Thorley Street, Thorley, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23
- Land size
- 1 acres
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 2
Key Features
- Detached family home
- Four double bedrooms
- Large sitting room
- Dining room
- Home office/games room
- Conservatory
- Fitted kitchen/breakfast room
- Ground floor shower room with sauna
- En suite shower room
- Family bathroom
Description
SAXONS is a fantastic sized, detached family home situated on the edge of Bishop's Stortford with a plot approaching one acre. The property offers good size living arrangements over the two floors with useful outbuildings and there is scope to extend (STPP).
The accommodation comprises of an entrance door into the reception hallway with storage cupboards, ground floor shower room with a sauna and door through to a large sitting room with dual aspect to the front and rear, two fireplaces, access through to a large home office/games room providing access to the double garage. There is a separate dining room with a conservatory and a fully fitted kitchen/breakfast with a central island unit and integrated appliances.
The first floor landing leads off to the four double bedrooms, the three-piece family bathroom and bedroom one benefits from a two-piece en suite shower room. Bedroom 4 has a very pleasant south facing balcony overlooking the gardens.
Externally, the property is approached via twin gates leading through to the extensive block-paved driveway providing off-street parking for numerous vehicles, access to the double garage with twin doors. The gardens are south-facing and landscaped, mainly laid to lawn with an abundance of flower and shrub areas, large pond with bridge over, sun terraces, a circular garden room, a detached brick-built garden store and a unique raised garden room with stairs rising to a large timber decked area. This room has power and light connected. There is a further outbuilding with a gymnasium with power and lighting connected.
The property is ideally placed for excellent local schools and the town centre and mainline station are a short drive away, as is the main town of Bishop's Stortford.
Bishop’s Stortford is an historic market town lying beside the River Stort, offering a range of shopping, educational, recreational facilities and amenities including The Bishop’s Stortford College, golf club, swimming pool, hospital, arts centre, health and fitness club, theatre groups, restaurants, garages etc. In addition, there is a mainline station providing regular services to London's Liverpool Street, and the M11 is on the eastern outskirts of the town giving access to London, M25, Cambridge and the Midlands. Stansted Airport is about 4 miles from the town and provides an ever-increasing number of destinations.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- F
- Date Posted
- 2026-08-11
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 1,142 Homes with Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).
Energy Performance Certificate
Energy Efficiency Rating
Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)
Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 50% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Thorley Hill Primary School827 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 228
- Type
- Community school
- Richard Whittington Primary School923 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 273
- Type
- Academy converter
- Spellbrook CofE Primary School1.1 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 105
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Manor Fields Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 449
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Thorn Grove Primary School1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 223
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- The Bishop's Stortford High School463 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,279
- Type
- Foundation school
- Gender
- Boys
- The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College1.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,508
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
- St Mary's Catholic School1.5 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,106
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Hockerill Anglo-European College1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 903
- Type
- Academy converter
- Birchwood High School2 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,417
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
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Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Mullucks, Bishop's Stortford
The Guild House Water Lane Bishop's Stortford CM23 2JZ
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