MOTTS 5 THE GREEN l WRITTLE l CHELMSFORD l ESSEX

Chelmsford City Centre with its excellent shopping facilities and mainline train station is within 3 miles (journey time to London Liverpool Street is within 34 minutes) | Stansted airport is within

27.9 miles | The renowned New Hall School is within 3.3 miles | Keggs and Girls Country High Grammar Schools are within 2.5 miles |

A quite unique and charming Georgian fronted listed village house enjoying beautiful landscaped walled gardens, six principle bedrooms, five generous receptions and an imposing frontage to Writtle Green. Motts dates from the 16th Century benefiting from sympathetic additions and improvements during the 17th and 18th Centuries, and enjoys stunning views over the village green and duck pond, of which the ornamental canal with three fountains still serves, with high redbrick walls and boundaries of yew hedging protecting the landscaped gardens. EPC E

• Georgian fronted village residence

• Six principle bedrooms

• Two potential attic bedrooms

• Three bathrooms

• Drawing room

• Panelled dining room

• Kitchen and separate breakfast room

• Utility room

• Reading room

• Beautiful reception hall

• Two bay cart lodge and adjoining workshop

• Tennis court

• Plot of approx. 0.9 of an acre (stls)

• Views onto Writtle Green and duck pond

• Gas fired central heating and mains water

Description

A quite unique and charming Georgian fronted listed village house enjoying beautiful landscaped walled gardens, six principle bedrooms, four

generous receptions and an imposing frontage to Writtle Green. Motts dates from the 16th Century benefiting from sympathetic additions and

improvements during the 17th and 18th Centuries, and enjoys stunning views over the village green and duck pond, of which the ornamental canal

with three fountains still serves, with high redbrick walls and boundaries of yew hedging protecting the landscaped gardens.

Motts is listed as being of architectural or historical interest Grade II, with the drawing room, hall, first floor sitting room and principle bedrooms

of particular merit. Noteworthy is the historic panelled dining room which includes a Tudor stone arched fireplace. The impressive reception

hall with flagstone flooring, fitted books shelving to one wall and display out coves above includes a walk in coat cupboard which includes original

exposed timber framing and a pillared archway opening into the rear hallway, again featuring flagstone flooring and beautiful rear windows

overlooking the landscaped gardens to the rear. There is a sweeping stairwell with substantial oak mewls, handrail and handsome turned

balusters. There is a sweeping stairwell with substantial oak mewls, handrail and handsome turned balusters. There is also access to a small cellar

and ground floor cloakroom. The light and airy triple aspect drawing room enjoys lovely views over the gardens with splay bay to the side

elevation and fitted window seat beneath with two further shuttered front windows again with window seats. The room features an attractive

brick lined fireplace set with panelled surround and an adjacent door opening into a secret drinks cupboard.

Description

Approached from the drawing room the restful reading/family room offers a further redbrick fireplace with recently fitted inset wood burner.

The opposite wall benefitting from two shelved recesses. The reading room also offers access to the rear gardens via patio doors. The

magnificent oak panelled dining room, thought to be installed in 1937 and believed to date from the 17th Century, also enjoys a beautiful Tudor

stone arched fireplace, oak boarded flooring, two sash front windows and French double doors opening to the rear gardens and brick terrace

surround. The rear lobby includes a secondary staircase which gives access to the first floor master bedroom. The bespoke designer fitted

kitchen offers views to the side of the property, exposed timbers, central island, walk in larder, access to the before mentioned dining room, 5

door Aga and gas companion oven. Leading off from the kitchen is the boiler/drying room and utility with the impressive double aspect garden

room overlooking the courtyard and gardens beyond.

To the first floor the impressive landing with picture window frames the landscaped gardens and canal beyond.

It also gives access to a second staircase leading to attic room one / potential seventh bedroom, attic room two / potential eighth bedroom and

attic room three / store room. Bedroom two offers most attractive views of the village green to the front and gardens to the side through deep

sash windows, there are two fitted window seats, fireplace and a walk in clothes cupboard. Bedroom three enjoys exposed timber frame to one

wall, a redbrick fireplace and lovely views onto the rear gardens. A recently fitted family bathroom is situated between bedroom two and three

with a further wet room/family shower room serving the remaining bedrooms. Bedroom six looks onto the side of the property with the

impressive 18ft x 5ft bedroom four enjoying lovely views of the courtyard and rear gardens. Bedroom four enjoys views of the Green.

The recently configured Master bedroom enjoys a delightful double aspect onto the rear gardens and indeed the village green. It also now benefits

from a substantial dressing room and en-suite wet room.

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