Bulford Mill , 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, 12 miles

Situation Bulford Mill is situated on the 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. Hall Sitting Area 5.65 x 4.29 floor10'4" and x 8'3" inner landing having extensive exposed 25'1" x 22'3" 5.65 x 4.29 11'9" x 10'11" Dining Area Study 18'6" x 14'1" Hall Study 3.57 x 3.34 18'6" x 14'1" Potential Hall 3.57 x 3.34 11'9" x 10'11" Master Bedroom vertical beams with hand-finished plaster inserts Hall Hall11'9" x 10'11" 5.65 x 4.29 Plant Room Hall Study 18'6" x 14'1" General information Lower Ground Floor 3.24 x 2.50 Upper Ground Floor First Floor3.57 x 3.34 Secondand Floor extensive cladding secured by hand-made 10'8" x Hall8'2" FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES11'9" ONLY x 10'11" - NOT TO SCALE Miller’s Plant Room Upper Ground Floor Hall LowerOfficePlant Ground Room Floor 3.24 x 2.50 FirstThe Floorposition & size of doors, windows, appliancesSecond and Floor other features are approximate only. nails. All the bedrooms on this floor were created Postcode CM77 8NS Lower Ground Floor 3.24 x 2.50 Upper10'8" x 8'2" Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor Third Floor 10'8" x 8'2" Larder © ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8305089/RIB Plant Room Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 Mains water, gas and electricity. F/P Upper Ground4.11 x 1.32Floor from the original bin stores and have, exposed Services Lower Ground Floor 3.24 x 2.50 13'6" x 4'4" 3.39 x 2.06First3.57 Floor x 2.06 Second Floor 10'8" x 8'2" 11'1" x 6'9" 11'9" x 6'9" Private drainage. Gas-fired heating. 6.57 x 3.69 3.69 x 2.84 beams and ‘Victorian’ radiators, the majority also 21'7" x 12'1" 12'1" x 9'4" Seating Area Bedroom 3 Kitchen/ Utility Coach House Room 4.34 x 3.20 Breakfast Room 14'3" x 10'6" 7.14 x 3.09 having vaulted ceilings. There is one bedroom Viewing Strictly by prior appointment with the 6.58 x 6.56 Bedroom 2 23'5" x 10'2" 21'7" x 21'6" Coach House 4.47 x 3.29 Sky 7.14 x 3.09 14'8" x 10'10" with an en suite shower room, five further sole agents Savills. Potential 23'5" x 10'2" Coach HouseEn Suite Music/ 7.14 x 5.433.09 x 2.17 Sky Sitting Room 11.74 x 10.40 Family Area 23'5" x17'10" 10'2" x 7'1" bedrooms12.51 (one x 10.80 presently used as a study), and Storage 7.66 x 6.83 Music/ 41'1" x 35'5" 38'6" x 34'1" Coach House Sky Sky 5.04 x 3.24 25'2" x 22'5" 7.14 x 3.09 Sitting Room 16'6" x 10'8" 12.51 x 10.80 Bedroom23'5" x 10'2"6 41'1" x 35'5" an additional family shower room. Storage 3.15 x 2.51 Music/ Sky Directions Sky 7.64 x 6.78 Sitting Area 10'4" x 8'3" Sitting Room 25'1" x 22'3" 12.51 x 10.80 Dining Area Potential 41'1" x 35'5" Music/ From Witham take the B1018 towards Braintree, Master Bedroom Sky Sitting Room 5.65 x 4.29 12.51 x 10.80Third floor Study 18'6" x 14'1" 41'1" x 35'5" passing Cressing Temple. On reaching the village 3.57 x 3.34 Sky Hall 11'9" x 10'11" FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALE From the landing the staircase continues to the Hall of Cressing, turn left into Mill Lane. After about 0.5 The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only. FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALE music/sittingThird Floor room, a beautiful, spacious and Plant Room © ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8305089/RIB of a mile turn left into Bulford Mill Lane (signposted Lower Ground Floor 3.24 x 2.50 Upper Ground Floor The Firstposition Floor & size of doors, windows, appliancesSecond and other Floor features are approximate only. Third Floor 10'8" x 8'2" practical room with views over the surrounding FOR ILLUSTRATIVE© ehouse. Unauthorised PURPOSES reproduction ONLY -prohibited. NOT TO DrawingSCALE ref. dig/8305089/RIB The Station and Black Notley), cross over the The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only. countryside, providing an additional sitting room railway line and Bulford Mill will be found on the FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALEThird Floor © ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8305089/RIB and entertaining area. Bespoke oak shelving fits The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only. Third Floor right-hand side in the bottom of the valley. © ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8305089/RIB between the ceiling and wall beams and to one Coach House 7.14 x 3.09 23'5" x 10'2" Sky

Music/ Sitting Room Savills Chelmsford 12.51Important x 10.80 Notice 41'1" x 35'5" Sky [email protected] Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these 01245 293233 particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALE comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills The position & size of doors, windows, appliancessavills.co.uk and other features are approximate only. Third Floorhave not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 170922JK © ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8305089/RIB