Stock Road, Stock, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 9PJ | Property for sale | Savills
305.65 sq m(3,290 sq ft)
Asking price £1,500,000

Stock RoadStock, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 9PJ

  • Sold

Key features

  • Sold in August 2023
  • Plot approaching an acre
  • Yard and outbuildings
  • Billericay rail station: 1.6 miles
  • Stock village: 1 mile

Victorian three-storey house on borders of Stock & Billericay.

About this property

  • Internally, the house has well-proportioned rooms containing many period features and high ceilings. A central hall separates the living rooms and provides access to the cellar and upper floors. The cellar is a useful area divided into two areas. At the front of the house are two impressive reception rooms - the lounge, a light-filled room with south and east-facing deep windows and featuring a period fireplace with a wooden surround, and a sitting room, finished in bold period colours with contrasting marble fireplace. The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen, again with high ceilings and a deep, south-facing window. The utility room is a large space, also providing a ‘prep' kitchen, with plenty of floor-to-ceiling storage and housing for white goods. At the rear, overlooking the gardens, is the kitchen/breakfast room, traditionally fitted in solid wood topped with granite which contrasts with the clay tiled floor. Glazed double doors open into the gardens and provide a lovely vista. Also accessed from the kitchen is the conservatory.

    The first floor has four good-sized bedrooms. The principal bedroom has fitted wardrobes and an en suite shower room. Bedroom two also has an en suite with the remaining bedrooms sharing a large family bathroom. The second floor has two further bedrooms which would make an ideal suite. There is potential to expand into an undeveloped loft area.

    Outside
    The house is set back from the road, screened by mature evergreen trees. A long gravel drive leads to the front of the house to a parking area for several cars. The gardens to the front are mature, predominantly lawned with a scattering of mature shrubs and trees. At the rear, the gardens have been designed over many years to provide all-year colour and interest. There are several deciduous, fruit and evergreen trees and ornamental ponds set within extensive lawns. A series of island and side beds include a variety of shrubs, spring bulbs and roses. At the bottom of the garden is a yard containing useful outbuildings, offering the chance to re-develop into home/work buildings or garden rooms.

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A landmark house, so well placed and adjoining one of my favourite villages, Stock.

Stephen WhiteProperty agent

Local information

  • Billericay: 1.6 miles (Liverpool Street from 31 minutes), Stock: 1.6 miles, Chelmsford: 7.5 miles (Liverpool Street from 34 minutes), Ingatestone: 4 miles (railway station and parking), A12: (junction 16): 3.7 miles, M25 (junction 28): 10.6 miles. All distances approximate.
  • Buttsbury lodge is located on the immediate borders of Stock village, 1.6 miles from Billericay high street and rail station and a little over 3 miles from Ingatestone. Stock has better than average village amenities including a C of E primary and preschool, a village hall, four public houses, a post office, a general store, and a restaurant. Nearby Billericay has a bustling high street which includes a Waitrose supermarket, whilst Ingatestone has a selection of independent retailers. Chelmsford City to the north has a more comprehensive and pedestrianised shopping centre and is also on the main line into London Liverpool Street.
  • The house is well located for a choice of state, private and grammar schools. These include the Mayflower High School , St. John's, and Buttsbury Junior and infant School at Billericay, with KEGS and CCHS at Chelmsford.
  • Stock Brook Country Club golf course and gym are within half a mile of the house, with the Greenwoods Hotel and Spa with gym and retreat at Stock village.
  • The countryside in the surrounding area is very popular with walkers and cyclists.

Additional information

  • Services: All mains services connected. High speed fibre connected.
  • Note: (i) The house claimed on its insurance policy for the removal of a large oak tree and several fir trees. Following, the house has a certificate of structural adequacy. (ii) Adjacent to the house is an established livestock, country, and hardware store. Planning permission has been rejected to re-develop the site to provide a care home.
  • Local authority: Basildon Borough Council. Council tax band = G (with improvement indicator).
  • Directions: Take the B1007 passing over Galleywood Common and over the A12 bypass. Proceed through Stock village, down the hill towards Billericay, where the house will be found on the right-hand side before the roundabout. Postcode: CM4 9PJ
  • EPC Rating: E
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: G