Exceptional period home with countryside views.

Description

An exceptional family home believed to date back to the late 14th century with alterations made in the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries. The house has been subject to an exceptionally high quality restoration and modernisation, including full internal and external redecoration and new carpets, a full electrical rewire and a new boiler. All this combining elegant character with all conveniences for modern living. Jenkins Farm constitutes a valuable source of historical architecture and is listed as Grade II, offering a wealth of charm and character, situated in the sought-after countryside location of Stisted. The property offers stunning easterly views and stands in formal gardens extending to about 1.65 acres comprising a tennis court, converted studio and a detached entertainment room.

The property is entered over tiled steps leading to the impressive gabled entrance porch with jowled posts, on through a heavily studded entrance door opening to the entrance hall. The entrance hall has a staircase ascending to the first floor and doors give access to the cloakroom, sitting room, kitchen and a further reception room. The elegant sitting room has an open fireplace with decorative surround with French doors to the side opening out to the garden. To the other side a further reception room has a window to the front aspect with heavily exposed beams throughout, Tudor-style windows, recessed bar and an open brick-hearth fireplace. A door to the rear leads to the sitting room with brick-built hearth fireplace with inset log burner and views and access to the rear garden. A further door leads into the kitchen which comprises bespoke matching eye and base level units and integrated appliances. Beyond the kitchen is a small family/television room and utility area. From the hall a staircase leads down to a fully converted cellar providing a wonderful and sociable reception space.

The first floor gives access to all five bedrooms four of which provide en suite facilities. The entrance to the principal bedroom has wooden steps leading down to the spectacular suite with grand ceilings and a large window to the front aspect. Beyond is a fully fitted dressing room.

Outside
Jenkins Farm is set back beyond a wide gated driveway between two front lawns and is bordered by a white picket fence. A secondary drive leads to a triple-bay cart lodge with a further area of secure parking. The gardens, which are mainly to the south and east of the house, have been beautifully designed and elegantly divided by box hedging providing walkways to different sections which include a formal garden, well stocked with a variety of flower beds and mature shrubs. There is an all-weather tennis court, and to the rear of the house is a wrap-around terrace opening to a further area of lawn. A detached red-brick building has been converted into a self-contained studio and gym. To the immediate rear of the gardens, offering delightful farmland views, is a detached timber-framed studio, configured as a party room with a professional bar and terrace area beyond. All in around 1.65 acres.

Services
Mains electricity. Private, compliant drainage system. Oil-fired central heating. Private water supply. Full Hik-connect CCTV. Automated front and side gates.

Location

Braintree: 4.4 miles, Colchester: 14.7 miles, Chelmsford: 15 miles, Ipswich: 31 miles. All distances approximate.

Jenkins Farm is positioned on the edge of Stisted - a charming traditional village set amongst open countryside on the southern edge of the particularly pretty Colne Valley. Stisted is a most attractive village with a wide main street and a vibrant community with a good range of amenities including a village shop, a public house, an outstanding primary school, the village church of All Saints and open playing fields. Braintree Golf Club is on the southern outskirts of the village.

The nearby market town of Braintree has a good shopping centre, including Braintree Village outlet, M&S, Sainsburys and Tesco (around 2 miles), and there is a wider variety of shops at Colchester and Chelmsford with further schools at Gosfield, Felsted, Coggeshall and Braintree.

For the commuter there is a through train service from Braintree or Witham and there is access on to the A120 to the south of the village, which is dual carriageway from Braintree to the M11.

Square Footage: 3,775 sq ft


Acreage: 1.65 Acres

Directions

From Braintree, take the A120 towards Colchester. After leaving the town, take the first turning to the left signposted to Stisted. Jenkins Farm can be located on the right-hand side approximately three quarters of a mile before the village centre.

Postcode: CM77 8AF