wakes colne house

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Wakes Colne House

Wakes Colne • essex

Wakes Colne/ Station - walking distance Marks Tey - 4 miles (London Liverpool Street - 55 minutes) – 6 miles – 8 miles (London Liverpool Street – 45 minutes) Stansted – 30 miles. (All distances are approximate) +44 (0) 20 7861 1722 An impressive Grade II Listed edge of village house, set in delightful formal gardens 55 Baker Street London W1U 8AN Accommodation and Amenities: [email protected] www.knightfrank.com Entrance hall Drawing room Dining room Sitting room Library Kitchen Breakfast room Orangery Boot room Cellar. Master bedroom with dressing room Guest bedroom with dressing room 4 further bedrooms 4 bath/shower rooms. 4 bedroom Coach house. +44 (0) 1376 505260 Beautiful formal gardens, part designed by Thomas Hoblyn Swimming pool The Matchyns, London Road, Tennis court Garaging. Rivenhall, Essex CM8 3HA [email protected] In all about 3.3 acres (1.33 Hectares). www.fineandcountry.com

Viewing by appointment only. These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Location Wakes Colne House is located in one of the most sought-after and picturesque areas of the Colne valley. The area is particularly popular with horse riders on account of its many quiet lanes and extensive network of farm rides. There is a train station, pub, sub-post office and general store in the village of Chappel which adjoins Wakes Colne. Colchester is approx. 15 mins drive, where there are extensive shopping and recreational facilities together with schools for all age groups. Colchester includes the nationally high ranking Colchester Royal Grammar School and Colchester County High School for Girls. Holmwood House Preparatory School is approximately 15 minutes drive. The property is about 10/15 minutes drive from the A12 London/East Coast Road at Marks Tey, with direct trains to London. Stansted Airport is approximately 40 minutes drive. There is golf at Colne Valley and The Essex. The property Wakes Colne House is an impressive period house, which benefits from beautifully proportioned and light interiors. The house is well arranged for family living, as well as entertaining on a grand scale. The bedroom accommodation is also well arranged and benefits from high ceilings, providing light and airy rooms. The property is fully enclosed with a wide range of mature trees. The main driveway has double gates leading through a tree lined drive up to the front of the house where the driveway continues round to the side where there is a further gate which links to the back. There are decorative borders to the side of the driveway with low level box hedging and wooden sleepers. There is a detached three bay cart lodge and double doors to a garage. To one side is an all-weather tennis court. In the centre of the garden there is a swimming pool with a paved terrace and dwarf wall surround. To one end is the pool house with a pair of double doors to the terrace. Steps from the pool terrace lead up to the main garden which is predominately laid to lawn. The detached coach house has its own private five bar gate into a shingle parking area.S urrounding the coach house is a large paved terrace with a dwarf wall and steps down from the driveway and a picket fence to the roadside. The coach house could provide excellent ancillary accommodation.

Reception room/General living area/Circulation area Approximate gross internal area Work room, i.e. Kitchen/Workshop/Utility Main House - 5,802 sq ft (539 sq m) Coach House - 1,979 sq ft (184 sq m) Bedroom/Dressing room For identification only, not to scale Bathroom

Outside space Second Floor Vaults/Storage 9'11 x 7'4 8' x 7'7 Bedroom Six (3.02m x 2.24m) (2.44m x 2.31m) 18'5 x 10'4 (5.61m x 3.15m)

10'6 x 10' (3.20m x 3.05m)

Garden Room 20'3 x 11'10 (6.17m x 3.61m) Cellar

Boot Room Boiler Room Bedroom Five 10'5 x 9'11 9'11 x 7'5 18'5 x 10'4 Coach House (3.18m x 3.02m) (3.02m x 2.26m) (5.61m x 3.15m) Kitchen/ Bedroom Four 13'6 x 11'2 Study Breakfast Room Bedroom Three (4.11m x 3.40m) 14'10 x 14'9 14'9 x 12'7 15' x 14'10 (4.52m x 4.50m) (4.50m x 3.84m) (4.57m x 4.52m) Laundry 7'9 x 7'2 Bedroom (2.36m x 2.18m) Bedroom 13'8 x 9' 16'8 x 9' (4.17m x 2.74m) (5.08m x 2.74m)

Library Dressing Room 16'2 x 5'6 17'3 x 6'10 (4.93m x 1.68m) (5.26m x 2.08m) Hall Bedroom 10' x 7'11 10'2 x 8' (3.05m x 2.41m) (3.10m x 2.44m) Dining Room 22' x 14'9 (6.71m x 4.50m) Guest Bedroom Snug 14'6 x 7'5 17'3 x 15' 14'6 x 8'10 (5.26m x 4.57m) (4.42m x 2.26m) (4.42m x 2.69m)

Sitting Room Bedroom 18'3 x 16'9 18'7 x 17' (5.56m x 5.11m) (5.66m x 5.18m)

Hall Gallery 15'9 x 12'5 Drawing Room (4.80m x 3.78m) Master Bedroom 24'9 x 17'11 20'2 x 17'11 (7.54m x 5.46m) (6.15m x 5.46m) Kitchen 16'11 x 10'11 (5.16m x 3.33m)

Ground Floor Entrance Hall Dressing Room Garage Utility Room Bedroom 14'8 x 9'9 14'8 x 9'10 16'11 x 9'8 9'8 x 5' 16'8 x 10' (4.47m x 2.97m) (4.47m x 3.00m) (5.16m x 2.95m) (2.95m x 1.52m) (5.08m x 3.05m)

First Floor Ground Floor First Floor

To the rear of the property there is an extensive fully landscaped garden designed by Thomas Hoblyn. Decking area to one side of the small garden pond with a running water feature. This area extends round to the side of the house where there is a large terrace which leads off the main reception room of the house. Enclosed with a low level brick wall. Formal lawn garden with steps and a walkway down to a further garden rhyll with a water feature and an illusion of floating steps across the centre. © designed & produced by www.captiv-8.co.uk Viewing is strictly by priorappointment with the vendors’ sole agent. Viewing Colchester Borough Council -01206 282213 Local Authority Wakes Colne House is ontheright opposite thechurch. onto theA1124. Continue for about 5.5miles, theentrance for From London take theA12east to Colchester. Exit at junction 26 Directions (C excluded but may beavailable by separate negotiation. the sale. A Only those items mentionedinthese sales particulars are included in fixtures and fittings Mains water andelectricity. Services ll others, such as, curtains andlight fittings are specifically O6 2BZ) Septic tank. Oil fired central heating. A428 A10 A10 A14 look at a list of members’ names. Knight Frank LLPis alimited liability partnership registered inEngland with registered numberOC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Particulars, photographs andplans dated: July 2013. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to thepropertymay change without notice. obtained. Abuyer orlessee must findout by inspection orinother ways that these matters have beenproperly dealt with andthat all information is correct. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, oruse of, any partof thepropertydoes not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations orotherconsent has been 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain partsof thepropertyas they appeared at thetimethey were taken. Areas, measurements anddistances given are approximate only. accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility onthepartof theagents,seller(s) orlessor(s). (“information”) as beingfactually accurate about theproperty, its condition orits value. Knight Frank LLPhas any authority to make any representations about theproperty, and 1. Particulars: These particulars are not anofferor contract, nor ofpart one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLPintheparticulars orby word of mouth orinwriting Important Notice A120 A505 Stortford M11 Cambridge Bishops M11 M11 B184 A11 B184 A1017 Newmarket Chelmsford A120 A131 A14 A1017 Long Melford W A1092 Edmunds Bur akes A12 y St House A131 A120 C olne A134 Sudbur Marks Te y Colchester y A14 Street, L ondon, Note: Foridentificationpurposesonly.NottoScale A12 W1U 8AN,where you may A14 A120 Ipswich