Listed country house with modern feel set in about 2.2 acres

Hill House, Road, , , CM3

Guide £1,750,000 Freehold

Video tour available • Grade II* listed country house • Sensitively restored and maintained, with good sized rooms • Quirky features of Tudor heritage with blend of old and new • Designed to create light and space, bringing the garden into house • Beautiful views, large garden and field • Swimming pool & tennis court • Studio, pool house and garage

Local Information great for commuting. It is on the : 4 miles; A120: 5.4 miles; A12 and has fast, regular trains Chelmsford railway station: 6.4 into London Liverpool Street, with miles (Liverpool Street from 34 links to the Tube, Crossrail and minutes), A12 (junction 19): 7.3 via Stratford, to the Jubilee Line. miles; Stansted Airport/M11: 13 miles, M25: 20 miles. All About Hill House distances approximate. A handsome Grade II* listed country house, sensitively Hill House combines a rural restored and maintained, with location and a great view, Tudor heritage, blended with surrounded by fields and many modern features. It is in an footpaths, with easy access to elevated position, providing major transport links, excellent panoramic countryside views. local schools for all ages and Unusually for a Tudor house, it local amenities. London is close, has been renovated to be filled but not too close. It sits between with light and to bring house and the pretty hamlets of Howe Street garden together, using glass and and Littley Green, close to the opening up space. A great family village of . Howe house and garden with good Street is on the - space for all, including pool and known for its historic listed tennis court. buildings, including the 14th century pub, run by the Michelin Built in the 15th century, Hill Star Chef Galvin brothers, as the House is a substantial timber- Galvin Green Man. Like Hill framed farmhouse, returned to House blending old and new, The traditional lime plaster under a Compasses pub in Littley Green, handmade peg-tiled roof. This which oozes tradition, is a real beautiful property has many local draw. Both pubs are within original medieval features, some walking distance by footpath! quirky and some recently discovered, blended with modern Great Waltham has a lovely features, such as its hanging Norman church, pre-school and staircase. The recent English primary schools, post Heritage approved renovation has office/general store, village hall, transformed it into light-filled cricket club, two pubs and a home, with a lovely garden, three deli/café (with great takeaway substantial outbuildings, a pizza!). Felsted village and its swimming pool and an all-weather well-known independent school is tennis court. 10 minutes away. Chelmsford has a variety of shopping and A great oak front door opens into entertainment, excellent state and a stunning hall with views to the private schools (New Hall) and is garden via tall windows, with

beautiful exposed original beams summer entertaining. Beside the separating the dining room. You terrace is a converted outbuilding, will have missed the downstairs currently used as an artist’s cloakroom passing through the studio, but it could be a games hall! The hall has access to the room or office – good for parties. sitting room and left to a utility The garden has mature trees, room and kitchen/family room. lawn and vegetable garden. This room is a spacious and There is a swimming pool and all- practical room fitted with an AGA, weather tennis court, with a set in an old fireplace, with a detached self-contained building collection of light-coloured (with shower room and storage units and work surfaces. kitchenette). To the south of the It has a triple aspect with views property is a field of grassland into the garden and a secret with options – an ideal space for staircase to the first floor. The horses. sitting room is elegant and cosy with a fireplace (gas wood burner) Agent's note and lovely natural light. Next is There is a track with right of the drawing room - a wonderful access through the grassland for entertaining room with an historic the neighbouring farmer. working fireplace and timber panelling, painted white and full of Services light. Electricity, water, oil-fired heating and private drainage. The hanging staircase is a real feature up to a beamed landing Directions with more natural light. There are From Chelmsford, go north on the five bedrooms (four large doubles Broomfield Road (B1008). and a single) and a large high Through Broomfield and straight ceilinged, beamed room, currently ahead at the mini-roundabout by a study, with many options (a the hospital. After approximately sixth bedroom). The principal bedroom has an en suite Three quarters of a mile turn left bath/shower room. Leading off to Great Waltham. Continue for a the landing are a large airing mile through the village and up cupboard, a storage room and the hill. Next is Howe Street, turn attic access. Going through the right onto Parsonage Lane and west wing to the back of the over the river. Then, ignore the house, are bedrooms 4 and 5, first left and take a left onto Hyde leading to the spacious study, Hall Lane. Immediately after the connecting to the secret stairs bridge above you, turn left onto back down to the kitchen. Littley Green Road. Hill House is first on the left up the hill.

Outside Viewing The house sits in about 2.2 acres, All viewings will be accompanied with a shingle drive and retaining and are strictly by prior red-brick wall separating the arrangement through Savills house from a country lane. It has Chelmsford Office. a detached garage. Most of the Telephone: 01245 293 233. garden is behind the house, with a York stone terrace, perfect for

Hill House, Littley Green Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BT Karl Manning Chelmsford +44 (0) 1245 293 233 savills savills.co.uk [email protected]

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