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Bulford Mill Cressing, Essex Bulford Mill Cressing, Essex A beautifully converted water mill with extensive river frontage, woodland and marshland in nearly 5 acres � Formal and informal � Shower room reception areas � Utility room � Dining/sitting area � Cellars � Music /sitting room � Former coach house � Study � Woodland and marshland � Kitchen/breakfast room � River frontage and � 6 bedrooms (1 en suite) fishing rights About 4.8 Acres Cressing Station 0.25 miles (London Liverpool Street via Witham 56 minutes), Braintree 4 miles (access A120), Witham 5.8 miles (access A12 at Witham), Coggeshall 7 miles, Chelmsford 12 miles Situation Bulford Mill is situated on the River Brain in the attractive Brain Valley between the villages of Cressing and Black Notley, to the south of Braintree. Braintree provides local shopping, recreational and educational facilities including the Freeport Shopping Centre. More extensive facilities can be found in the nearby towns of Witham and Chelmsford. For the commuter, Cressing Station lies within walking distance, connecting to the main line to London Liverpool Street at Witham. There is also access onto the A12 at Witham. Description Bulford Mill is situated at the bottom of a winding country lane and is listed of being of Architectural or Historical Interest Grade II. Constructed of red brick on a part-timber frame and part-weather boarded under a slate roof, the water mill is believed to date from the 19th century and provides accommodation on four floors with cellars below. The Mill has been the subject of an extensive and sympathetic restoration and conversion project by both the present and previous owners, achieving Environmental Heritage Awards in 1993 and 1995. Each of the five storeys is very different from the others, with original mill features sub- dividing large open-plan areas into smaller, cosier spaces. On the lower ground floor are storage areas and on the upper ground and first floors the reception rooms, kitchen and study. On the second floor is the bedroom accommodation, the design of this floor following the layout as it was in the 1820s when it was used as a bin floor, so called because the floor was divided by timber panelled walls into huge bins where grain and corn were stored until needed. On the third floor is a beautiful music/sitting room with views over the surroundings. Windows overlook the rolling Essex countryside, water meadows and wildlife-rich marshes and river channels, that have remain unchanged for centuries. Accommodation LOWER GROUND FLOOR Accessed via a trap door with a wooden staircase from the upper ground floor or from the lane on the ground floor level. This area is presently used for storage and is divided into various rooms including the turbine room, boiler and pump room. UPPER GROUND FLOOR Timber steps from the courtyard area lead up to the upper ground floor level and reception hall leading into the reception area, an open-plan area with original features including three large mill stones, oak-standing posts, tuns and a timber feed chute sub-dividing this area into smaller, cosier spaces. A seating area surrounds the wood burner and there are whitewashed brickwork walls, wide elm floorboards and plasterwork with an original mill ladder giving access to the first floor and overlooking the river to the rear. To one side is the former miller’s office, having a Victorian high desk and whitewashed walls. FIRST FLOOR The main staircase continues from the reception hall to the first floor with an informal reception/family area, the main part of which Miller’s Office Larder Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 F/P 4.11 x 1.32 13'6" x 4'4" 3.39 x 2.06 3.57 x 2.06 11'1" x 6'9" 11'9" x 6'9" 6.57 x 3.69 3.69 x 2.84 Seating Area isBedroom open 3 plan with mill machinery, including a 6ft side of the room the lucum remains (originally 21'7" x 12'1" 12'1" x 9'4" Kitchen/ Utility Room 4.34 x 3.20 Breakfast Room 14'3" x 10'6" 6.58 x 6.56 diameter free-standingBedroom wheel 2 with iron spokes used to hoist grain inside of the building). Floorplans 21'7" x 21'6" 4.47 x 3.29 Potential 14'8" x 10'10" Main House gross internal area = 6,455 sq ft / 599 sq m andEn Suite two lay shafts set into the ceiling with 5.43 x 2.17 11.74 x 10.40 Family Area 17'10" x 7'1" Coach House gross internalStorage area = 237 sq ft / 2238'6" sq x 34'1"m 7.66 x 6.83 matching smaller wheels. To one side is a sitting 5.04 x 3.24 25'2" x 22'5" Outside 16'6" x 10'8" Bedroom 6 Storage area off which is a cloakroom3.15 x 2.51 and adjacent is the Total gross internal7.64 x 6.78 area = 6,692 sq ft / 621 sq m Sitting Area 10'4" x 8'3" 25'1" x 22'3" The Mill is approached through wrought-iron gates Dining Area Potential kitchen/breakfastMaster Bedroom room with a range of floor and 5.65 x 4.29 over a shingle drive which provides parking, giving For identification purpose only. Not to scale. Study 18'6" x 14'1" 3.57 x 3.34 wall cupboards incorporating a Rangemaster, Hall 11'9" x 10'11" access to the “cottage” garden and river terrace to Miller’s Hall Miller’s Office spotlights set into the bottom of the protruding Office the rear with two seated sitting areas overlooking Miller’s Office Miller’s Plant Room Larder Lower Ground Floor 3.24 x 2.50 Upper Ground Floor First Floor 4.11 x 1.32 SecondbinBedroom hoppers Floor 4 Bedroom and 5 original beams straddle the the mill race. The river stretches westwards flanked Office F/PLarder 3.39 x 2.06 3.57 x 2.06 10'8" x 8'2" 4.11 x 1.32 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 13'6" x 4'4" F/P Larder 11'1" x 6'9" 11'9" x 6'9" 13'6" x 4'4" 3.39 x 2.06 Bedroom3.57 4 x 2.06Bedroom 5 F/P 4.11 x 1.32 11'1" x 6'9"Larder 11'9" x 6'9" kitchen area. From the open reception area a by nearly five acres of marsh and woodland, 6.57 x 3.69 3.69 x 2.84 13'6" x 4'4" 3.39 x 2.06 3.57 x 2.06 Seating Area 4.11 x 1.32 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 21'7" x 12'1" 12'1"F/P x 9'4" 11'1" x 6'9" 11'9" x 6'9" Utility Bedroom 3 6.57 x 3.69 3.69 x 2.84 13'6"Kitchen/ x 4'4" 3.39 x 2.06 4.343.57 x 3.20x 2.06 Seating Area Breakfast Room Room door leads to the study with a range of book an ancient site, rich in wildlife. A natural marshy 21'7" x 12'1" 12'1" 6.57x 9'4" x 3.69 3.69 x 2.84 Utility Bedroom 3 11'1" x 6'9" 14'3"11'9" x 10'6" x 6'9" Seating Area Kitchen/ 6.58 x 6.56 21'7" x 12'1" 12'1" x 9'4" Room Utility4.34 x 3.20 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 2 6.57 x 3.69 3.69 x 2.84 Breakfast Room Kitchen/ 14'3" x 10'6" 4.34 21'7"x 3.20 x 21'6" Breakfast Room Room 4.47 x 3.29 space between The Mill channel and the old river 21'7" x 12'1" 12'1" x 9'4" Seating Area6.58 x 6.56 14'3" x 10'6" BedroomBedroom 2 3 and CD shelving 14'8"along x 10'10" two walls with a window 21'7" x 21'6" 6.58 x 6.56 Kitchen/ Utility Potential Room 4.474.34 x 3.29 x Bedroom3.20 2 En Suite 21'7" x 21'6" Breakfast Room 14'3" x 4.4710'6" x 3.29 Potential Coach House14'8" x 10'10" 5.43 x 2.17 behind The Mill is home to a fine crop of cricket 6.58 x 6.56 Potential Family Area14'8" x 10'10" seatBedroom overlooking 2 the river. 11.74 x 10.4021'7" x 21'6" En Suite 7.14 x 3.09 17'10" x 7'1" Storage 38'6" x 34'1" En Suite 23'5" x 10'2"7.66 x 6.83 4.47 x 3.29 5.04 x 3.24 5.43 x 2.17 25'2" x 22'5" bat willows alongside alders, oaks and blackthorn. Family Area 5.43 x 2.17 14'8" x 10'10" Sky 11.74 x 10.40 11.74 x 10.40 16'6" x 10'8" Family Area 17'10" x 7'1" 17'10" x 7'1" Potential Storage 38'6" x 34'1" 7.66 x 6.83 7.66 x 6.83 En Suite Bedroom 6 Storage Storage38'6" x 34'1" 3.15 x 2.51 5.04 x 3.24 5.04 x 3.24 25'2" x 22'5" 25'2" x 22'5" 5.43 x 2.17 Music/ Covering the floor of this enchanting woodland 7.64 x 6.78 Family AreaSitting Area SECOND FLSittingOOR Room10'4" x 8'3" 16'6" x 10'8" 16'6" x 10'8" 25'1" x 22'3" 11.74 x 10.40 Bedroom17'10" 6Bedroomx 7'1" 6 Storage Storage Storage 38'6" x 34'1" Dining Area 7.66 x 6.83 Potential 12.51 x 10.80 25'2" x 22'5" 3.15 x 2.513.15 x 2.51 41'1" x 35'5" 7.64 x 6.78 7.64 x 6.78 5.04 x 3.24 Sitting Area 10'4" x 8'3"10'4" x 8'3" MasterThe Bedroom main staircase continuesSky to the second area are a number of wild flowers and there is an 25'1" x 22'3" 16'6" x 10'8" Sitting Area 5.65 x 4.29 25'1" x 22'3" Dining Area Bedroom 6 Storage Dining Area Potential Potential Study 18'6" x 14'1" 3.15 x 2.51 7.64 x 6.78 Master BedroomMaster Bedroom 3.57 x 3.34 abundance of wildlife.