5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 1920s five-bedroom, (four en suite) detached house
- Approximately 1.2 miles of rail station
- Adjacent to the 12-acre Oaklands park
- Many period features and fireplaces
- Large front and rear gardens
- EPC Rating = D
Description
Stuarts is set back from the road, well-screened by mature trees and shrubs and surrounded by established gardens adjoining Oaklands Park, a 12-acre public park with a museum, tennis courts and sports pitches. Located in one of Chelmsford’s conservation areas, it is well-placed for access to the city centre, parks, A12, schools and rail station. The house itself is believed to date back to the 1920s and has half-rendered and red-brick elevations under a tiled roof, impressive splay bays in the dining room and first floor bedroom and well-proportioned rooms enhanced by high ceilings. The property has retained a wealth of period features including an attractive dog-leg staircase, the original casement windows, numerous fireplaces, doors, cornice, picture rails and skirting boards. Of particular note is to mention the large kitchen/breakfast room at the rear of the house, overlooking the gardens.
A vestibule shelters the entrance door, opening into a fine hall, finished with parquet flooring. The hall contains an attractive dog-leg style staircase providing a focal point. Adjacent is a ‘hotel style’ wet room with traditional tiling. At the front of the house is a sitting/dining room with a bay window and a feature fireplace. At the rear of the house is a living room with a bay window, fireplace and door into the garden. Also at the rear is a kitchen/breakfast room finished with a traditional ‘pammet’ style tiled floor, complementing the on-trend period colour kitchen units which have contrasting marble style work tops. The fittings include a falcon five burner Range cooker. The breakfast area, lit by a glazed lantern overlooks the garden and has a door on to the terrace. At the opposite end of the kitchen is a pantry and boiler room.
On the first floor are four bedrooms (three en suite), the principal bedroom has an en suite bathroom with a traditional styled slipper bath. On the second floor is a fifth bedroom, fitted with bespoke storage and has an en suite shower room.
Outside
The driveway adjacent to the house, which also serves Oaklands Park and a property behind, leads on to a set of double gates at the end of the back garden to a parking area. This garden is screened on both sides by a bank of mature trees, with lawns and a large terrace behind the house, ideal for alfresco dining. The front garden is about 18m (60’) deep, approached through a set of double timber gates to a gravelled central area, with lawns. On either side of the front garden are lattice screened area for bin storage.
Services
All main services connected.
Location
Mileages
Chelmsford City shopping centre: 1 mile; Chelmsford railway station: 1.2 miles (rail service to London Liverpool Street); A12 (junction 15) 2.8 miles. All distances approximate.
Local Information
The house sits south of Chelmsford city centre and lies adjacent to Oaklands House, a substantial Grade II listed building now housing the Chelmsford and Essex regimental museums and surrounded by a 12-acre landscaped park with a rose garden, sports pitches and tennis courts. The house is within approx. 400m of the Tesco superstore on Princes Road, there is an extensive range of shops and amenities on Moulsham Street, while Chelmsford city offers a bustling shopping centre and a station on the main line into London Liverpool Street and access onto the A12.
The area also boasts: Moulsham High School, approx. 1km from the property which can be reached on foot without the need to cross any roads; three private preparatory schools (two of which are on New London Road); two grammar schools and a well-known independent school (New Hall).
Directions
From Chelmsford town centre and Parkway proceed south-west on the A1099 (New London Road). Continue for approximately 0.8 of a mile and turn left immediately after the junction with Moulsham Street through the gates into Oaklands Park drive. The entrance to the drive be found on the right-hand side.
When viewing, it will be best to park in front of the house and walk through the front garden.
Postcode: CM2 0AG
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