5 bedroom detached house

Substantial Essex barn conversion on the edge of a sought-after village.

Description

Wickham barn is a delightful barn conversion, thoughtfully restored offering extensive and versatile accommodation, ideally suited for multi-generational living.

The unlisted barn is of timber frame construction with a black weather-boarded façade and a red pantile roof. The building includes many period features such as vaulted ceilings, fireplaces, exposed brick walls and internal timberwork, combined with stylish contemporary fittings. The accommodation extends to just under 4,800 sq ft (445 sq m) and includes five bedrooms, three with en suite facilities. The principal bedroom (currently being used as an art studiowick) enjoys a large dressing room and en suite and has its own staircase accessed from an inner hall. The hall has an external door to the front and leads to the study, utility room and garage offering the ability to be partly self-contained from the remainder of the house.

The west facing kitchen enjoys views over the garden and has been fitted with farmhouse-style units with wooden worktops and a range of integrated appliances including an impressive AGA. The kitchen provides an open-plan feel leading to an expansive, partly-vaulted reception area, configured into two distinctive sections providing an area for family living and entertaining. There are two remaining reception rooms, a ground floor shower room and a further inner hall with stairs rising to the first floor. From here there are three remaining bedrooms. Bedroom 2 provides a spacious en suite bathroom and there is a separate independent shower room accessed from the part-galleried landing. Detached from the house is a partly, self-contained studio with kitchenette and cloakroom facilities providing ideal teenage accommodation.

Outside
The property is approached over a private drive accommodating parking for numerous vehicles, partly screened from the road by box hedging and leading to an 18.5 ft garage. Extending from the rear of the property is a landscaped courtyard, thoughtfully designed with structured planting, providing a wonderful space for outside entertaining and relaxing. The remainder of the garden is predominantly lawn, neatly planted with a wide variety of trees and shrubs providing different areas of interest. T o the immediate rear of the garden, backing open pasture, is a swimming pool set around a wide terrace. The garden is south-westerly facing and extends to around 0.57 of an acre.

Services
Mains water, private drainage, oil-fired heating and electricity connected.

Location

Witham: 2.5 miles; Maldon: 5.1 miles; Chelmsford: 10 miles; Colchester: 16.2 miles; Stansted Airport: 24 miles; Canary Wharf: 47 miles.

Wickham Barn occupies a delightful position along Station Road, on the western edge of the village of Wickham Bishops. The property offers nearby access to a network of footpaths providing countryside and riverside walks along the River Blackwater and beyond. The village has the usual village amenities including shops and public houses, and there is a wider selection of shops at Witham and Maldon with the main shopping centre at Chelmsford. Educational facilities are well catered for in both the state and private sector including grammar schools in both Colchester and Chelmsford.

For the commuter there is a mainline station at Witham to London Liverpool Street and there are access points onto the A12 either side of Witham. Stansted Airport, with its increasing range of national and international destinations, is within easy reach (about 24 miles).

Square Footage: 4,780 sq ft


Acreage: 0.57 Acres

Directions

From Witham, proceed south via Maldon Road for approximately 2 miles turning left onto the B1018 (Station Road). Continue along this road where the turning for the property can be found on the right-hand side shortly before the bridge.

Postcode: CM8 3JB