5 bedroom detached house

An exciting opportunity to acquire an attractive Victorian House with a detached ancillary barn as Annexe & B1 Offices.

What We Say at The Zoe Napier Group

A hugely exciting opportunity with the main house accompanied by a double-story barn conversion at the rear currently used as first-floor offices and a ground-floor one-bedroom annexe offering versatile and multi-generational living arrangements. A lovely rural location not far from the Essex/Suffolk Border.

What The Owners Say

We have loved living here. It has been a great home for entertaining and working from home from the external offices with annexe beneath for parents. We love this area and hope that the new owners will enjoy the beautiful surroundings, easy access and great community.

History & Background

An exciting opportunity to purchase a four double bedroom Victorian house, with later additions situated in a small hamlet on the edge of Stisted village, largely surrounded by open countryside. The property, which dates to circa 1880 in part, is well presented with a large main bedroom suite and luxury en-suite bath/shower room. There are two well-proportioned reception rooms complemented further with a large kitchen/dining room with access down to a wine cellar. The property occupies a good-sized plot of just over a third of an acre which also has garaging and a workshop/machinery store.

Within the grounds of the main dwelling is a detached double-story former barn which has since been converted to provide a one-bedroom annexe with external stairs to the first-floor B1 office suite, where there are two interconnecting rooms with excellent fibreoptic broadband.

Setting & Location

Between the villages of Stisted, near Braintree, and Greenstead Green, near Halstead is a small rural hamlet in the countryside known as Tumblers Green. The property is situated in a country lane setting with few neighbours and gardens backing onto open farmland. Opposite is a small two-acre orchard.

The area is highly sought after for those seeking a country way of life with good accessibility for the A120 which links to major routes including the A12 and M11. Tumblers Green lies approximately 5 miles to the east of Braintree and 4.2 miles to the south of Halstead. Stisted is a most attractive English village with a pub, Church of England Primary Academy school, post office, and a golf club. Greenstead Green is also within one mile from the property where there is an Animal feed centre and post office. Senior Schools are in Halstead and Braintree as well as the property being accessible for private schools such as Felsted and those in and around the Cities of Colchester and Chelmsford.

Braintree Station & Freeport Braintree Village 4.7 miles* Colchester City 15 miles* Chelmsford City 20 miles* London Stansted Airport 20.7 miles*

Ground Floor Accommodation

The main entrance door leads to a spacious hallway with wooden flooring where there is a super triple aspect family room with an exposed brick fireplace housing a wood-burning stove complemented further with wooden flooring. Doors also lead out onto the west-facing courtyard. The sitting room is another well-proportioned room with wooden hard flooring and this room can be accessed either from the hall or via the kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen is partially open plan to the dining room providing an overall good-sized room of many characteristics including attractive Chinese slate flooring, a mix of granite worktops with an oak breakfast bar (to seat four) and the dining area can easily seat 8/10 people with a further stable door onto the walled suntrap courtyard terrace. Off the kitchen is a utility room and w.c as well as brick stairs that lead down to the wine cellar.

First Floor Accommodation

The spacious landing with wood flooring has access to each of the rooms, each featuring period-style character doors. The main bedroom is particularly well proportioned (occupying the whole area above the family room) with a part open plan aspect created with fitted wardrobes leading to the luxurious en-suite bathroom. This features a central bathtub, as well as a separate large shower, bidet, wc, and basin. The other three bedrooms are each of double size with fitted wardrobes. The family bathroom features an original (reclaimed) cast iron ball and claw bath.

Detached Annexe/Office

This building was believed to be an outhouse or barn, older than the house. It has since been converted into a ground-floor one-bedroom annexe with a sitting room, bedroom, galley-style kitchen, and bathroom. Radiator heating is on the same system as the house. An external staircase leads up to the first floor where there are two interlinking rooms. The office area overlooks farmland to the rear. This building is subject to separate Council Tax and Business Rates for the first floor (currently small business zero-rated).

Gardens

The house and annexe sit on a plot of 0.375 of an acre. There are gravelled driveways on either side of the house leading to garaging and storage. Immediately behind the house is a part-walled spacious courtyard terrace, sheltered by the annexe building and creating a west-facing sun trap area, enhanced by an attractive, established grapevine. Access leads to beyond the annexe where the gardens have been left for insects and wildlife with mown tracks, and a vegetable patch. There are wonderful views beyond, across the open countryside.

Agents Notes

• The House forms two registered titles. EX395983 and EX919010.
• Council Tax (house) Band E  Council Tax (annexe) Band A £1345.65
• The first-floor offices (above the annexe) are rated B1 office use. RV £4200 (zero rated).
• Our client is in the process of installing a new compliant drainage system for the house.

Services

Mains electricity. Mains Water. Private Drainage. Oil heating. Fibreoptic Broadband. 

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