House For Sale £950,000
Burnham on Crouch

A Stunning Interior Designed Grade II listed Former Mill House with an Attached Granary Holiday Let

What We Think at The Zoe Napier Group

Just wow – if you could imagine a circa 400-year-old period home with what feels like a brand new period interior of high specification where the property just keeps on surprising, then this is the perfect home for those wishing to have the station, some superb restaurants and, an evening walk along the estuary on the doorstep… with the perfect addition of holiday let income, if required.

What Our Client Says

We simply love this property and have thoroughly enjoyed making the vast improvements with the help of interior designers, landscape designers, and with our own eye for detail. The property is very secluded, and we are conveniently located on the High Street. We are only moving to rightsize but intend to stay locally as Burnham on Crouch is such a wonderful place to live.

History & Background

A handsome Grade II listed period detached house, nestled in a lowered elevation from its secluded High Street position with the added benefit of an attached former granary with ancillary (holiday let) accommodation. The granary also offers the versatility of being integral to the main living (to provide up to five bedrooms) or to provide annexe accommodation, if required.

The property is reportedly one of the oldest dwellings in Burnham on Crouch with pictorial evidence of a windmill that once stood aside from the granary for grain storage, where barges transported grain by river from the mid 17th century. The granary still stands alongside the Mill House and features its original architectural features of mushroom stilts, which raised the store from ground level. The house is recorded by Historic England to date back in part to 1640 with later 20th-century additions to provide a wonderful home that has been previously featured in national publications such as  English Home, Homes & Garden and Period Homes Magazine. The interior has more recently undergone extensive interior design to blend the most contemporary and stylish living with some super original and later characteristics. These include some stunning Marshall Bull porcelain floors with underfloor heating and Sarah Chevnix-Trench interior-designed kitchens and bathrooms that are enhanced further with the subtle hues of Farrow & Ball finishes.

Outside, the gardens have been professionally landscaped designed to create the Mediterranean feel by the private outdoor heated pool with more quiet suntrap lawns and seating areas on the south side of the house. There is the further benefit of a fitted garage to create a hobby room, sports/sail equipment storage, and additional laundry facilities.

Setting & Location

The former Mill is nestled in a lowered elevation from the high street, with a high wall and fence screening the house where virtually only its rooftop can be seen from the street. A gate with stone steps leads down to the front door and decorative automatic gates lead through to a drive that offers an easement (right of access) to one neighbouring property, where there is parking in front of the granary for three cars.

Burnham on Crouch is a charming small maritime town, world famous for being a yachting centre and calmer waters of the Crouch Estuary. The town offers an envious array of traditional shops with plenty of pubs, tea rooms and restaurants all of which are within walking distance from the property. Burnham on Crouch has its own rail station for London's Liverpool Street. This train journey alone is most scenic travelling through the marshes and alongside the river. The typical journey time is 1 hour 10 minutes and a perfect way to travel for Londoners looking for a weekend escape or holiday let accommodation in Burnham.

Burnham on Crouch also has good educational facilities with a C of E primary school (Ofsted Good) and Burnhams Ormiston Rivers Academy which remains a Good school for senior education. There is also a supermarket and doctor's surgery, a historic church and a maritime museum, alongside many activities within the town which further include an annual Burnham week sailing regatta.

The nearest main towns are South Woodham Ferrers 10 miles, Maldon 12 miles, and Chelmsford City (grammar and High Schools) is 22 miles from the property.

Agents Notes

• The Property is Grade II Listed. Entry number 1147689 (close to a Conservation are)
• The neighbouring property affords an easement (right of vehicle access to their property) This property must have full access through the automatic gates. The automatic gates are owned and operated from Mill House.
• The Granary was designed to be integral to the house. However, buyers should advise their financial advisors of the current holiday let arrangements and that the property is listed as both points may affect the recommended choice of lender, subject to status.
• Our client has completed a Propertymark questionnaire providing buyers with more information upon request.
• Maldon Council -  Tax Band F