With an attractive façade featuring mock- Tudor boards and bay windows supported by complementary brackets, the property offers stylishly presented, well-proportioned accommodation with an open ambience ideally suited to entertaining and to a modern lifestyle. Vintage-inspired, panelled entrance doors give a flavour of the thoughtful design on offer once inside, with the hall leading through to a generous, light-filled reception room which provides a dining area alongside a feature fireplace and a comfortable family space. Glazed sliding doors offer a seamless transition out onto the garden terrace and are complemented by French doors in the adjacent kitchen/breakfast room, affording the perfect inside to outside living environment. Fitted with contemporary, wall and base level units, topped with stone worksurfaces, the kitchen features an island unit and ample space for informal dining, with an ancillary area provided by an adjoining utility incorporating a cloakroom. A front aspect sitting room offers a tranquil retreat and completes the ground floor accommodation.

On the first floor, there are five bedrooms, with the spacious principal room having fitted wardrobe storage and the benefit of en suite facilities. The family bathroom has a sense of luxury and features a contemporary freestanding bathtub and a shower cubicle. Supplemental accommodation is provided in an annexe which, in addition to a kitchen and shower/wet room, offers a generous reception area with windows and sliding doors opening out to the garden. This dwelling currently presents as a games room and entertaining space but offers versatile-use options.

This property has 2.5 acres of land.

Outside

Low-brick walls, with wrought-iron railings and gates, front the road with access onto an expanse of brick-paved driveway which offers parking for several vehicles. A five-bar wooden gate to the side of the property opens to provide a route alongside the home, curving a bed with statuesque tree and planting below, to a garage which adjoins the annexe outbuilding.

A large paved, south-facing terrace adjoins the rear of the home offers opportunities for outdoor dining and an extensive length of lawn provides plenty of space for children’s play with a collection of specimen trees mid-way, bordering a feature pond with decorative bridge. A second terraced area, position opposite the annexe, has a pergola over decorated with climbing plants and a side border has a timber edged flower bed filled with architectural shrubs and perennial plants. An outbuilding with two stable stalls is situated just beyond the annexe.

Planning 20\01752\FUL Two storey front/side extension and balcony above porch. Two-storey rear extension with first floor terrace. Alterations to existing fenestrations.

Situation

The village of Ramsden Heath offers a village hall, three public houses and a coffee shop, a tennis club, green open spaces and allotments, as well as access to a number of foot and bridle paths over the surrounding countryside. There is also a hairdressers, MOT garage and beauty parlour in Downham Road.

The village isconveniently located to the amenities providedby the nearby towns of Wickford and Billericay,which include comprehensive shopping andleisure facilities. Both towns offer mainline train stations with regular services to London Liverpool Street and to Southend. Road-users benefit from close proximity to junctions joining the A12, for onward journeys both north abd south to the wider road networks. Well regarded schooling in the vicinity includes Mayflower High School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), St John’s, Widford Lodge Prep, Woodlands Hutton Manor, St Cedd’s, St Anne’s Prep, Heathcote and Brentwood. General

Directions

Leaving the A12 at Junction 16, join the B1007/ Stock Road and after approximately 1 mile take the left turn onto Downham Road. Take the right-turn at the T-junction to join Dowsetts Lane and at the next junction turn where the property will be found after a short distance on the right-hand side