- Prime Location Near Billericay Town Centre: Short Stroll To Amenities, Schools, And Transport Links.
- Charming Edwardian Architecture: Features Period Detailing And Classic Facade.
- Ideal Project: Versatile Spaces For Families Or Potential Conversion to Commercial Use. (STPC)
- Unique Scope For Extension: Potential To Extend, Subject To Planning Permissions.
- Spacious Ground Floor Layout: Includes Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Utility Area, And Two Bath
- Characterful Original Features: High Ceilings, Cornicing, Large Windows, And Period Details Througho
- Generous Three-Bedroom Upstairs: Includes Two Doubles, A Single, And A Master Ensuite With Roll-Top
- Large Westerly Garden: Sunny Aspect With Mature Trees, Perfect For Landscaping.
- Detached Garage With Driveway: Offers Convenience And Potential For Expansion.
- Opportunity For Modernisation: Blend Of Heritage And Contemporary Redesign Possible Throughout.
Situated just a short stroll from the vibrant heart of Billericay town centre, this delightful three-bedroom Edwardian property offers a unique blend of timeless character and untapped potential. With its classic facade, generous proportions, and enviable location, this is the perfect canvas for those looking to create their dream home.
As you approach the property, the elegant architecture immediately captures your attention. The symmetrical frontage, with sash style windows and period detailing, exudes charm and hints at the history within. A private driveway and a single garage, together with the locality ensures both convenience and practicality.
Stepping through the front door, you're greeted by a spacious hallway, brimming with original features. High ceilings, intricate cornicing, and large windows bathe the home in natural light, creating an inviting atmosphere that celebrates the property's heritage. The ground floor comprises a generously sized living room, ideal for cozy evenings by the fire, and a separate dining room that offers a wonderful space for entertaining. Both rooms retain period features that are waiting to be lovingly restored to their former glory.
The kitchen, situated at the rear of the property, provides ample space for a modern redesign. With a layout that lends itself to open-plan living, this area could be transformed into a contemporary hub of the home, seamlessly blending the old with the new. A utility area, a second bathroom needing modernisation and access to the garden complete the ground floor.
Upstairs, the property boasts three bedrooms (two doubles and one single), each have their own unique character. The principal bedroom with an ensuite bathroom, is particularly impressive, featuring a large front window that floods the room with light and offers a tranquil retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life. The other two bedrooms are versatile, making them ideal for a growing family, guest accommodation, or even a home office.
The outside space is equally promising. The rear garden, while requiring some attention, is of a generous size and benefits from a sunny westerly aspect. With mature trees and established borders, it provides the perfect backdrop for landscaping enthusiasts or anyone looking to create an idyllic outdoor haven.
What truly sets this property apart is the scope it offers. For those with vision, this Edwardian gem is brimming with possibilities to enhance and extend (subject to the necessary planning permissions). Whether you dream of restoring its period features, designing a contemporary living space, or a blend of both, the potential here is truly limitless.
With its unbeatable location near Billericay town centre, excellent schools, and transport links to London, this property is a rare find. Opportunities to own a home of this caliber, with such character and potential, don't come along often.
If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and create something truly special, this beauty could be your forever home. Contact us today to arrange a viewing and take the first step on this exciting journey.
ACCOMODATION AS FOLLOWS...
HALLWAY
As you would expect from a Georgian home, this grand central hallway greets you with character elegance and charm.
Boasting impressive 2.86m high ceilings and doors leading to the reception rooms, it sets a remarkable tone as the first statement space in the house.
SITTING ROOM 5.64m x 3.97m (18'6 x 13')
Generously proportioned with high ceilings, this inviting sitting room with an original pediment sitting above the door, is bathed in natural light from a large front-facing window and the rear doors.
A centrally positioned fireplace provides a striking focal point, making it the ideal space for both relaxation and entertaining.
LEAN-TO CONSERVATORY 2.76m x 1.98m (9'1 x 6'6)
A versatile addition to the home, this enclosed area opens directly onto the garden, offering potential to adapt to your needs be it as a sunlit retreat, studio, or reading room.
DINING ROOM 5.64m x 3.66m (18'6 x 12')
Steeped in Georgian character, this second reception room features a large front-facing window, a handy under-stair cupboard, and connecting doors to both the kitchen and the side hallway.
The room is perfectly poised for hosting memorable dinners and family gatherings.
SIDE HALLWAY
Leading from here, you'll find access to a ground-floor bathroom and a practical utility/storage area, blending convenience with thoughtful design.
BATHROOM
Complementing the first-floor facilities, this ground-floor, rear facing bathroom offers a panel-enclosed bath, wash basin, and space to accommodate a WC.
UTILITY/STORE ROOM 4.61m x 2.69m (15'2 x 8'10)
Situated on the right-hand side of the house, this glazed section provides valuable storage space and can also accommodate additional appliances, making it a functional space to the property.
KITCHEN 4.24m x 3.90m (13'11 x 12'10)
Located at the rear of the home, the square kitchen with room for a central table and chairs, is together with the ensuite, the most recently improved area and enjoys modern units and worktops to three sides, with spaces for appliances.
A perfect blend of style and practicality.
REAR LOBBY
With direct access to the garden and a ground-floor WC, this lobby serves as a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor living.
GROUND FLOOR WC
Compact yet convenient, this WC features a low-level toilet and wall-mounted hand basin, and adjoins the ground floor bathroom.
FIRST FLOOR LANDING
The first-floor landing is flooded with light through a central front window.
Original balustrades add to its timeless appeal, with doors leading to three bedrooms and the upstairs WC.
MAIN BEDROOM 3.97m x 3.66m (13' x 12')
Positioned above the sitting room, this expansive bedroom exudes grandeur, enhanced by its high ceilings and front-facing window.
A stud wall has been introduced to create a generously sized ensuite bathroom in the rear section, offering modern convenience without sacrificing space.
ENSUITE BATHROOM 3.97m x 1.88m (13' x 6'2)
A Georgian-inspired sanctuary, this ensuite boasts a rear-facing window, a freestanding roll-top bath, a low-level WC, and a stylish wash basin.
A spacious retreat that perfectly complements the home's character.
BEDROOM TWO 3.66m x 3.56m (12' x 11'8)
Another generously sized bedroom, this room features high ceilings and a large front-facing window, making it an inviting and versatile space.
BEDROOM THREE 3.66m x 1.98m (12' x 6'6)
Located at the rear of the property, this cozy bedroom is ideal for a single bed or home office. It also includes an original built-in cupboard, adding charm and practicality.
SEPARATE WC
A compact yet functional space with a push-button WC and a wall-mounted hand basin, perfectly positioned for added convenience.
OUTSIDE
FRONT GARDEN
The front garden, with its pathways leading to the entrance, is bordered by established shrubs, ensuring privacy and curb appeal. Though currently overgrown, it offers a wonderful opportunity to create a welcoming approach.
REAR GARDEN
The rear garden provides a tranquil escape, framed by mature boundaries for privacy. In the far corner, a single garage awaits, offering both storage and potential.
DETACHED GARAGE
Accessed via a gated driveway, the detached garage features an up-and-over door.
With ample space, there's the exciting possibility of replacing it with a more substantial double garage, adding further versatility to the property.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band F
Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
Billericay is a popular, historic market town just 30 miles from London.
The market at the top of Crown Road disappeared years ago and Billericay nowadays is more well-known as an excellent commuter town, with excellent rail links to the City (35 minutes by train), very good schools and a charming High Street, part of which is a conservation area.
It also has great access to the key main roads of the M25, A12 and A127.
The town lies on the edge of rural Essex, which makes it a very desirable place to live. This coupled with the City access goes some way to explain the high levels of Londoners we see looking to move here every year.
Since I moved here in 1973 and started as an estate agent in the mid 1990's, I have seen the town grow to where it is now, with some 14,000-15,000 homes and a population of over 40,000.
The Billericay you see today is economically and physically a thriving and attractive place to live and work. There are many open green spaces including the 40 acre Lake Meadows Park, a must in summer, and they throw a pretty impressive Fireworks Night too.
Norsey Woods is a great place for a walk or to exercise your dogs...or the kids! It dates back to the Bronze Age and covers about 165 acres with a visitor centre for the educational visits it has too.
I remember camping there as a cub scout back in the day and both Nick and myself have enjoyed many a afternoon there over the years with our families.
The High Street must be one of the prettiest in the county and dates back to Roman times. The shape we see now certainly hasn't changed much for over 500 years, our office itself is part of one of the 25 old coaching inns the town has seen over the years!
With well over 100 shops including some well known names and some boutique locally owned ones, the High Street also has some great pubs, bars and restaurants. The Chequers is probably the most popular, most people we know rate it as the best pub in town, with newer bars like Harrys Bar, Bar Zero and the Blue Boar, also very sought after, growing venues on friday and saturday nights.
There are too many great restaurants to name, suffice to say you don't need to travel out of Billericay to have a fantastic night out and there's a taxi rank by the station to get you home if you want to leave the car on the drive.
Waitrose is our local main supermarket with there also a very good Co-op over on Queens Park. Smaller supermarkets over in South Green, Sunnymede and along Stock Road also provide a super local service in their areas.
Billericay Christmas Market is a very popular annual event which sees the High Street completely shut to traffic for the day and then filled with stalls selling anything and everything Christmasy!
All the local schools, both Primary and Secondary have good OFSTED reports and there is a good choice of both State and Private. Please feel free to contact our office for more details although the OFSTED website is the ideal first port of call of course.
A BIT OF HISTORY
Billericay has an facinating history, much of which can be researched in our local museum, the Cater Museum on the High Street.
Billericay was first recorded as Byllerica in 1291 with notable events including a Peasants Revolt ending up in Norsey Woods in 1381 and some of Billericay residents, including Christopher Martin, the ship's victualler, sailing with the Pilgrim Fathers to the 'New World' of America on the Mayflower in 1620 - hence the many representartions of the Mayflower ship in numerous local businesses and the Mayflower High School.
In 1916 Billericay became famous as a result of a Zeppelin airship crashing in flames on the outskirts of the town, down what is now Greens Farm Lane.
A union workhouse was built in 1840 which later, together with additional later built buildings, became St. Andrew's Hospital in the 1930s. The regional plastic surgery and rehabilitation unit was opened here the same year I moved to Billericay, 1973. Many a local will still refer the estate there now to me, as 'one of the houses on the old Burns Unit', although it is in fact Stockfield Manor now.
Only the original workhouse building, including the chapel, and the main gatehouse, now survive, converted now into Grey Lady Place, a residential development of luxury apartments.
The railway came in 1889 and opened up opportunities for landowners to sell plots to Londoners looking to move out of 'The Smoke' into a cleaner rural environment. Both myself and Nick have sold many an old 'plot land' home over the years for redevelopment. A few still remain on the edge of Norsey Woods down Break Egg Hill.
With the housing shortage created by the war time bombing of London, pressure to build was great and the new town of Basildon was given the green light. The 'Green Belt' stopped expansion and the blurring of Basildon and Billericay, hence why lot of the Billericay housing estates were built on abandoned farmland around the town centre and Great Burstead/South Green, where permission was more easily granted.
