House For Sale
£870,000
Beazley End, Braintree, Essex, CM7
Description
Country cottage with traditional features in a semi-rural setting within popular mid-Essex.
A beautifully presented, unlisted property in grounds of approximately 0.5 acres, Crosshill Cottage is situated along a quiet road in the small hamlet of Beazley End and is bordered on one side by an arable field which provides far-reaching countryside views. The property has a number of delightful character features and offers generous and light accommodation over two floors.
Ground Floor:
Entrance Dining Hall
The front entrance to the property opens onto a well-proportioned, double aspect entrance/dining hall with limestone flag floor tiles, traditional exposed brickwork fireplace and log burner. Fitted bookshelves run across two walls. Stairs lead up to the first floor with a large window in the stairwell looking out over the garden and flooding the upstairs landing with light.
Sitting Room
The main entrance hall leads through to a charming and similarly well-proportioned sitting room with additional log burner and exposed beams. A herringbone brick hearth adds further character to this wonderful room.
Kitchen
The kitchen/ breakfast room is also accessed via the main entrance hall and features handmade, solid wood, shaker-style units, flagstone floor and plenty of room for entertaining. Double doors from the kitchen open onto a paved terrace beyond which is a beautiful, south-west facing garden.
Downstairs W.C. and Rear Entrance Hall/Laundry Room
Beyond the kitchen is a downstairs loo and rear entrance hall with floor to ceiling cupboards concealing space for a washing machine and tumble dryer as well as providing additional storage. A door leads onto the rear exterior of the house.
Snug/Study
A further reception room is accessed through the back hallway and is a light, double aspect room.
First Floor
Stairs from the main entrance hall lead up to a corridor landing off which are five bedrooms and one bathroom with a further shower room being en-suite to the principal bedroom.
Bedroom One
The main bedroom features exposed beams and has an adjoining dressing room area which, in turn, leads through into an en-suite shower room.
Bedroom Two, Three, Four and Five
Three further bedrooms are all large doubles with a fifth bedroom being a smaller double/large single.
Garden
Double doors open from the kitchen onto the terrace and south-west facing garden which benefits from a large expanse of traditional lawn with a number of well stocked flower beds, a vegetable garden, a greenhouse and a shed. Mature trees run along the boundary of the property ensuring a high degree of privacy.
A double garage sits within an in and out driveway and there is ample parking for a number of cars. The garage features a room above which is currently not in use but which could offer additional living accommodation or a home office subject to the necessary consents.
The plot extends to approximately half an acre (stls)