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Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional and Chain Free five bedroom, three bathroom, double fronted family home in the beautiful surroundings of Tewin Wood. Equipped with underfloor heating throughout and located in the midst of the stunning Hertfordshire countryside, yet within a few minutes of the centre of the ever popular village of Tewin, this outstanding house was the subject of a complete redesign and rebuild in 2004, and is set within generous grounds on one of the finest residential roads in the county. Without doubt this is a substantial house, but the architect has achieved a wonderful balance of room size and proportion within a very appealing exterior that sits extremely comfortably within its delightful natural woodland setting.

Accommodation:
The impressive solid wood front door, set within a tiled roof porch supported by wooden beams, welcomes you into a spacious entrance hall, nicely square in shape, that is abundantly lit by two front facing windows and the window above the stairwell. The centrepiece to the hall is a superb solid wood staircase that turns elegantly as it climbs to the upper floor, celebrating the craftsman’s skill with shaped handrails, turned spindles and finial topped, shaped newel posts. From the centrally positioned entrance hall doors lead off into the study/office, family room, kitchen/dining room, large cloakroom and conveniently located guest W.C.

The cloakroom is an ingenious idea, and in an ideal position to perform its function. The room is a good size, and is more than capable of multi-tasking should your study/office needs not be of a grand scale, comfortably accepting a desk and casual seating if required. It enjoys plenty of natural daylight through the two windows that look directly out into the garden room.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are thrilled to bring to the market this delightful three bedroom terraced house, presented in immaculate decorative order both inside and out. This is a wonderful and attractive family home needing absolutely no work whatsoever, completely ready for you to just move in and enjoy. It benefits from off street parking on the neat block paved driveway, useful separate external access through to the rear garden, a good sized brick built shed and a modern, stylish garden room.

Accommodation:
The pretty, solid wood front door, inset with frosted glass panels, welcomes you into a nice square entrance hall with Fired Earth tile that leads to the stairs and opens through a door into the adjacent large living room.

The living room is a great size and shape, making it really usable, with a superb fireplace and cast iron grate providing an attractive focal point. It is drenched in natural light from the wonderful and generously sized bay window to the front, fitted with adjustable wooden shutters that are both practical and stylish.

To the rear of the living room is the kitchen/dining room, another lovely, light room thanks to the rear facing window and the large glazed double doors that open directly out onto the patio. This is also a well proportioned room that makes the best use of the ample space available and benefits from underfloor heating. The kitchen area is ergonomically designed with everything falling readily to hand, fitted around one end of the room. A comprehensive array of wall and floor mounted cabinets provide ample storage and worktop area as well as incorporating a range of integrated appliances. The remainder of the room is left as open floor space for you to furnish as your needs demand.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional three bedroom, three bathroom semi-detached family home set within the ever popular Wilshere Park area of Welwyn. This property enjoys a fabulous and spacious living area and is presented in a decorative order throughout that can only be described as immaculate.

Accommodation:
The front door opens onto a bright and airy hallway with access through to a sizeable dual aspect living room the hallway doors also lead to the stunning kitchen and the perfectly placed guest cloakroom.

The kitchen is a stylish triumph of function and form, maximising storage with a substantial array of wall and floor mounted cupboards whilst also comfortably incorporating every integrated appliance a family could possibly need. The room is flooded with light from the windows both to side as well as the french doors leading into the garden. The Kitchen just like the living room is very generously sized which allows for plenty of space for casual dining.

The lounge/dining room is absolutely glorious. This is a big room, being over twenty three feet in length and nearly sixteen feet wide. Its great size and shape give you myriad opportunities to configure and furnish it in the way that best suits your lifestyle and needs. It will easily swallow up large lounge furniture and still leave plenty of room for a large dining table. Enhancing all of this is the abundance of natural light that bathes the whole room. This room will undoubtedly be the beating heart of the home and can flex and adapt with you as your needs evolve.

The stairs turn elegantly as they lead up to the spacious upper hallway. From here doors open onto the three bedrooms and the family bathroom. All of the bedrooms are spacious double bedrooms, and benefit from fitted wardrobes. The master bedroom is beautifully proportioned and well lit by three separate windows to the front, also has a super en suite shower room.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this charming three bedroom semi-detached family home in the centre of the ever popular village of Tewin. The property is in outstanding decorative condition inside and out, has been substantially extended to now offer a spacious kitchen/dining room, utility room and playroom, and has even more valuable space added via a large garden room. Set in a quiet residential area, with an attractive block paved driveway allowing plenty of off-street parking, this wonderful property boasts an intelligent layout ideally configured to meet your family’s needs, and is ready to move in and enjoy without having to lift a finger on improvements or decoration.

Accommodation:
The pretty front door, softly framed by mature trailing shrubs trained over the porch, welcomes you into a generous rectangular entrance hall, with two useful cupboards built into the space under the stairwell. From here doors lead into the large living room, fabulous kitchen/dining room and the conveniently placed guest cloakroom, which is nicely lit by a side facing opaque window. A charming circular window, set part way up the staircase, keeps the hallway light and bright as well as being an unusual and attractive feature inside and outside the house.

The living room is a large room by any measure, at nearly eighteen feet long, and offers plenty of flexibility as to how you lay it out and furnish it to best suit your lifestyle needs. It runs the full depth of the house and so is bathed in natural light all along its length from the large window to the front as well as the glazed double doors to the rear. The accommodation in this property is spacious and well proportioned, giving enormous flexibility to adapt each room to your preferred purpose. The living room is just one example of this strength, being comfortably large enough to multi-task as a living room and dining room if you so wish.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this attractive detached four bedroom, three bathroom family home arranged over three floors, set in a quiet residential cul-de-sac on the popular east side of Welwyn Garden City. This house is in absolutely immaculate decorative order inside and out, is within easy walking distance of the well rated Ridgeway Secondary Academy, and boasts two en suite shower rooms, a separate garage with private driveway parking, a good sized fully enclosed garden and large well proportioned rooms throughout. The property is a shining example of intelligent contemporary design, utilising all of the space in a practical yet still stylish and aesthetically appealing way to best cater for the needs of any modern family. Large open spaces endow the house with genuine flexibility and the ability to adapt to your lifestyle requirements as they change over time, making this a home more than fit for purpose for many, many years to come. For this reason houses of this perfect size and format rarely come to the market, and usually sell very quickly.

Accommodation:
The elegant front door, inset with decorative glazed panels and protected from the elements by a modern minimalist glass porch, welcomes you into a light, bright entrance hall. Immediately inside is a perfectly placed guest cloakroom, nicely lit by a front facing opaque window. Beyond, the hall opens out into a lovely reception area, from which doors lead into the kitchen/dining room and the large living room. A beautifully crafted wooden handrail adorns the stairs as they curve away up to the floors above, with enough space for a useful cupboard set into the base of the curve.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this gorgeous Victorian residence occupying a prime position on Codicote High Street on the outskirts of this ever popular Hertfordshire village. This house is just exceptional in every way, absolutely overflowing with authentic period charm throughout the entire four thousand square feet of generously proportioned accommodation with an additional 700 square feet of garage and outbuildings. High ceilings, large windows and ornately decorated fireplaces adorn most room, with complete architectural splendour provided by the opulent curved bay that graces the imposing “Manor House” drawing room and the main bedroom suite above it. A classic walled frontage adds authentic gravitas whilst providing good privacy to the expansive grounds of around half an acre that surround the house and various outbuildings. The ground floor is both a wonderful family home and an entertaining space without equal. On the upper floor there are five bedrooms, all of which can only be described as king size as they are much larger than an average double, along with three bathrooms.

Accommodation:
The Wisteria adorned main door welcomes you into a bright and imposing entrance hall with high ceilings, an ornate decorative arch and a fabulous staircase featuring a beautifully curved handrail with turned spindles. From here doors lead in to what would have been the guest areas of the house, being the large dining room and the simply stunning drawing room. The entrance hall then extends past the stairwell, through a connecting door and into an inner hall serving what would have been the private rooms for the family. Here doors lead into the kitchen/breakfast room, the office, a well situated guest cloakroom, and then an additional door into the rear of the dining room.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this outstanding four bedroom, three bathroom family home on the ever popular north side of Welwyn Garden City. Perfectly located for easy access to the city centre, yet also just a few minutes from the lovely surrounding villages of Welwyn, Tewin and Burnham Green and the expansive Hertfordshire countryside, this exceptional property enjoys spacious and well proportioned rooms on both floors, with an opportunity to create a fifth bedroom on the ground floor within a semi-self contained wing of the main house with its own separate front entrance. This is a large house, set in a commensurately large plot, with wonderful open views to the rear overlooking the substantial grounds of the Welwyn Garden City Cricket and Bowls clubs, and without doubt ticks all the boxes for modern family living, with the flexibility and adaptability to continue doing so for a very long time to come.

Accommodation:
The pretty front door, set within a large protective porch and with full height windows to the side, welcomes you into a light, bright entrance hall, nicely lit by a front facing window positioned beneath the open form stairway. From here doors lead into the dining room, kitchen/breakfast room and a useful walk-in storage cupboard. The entrance hall then extends across the front part of the house and opens into an inner hallway that leads to the study/office, a neat downstairs shower room/guest cloakroom, a utility/laundry room and a fabulous family room that occupies the rear corner of the property. To the front of this second hallway, alongside the study/office, is a second entrance from the front which gives a whole raft of opportunities as to how all or some of these rooms are used.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this gorgeous 2271 sq ft Grade II listed four bedroom, two bathroom house which includes a separate detached 903 sq ft three bedroom, two bathroom annexe arranged over two storeys, “The Barn”, set within its grounds. Rarely do properties of such historical interest come to the market, particularly in such a desirable village centre location, and with a good sized garden and off street parking. This wonderful residence was originally built in the 17th century as a coaching inn, hence the fabulous cellar, with later modifications in the 18th and 19th centuries. Now it is a warm and comfortable home absolutely bursting with authentic character and charm, displaying a wonderful amalgam of original features and modern facilities. Enjoying generous gardens compared to other houses in similar locations, along with private parking and a detached annexe, with its own garden, that could serve as a part of the property or be utilised to generate some valuable income, this is a rare opportunity not to be
missed.

Accommodation:
Let’s start with the cellar, a quite stunning conversion of the original storage area for beer and wine serving the inn above. This wonderful space runs the full depth of the house, with internal access from the corner of the lounge via a beautifully crafted wrought iron spiral staircase as well as separate direct access from outside down a flight of external stone steps. Exposed brickwork and structural timbers abound, as well as the original arched roof and scattered preserved remnants of stairways and alcoves, bringing a wonderful authentic charm to this superb entertainment space. It is currently housing a large dining table and a modern bar area that perfectly complements the aged materials around it.

Accessed from a private road, Tanfield Cottage offers over 4700 square foot of prestige living space set within Tanfield Farm, an individual and prestigious development. The main residence consists of a five double bedroom, five bathroom, smart home with a gated driveway. There is a detached triple garage and one bedroom apartment over. The principle bedroom suite features stunning views from the floor-to-ceiling windows. Benefiting from a walk in wardrobe and en-suite bathroom. Underfloor heating through the ground and first floor.

This superior residence is built to a no expense spared standard and meticulously planned down to the finest of detail. A bespoke kitchen with top of the range Miele appliances, quartz worktops, underfloor heating, Rega Vent heat recovery and whole house ventilation (http://www.heatrecoveryventillationsystems.co.uk), NoCode sanitaryware and Control4 Home automation are just a few of this smart homes’ features. The home also features a Stiltz top of the range lift installed from ground to first floors.

The property centrally sits upon a generous plot with a superb triple aspect wrap around garden, overlooking open countryside and mature woodland beyond. The expansive patio has been built into two aspects of the garden to maximise the direction of the sun and is perfect for entertaining or relaxing. The remainder of the garden consists of being laid to lawn and benefits from a robotic mower.

If you are looking for a tranquil country life in a beautiful setting, yet just 25 minutes from central London by train – this unique house on the border of West Cheshunt & Goffs Oak offers the best of two worlds. A spacious, elegantly appointed and uniquely situated modern home all just a stone’s throw from the shops, pubs and restaurants. With an abundance of fresh air, open space, sprawling lawns and excellent local schools what’s not to love? Yet for those who work, dine or play in the city, the buzz of London remains in easy reach.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this lovely 3/4 bedroom chalet bungalow on the very popular west side of Welwyn. In immaculate decorative order inside and out, and benefiting from substantial living space with the opportunity to have two bedrooms and a fully fitted shower room downstairs, in addition to the two bedrooms and bathroom upstairs, this property provides a fabulous opportunity for multi-generational living, and real flexibility to allow the property to adapt to your needs as they change through time. Add to this the lovely quiet residential location, the integral garage, plenty of off-street parking and the valuable close proximity to the village centre means this is definitely a “forever” house.

Accommodation:
The pretty part-glazed front door, with additional glazed panel to the side, opens into an attractive entrance hallway which extends past the beautifully turned banisters of the staircase through to the rear of the house. From the hall doors open into the ground floor bedroom/study, the large front facing living room, the family room/bedroom four at the rear of the house, and the fully fitted family shower room.

The front facing bedroom/study is a well shaped and generously sized room and is exceptionally well lit by a large window to the front. Currently giving great service as a ground floor bedroom, this room could easily be adapted to become an additional family room, study, generous home office, playroom, teenage hang out space, formal dining room, or really any room that your family needs demand.

To the rear of the hallway is the family room, which is another well lit room due to the large glazed sliding doors that open onto the terrace to the rear. Again this room would adapt very easily to being a second ground floor bedroom should the need arise, but in its current form is a great space for spending time together as a family, linking readily to the outside space.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this stunning six bedroom, five bathroom residence set in around five acres of grounds in the picturesque village of Benington. This gorgeous countryside property is the beneficiary of a recent “back to bare brickwork” refurbishment and redecoration, carried out with the very finest quality materials and highly skilled craftsmen, putting it in immaculate order throughout. The house enjoys a fabulous specification, with a latest generation air source heat pump, integral double garage, cinema room, and large yet well proportioned ground floor rooms with easy connectivity to the outside and abundant daylight flooding into them through the many windows, glazed doors and a beautiful architectural roof light. Within the extensive grounds are a one/two bedroom detached annexe, a block of three stables and a children’s playground good enough to challenge many theme parks.

Accommodation:
The attractive frontage presents an imposing picture as you approach via the long sweeping driveway, which opens out into a substantial area extending across the front of the house and the double garage, suitable for parking multiple vehicles and still leaving ample room for entry and exit of guests. The large porch, supported on brick pillars, offers practical protection for visitors along with a nice visual focal point to the front aspect. Once inside the solid front door, flanked by two full height glazed panels, a spacious and nicely shaped entrance hall warmly welcomes you into the house, with the decoratively turned banisters and spindle of the pretty staircase highlighting the far wall.

Directly to the left is the cinema room, with controllable mood lighting specially installed to give the right atmosphere and a retractable screen fitted into the ceiling in front of the two front facing windows. From the cinema room there is also useful direct access out into the garage.