing has an insulated loft accessed by a ladder. There is a principal bedroom suite with dressing room, walk-in wardrobe, bathroom and a substantial roof terrace. The second bedroom suite has a shower room.

The house is approached via electric security gates which leads to a driveway providing parking for several cars. To aid access in and out of the drive there is a turntable which rotates a car and points in the right direction for easy exit.

The garden has been elegantly landscaped to provide a water feature, an outside kitchen with hot and cold-water sink, two mains gas hobs, mains gas bbq, a heated gazebo which seats 8-10, heated Jacuzzi with led lighting system and sound connection. There is a garden studio currently used as a cinema room and a gym. These two buildings add a further 432 sq ft of living space.