House For Sale £650,000
Built in the 1970's in a field off Mill Lane, where the Grade II listed Stock Windmill still stands, the charming development of Meadowgate is nestled in a beautiful quiet backwater of Stock, offering all the convenience of a suburban location with added countryside.
This particular one has been extended to now offer a surprisingly spacious downstairs, comprising the Hall, 22ft Lounge (formally the Lounge/Diner), separate extended Dining Room (formally the original Kitchen), a Study (side extension) and two extensions across the back now house the Kitchen, a second Bathroom (presently a Shower Room) and a bathed-in-light Garden/Sitting Room.
For the adventurous, there is the clear potential to change the rear extension into one large open plan Kitchen/Diner with a big Island etc, change the Study into a ground floor WC/Shower Room (door off the Hall) and then the present Dining Room offers versatility of uses...huge Utility Room, Play Room, Home Office etc.
Upstairs are the three Bedrooms and the refitted Bathroom, and the separate Garage offers further potential as a Studio/Gym.
The Grounds are of note too. There is a very secluded initial Courtyard style Terrace which wraps around the side of the house and which then leads on to the main West facing 75ft Garden - again very private and secluded.
Stock Village itself is very much the rural idyll of a typical English village with an ancient Church, great pubs and restaurants, several shops including a very good village Convenience Store/Post Office and a coffee shop and the local Stock Church of England Primary School has a good OFSTED rating.
There's a very active and thriving sense of community to the village with many clubs, associations, activities, and events, it even has its own magazine and website ()
Greenwoods (formerly Stock Hall) is a converted 17th Century Grade II listed manor house with 39 bedrooms, a restaurant and health Spa with day membership available to Village Residents.
Stock is well positioned just thirty miles away from London, 5.5 miles from the bustling City of Chelmsford, 4.6 miles from Ingatestone (its Mainline Railway Station whizzing you to London in 30 minutes) and under three miles to Billericay Town with its many boutique shops and central Waitrose Store. The number 300 bus service runs through the village, providing public transport to the neighbouring towns and beyond.
The Accommodation
Character Cottage style Front Door through to:
HALL
A full height side light window along with the small panel in the front door floods in light and a built-in cupboard houses the electrical fuse box as well as well as providing plenty of storage for coats and shoes.
Stairs ahead rise up to the 1st Floor Landing.
LOUNGE 22ft 1' x 14ft 6' narrowing to 9ft 8' (6.75m x 4.4m > 3m)
Previously the Lounge/Diner when the kitchen was where the Dining Room is now, so in 2023 we see a lovely size principal Living Room, the focal point the ornate brick Fireplace with its inset electric fire.
The wide bay window overlooks this quiet cul-de-sac where looking out and to the left, a 5-Bar Gate leads through to open fields and countryside. A lovely setting and outlook.
DINING ROOM 13ft 2' x 8ft 4' (4m x 2.6m)
Extended and so a nice size, and with a side facing window in addition to the original rear facing window and part glazed 'back door', which now overlook the Sun lounge, receiving plenty of natural borrowed light.
A further internal door opens reveal a very large understairs cupboard providing a super storage facility and in the far left corner, another discrete internal door leads through to the Study.
STUDY 11ft 7' x 4ft 2' min (3.55m x 1.3m)
This useful little home office has a front facing window and a deep fitted desk along with plenty of room for further storage on the right as you walk in.
KITCHEN 13ft 3' x 8ft 2' (4m x 2.5m)
A rear facing kitchen fitted with a dated but in great shape range of 'Medium Oak' effect units incorporating spaces for all the usual kitchen appliances along with the freestanding electric cooker, which will be remaining.
Upon the wall is a Potterton 'Netaheat' Boiler which along with the hot water cylinder in the large built in cupboard, serves the mains Gas Central Heating via radiators and hot water.
Note: Although it works perfectly as it is, those wishing to have an open plan Kitchen/Breakfast Room have the clear option of removing the adjacent shower room (as there is the Main Bathroom upstairs) and opening the pair up into a single room, which would measure roughly 13ft 2' x 13ft (4m x 4m)
GROUND FLOOR SHOWER ROOM 9ft 3' x 5ft 6' (2.8m x 1.7m)
What a good size Shower Room! Fitted with a dated but very functional suite incorporating a basin with pedestal, close coupled WC and a corner Shower with a Triton 'T80 Easi-Fit + Electric Shower.
A side facing window provides receives borrowed light from the adjacent Sun room.
'Stable' style door from the Kitchen Lobby leads out to:
SUN ROOM 13ft 9' max x 10ft 4' narrowing to 7ft 10' (4.2m x 3.15m > 2.4m)
Bathed in light courtesy of two large windows and a glazed set of French doors, this delightful extra living room has a ceramic tiled floor for summer cooling and the sugar white walls enhancing its feeling of light and space.
Staircase from Hall rising to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
With a side facing window and the loft hatch, accessing the Loft.
MASTER BEDROOM 11ft 3' x 10ft 6' (3.45m x 3.2m)
The measurements exclude fitted wardrobes which run the entire length of the right hand wall - their mirror fronted sliding doors reflecting the sunlight coming in through the rear facing window.
BEDROOM TWO 11ft 3' x 9ft 2' min (3.45m x 2.8m)
The measurements of this generous front facing double bedroom excludes the door recess.
BEDROOM THREE 8ft 5' x 8ft 3' (2.6m x 2.5m)
This front facing bedroom has a useful built-in double wardrobe over the stair bulkhead, leaving plenty of space for a single bed and several other items of furniture.
BATHROOM 6ft 5' x 5ft 5' (2m x 1.7m)
A bright modern bathroom with white wall tiles and a white suite, a chrome towel radiator, mirror fronted Bathroom Cabinet and a side facing window.
EXTERIOR FRONT
The Front Garden is laid to lawn with a path up to the Front Door and a side gate between the House and the Garage.
Garage 17ft 5' x 8ft 10' (5.3m x 2.7m)
The pitched roof provides additional storage up in the rafters and the rear facing window and part glazed door provides plenty of natural light.
There's also a light and power sockets too.
EXTERIOR - SIDE AND REAR
Perfect for Summer Parties and gatherings, the initial block paved Courtyard Patio extends round to the side and is completely secluded.
A gate within a picket fence then leads through to the main Garden which rolls along some 75ft and is also notably private and unoverlooked.
The side area of the terrace accesses the rear of the garage making it easier and down at the bottom of the Garden is an old Playhouse/Shed providing some very useful storage.
Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
This particular one has been extended to now offer a surprisingly spacious downstairs, comprising the Hall, 22ft Lounge (formally the Lounge/Diner), separate extended Dining Room (formally the original Kitchen), a Study (side extension) and two extensions across the back now house the Kitchen, a second Bathroom (presently a Shower Room) and a bathed-in-light Garden/Sitting Room.
For the adventurous, there is the clear potential to change the rear extension into one large open plan Kitchen/Diner with a big Island etc, change the Study into a ground floor WC/Shower Room (door off the Hall) and then the present Dining Room offers versatility of uses...huge Utility Room, Play Room, Home Office etc.
Upstairs are the three Bedrooms and the refitted Bathroom, and the separate Garage offers further potential as a Studio/Gym.
The Grounds are of note too. There is a very secluded initial Courtyard style Terrace which wraps around the side of the house and which then leads on to the main West facing 75ft Garden - again very private and secluded.
Stock Village itself is very much the rural idyll of a typical English village with an ancient Church, great pubs and restaurants, several shops including a very good village Convenience Store/Post Office and a coffee shop and the local Stock Church of England Primary School has a good OFSTED rating.
There's a very active and thriving sense of community to the village with many clubs, associations, activities, and events, it even has its own magazine and website ()
Greenwoods (formerly Stock Hall) is a converted 17th Century Grade II listed manor house with 39 bedrooms, a restaurant and health Spa with day membership available to Village Residents.
Stock is well positioned just thirty miles away from London, 5.5 miles from the bustling City of Chelmsford, 4.6 miles from Ingatestone (its Mainline Railway Station whizzing you to London in 30 minutes) and under three miles to Billericay Town with its many boutique shops and central Waitrose Store. The number 300 bus service runs through the village, providing public transport to the neighbouring towns and beyond.
The Accommodation
Character Cottage style Front Door through to:
HALL
A full height side light window along with the small panel in the front door floods in light and a built-in cupboard houses the electrical fuse box as well as well as providing plenty of storage for coats and shoes.
Stairs ahead rise up to the 1st Floor Landing.
LOUNGE 22ft 1' x 14ft 6' narrowing to 9ft 8' (6.75m x 4.4m > 3m)
Previously the Lounge/Diner when the kitchen was where the Dining Room is now, so in 2023 we see a lovely size principal Living Room, the focal point the ornate brick Fireplace with its inset electric fire.
The wide bay window overlooks this quiet cul-de-sac where looking out and to the left, a 5-Bar Gate leads through to open fields and countryside. A lovely setting and outlook.
DINING ROOM 13ft 2' x 8ft 4' (4m x 2.6m)
Extended and so a nice size, and with a side facing window in addition to the original rear facing window and part glazed 'back door', which now overlook the Sun lounge, receiving plenty of natural borrowed light.
A further internal door opens reveal a very large understairs cupboard providing a super storage facility and in the far left corner, another discrete internal door leads through to the Study.
STUDY 11ft 7' x 4ft 2' min (3.55m x 1.3m)
This useful little home office has a front facing window and a deep fitted desk along with plenty of room for further storage on the right as you walk in.
KITCHEN 13ft 3' x 8ft 2' (4m x 2.5m)
A rear facing kitchen fitted with a dated but in great shape range of 'Medium Oak' effect units incorporating spaces for all the usual kitchen appliances along with the freestanding electric cooker, which will be remaining.
Upon the wall is a Potterton 'Netaheat' Boiler which along with the hot water cylinder in the large built in cupboard, serves the mains Gas Central Heating via radiators and hot water.
Note: Although it works perfectly as it is, those wishing to have an open plan Kitchen/Breakfast Room have the clear option of removing the adjacent shower room (as there is the Main Bathroom upstairs) and opening the pair up into a single room, which would measure roughly 13ft 2' x 13ft (4m x 4m)
GROUND FLOOR SHOWER ROOM 9ft 3' x 5ft 6' (2.8m x 1.7m)
What a good size Shower Room! Fitted with a dated but very functional suite incorporating a basin with pedestal, close coupled WC and a corner Shower with a Triton 'T80 Easi-Fit + Electric Shower.
A side facing window provides receives borrowed light from the adjacent Sun room.
'Stable' style door from the Kitchen Lobby leads out to:
SUN ROOM 13ft 9' max x 10ft 4' narrowing to 7ft 10' (4.2m x 3.15m > 2.4m)
Bathed in light courtesy of two large windows and a glazed set of French doors, this delightful extra living room has a ceramic tiled floor for summer cooling and the sugar white walls enhancing its feeling of light and space.
Staircase from Hall rising to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
With a side facing window and the loft hatch, accessing the Loft.
MASTER BEDROOM 11ft 3' x 10ft 6' (3.45m x 3.2m)
The measurements exclude fitted wardrobes which run the entire length of the right hand wall - their mirror fronted sliding doors reflecting the sunlight coming in through the rear facing window.
BEDROOM TWO 11ft 3' x 9ft 2' min (3.45m x 2.8m)
The measurements of this generous front facing double bedroom excludes the door recess.
BEDROOM THREE 8ft 5' x 8ft 3' (2.6m x 2.5m)
This front facing bedroom has a useful built-in double wardrobe over the stair bulkhead, leaving plenty of space for a single bed and several other items of furniture.
BATHROOM 6ft 5' x 5ft 5' (2m x 1.7m)
A bright modern bathroom with white wall tiles and a white suite, a chrome towel radiator, mirror fronted Bathroom Cabinet and a side facing window.
EXTERIOR FRONT
The Front Garden is laid to lawn with a path up to the Front Door and a side gate between the House and the Garage.
Garage 17ft 5' x 8ft 10' (5.3m x 2.7m)
The pitched roof provides additional storage up in the rafters and the rear facing window and part glazed door provides plenty of natural light.
There's also a light and power sockets too.
EXTERIOR - SIDE AND REAR
Perfect for Summer Parties and gatherings, the initial block paved Courtyard Patio extends round to the side and is completely secluded.
A gate within a picket fence then leads through to the main Garden which rolls along some 75ft and is also notably private and unoverlooked.
The side area of the terrace accesses the rear of the garage making it easier and down at the bottom of the Garden is an old Playhouse/Shed providing some very useful storage.
Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
