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Features and description
- A superb example of a three storey Grade II Listed Georgian townhouse
- Elegant sitting room and dining room with feature working fireplaces
- Charming double height part-vaulted kitchen with butler style sink and Rayburn stove
- Ground floor shower room and first floor bathroom
- 18th Century cellar (comfortable head height clearence)
- Private south facing walled garden
- Double garage situated at the rear of the plot accessed from 'The Lane'
- Area of outstanding natural beauty and quayside strolls nearby
- Three spacious bedrooms on the first floor with further potential bedroom accommodation on the second floor
THE PROPERTY
Discover the timeless elegance of The Moorings, a captivating Grade II listed Georgian townhouse nestled in the heart of Mistley High Street with spacious accommodation of approximately 1,900sq feet.
This enchanting property boasts three generously sized bedrooms to the first floor, two inviting reception rooms with decorated open fireplaces, sash windows and French doors respectively, a kitchen breakfast room infused with natural light from a part vaulted 3m high ceiling with velux styled windows which leads to a delightful garden room and ground floor shower room, and an alluring walled private garden with southerly aspect – the perfect sanctuary for modern living whilst relishing period charm.
On the second floor you will find two connecetd attic rooms currently confiured as a generous study yet having the potential for further bedroom accommodation and it is here where you will enjoy the best from this home outlook view of the Stour Esturay (partial).
As you step inside, the welcoming entrance hall leads to the tastefully and sypathetically appointed sitting room, complete with two sash windows and an open fireplace. The dining room, also accessible from the hallway, features our second fireplace and glazed French doors leading to the serene garden. An inner lobby connects to the cellar, kitchen, dining room and second floor via a carpeted wide staircase. The kitchen / breakfast room is a true nod to the Georgian era, with hand crafted bespoke units, a traditional butler style sink, Rayburn stove, and twin roof lights that illuminate the spaces naturally.
A practical boot room offers garden access and connects to the contemporary ground floor shower room.
Upstairs to the first floor and three bedrooms and a four piece suite bathroom await, featuring a Victorian style double-ended bath, corner shower cubicle, and heated towel rail. The second and third bedrooms at the front of the property enjoy a partial estuary view via their sash windows.
Up again to the second floor and two attic rooms connect together offering versatile and flexible ancillary accommodation, partially nestled within the eaves.
EPC Rating: E
Rooms
Hallway 4.93m x 1.22m (16ft 2in x 4ft)
A warm welcome to this Georgian home, the entrance hall is approached through a wood panelled front door and has original stripped wooden flooring under foot. It leads to the well proportioned living room on your left hand side and to the dining room also via glazed internal door at the rear.
Sitting room 4.97m x 4.87m (16ft 3in x 15ft 11in)
A generously (and equally) proportioned sitting room found at the front of the property. Illuminated naturally via two sash windows to the front elevation which frame a partial view of the Stour estuary. This carpeted room has a central feature fireplace with wrought iron decorative insert, marble surround and marble hearth. At the rear of the room is a recessed storage cupboard.
Dining room 4.50m x 3.53m (14ft 9in x 11ft 6in)
The character rich dining room at the back of that property has stripped original floorboards, fitted French doors that lead out to the red quarry tiled terrace, part wood paneling to the walls and a central feature red brick fireplace with tiled hearth and decorative surround.
Inner hallway 0.92m x 2.74m (3ft x 8ft 11in)
An internal hallway that connects the dining room to the kitchen and it has carpeted stairs that lead up to the first floor. At the end you will find a return useful for boot and coat storage. A door reveals timber steps down to the good sized cellar. One elevation of this inner hallway is wood panelled.
Kitchen and breakfast room 4.58m x 2.64m (15ft x 8ft 7in)
Enjoying an impressive 2.9 meter part-vaulted ceiling (with Velux styled windows) the kitchen is arranged with traditional hand crafted cabinets beneath a granite work surface with a butler sink and mix a tap in front of a large wood framed window to the side elevation.
You will find a matching wall mounted cabinets and space for an eye-level microwave. Beneath the counter is an integral Bosch dishwasher and plumbing is also available for a washing machine. Further space is available for a free-standing gas cooker and beside this you will find the gas fired Rayburn stove assisting the hot water system of the property. Flooring is British Jurassic limestone and a glazed internal door leads into the garden room.
Garden room 2.53m x 2.87m (8ft 3in x 9ft 4in)
Having red Quarry tiling under foot this light filled space is perfect for enjoying the garden from a sheltered perspective or it could provide additional storage for the kitchen. The garden room provides access to the ground floor shower room on the right hand side. A glazed external door adjacent to a large wood frame window provides access out to the rear garden.
Shower room 2.81m x 0.94m (9ft 2in x 3ft 1in)
An essential and extremely convienient addition to the ground floor is the shower room that provides a large walk-in fully enclosede, tilde shower cubicle, pedestal hand wash basin and hidden tank WC. There is a window to the side elevation and the flooring is tiled.
Cellar 2.78m x 2.67m (9ft 1in x 8ft 9in)
This cool and dry cellar has a double height ceiling and is partitioned into two parts having a very accessible first part with brick paved flooring/ it is currently used as a wine cellar and has a door leading to a narrower enclosure equally suited for further storage.
Landing
A split level carpeted landing naturally lit via a high-level window to the rear elevation. This landing provides access to three double bedrooms and to the four-piece family bathroom. Carpeted stairs lead up to the second floor and it's here that you're also find a double width airing cupboard.
First bedroom 4.57m x 2.92m (14ft 11in x 9ft 6in)
As you expect from a statement first bedroom of a property from this era, the first bedroom to extremely spacious. Found at the rear of the property it has two double fronted built-in wardrobe cupboards with one of these having sets of drawers beneath. It is carpeted and there is a window to the rear elevation looking out towards the rear garden.
Second bedroom 4.96m x 3.20m (16ft 3in x 10ft 5in)
As impressively proportioned as the first, the second bedroom has two sash windows to the front elevation which frame a a partial view of the Stour estuary, exposed floorboards are beneath your feet.
Third bedroom 3.79m x 3.36m (12ft 5in x 11ft)
(Note that the above are maximum measurements)
The third double bedroom which also has a sash window to the front elevation enjoying a partial view of the Stour estuary. This bedroom is carpeted.
Bathroom 3.06m x 1.82m (10ft x 5ft 11in)
This four piece suite bathroom is comprised of a pedestal oval bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, hand wash basin, WC and fully enclosed and tiled shower cubicle. Walls are half tiled and there is a Velux window to the ceiling.
Office / potential bedroom / first attic room 3.69m x 6.15m (12ft 1in x 20ft 2in)
A purpose built staircase from the first floor landed leaves directly into this excellent attic room suitable for a number of uses and currently configured as a study. A dormer window at the front elevation offers the best view of the Stour estuary from an elevated position. This room leads to the second attic room at the rear of this impressive home.
Second attic room 4.45m x 2.54m (14ft 7in x 8ft 4in)
The second attic room has wide exposed floorboards underfoot and a window at the rear elevation overlooking the rear garden.
Rear Garden
The rear garden commnces with a red quarry tiled terrace that begins from the French doors of the dining area, onto a sun-trap seating area, extending by the side of the kitchen around to the garden room at the back. This south oriented garden is retained by red brick walls to either side with a central lawn and various established shrubs and small trees adding to the cottage garden ambience. A paved walkway extends to the double garage at the rearof the plot beside a secure gate and rear access to 'The Lane' behind.
Parking - Garage
Maximum measurements of the double garage are 5.73m deep by 6.02m wide configured in an 'L' shape.
At the front an electric powered up and over door provides access from 'The Lane' at the rear of the property's plot and a pedestrian door to the side leads out into the back garden. There are three fitted windows to two accepts. Storage is available overhead and we have light and power connected here.
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