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5 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
5 bed
3 bath
EPC rating: D*
2,400 sq ft / 223 sq m

Key information

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Broadband: Super-fast 48Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Property description & features

  • Five bedrooms
  • Three bathrooms
  • Spacious kitchen/breakfast room
  • Three reception rooms
  • Mature gardens
  • Swimming pool
  • Stables/outbuildings
  • No ongoing chain
Part of our Siganture collection, The Anchorage is an individual family home occupying a large and mature plot with delightful views over Great Bentley village green.

This fine home offers substantial, light and airy accommodation and occupies a prominent position with outstanding views over the village green. The mature gardens provide a lovely setting and there is ample parking for numerous vehicles, a double garage and useful stables/outbuildings.

On entering the property, the reception hall has stairs to the first floor, built in storage cupboard and cloakroom.

The spacious sitting room has a large picture window to the front providing a delightful outlook over the village green, a central fireplace with multi-fuel stove and double glazed patio doors overlooking the rear garden.

The study/home office has a picture window to the front and there is separate dining room with glazed panel door providing access to the kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen has fitted worksurfaces having an array of cupboards and drawers under, four ring gas hob, built-in microwave and oven, fitted wall units and there is a useful walk in pantry with fitted shelving. The adjoining utility room has a worksurface with inset sink, space and plumbing for washing machine and a door leading out into the garden.

On the first floor is a galleried landing with glazed door leading to the balcony with wonderful views over Great Bentley village green.

Located off the landing is a shower room with shower cubicle and a separate cloakroom with wash basin and low level wc along with a family bathroom.

Bedroom one has a range of built in wardrobes and dressing table along with an ensuite bathroom. There are four additional bedrooms one of which has a built in wardrobe.

Outside
The property is set back from the road and accessed across the village green to a private driveway providing parking space for numerous vehicles and leading round to the double width garage.

To the rear of the property is a delightful and mature garden being predominantly lawn with mature flower and shrub borders along with a large covered patio area and there is an outhouse containing the oil fired boiler.

There is an outside swimming pool and two stables currently used as storage along with the pool house.

The property benefits from solar panels.


Location

The highly regarded village of Great Bentley lies to the east of Colchester and has local shopping facilities for day to day needs, a lovely community, public house and railway station.

The popular coastal towns of Clacton and Frinton on Sea are within easy reach with there excellent waterside amenities, beaches and railway stations.

The city of Colchester is within comfortable driving distance with an excellent range of shopping and recreational facilities, wine bars, restaurants and Mercury Theatre.

Directions

Please use the postcode CO7 8PG for SatNav and at junction on Great Bentley green turning left into Weeley Road where The Anchorage will be located further along on the left hand side, set back from the road and being marked by a Fenn Wright For Sale board.

Important Information

Council Tax Band - G
Services - We understand that mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property. Oil fired central heating.
Tenure - Freehold
EPC rating - D
Our ref - GMB

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    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on April 11, 2023

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