4 bedroom detached house for sale

A very attractive Georgian fronted family village house in a picturesque position and being within 1 mile of Kelvedon Station and access to the A12. Four/five bedrooms, family bathroom and en-suite, three reception rooms as well as a lovely farmhouse kitchen with Aga. Beautiful established gardens. Total plot approx 0.25 acres.

Walberswick House is adjacent to the Church in the centre of old Feering village being close to the village school (Ofsted rating ‘Good’), bustling community centre and Kelvedon. Kelvedon's main line station which provides a popular commuter route to London Liverpool Street is within one mile of the house. Kelvedon provides an excellent range of local facilities and the A12 gives dual carriageway access to Colchester to the north and Chelmsford to the south both providing an excellent range of shops, schools and recreational facilities. The A120 gives excellent road access to Stansted Airport and the M11 to the west.

Description

Walberswick House is Grade II Listed and is believed to date from the 16th century, although alterations made in the 18th century include the addition of a classic symmetrical façade in brick, with evenly placed sash windows under a dentilled cornice and a central pedimented and dentilled front door casting. Included within the Listing are the wood modillioned eaves cornices and the three window range of double hung sashes with glazing bars, open pediment door case, mansard tiled roof and rated also for its position near the Church.

The property has been presented in a most elegant and attractive way throughout, together with wood burning stoves, pretty fireplace surrounds and many other period features throughout the house.

The front door leads into the entrance lobby which accesses the dining room / second reception room, with steps down to the adjoining study and cloakroom off. The rear hall, drawing room and kitchen/breakfast room completes the ground floor. From the kitchen/breakfast room are steps down to a dry cellar/utility room and wine store. On the first floor are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. Bedroom three has an en suite bathroom. On the top floor is a large, dual-aspect twin bedroom, currently used as a home office and teenagers’ TV den, but could easily be a large bedroom suite or two separate bedrooms)

The property is set in the middle of Feering village and shares an entrance driveway with the Church and neighbouring property, which is flanked by lawn with a number of maturing cherry trees. Adjacent to the front of the house are wrought iron gates which lead to the Church, under a large mature Yew tree. An arch headed gate leads through the brick wall to a private south facing brick terrace with steps up and cast iron balustrades to the Sitting Room and separate steps to the Kitchen/Breakfast Room. A raised flagged terrace is surrounded on two sides by low brick walls, and a wrought iron gate leads through two brick piers and a flagstone path to the garden beyond designed by Notcutts, with a magnificent array of shrubs and trees, including Cherry, Birch and Yew. A brick terrace leads to further steps down to the lower garden, with large shed, more shrub borders and access to the five bar gate, beyond which is the secure bicycle store, compost area, wood store and driveway, with secure parking for multiple vehicles. The garden is dog secure.