A former rectory in a delightful situation

Layer Marney House, Layer Marney, ,

7/8 bedrooms (2 en suite) • Family bathroom • 3 reception rooms • Study • Wine cellar • Sauna/gym Coach house Swimming pool and entertainment area Tennis court Beautiful grounds • About 3.1 acres • EPC exempt

Tiptree: 3.1 miles; Kelvedon 6.2 reception rooms and large miles (London Liverpool Street sash windows, and there are from 51 minutes); access onto late 19th century alterations. A12 at Kelvedon; Colchester The property now provides 8.4 miles; : 9 miles spacious accommodation on (London Liverpool Street from two floors retaining period 50 minutes). features but updated for modern family living. A Situation panelled front door with fluted Layer Marney House occupies pilasters opens into the hall a delightful situation on a with a staircase and polished no-through road close to the handrail rising to a half- historic Layer Marney Tower, landing. To one side of the hall surrounded on two sides by is a dining room with a fields and with distant views fireplace and two sets of to . floor-to-ceiling shuttered sash offers educational facilities, a windows, a study with doors sports centre, a supermarket, opening out on to the formal doctors’ surgery, two vets and garden, and a drawing room a pharmacy, whilst Colchester with a fireplace and two sets of offers wider shopping, floor-to-ceiling shuttered sash recreational and educational windows overlooking the facilities. The latter includes formal garden and lawn. Colchester Royal Grammar Opposite the dining room is a School, Colchester County well fitted kitchen/breakfast High School for Girls and the room with a range of wall and well regarded preparatory floor units topped with granite school, Holmwood House. For surfaces and incorporating an the commuter there is a train oil-fired AGA, a range of station from Colchester, integrated appliances Witham or Kelvedon to including electric oven and London’s Liverpool Street and hob and a central island. A there is access onto the A12 to door opens through to the the south of Colchester. inner hall to the sitting room with French doors opening out Description on to the swimming pool area. Layer Marney House is listed A door off leads to the as being of architectural or sauna/’gym’ with a shower historical interest Grade II and and w.c. and off the inner hall is believed to date from the access down to a wine cellar early 19th century, with (chilled). Adjacent is a lobby rendered elevations under a with a cloakroom, utility room slate roof. The house is typical and a door out to the of this period of architecture courtyard opposite the with high ceilings in the main coach house. A staircase leads up to the first floor to a half-landing with To the east of the house is the five/six bedrooms (one heated swimming pool and bedroom is presently fitted entertaining area with a pump out as a dressing room), WC room and pool room close to and served by a family the house, beyond which is a bathroom. The staircase “dell” surrounded by trees continues up to the main opening out on to the all- landing below a central glazed weather tennis court (in need skylight to the two main of repair), vegetable garden bedrooms overlooking the and orchard with numerous grounds - the main bedroom fruit trees. . with a range of wardrobes, a fireplace and an en suite Services bathroom and a second Mains water and bedroom, also with an en suite electricity. Private drainage. bathroom. Oil-fired heating.

Outside Directions Layer Marney House is From Colchester proceed approached over a gravel south-west along the drive leading to the front of Road and continue out of the the house with parking for a town passing Colchester Zoo number of cars. Gates to one and through . side of the house open into a Turn left into Roundbush Road courtyard leading to the Grade signposted to Layer Marney II listed coach house of white Tower, proceeding straight weatherboard and providing over the crossroads. Layer garaging for three cars, a Marney House will be seen a workshop area with a former short distance along on the hay loft above and in addition left-hand side. there are two stalls providing equestrian facilities (with local Postcode livery facilities a short distance CO5 9UR away). The grounds lie on three sides of the property Viewing divided by a number of Strictly by prior appointment hedges. To the south and east with the sole agents Savills. are wide expanses of lawn/ meadows with a summerhouse interspersed with a variety of mature trees, screened from the lane by a high hedge. Adjacent to the study and dining room is a terrace opening onto a formal garden comprising grass walkways and islands of flowers and lavender contained within low box hedges, all enclosed by a high beech hedge.

Jeremy Kemp Layer Marney House, Layer Marney, CO5 9UR Savills Chelmsford Main House gross internal area = 4,748 sq ft / 441 sq m 01245 293233 Coach House gross internal area = 1,249 sq ft / 116 sq m savills savills.co.uk [email protected] Outbuilding gross internal area = 117 sq ft / 11 sq m

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