Hot property: five homes for sale in Essex villages
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Country house, Kelvedon, £2.85mn
Where Between the villages of Coggeshall to the north and Kelvedon to the south. The latter, about a mile away, has direct rail links to London. The property is also around a 30-minute drive from the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
What A country home with origins in the 16th century, with more than 5,000 sq ft of interior space, including five bedrooms and three bathrooms. There are period features from different eras of the property’s history, such as Georgian shutters, fireplaces, wood-beamed ceilings and cornicing.
Why The nearly 12 acres of grounds comprise a walled garden, a wild-flower meadow and a rose garden. The outbuildings include a spa, art studios and a large party barn.
Who Knight Frank
Cottage, White Roding, £830,000
Where In White Roding, a village just over 10 miles north-west of Chelmsford and about 6 miles from the M11 motorway. In clear traffic, Stansted airport can be just a 20-minute drive away.
What A detached, Grade II-listed cottage with three bedrooms across nearly 1,200ft of living space, plus a separate double garage and workshop. It’s set on a plot of three-quarters of an acre including a generous shingled driveway, lawns, mature trees and shrubs, a pond and seating areas with views of the countryside.
Why The house has abundant character with a distinctive thatched roof, country-style kitchen and wood-beamed ceilings and walls.
Who Mullucks
Manor house, Witham, £4.525mn
Where Just outside Silver End, a village halfway between Colchester and Chelmsford (13 miles from each town) and a 10-minute drive from Witham station, where direct trains to London Liverpool Street take from 45 minutes.
What A Grade II*-listed, eight-bedroom house reached via a 500-yard-long tree-lined drive. Box hedges and manicured gardens surround a heated outdoor pool and there are also lakes, a tennis court and a separate three-bedroom cottage.
Why The property dates back to the Tudor period but much of its current form stems from alterations made in the 18th century, when landscape gardener Humphry Repton also designed the grounds.
Who Strutt & Parker
Manor house, Ickleton, £5mn
Where Near Ickleton village on the Essex-Cambridgeshire border. The medieval town of Saffron Walden is about 5 miles away and Cambridge city is less than 10 miles.
What A nine-bedroom, Grade II-listed Georgian manor house. It has more than 13,000 sq ft of internal space including two apartments, each with two further bedrooms, a sitting room and kitchen.
Why Nearly 22 acres of grounds include a tennis court, a stable yard, an arboretum, a duck pond, various gardens, woods, a summer house and an orchard.
Who Savills
Barn conversion, Tindon End, £1.6mn
Where In the hamlet of Tindon End, about a mile from Great Sampford village. The beaches at Mersea Island can be reached in just over an hour.
What A four-bedroom converted barn and a self-contained two-bedroom annexe. In the main house, a large open-plan kitchen/living area is lined with glass folding doors to maximise light.
Why The house is set on more than an acre of grounds with terraces, entertaining areas, a garden studio, pond and mature plants.
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