4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Four / Five Bedroom Detached Home
- Five reception rooms - dining toom, vaulted sitting room, garden room, snug and study
- Kitchen/breakfast room with separate utility
- Total plot of 0.6 acre (STMS) and total accommodation approx. 3,396 sq. ft
- Double garage and adjoining workshop
- Off street parking for several vehicles
- Potential to add value that includes ancillary accommodation (STPP)
- Highly respected local primary school. Chelmsford Grammar Schools catchment
- Sought after village location, 10 minutes to mainline station and A12
- 45 minute commute from Witham to London Liverpool Street
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Accommodation includes five reception rooms - sitting room, garden room, dining room, study and snug (fifth bedroom), kitchen / breakfast room with separate utility, two bathrooms, double garage and workshop and external studio/office or gym.
The extension in 2005 has created an impressive and attractive vaulted sitting room, which doubles as a cinema room (with integral projector screen and cinema sound and lighting. All can be operated by Alexa voice commands), plus the addition of the large, spacious and light garden room to the rear of the property. Perfect as a play or games room with comfortable seating but equally a superb area for summer dining and entertaining. Attractive arched feature doors onto the patio area and rear garden.
The home offers a high level of privacy - to the left is protected woodland and you are not overlooked in the back garden to the rear or right
The flexible accommodation provides the ability to add a third ground floor bedroom in place of the snug, if needed. Accommodation for the main house is approximately 2712 sq ft, with a total of approximately 3396 sq ft including outbuildings, and in grounds of approximately 0.6 acre.
CONVENIENT VILLAGE LIFE
Only a short walk to the village centre, that includes a local shop and post office, restaurant, tea room and beauty salon There is also a village tennis club and village hall (that has various events including Jazz evenings and village drama club). Nearby is open countryside, for those who enjoy dog walks, leisurely strolls or cycle rides. The whole village has a pleasant and varied mixture of residents and all types and sizes of homes with a 'real' friendly community. There is a regular bus service to nearby towns of Witham and the historic waterside town of Maldon. You are walking distance to the highly regarded and desirable local primary school at Great Totham.
ADDING VALUE
There is value to be added by opening the kitchen into the study/office and current dining room to create a larger kitchen/diner. With the large plot and configuration of the rear garden then subject to planning there is an opportunity to build an annexe/ancillary accommodation to the bottom of the rear garden. Either a purpose built construction or one of the many pre-built module / kit style homes. This could also be built for additional storage, garaging, games room or large home office space.
Equally the garden does lend itself to the installation of a swimming pool or tennis court that would not only add a useful feature in the summer months but add value on resale.
ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor
The entrance porch opens into a spacious hallway. To the immediate right is the snug with open fire and bay window to the front that could be used as a fifth bedroom if needed. To the left is the door to the front double bedroom. At the far right is the door that leads to the principle bedroom with doors opening to a rear courtyard area, wonderful for summer breakfasts, and a door to the en-suite bathroom with corner bath and shower cubicle.
From the hall there is also a door to the downstairs cloakroom. The left corridor leads to the utility, dining room, that can accommodate an 8 seater table, and kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen has a selection of oak eye level and low level units, generous pebble effect worktops and space for a reasonable sized breakfast table. To the front of the kitchen is the door leading to the home office/study that could easily be opened up, together with the dining room, to create a superb large kitchen/diner.
Back in the main hallway the double glass doors lead through to the impressive vaulted sitting room / cinema room, with attractive oak flooring with underfloor heating. The ceiling features oak-style timbers. High up to the front and to the rear of the first floor is an open minstrel’s gallery, with upper Velux windows, that overlooks the room.
Dual aspect with doors onto the terrace, a feature brick fireplace (with gas point that could possibly be replaced with a multi-fuel burner and external flue)
The sitting room with mood cinema lighting, surround sound, projector and giant projection screen easily transforms into the cinema room. All of which is operated by Alexa voice command. Internal oak finish bi-fold doors open through to the light and spacious garden room which is triple aspect with bespoke double glazing featuring an arched doorway onto the patio.
First Floor Accommodation
Stairs rise to the first-floor landing with two further double bedrooms each with wardrobes and eves storage space. The bathroom has a modern white suite with a wide-end bath to accommodate the shower over with screen.
Grounds
The property stands on a substantial plot of 0.6 of an acre. The entrance drive is gated and is flanked by attractive brick pillars and part wall and high hedging forming the front boundary and adding a level of privacy and security.
The spacious drive offers plenty of parking space. The large double garage and workshop is to the left. The garage has an automatic door and from the workshop are a pair of barn doors providing access through to the rear garden.
The extensive rear garden has tiered decking and patio areas, ideal for BBQ’s and al-fresco dining, there is also a covered veranda and a separate gravelled courtyard which can also be accessed from the main bedroom. The remaining garden is mainly laid to lawn with shrub beds. There is a mower shed and a detached small gym or home office. The gardens, both front and back are protected by the established woodland to the left.
WHAT’S NEARBY
The village of Wickham Bishops is a popular location within North Essex and the centre of an active community for all age groups. The village is well served by local amenities, notably the Church of St Bartholomew’s, village hall, library, One-Stop general store with Post Office, doctor’s surgery, restaurant and two nearby Public Houses. There is also a sports field with a cricket club, football teams and tennis courts.
The village is also home to an excellent Beavers, Cubs & Scout Group with great outdoor space. There is also a local riding school.
WITHIN EASY REACH
The historic waterfront town of Maldon is a short 10 minute drive with a selection of supermarkets – including Tesco, Lidl and Aldi, local national stores and some individual boutique shops. There is also an abundance of eateries and take-away facilities.
Just outside the village is Benton Hall Golf and Country Club with a selection of golfing facilities, a health and fitness centre, with superb indoor pool and in-house restaurant.
The town of Witham is just 3 miles to the west offering a greater range of shops including supermarkets, together with its railway station providing a regular service to London Liverpool Street with an approximate journey time of 45 minutes. The nearby city of Chelmsford is just 9 miles to the south west providing a full and comprehensive range of commercial, shopping and entertainment amenities.
This area, at the heart of North Essex, is well placed for numerous leisure activities including a number of golf clubs in the area, together with the River Blackwater to the east catering for a broad range of walking, bird watching and sailing pursuits. The area is also particularly well served for all levels of education; both private and state.
The A12 north and south are within a 10 minute drive.
Secondary School Education
Wickham Bishops is within the catchment area for Chelmsford Grammar Schools, with a bus service from the village centre that also has a service to secondary / grammar schools in Southend, and Colchester. It’s a 20 minute drive to the Independent New Hall School at Boreham.
TENURE – Freehold
LOCAL AUTHORITY - Maldon
SERVICES
Mains gas, water, electric and drainage
High Speed Internet, subject to subscription
Rooms
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