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5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 2 ensuites and bathroom
- 4 reception rooms
- Large kitchen/breakfast room
- Utility/cloakroom
- Swimming pool
- Floodlit manège
The property has garaging for four cars and benefits from oil central heating, double glazed windows and generous room sizes over two floors.
The large entrance hall of Loveneys Farmhouse has terracotta flooring and double doors leading out to the rear garden, with an oak staircase ascending to the first floor. The ground floor predominantly benefits from oak flooring throughout, and the sitting room has a large central fireplace and dual aspect, with French doors allowing plenty of light. The family room has a bay window overlooking the front garden and a fireplace, with a square dining room which is currently used as a gym.
The kitchen/breakfast room makes the ideal living space with bi-fold doors out to the pool and entertainment area. The kitchen granite work surfaces with ample base and wall mounted units around a feature chimney breast with AGA. Built-in appliances include a corner larder fridge and dishwasher. Terracotta flooring flows through the dining area to a seating area with French doors out to the pool and a cast iron spiral staircase leading to the fifth/guest bedroom.
The study, or home office, is found at the side of the house and there is a connecting door to one of the double garages. Finally, on the ground floor is a utility/shower room with a wc, storage and sink, plus plumbing for a washing machine.
The first floor landing includes a large area in front of the principal bedroom where there are additional wardrobes and airing cupboard. The main bedroom is an excellent size with a triple aspect and ensuite facilities, with walk-in shower, vanity unit wash basin and wc. The second bedroom is an excellent size double, with built-in wardrobes and bedrooms three and four are both doubles with bespoke hand painted built-in wardrobes and chest of drawers. The bathroom features an oval bath, wash basin and wc. Bedroom five is accessed from the spiral staircase and is a super guest suite with dual aspect and ensuite shower room.
Outside
Loveneys Farmhouse is well screened from Middle Green with mature hedging and an electric gated entrance to a large shingle driveway. This leads down to the integral double garage 21’ x 18’8 with two electric doors, power and light connected. At the end of the drive is a further weatherboarded double garage 19’8 x 19’4 with power and light connected. The rest of the front garden is laid to lawn with access through to the rear.
At the back of the house is an enclosed swimming pool with paved surround and covered entertainment area with lighting. There is a boiler house and gates lead to a further patio and onto lawns with a variety of shrubs which form the main garden.
At the side are a range of block and weatherboarded outbuildings, part of which has been adapted from stabling to leisure facilities. The indoor golf room 17’1 x 15’ has power and light connected and artificial grass matting with ‘driving range’ equipment available by separate negotiation. Next to this are two former stables that have been opened to create one large store area 23’6 x 11’4 with two windows and stable doors to side. There are two further stables 11’9 x 11’4 and 11’6 x 11’3 and a tack room 12’9 x 11’6.
At the front of the building is an overhang with lighting over a concrete yard with soft rubber pathway leading down to the floodlit manège 40m x 25m with silica sand/rubber top surface. Beyond the manège are two long fields enclosed with post and rail fencing. In total the whole plot extends to around 4.25 acres.
Location
Middle Green is in a peaceful rural location on the outskirts of Wakes Colne. The village of Chappel and Wakes Colne provides good local facilities with a primary school, church, popular public house/restaurant, post office and general store and also has a railway station and museum which provides hourly services from Sudbury to Marks Tey, where it picks up the mainline to London Liverpool Street. Despite the rural environment, there is quick straight forward access to the Tollgate area and A12 on the western outskirts of Colchester. The retail parks provide many national retailers with B&Q, M&S, Aldi and Sainsburys.
Colchester provides wider education and leisure facilities whilst the A12/A120 corridor gives road links to Stansted Airport, London bound to the M25 and out to the coast.
Directions
Use postcode CO6 2BJ with the house found towards the end of Middle Green by the junction with Inworth Lane.
Important Information
Services – Mains water and electricity are connected to the property with oil tank supplied central heating and a private drainage system.
Council Tax band – G
EPC rating – D
Tenure – Freehold
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