6 bedroom detached house for sale

Charming period country house occupying a delightful semi-rural setting, in glorious landscaped grounds.

Description

Periwinkle Hall is a beautifully maintained and enhanced period house occupying a prominent positioned within the hamlet of Perry Green. The property is not listed and has been the subject of an exceptionally high quality restoration and modernisation programme over several years, including internal and external redecoration. It combines elegant character with the conveniences for modern living.

The ground floor accommodation offers light-filled rooms and the kitchen/breakfast room is of an open-plan design. The house is entered via a porch into an entrance hall, off which is a WC. The kitchen/breakfast room is at the rear of the house and has bi-folding doors opening out to the garden. The adjacent sitting room opens up to a separate reception room. On the northern side of the house is a utility room and a study with a storage room above. The back staircase leads through to a triple garage, which has an annexe attached offering a sitting room, a kitchen, a WC, bedroom and shower room.

On the first floor are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom has a dressing room, a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite bath/shower room. Bedroom two offers fitted wardrobes.

The second floor has a galleried landing and two bedrooms (both with fitted wardrobes) and a separate shower room.

Outside
The property is positioned back from its country lane setting with neat hedging framing a central pathway leading to the front of the house. A side gated drive provides access to a large shingle drive with access to a garage and carport. The immediate rear garden has a courtyard-style feel. A curved paved terrace extends from the rear of the house and leads to a triple garage. The lawn is interspersed with a variety of specimen trees and shrubs, providing all year enjoyment. There are several seating areas within the garden and the area totals about 1.1 acres.

Services
Mains water and electricity. Oil-fired heating and water. Private drainage.

Agent's Note
Plans have been passed for a solar farm to east of the property, beyond a field of meadowland, (east to south). Further details available upon request.

Local authority
Braintree District Council. Council tax bands: house = G (with improvement indicator, annexe = A.

Location

A120 access: 2 miles; Witham railway station: 6 miles (Liverpool Street from 44 minutes); Colchester: 14.7 miles; Chelmsford: 16.1 miles. Stansted Airport: 23 miles; Central London: 60 miles. All distances approximate.

Periwinkle Hall is positioned in a delightful semi-rural setting in the hamlet of Perry Green at the back of Bradwell village, between the villages of Coggeshall, Stisted and Cressing, which offer a good range of amenities including village shops and public houses. The immediate northern villages are set amongst open countryside on the southern edge of the particularly pretty Colne Valley. The area surrounding Periwinkle Hall provides miles of open countryside and a network of footpaths offer delightful countryside walks.

The historic market town of Braintree is about 6.5 miles away and has a shopping centre, Braintree Village outlet, M&S, Sainsburys and Tesco, and Braintree Golf Club is conveniently positioned on the southern outskirts of Stisted. A wider variety of shops can be found at Colchester and Chelmsford.

The property is well placed for primary and secondary schools, both private and state, and grammar schools in Chelmsford and Colchester, as well as Gosfield, New Hall and Felsted.

For the commuter there are train stations at Witham, Braintree and Kelvedon providing a frequent service into London Liverpool Street. Further afield is Crossrail which can be accessed from Shenfield with access to 40 stations including Reading and Heathrow Airport.

By road there are access points onto the A120 to the north which is a dual carriageway from Braintree linking to the M11/M25 and beyond, and access onto the A12 at Rivenhall and Kelvedon.

Square Footage: 5,210 sq ft


Acreage: 1.1 Acres