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3 Bedroom detached house ● Parsons Hill, COLCHESTER ● £700,000
Detached 1930’s three bedroom house in a private leafy location backing onto woodland at Lexden Park. The property has been recently modernised and benefits from planning to extend further.
Detached 1930’s three bedroom house in a private leafy location backing onto Lexden Park.
Set back from a quiet road on the edge of Lexden with a large bordered front garden, the family home has been recently modernized and benefits from approved planning permission for a part single part double storey extension to create a new open plan kitchen and further bedroom.
The sympathetic updates compliment the 1930’s architecture ensuring classic curved bays, recesses and fireplaces are highlighted with modern finishes, materials and palettes. The spacious sitting room retains period features with contemporary wall mouldings and double French doors lead to the porch and enclosed front garden. A separate dining room with its attractive bay window also contains arched window features, replicated in a useful recess to use a work area. Further useful storage is located at the front of the property with small foyer and under-stairs cupboard.
The kitchen has been recently updated, however planning permission has been granted for a sizable new extension to house a new open plan kitchen / living room which would see the current kitchen space turned into a study / library with a side extension to provide a utility room.
On the first floor there are three double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The principle bedroom, above the dining room shares the attractive bay window overlooking the private front garden, screened well by mature hedging. To one wall, there are comprehensive deep fitted wardrobes. Bedroom two, also has fitted wardrobes and enjoys an enviable view over the rear garden and the woodland behind in Lexden Park. Located at the top of Parson’s Hill, with the park rolling away, the setting offers a high degree of privacy and an almost rural feel.
Access to Lowroofs is gained via a private drive that sweeps around the back of the house shared by other four other properties on the hill. The front drive provides off-street parking for a couple of vehicles with further parking to the rear of the garden to the front of the garage via the shared driveway.
The garden has been landscaped in a contemporary fashion with a porcelain terrace with pergola with a range of attractive trees interspersing the lawn. Bordered by leafy shrubs and hedges the garden is a tranquil haven. A useful outbuilding to the side of the property with power and water connected is currently used as a utility room with space for further storage and appliances. The plot in total approaches approximately one fifth of an acre.
PLANNING PERMISSION Planning Permission was granted on 15th March 2022 for a single storey side extension and further part single storey, part two storey rear extension with internal reconfiguration. Full details can be found on Colchester Borough Council planning portal under the application number 220162
- Whatft s Nearby
- The property is approximately a half an hour walk to the City centre with good shopping facilities, restaurants, cinema and galleries. Within a short walk is a local convenience store for everyday needs and Colchester North mainline station is 2.2 miles away.The property backs onto Lexden Park Nature Reserve, at 7 hectares, with ancient woodland, a pond and meadow in the middle of the site. It is a haven for walkers and lovers of fauna and flora. Part of the site is designated a scheduled ancient monument which is the Lexden Dyke Middle. It is within easy reach of a variety of schools. Colchester County High School for Girls and Colchester Royal Grammar school two of the top schools in the country. Excellent private and state schools including Holmwood House, St. Mary's, Oxford House, Colchester High School, Philip Morant, St Benedicts, Home Farm Primary School and the Sixth Form College.
- Within Easy Reach
- Less than a 5 min drive is the A12, which connects with the M25, heads south towards London or north to Ipswich with Stansted being the nearest airport. Towards the Essex and Suffolk border is "Constable Country," the landscape immortalised by the great painter John Constable.The coast is also within easy reach. Nearby coastal towns and villages of interest include Mersea Island, Brightlingsea and Frinton. Mersea with its famous Oysters, sailing and water sports. Frinton with its glorious sandy, clean and safe beach, A haven for dogs walkers from October to May. Ipswich, St Joseph’s, Ipswich High School, The Royal Hospital School and Gosfield are notable schools within easy reach of Colchester.For a variety of national and boutique shopping, outside of the wide variety available in Colchester, are nearby Chelmsford, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
- Services
- TENURE - FreeholdCOUNCIL TAX - FLOCAL AUTHORITY - ColchesterSERVICESMains gas, electricity, water and drainage
- Property reference CWR080213205
- Council Tax Band F
- Tenure Freehold
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Without a doubt there are two large driving forces for people moving to the area. The excellent range of private and state schools. The grammar schools annually top the league tables across the country. The range of private schools offer a more tailored education and are exceptionally well sought after. The second, being value for money, although, as the town grows, house prices within the area look to rise steadily within the coming years.
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The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by chewton rose. Please contact the chewton rose office directly to obtain full property particulars and any information which may be available under the terms of The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 and The Home Information Pack Regulations 2007.
