This property is no longer on the market
6 bedroom semi-detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- * Grade II Listed Village property
- * On The Green (Conservation Area)
- * Six double bedrooms, two bathrooms
- * Three receptions and sun room
- * Bespoke kitchen/breakfast room
- * Feature fireplaces, woodburning stoves
- * Pantry, utility and cloakroom
- * Landscaped garden with rear access
- * Private parking spaces, Outbuilding/Studio
- * Chelmsford City Centre 2.5 miles
Overlooking Writtle’s village green within the Conservation Area, Greenbury House dates back to the 18th Century, once owned by Baroness Platt of Writtle (1923-2015), an Aeronautical Engineer who went on to the House of Lords and chaired the Equal Opportunities Commission. Being Grade II Listed, Greenbury House has been sympathetically styled taking advantage of the generous room sizes, character features and natural light set over three floors. The entrance to the side of the property leads into the hallway with cloakroom off. To the front aspect are two generous reception rooms with feature fireplaces incorporating woodburning stoves, high ceilings, feature coving and cornice (there is a further entrance door from the front aspect). An inner hallway with original brick floor leads into a large pantry and a utility room, which has useful mezzanine storage over. The rear reception/dining room with central Inglenook fireplace leads through to the sun room with double doors to the sun terrace. The bespoke kitchen/breakfast room has features a range of country-style units with central island/breakfast bar and granite work surfaces, incorporating a butler sink, built-in appliances and SMEG range cooker – there are further French doors from the breakfast room opening to the sun terrace. Both the kitchen/breakfast room and dining room feature underfloor heating. The central staircase leads up to the first floor with two double bedrooms to the front aspect, both with feature fireplaces. A further double bedroom to the rear shares a Jack & Hill shower room with one of the front bedrooms. The fourth bedroom offers ample storage and there is a family bathroom. A further staircase leads up to the second floor and two further double bedrooms overlooking The Green. Features inside the property include column radiators, sash windows, solid timber panelled doors and original fireplaces of the Period.
Original wrought-iron railings enclose the front elevation with a side gate leading to the main entrance and further arched gateway with brick surround leading to the rear garden. There is a sun terrace and seating areas immediately behind the house, a lawned area, flower borders and further seating with a greenhouse and storage. Behind the property are two parking spaces with access into the rear of the property (access from St. John’s Road). A generous size outbuilding (formerly double garage) offers a Studio space with ample storage (power connected). In an idyllic setting on the Green in the heart of Writtle offering a number of popular restaurants, public houses, local schooling and Writtle University College. Writtle is located just a short distance from the City of Chelmsford which offers facilities and amenities that include a wide array of shops, cinemas, bars and restaurants, sports, and social clubs. Situated just 3.5 miles away is the stunning and historic 18th century Hylands Estate that contains 574 acres of parkland and woodland, open to the public free of charge. Property Information: Tenure Freehold, Grade II Listing status, EPC exempt, Chelmsford City Council Tax Band E. Ref: WRS230033.
Chelmsford City Centre Main Line Station 2.5 miles approx. | Writtle Infant & Junior School approx. 0.5 miles (Village centre) | Hylands Park approx. 1.6 miles (walking distance)
Chelmsford High School for Girls and King Edward VI Grammar School approx. 2.5 miles approx. | Excellent Road Links A12 (M25), A414 (M11 Stansted Airport approx. 16 miles)
Property information from this agent
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference WRS230033. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Beresfords - Country & Village.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.