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ROMAN HILL HOUSE Colchester, Essex Situation ROMAN HILL Roman Hill House is situated in Blackheath to the south of Colchester, which offers a comprehensive range of recreational, HOUSE shopping and educational facilities, the latter including Colchester Grammar School and Colchester County High Colchester Essex School for Girls, both of which are two of the top performing schools in the country, as well as good private schools. A handsome late Regency house For the commuter there is a train service from either Colchester with secondary accommodation in a or Marks Tey to London’s Liverpool Street and there is access parkland setting onto the A12 at Stanway linking with the A120, M11 and Stansted Airport. For the sailing enthusiast there are excellent sailing opportunities on Mersea Island to the south. Master bedroom suite Cellar Guest suite with feature Coach house with Description bath annexe accommodation Believed to date from 1822, Roman Hill House is constructed of mellow white brick under a hipped slate roof. The main 3 further bedrooms Garaging and open- (1 en suite) fronted cart lodge elevations are classic late Regency, the principal elevation having a central front door and porch set on fluted columns 3 attic bedrooms Essex barn with around which are arranged evenly spaced sash windows. The Entrance hall adjoining stabling & house is set well back from the road in a parkland setting, Reception hall storage screened by mature trees. Drawing room All-weather tennis court Dining room Formal gardens & grounds The property provides good, well-proportioned accommodation Study Ponds typical of the period with good ceiling heights, shuttered sash Kitchen/breakfast room Potential paddocks windows in the main reception rooms, open fireplaces and 2 cloakrooms Lordship of the Manor of detailed cornice work. The present owners have carried out a Utility room East Donyland sympathetic, high standard of refurbishment exemplified by the Boot room bespoke kitchen and high quality fittings in the bathrooms, and now provides immaculate accommodation. Rooms of particular ABOUT 14 ACRES note are the light, elegant drawing room and dining room overlooking the grounds through shuttered sash windows, and Colchester centre 2 miles, Fingringhoe 2.2 miles, Mersea the study, all positioned around the central reception hall with Island 5.6 miles, access to A12 at Stanway (junction 26) an impressive staircase to the first floor. Steps lead down from 7 miles, access onto A120 at Marks Tey linking with the the reception hall to the side hall off which is the cellar housing M11 and Stansted Airport 11 miles the oil-fired boiler, with a cloakroom opposite. At one end of the side hall is the kitchen/breakfast room. The bespoke kitchen has extensive units with work The formal gardens lie principally to the south and surfaces and includes integral appliances, gas fired west of the house with shingle paths and wide lawns AGA, a central island unit with wine refrigerator below, with shrub and herbaceous borders and a mix of and a walk-in pantry. Off the kitchen lies a boot room mature trees, including beech, holm oak and cedar. and utility room and there are doors to outside and to Beyond the back drive (presently blocked off) is a an enclosed yard. timber framed and weather boarded Essex barn, with The impressive staircase leads to the wide first floor adjoining stables and storage, constructed of brick landing with storage cupboards and a further staircase and weather board, and timber frame and weather to the second floor. The master bedroom has an open board. The barn previously had planning permission fireplace and fully fitted en suite bathroom with separate for “Prior approval of proposed change of use of shower cubicle. A guest suite has a freestanding bath agricultural buildings to a flexible Class B1 use” and a third bedroom a hand basin set in a vanity unit. Off (Application No 150543). Adjacent is an all-weather the side landing is a W.C. and from the half-landing there tennis court and pergola/gazebo with a further are two further bedrooms, with an en suite bathroom potential paddock. shared with bedroom 5. A further staircase leads up to the second floor and three attic bedrooms. Postcode CO2 0BX Outside Roman Hill House is approached through wrought- Services iron, electronically operated double gates on brick Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Oil-fired piers over a wide drive through a parkland setting heating. leading to an extensive parking and turning area in Historical note front of the house. Beyond are lawns, mature trees For almost 200 years the house has been associated and a potential paddock. To the side is a small with the Manor of East Donyland and the Lordship of arboretum with many specimen shrubs and trees. the Manor is included in the sale. The drive continues to the rear of the house with parking for a number of cars and to the coach house Directions courtyard. The brick coach house has a slate roof and From Colchester drive south on the B1025 Mersea two sets of double doors with garaging, workshop Road to Blackheath. Just after leaving the outskirts of and storage. A central stable door leads into the Colchester, the drive to Roman Hill House will be seen annexe accommodation comprising a kitchen and on the left-hand side. sitting room on the ground floor and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. To the rear is a Viewing productive kitchen garden, hedged and interspersed Strictly by prior appointment with the sole with shingled pathways, and to the side is an agents Savills. open double-bay cart lodge with weather boarded elevations. Immediately to the rear of the house is an enclosed courtyard. NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (L&P) Limited. Main House Coach House NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (L&P) Limited. Floorplans Main House gross internal area = 5,610 sq ft / 521 sq m Garage & Workshop gross internal area = 377 sq ft / 35 sq m Coach House gross internal area = 811 sq ft / 75 sq m Outbuilding gross internal area = 402 sq ft / 37 sq m Total gross internal area = 7,200 sq ft / 669 sq m For identification purpose only. Not to scale. Seat Eaves Eaves Bedroom 4 Study 5.74 x 4.14 Bedroom 3 5.03 x 4.32 18'10" x 13'7" 5.00 x 4.31 Bedroom 2 16'6" x 14'2" F/P 16'5" x 14'2" 5.01 x 4.65 F/P F/P 16'5" x 15'3" Drawing Room Bedroom 8 Bedroom 7 Kitchen/Breakfast Room 7.39 x 5.17 4.42 x 3.18 4.42 x 3.30 7.57 x 6.96 24'3" x 17'0" 14'6" x 10'5" 14'6" x 10'10" 24'10" x 22'10" Bedroom 5 Pantry 4.46 x 3.93 5.31 x 2.92 14'8" x 12'11" 17'5" x 9'7" Bedroom 6 4.42 x 3.18 External 14'6" x 10'5" Courtyard Dining Room First Floor Bedroom 1 Utility 5.20 x 5.20 5.59 x 3.54 F/P 5.19 x 5.07 Hall 17'1" x 17'1" 17'0" x 16'8" 18'4" x 11'7" Boot Room 3.70 x 2.89 F/P 5.20 x 3.01 12'2" x 9'6" 17'1" x 9'11" Second Floor Porch Utility 3.30 x 1.89 3.83 x 1.71 Ground Floor Kitchen 10'10" x 6'2" 12'7" x 5'7" 5.28 x 1.69 17'4" x 5'7" Sitting Room 5.01 x 4.28 3.30 x 2.30 Workshop 16'5" x 14'1" Bedroom 1 10'10" x 7'7" Cellar 5.28 x 2.36 3.69 x 2.91 Bedroom 2 6.22 x 4.57 17'4" x 7'9" 12'1" x 9'7" 3.34 x 2.88 20'5" x 15'0" 10'11" x 9'5" 2.90 x 2.04 9'6" x 6'8" Coach House First Floor Garage 5.24 x 4.56 17'2" x 15'0" 4.20 x 2.20 13'9" x 7'3" Coach House Ground Floor FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALE The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only. 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