4 bedroom detached house for sale

The Millstone is an impressive family home offering light and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. The property has three reception rooms with attractive features and décor, while outside there is a delightful garden, backing onto open countryside.

To the ground floor is the dual aspect drawing room, which has a bay window and south-facing French doors opening onto the garden, as well as wooden parquet flooring and a handsome open fireplace. There is also a formal dining room, while at the rear, the sitting room has a triple aspect with panoramic windows taking in views across the garden. Also on the ground floor is a 26ft kitchen with fitted units to base and wall level, a central island and integrated appliances, with the adjoining utility room providing further space for storage and appliances. Upstairs, the four double bedrooms include a principal bedroom with built-in wardrobes and en suite shower room. One bedroom has French doors opening onto the south-facing terrace while the first floor also has a family bathroom.

At the front of the property, security gates open onto the walled, gravel driveway, which offers plenty of parking space for several vehicles and access to the integrated garage at the side of the house. The garden extends to the side and rear of the house and includes pristine lawns, box hedging, well-stocked, colourful flowerbeds and various established shrubs, hedgerows and trees. There is also a storage shed, a beautiful ornamental pond and rock garden, gravel terracing, a patio area for al fresco dining and a heated outdoor swimming pool with its own sun terrace.

The property is located between the village of Little Waltham and Broomfield; a short distance from Chelmsford City centre. The small and pretty village of Little Waltham has a parish church, a pub, a farm shop, a pharmacy and a primary school. In Chelmsford there is a superb choice of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, cafés and leisure facilities, while Chelmsford mainline station provides fast and regular services to London Liverpool Street (40 minutes). Further schooling in the area includes the secondary Chelmer Valley High School and the independent New Hall School. Stansted airport is 14 miles away, while the area is well connected by road, with the A12 within easy reach, providing access towards Colchester and Ipswich, and towards London and the M25.