Superior Homes

BIRCH, ESSEX £950,000

Heathcote is a stunning, four bedroom extended Georgian residence that can be found on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Birch overlooking the green.

Dating back to the early 1800s, this beautifully symmetrical family home offers an abundance of period features and elegant interiors. The current owners undertook a renovation programme to sympathetically restore the house and extend the rear to provide a contemporary, bespoke kitchen/living space with French doors overlooking an established rear garden.

The garage has also been converted into a one-bedroom annex with vaulted ceilings and its own private entrance, as well as access from the extension. This versatile space could be used for elderly relatives, a nanny, or to provide an additional income.

Features in the main house include a snug, open fireplaces, utility/laundry room along with a useful pantry, and an inner lobby providing access to a shower room.

The master bedroom opens into an en suite with twin sinks and a double shower cubicle, while one of the bedrooms was converted into a bathroom during the renovation work.

Externally, there is a gravelled driveway with parking for a minimum of six cars. The sizable garden is mainly laid to lawn with features including a large patio, an ornate pond, fruit trees, and a kitchen garden.

The A12, Colchester and two mainline railway stations are a short drive away offering direct links to London Liverpool Street in under an hour.

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TOLLESHUNT KNIGHTS, MALDON, ESSEX £2M

Having been occupied for nearly four decades by its current owners, the opportunity to acquire this stunning, multiple-dwelling site is a rare one.

Set on a private, established plot of just over two acres, six miles from Kelvedon village (offering London Liverpool Street in 50 minutes), the site comprises more than 8,500 sq ft of buildings in total, offering a vast amount of flexible and versatile accommodation – ideal for dual generation living/working or income producing through private rents.

It includes:

Barnhall House (5,018 sq ft) Accessed via its own sweeping, gravel driveway, this six/seven bedroom main residence features parts dating back 170 years, but with the benefit of not being listed. It features a newly completed, impressive wing (3,500 sq ft), that’s both finished sympathetically and to the highest of standards. The property includes eight bathrooms/WCs (including four en suites), four reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, and laundry and utility rooms.

Rosemary Cottage (888 sq ft) Comprising two bedrooms and a first floor study, kitchen, lounge/dining room, and a bathroom and separate shower room.

Rosemary Cottage Annex (643 sq ft) Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, and separate lounge/dining area.

Long Barn, Studio & Cart lodges (2,169 sq ft) Registered as a holiday let, this accommodation features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, and separate lounge/dining area.

Outside Offering formal gardens, paddocks with a detached, oak-framed/weather-boarded barn, stables, an orchard and pond.

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WEST BERGHOLT, ESSEX £1M

The Grays is a substantial period property, set in grounds of one and a third acres in the wonderful village of West Bergholt.

Just three miles from Colchester North Station, offering direct links to London Liverpool Street and excellent transport links to the A12, it offers commuters the best of both worlds.

The Grays’ original history is unknown, but the front, red-brick Georgian extension was built in the 1840s-1850s and creates an impressive frontage, with a shingle, circular driveway leading to the central front door. There is also a second driveway providing access to the site’s outbuildings.

Over the last century, there have been just four owners with the current residents purchasing the property in 1982.

Inside, the living space is adaptable with three/four reception rooms on the ground floor and five bedrooms and family bathroom on the first floor.

The property boasts a conservatory/orangery with listed building consent with French doors leading to a garden; a study/playroom; a rear lobby with stable door into the rear garden; a downstairs WC plus a generous utility room.

There is also a brick-built, triple open garage, stable barn/games room which could create a superb office space, and a workshop. *Prices correct at time of going to press

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