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PT DB(LH) The Coach House 6
Guide price£1,100,000
Added > 14 days

4 bedroom barn conversion for sale

Packards Lane, Colchester CO6
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Barn conversion
4 bed
3 bath
EPC rating: D*
2,228 sq ft / 207 sq m

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Broadband: Ultra-fast 940Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Property description & features

  • Detached former coach house
  • 2 reception rooms
  • Kitchen/breakfast room
  • Uitility room
  • Ground floor cloakroom
  • 4 bedrooms with 2 en-suites and family bathroom
  • External store and games room
  • South facing gardens with gazebo
  • In all approximately 2.2 acres
  • Good commuter links
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: A stylishly converted part-moated Grade II listed former coach house understood to have originally formed part of the 'Rochfords' estate enjoying an unspoilt setting within the commutable village of Wormingford, located on the Suffolk/Essex border. Subject to a comprehensive programme of enhancement by the current owner with notable works including replacement kitchen and bathroom facilities, replacement windows, internal doors, and insulation and works to the barn boarding. The Coach House offers a private setting with no immediate neighbours, orientated to embrace the southerly rear aspect over its outstanding private gardens. Offering a wealth of period charm and an array of individual features throughout including exposed oak timber and studwork, substantial ceiling timbers, support beams and vaulted roofline. Additional features include pamment brick flooring, timber double doors and oak staircases. Further benefits to the property include an external fully insulated office, ornate gardens providing an abundance of beds, hedging, pathways, a beautiful gazebo with pond and large swathes of lawns in addition to a number of versatile outbuildings with a total plot size of approximately 2.2 acres. 

Door to:  

ENTRANCE HALL: 18' 8" x 7' 1" (5.70m x 2.17m) With exposed brick flooring throughout, two cloaks cupboards, oak staircase off and window to rear enjoying a southerly aspect overlooking the terrace and gardens. Twin oak doors opening to: 

SITTING ROOM: 33' 6" x 16' 4" (10.23m x 5.00m) Forming the core of the original coach house and operating as the principal reception room within the property, notable for its extensive range of exposed oak timber and studwork with ceiling beams, support brackets and range of windows to side. A contemporary wood burning stove is set on a black granite plinth. A central oak staircase provides access to the principal suite and guest bedroom. Recessed mid-level oak shelving, range of bookshelves and low-level tongue-and-groove panelling. Oak flooring throughout, double doors opening to patio leading to gazebo constructed of oak timbers under a slate pitched roofline and overlooking an ornamental pond. 

DINING ROOM: 4.72m x 2.87m (15' 5" x 9' 4") A versatile room, currently utilised a dining room, with glazed patio door to side, recessed oak shelving and oak flooring throughout. 

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM: 4.71m x 3.52m (15' 5" x 11' 6") A bright, triple aspect room situated to the rear of the property with windows to side, rear and doors opening to terrace. Exposed brick flooring throughout and fitted with a matching range of soft-close shaker style base and wall units with worktops over and upstands above. Ceramic butler sink unit with mixer tap over. A four-door electric Everhot oven provides the focal point with further integrated appliances including a fridge, freezer, wine cooler and dishwasher. A central walnut-topped island provides further base-level storage and seating area. Door to: 

UTILITY ROOM: 2.76m x 2.07m (9' 0" x 6' 9") With exposed brick flooring throughout and fitted with a matching range of shaker style units, oak surfaces over and upstands above. Space and plumbing for washing machine and dryer. Exposed brick throughout and range of recessed wall units. Door to linen cupboard housing water cylinder with useful shelving above. Stable door to outside and also housing oil fired boiler. 

CLOAKROOM: With terracotta tiled flooring, fitted ceramic WC and wash hand basin.  

First floor  

LANDING: With vaulted roofline, Velux window to rear and door to: 

MASTER BEDROOM: 5.04m x 4.93m (16' 6" x 16' 2") Set beneath a vaulted roofline of approximately 15 ft with a vast array of exposed timbers and studwork, central cross beam and afforded a triple aspect with windows to front, side and rear overlooking the gardens. Stripped oak flooring throughout and ample space for wardrobe units. 

BEDROOM 2/DRESSING ROOM: 4.92m x 2.51m (16' 1" x 8' 2") With exposed timbers and studworks beneath a vaulted roofline, fitted shelving and high-level window to side.  

FAMILY BATHROOM: Fitted with concealed-cistern WC unit, wash handbasin with mixer tap over, within base level storage unit. Contemporary free-standing bath with independent mixer tap over. Walk-in shower with both ceiling-mounted and hand-held shower attachment. Exposed timbers Full-height range of windows and tiled flooring throughout.  

INNER LANDING: Oak flooring throughout, Velux window to side and door to: 

BEDROOM 3: 4.95m x 3.61m (16' 2" x 11' 10") Forming part of a first-floor rear extension with vaulted roofline, stripped oak flooring and south-facing windows overlooking gardens. Door to: 

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM: Fully tiled and fitted with Duravit wall-hung WC, ceramic circular wash hand basin within a base level unit and walk-in shower unit with chrome shower attachment. Window to side.  

BEDROOM 4: 4.94m x 2.96m (16' 2" x 9' 8") With stripped oak flooring and skirting, window to front, vaulted roofline, built-in wardrobes with fitted shelving and door to: 

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM: Fully tiled and fitted with Duravit wall-hung WC, spherical wash hand basin within a base level unit and walk-in shower unit with chrome shower attachment. Clouded glazed window to side and wall-mounted heated towel rail. 

Outside The property is situated on Packards Lane, accessed via an adopted single-track road with six-foot electric double gates opening into a gravel driveway which is flanked by a medieval moat on one side and border hedge on the other. The oval driveway has been designed to border a central expanse of lawn with ample parking. Border yew hedging creates a number of interesting paths and walkways providing an effect of a garden maze of various paths, beds and outbuildings including an external workshop/store, green houses and potting shed. 

GARDENS: The orientation of the property affords The Coach House a south-facing garden in which a central expanse of lawn is bordered by a range of intricate beds, mature trees, rear pathways and historic moat with walkway to a central island. A further expanse of lawn is set beyond an area of raised beds with a further vehicular access to Fordham Road. Offering grounds that enjoy decades of maturity, established borders, open expanses of lawn a pond and woodland walks. In all a total plot size of approximately 2.2 acres. 

GARAGE: 5.80m x 5.30m (19' 0" x 17' 4")  

Office: 5.70m x 4.30m (16' 7" x 14' 3") A wonderful room currently used as an office that has been recently converted. There are double doors to the front and the room is fully insulated and heated. An ideal space to be utilised to suite requirements.

 

SERVICES: Mains water and electricity are connected. Private drainage. Oil fired heating to radiators. NOTE: None of these services have been tested by the agent. 

AGENTS NOTE The property has 300mb fibre optic broadband with a Nighthawk bridge connected to the office. 

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