Front Elevation
149.95 sq m
Guide price £550,000(€623,521)

Wenham LaneGreat Wenham, Colchester, CO7 6PJ

    House
    149.95 sq m
    4Bedrooms
    2Bathrooms
    2Receptions

    Key features

    • 4 bedrooms with delightful rural views
    • 2 bath/shower rooms
    • sitting room with doors out onto the patio
    • dining room with wood burning stove
    • study
    • kitchen
    • double garage
    • cottage style garden

    Delightful Victorian cottage with rural views

    About this property

    • Rectory Cottage is believed to have been built around 1850 and is constructed of red brick under a slate roof. Over the years further extensions have taken place providing extra accommodation.

      The ground floor comprises a sitting room and dining room which both feature brick fireplaces with wood burning stoves and doors to the patio and garden. The bespoke Orwells Pine kitchen provides a range of base units with granite worktops and pantry, electric Rangemaster oven and 5 ring gas hob.
      There is also a study and shower room. The first floor offers 4 bedrooms and a family bathroom and access to a boarded loft space with Velux windows.

      Outside
      The property is approached through iron gates over a gravel drive providing parking for several vehicles and giving access to the double garage. The front garden is south facing and mainly laid to lawn with pretty flower beds, mature trees including two twisted willows and shrubs offering privacy and
      seclusion. A path leads to the rear of the property and a patio, off the sitting room, perfect for al fresco dining. There are rural views to the rear of the property over the adjoining countryside.

      Services
      Mains electricity & water. Private drainage. LPG fired heating.

      View payable Stamp Duty for this property

    Pretty cottage in a lovely rural setting, within commuting distance of London

    Tom OrfordProperty agent

    Local information

    • Distances
    • Manningtree Station 7 miles
    • Ipswich 8 miles
    • Colchester 12 miles
    • (London Liverpool Street station 55,65 & 50 minutes respectively)
    • (All mileages and times are approximate)
    • Great Wenham is a hamlet with a local public house and church and is situated approximately two miles from Capel St Mary, which offers a range of local facilities and amenities including a doctors surgery, shop and primary school. Great Wenham falls within the catchment area of East Bergholt High School, approximately 3 miles away.
    • Ipswich and Colchester, the oldest recorded town in England, are near by and both provide a much wider variety of shopping, educational, leisure and recreational facilities. There is also good access to both the A14 and A12 trunk roads which lead to London, the Midlands and the major motorway network beyond.

    Additional information

    • Directions: Taking the A12 north-bound, pass the turning to East Bergholt & Hadleigh and take the next turn on the left hand side signposted to Great Wenham into Wenham Lane. Continue for 0.5 miles passing a farm on the left and the cottage will be found on the right hand side behind iron gates.
    • EPC Rating = G