Dovecote House Berechurch Hall Road, , CO2 9NW

PROPERTY The kitchen and utility area have a tiled floor. The Dovecote House Dovecote House is a unique detached house built kitchen is fitted out with a comprehensive range of in the early 1990s and situated in a most attractive oak cupboard and drawer units with integrated Berechurch Hall Road, and secluded wooded location off Berechurch Hall appliances. The utility area has a further range of Colchester, CO2 9NW Road, on the southern side of Colchester. The units, a Belfast sink and plumbing for a washing house was specifically designed to incorporate an machine. There is an adjacent carpeted dining original nineteenth century part-moated dovecote area. Colchester town centre 2.5 miles, Colchester North and ice house, which were part of the adjoining Station 4 miles (London Liverpool Street about 50 property, Stable House. The dovecote is built in SITUATION minutes) (Distances are approximate) the style of a castellated tower with decorative Dovecote House is situated in a highly convenient quoins and is currently a self-contained annexe. location on the edge of Colchester, which benefits A unique substantial detached property, The property requires some updating and there is from a wide range of shops and restaurants. There potential to remodel and redesign the living are numerous recreational facilities within easy constructed around a period dovecote, accommodation to incorporate the dovecote and reach, including Colchester and Birch Grove Golf in a secluded, yet highly convenient, store rooms, subject to the necessary planning Clubs, Lexden Park, sailing and beaches at West location consents. Mersea, and . The property is adjacent to Friday Woods, which provide excellent The main part of the house is accessed via a amenity use for dog walking and riding. Entrance hall | Drawing room | Sitting room circular entrance hall, formerly the ice house, and Kitchen with dining area and utility area | Master has well-proportioned rooms with oak panelled There are also a number of highly regarded schools bedroom with en-suite bathroom | Guest bedroom doors and architraves. Off a passageway is the in the area including Colchester Royal Grammar with en-suite bathroom | Bedroom 3 | Plunge pool spacious dual aspect drawing room, which has School, St Marys, Colchester High School, Philip room | Store room | Shower room | EPC Rating E views over the attractive gardens and pond which is Morant School and College and Holmwood House the remaining part of the original moat. There is Preparatory School. Self-contained one bedroom annexe | Office and parquet flooring and a fireplace with an oak further store rooms | Double carport mantelpiece housing gas coal-effect fire. The For the commuter, Colchester North Station is 4 sitting room also has a fireplace with a gas coal miles away and provides mainline rail service to Front and rear drives | Mature gardens | Pond effect fire and has French doors leading out to a London Liverpool Street taking approximately 50 Paddock | Woodland | About 4.75 acres small terrace overlooking the rear garden and minutes. There is easy access to the A12 linking to pond. Ipswich and the A14 to the north and , London, the A120 and M25 to the south.

SERVICES Mains electricity, gas and water are connected. Private drainage. Heating via electric underfloor heating. There is plumbing for radiators and gas fired domestic hot water. The dovecote is heated via electric night storage heaters.

AGENT’S NOTE There is a vehicular right of way for two neighbouring properties over the rear driveway and Stable House has pedestrian access over the drive.

OUTSIDE The attractive gardens are bounded by post and rail Beyond the garden on the western side of the Dovecote House is approached by a right of way fences and beech hedging and are predominantly house is a paddock with a wide variety of mature over the driveway to Stable House, leading to its laid to lawn with a wide range of mature trees and trees including two cedars, silver birch, oak and own gravel driveway which continues through to shrubs, including magnolia, climbing hydrangea, spruce trees. There is an area of woodland to the Bounstead Road. The walled courtyard to the front weeping willows, lime, yew, silver birch, oak, rear of the paddock and the rear driveway is of the house is accessed through twin cast iron chestnut, beech and apple. To the rear of the flanked by woodland and enclosed by original gates on brick piers and provides parking and house is the ornamental pond spanned by a estate fencing. There is direct access into Friday turning space for numerous cars. A stone paved footbridge and planted with irises, daffodils and Woods. terrace to the side of the double carport has shrub water lilies. borders and rose bushes with a garden shed and lean-to greenhouse.

DIRECTIONS LOCAL AUTHORITY VIEWINGS From the B1026/Layer Road by Kent Blaxhill, Colchester Borough Council. Tel No 01206 282222 Strictly by prior appointment via the vendors Sole proceed in an easterly direction along Berechurch Council Tax Band G Agents, Nicholas Percival, on 01206 563222 or

Hall Road. About 300m after Bounstead Road the email [email protected]. Ref 10581 driveway to Stable House will be found on your TENURE & METHOD OF SALE right-hand side; follow this driveway and then bear The property is being offered for sale via private RIGHTS OF WAY, WAYLEAVES AND right passing through wooden gates and Dovecote treaty freehold with vacant possession upon EASEMENTS House will be found on your right hand side. completion. The sale is subject to all rights of support, public and private rights of way, water, light, drainage and other easements, quasi-easements and wayleaves, all or any other like rights, whether mentioned in these particulars or not.

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London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0NQ IMPORTANT: we would like to inform prospective purchasers that these sales particulars have been prepared as a general guide only. A detailed survey has not been [email protected] carried out, nor the services, appliances and fittings tested. Room sizes should not be relied upon for furnishing purposes and are approximate. If floor plans are included, 01206 563222 they are for guidance only and illustration purposes only and may not be to scale. If there are any important matters likely to affect your decision to buy, please contact us before viewing the property. www.nicholaspercival.co.uk