Earls Colne - 6 bed - £725,000 - Fenn Wright

Property details

Ownership: Freehold

Property type: House - Detached

Bedrooms: 6

Reception rooms: 3

Bathrooms: 2

Parking: None

Garden: Garden

Elmstead House is situated on the Coggeshall Road, approximately ½ a mile to the south of the centre of the popular village of Earls Colne. The village has a wide range of shops catering for everyday needs, a number of public houses and restaurants, library, doctor’s surgery, Earls Colne Recreation Centre, a popular primary school and within close proximity of a number of excellent private schools. For the golf enthusiast there is Colne Valley Golf Club at the northern end of the village whilst to the south, along the Coggeshall Road, is The Essex Golf Club and Country Club.

Elmstead House was originally built with an Arts & Crafts influence and is thought to have been completed in the 1940’s. The property has been sympathetically altered and extended by the present owners. The house which presents brick elevations beneath a tiled roof has oak framed leaded light windows to most of the original house whilst the modern extension has a combination of oak framed double glazed units, bi-folding doors and French doors all leading on to the gardens. The house has been beautifully modernised yet retains much of its original character and offers well laid out family accommodation which, in brief, comprises a reception hall leading to, a drawing room, dining room, large family room, study, large kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom and utility room on the ground floor whilst at first floor level, up a light and airy landing, there are four good sized bedrooms, a family bathroom and shower room whilst on the second floor there are two further bedrooms and a family/guest shower room.

The house stands back from Coggeshall Road and is approached over a gravelled circular driveway featuring a ‘white garden’ enclosed within low box hedging with four standard bay trees and a central pergola. To the side of the driveway is a detached English Heritage oak framed garage and car-port with power, light and water laid on and at the side there is a lean-to for the storage of logs. To the side there is additional parking for a number of cars.

The gardens lie chiefly to the back of the house and comprise two paved terraces which in turn give way to areas of lawn interspersed by a number of mature trees, well stocked shrub and herbaceous borders and a ‘dry gravel garden’. The present owners have complemented the beautiful formal gardens with an extremely child friendly environment. In all the gardens extend to about 1 acre.




Recessed oak panelled front door with glazed light opens to:


Cloakroom

Having Victorian style high level WC, corner hand basin with oak cupboard under, radiator, ceramic tiled floor.

Doors off the reception hall to:


Reception Hall

(North West)
15’9” (maximum) narrowing to 9’10” x 10’10”
With original oak block work floor, original oak stair case to first floor level with under stairs storage cupboard, cast iron radiator, recessed low voltage ceiling lights, oak door to:


Drawing Room

(South East & West)
19’ x 13’11” (maximum)
A well proportioned reception room with York stone fireplace to one wall with a raised York stone hearth and oak mantel, oak floor, two radiators and a pair of maple French windows opening to the terrace and garden.

Double part glazed oak doors open from the reception hall to:


Dining Room

(South East)
15’7” (into bay) x 11’6”
Bay window centrally located to the garden, polished pine floor boards, two cast iron radiators, 4 wall light points, blocked brick fireplace.

A further door leads from the reception hall to:


Study

(North West)
9’2” (maximum) x 7’
Radiator, original polished oak floor, recessed ceiling lights, broadband access.



Family Room

(South East)
21’10” x 11’6”
Oak floor, fireplace central to one wall with inset glass fronted wood burning stove with slate hearth, recessed low voltage ceiling lights, under-floor heating, loft access hatch, oak steps lead down to:


Family Room - Lower Level

(South East & North West)
15’7” x 13’
This is an airy, vaulted reception room with exposed oak beams and a pair of double glazed French windows opening to the breakfast terrace to the back of the house. There is an extensive bank of built in storage cupboards to the end wall and a recess for large flat screen television with discrete space beneath for DVD players etc, two lines of suspended low voltage ceiling lights, under-floor heating.


Utility Room

(North West)
12’8” x 7’10”
Slate paved floor, hardwood units comprising cupboards and drawers, granite work surfaces, deep glazed butler sink with mixer tap above, plumbing for automatic washing machine with space for both tumble dryer and large refrigerator, wall mounted Worsto gas fired central heating boiler, cupboards housing the electricity meters and trip switches. Oak door with glazed panel opens to the driveway.




The dog-leg oak stair case with oak and cast iron safety rails rises to:


Spacious First Floor Landing

With original oak strip floor, cast iron radiator, door to shelved airing cupboard which houses the large lagged copper hot water cylinder with immersion heating (not tested). Doors off to:




An oak staircase rises to:


Second Floor Landing

Recessed ceiling lights and a range of built in cupboards along one wall, doors off to:


Outside and Gardens

The House stands back from the Coggeshall Road and is approached over a gravelled circular driveway featuring a ‘white garden’ enclosed within low box hedging with four standard bay trees and a central pergola. To the side of the driveway is a detached English Heritage oak framed garage and car-port with power, light and water laid on and at the side there is a lean-to for the storage of logs. To the side there is additional parking for a number of cars.

The formal gardens which lie to the south and east of the property in all extend to about 1 acre. Immediately to the back of the house is an area of Indian sand stone paved terrace enclosed on two sides by the back of the property and on the other two by low retaining red brick walls. A pair of wrought iron gates lead from there to areas of lawn interspersed by a variety of mature trees including weeping willow, mulberry, lime and silver birch. The garden is bisected by a paved pathway which meanders through landscaped shrub and herbaceous borders and a ‘dry gravel garden’ which features a catalpa tree. To the side is a timber framed two-storey children’s playhouse whilst to the far end there is a timber summer house and two further storage sheds. The gardens are beautifully enclosed by hand woven willow-weave fencing. In all the gardens extend to about 1 acre.