A Detached Grade II Listed Seven Bedroom Property Set On A 1/3 Acre Plot In A Popular Market Town

Originally dating from the 17th century, The Old Rectory is a detached period family home offering 3,054 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. Configured to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment, it sensitively combines modern amenities, quality fixtures and fittings and elegant neutral décor with period features including large sash glazing, generously-proportioned rooms, high ceilings and original fireplaces throughout.

The accommodation flows from an entrance lobby with feature tiled flooring and a useful shower room, also ideal for use as a guest cloakroom, and a welcoming reception hall with flagstone and wooden flooring, fitted cupboards and an original staircase with barleysugar twist balusters and a moulded handrail rising to the first floor. It comprises a drawing room with a large bay window with full-height glazing incorporating French doors to the garden and a feature fireplace with wood-burning stove, and a part-panelled dining room with exposed wooden flooring, a fireplace and fitted storage. Further is a study with fitted shelving and storage, a fireplace and garden access, and a wooden-floored family room with a feature exposed brick fireplace with wood-burning stove. A door from the family room opens to a service wing. It houses a wooden-floored kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units, a breakfast bar, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, an Aga, modern integrated appliances, space for a sizeable table and a door to the side garden. A door leads to a through lobby which opens into a fitted utility room and also has a door to the garden.

On the first floor a generous landing with further useful storage gives access to five double bedrooms, three with built-in storage and the remaining two sharing Jack and Jill access to an en suite bathroom, together with a family bathroom. The staircase continues to the second floor, which houses the property’s two remaining double bedrooms.

Historical information

The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in a Conservation Area. It is believed to have been built in 1663. Thomas White later added, between 1825-9, a substantial Victorian brick extension to the west, along with a porch to the east. The associated church was demolished in 1861; with the Rectory being one of the first to be sold by the Church of England, in 1863. The deeds exist, signed by The Archbishop of Canterbury.
It is a charming, historic building based in the heart of the County Town, enjoying unique views of both Hertford Castle Gatehouse (King Edward IV - 1463) and the new Victorian St Andrew’s Church (consecrated in 1870).