- Impressive 1950s Family Home Set Behind Gates With Open Views
- Welcoming Entrance Hall With Parquet Flooring
- Five Spacious Double Bedrooms Including En Suite Shower Room
- Three Modern Bath/Shower Rooms Including A Large Four-Piece Family Suite
- Bright Lounge With Parquet Flooring, Fireplace, And Folding Doors To Day Room
- Side Lobby With Utility Area, Storage Rooms, And Internal Garage Access
- Secure Gated Driveway With Ample Parking, Lawn Area, And Established Shrub Beds
- Beautiful 160ft Garden With Patio, Lawns, Retired Vegetable Plot, And Storage Sheds
- Gas Radiator Heating and Double Glazed Windows
Set behind imposing brick walls and secure gates, this impressive 1950s-built family residence occupies a generous plot in a well-established residential area of Billericay.
Offering a rare combination of period charm, substantial living space, and well maintained gardens, the property enjoys views over open land opposite that is not earmarked for development ensuring the surrounding green spaces and the much-loved sledging hill will remain untouched.
The home offers five generously proportioned double bedrooms, each accessed from a wide and airy landing lit by a large front-facing window. These bedrooms have use of the exceptionally spacious family bathroom, complete with a four-piece white suite and two additional modern shower rooms, making this a truly functional and versatile home for larger households.
On the ground floor, a centrally positioned entrance door, flanked by side panels in classic 1950s style, opens into an impressive reception hall laid with original parquet flooring.
A crafted wood staircase with cupboards under and turned balustrades adds a timeless elegance to this welcoming space. Off the hall is a private study ideal for working from home a useful downstairs cloakroom, and a bright, comfortable lounge also featuring parquet flooring, an open fireplace, and folding doors that connect to an expansive rear games room or additional sitting area. These combined spaces offer flexibility for both relaxed family living and large-scale entertaining.
The kitchen stretches from the front to the rear of the house and measures approx. 36' in length. It provides ample space for dining, casual seating, and future scope for modernisation or extension if desired. Just off the kitchen, a side lobby leads to a designated utility area and a series of practical storage spaces, along with access to the rear garden and the attached garage.
The rear garden is a remarkable feature of this property, extending to approximately 200' and offers a private, peaceful retreat for outdoor living. Framed by established borders and mature trees, the garden includes a central lawn, a once-thriving vegetable patch at the far end, and a playful zip line an adventurous touch that's provided endless fun over the years, though newcomers are advised to approach with caution!
Homes of this age and scale, set on such generous plots and with this degree of privacy and outlook, are increasingly rare in Billericay. This is a unique opportunity to secure a substantial family home with character, charm, and future potential in a special setting.
ACCOMODATION AS FOLLOWS
HALLWAY 4.55m x 3.35m (14'11 x 10'11)
A stunning, spacious entrance hall featuring original parquet flooring, creates an immediate sense of grandeur upon arrival.
This impressive space perfectly sets the tone for the size and character of the home.
The hallway includes under-stairs storage and a traditional 1950s style wooden entrance door with glazed side panels that help flood the space with light.
CLOAKROOM
Finished with tiled flooring and half-tiled walls, the cloakroom includes a white suite comprising a low-level WC and a wall-mounted hand basin.
CENTRAL STUDY .32m x 1.88m (7'7 x 6'2)
A practical home office or study space, complete with spotlighting and open access to the rear reception room perfect for working from home or managing household tasks.
LIVING ROOM 6.59m x 3.58m (21'7 x 11'9)
A generous yet cosy living area with a large front window and two charming stained-glass side windows.
The room features parquet flooring, a brick-built fireplace with a gas fire, and a timber mantel.
Folding doors open to the adjoining day room, allowing the space to transform into a vast area ideal for entertaining and large family gatherings throughout the year.
KITCHEN/DINER 11.16m x 2.71m (36'7 x 8'10)
This front to back kitchen/diner is fitted out in a range of cream shaker-style units, granite worktops, tiled splashbacks, and both under-pelmet and low-level LED lighting, the kitchen offers ample storage.
Appliances include a stainless steel 1.5 bowl sink, space for a dishwasher, built-in five-ring gas hob with extractor, double oven and grill, and space for an American-style fridge freezer.
A fitted breakfast bar with a TV point complements the layout, while a dedicated dining area sits perfectly under the front window.
A PVC door provides access to the side lobby.
SIDE LOBBY 4.15m x 2.42m (13'6 x 7'9)
This side section of the home comprises three practical areas.
One serves as a utility space housing the gas boiler, with worktop space, plumbing and provisions for a washing machine and tumble dryer.
The remaining two areas provide excellent storage solutions and access to both the garden and garage.
LANDING
A lovely spacious and light-filled landing with a large front window and an attractive turned balustrade staircase leading to both sides of the home.
It features an airing cupboard and classic wood architraves to the doors, adding warmth and charm to this generous space.
MAIN BEDROOM 4.81m x 3.56m (15'9 x 11'8)
A well-proportioned double room with a front-facing window and a comprehensive range of built-in wardrobes, offering excellent storage.
BEDROOM TWO 3.73m x 3.28m (12'2 x 10'9)
Positioned off the extended part of the stairs and with its own landing, this room enjoys an added sense of privacy.
Rear-facing and spacious, it could easily serve as an alternative main bedroom. It also benefits from direct access to a private en suite.
EN SUITE
Fully tiled and well-presented, this en suite includes a three-piece white suite with push-button WC, a corner shower cubicle, and a modern wash basin with drawers below and a mixer tap. A chrome heated towel rail completes the modern style to this room.
BEDROOM THREE 3.29m x 2.6m (10'9 x 8'6)
This rear-facing bedroom has laminate flooring and a views over the garden.
BEDROOM FOUR 3.29m x 3.16m (10'9 x 10'4)
Another central rear facing bedroom featuring sliding door wardrobes.
Conveniently both bedrooms three and four are ideally situated just by the next shower room.
SHOWER ROOM
This is conveniently positioned for family use, particularly by those in bedrooms three and four.
With tiled floors and walls, the room includes a white suite with push-button WC, a wash basin, and a shower cubicle.
BEDROOM FIVE 2.95m x 2.66m (9'8 x 8'8)
Located at the front of the property, this bright bedroom offers attractive views across the fields opposite. It also has a door opening to a useful eaves storage cupboard.
FAMILY BATHROOM 4.49m x 2.73m (14'8 x 8'11)
A notably large bathroom perhaps the most spacious you'll find.
With tiled walls and a porcelain-tiled floor, it comprises a four-piece white suite: a walk-in corner shower with Aqualisa unit, a moulded bath with central waterfall tap, a push-button WC, and a modern basin with mixer tap.
Additional features include an extractor fan and recessed spotlights.
OUTSIDE
FRONT GARDEN & DRIVEWAY
Enclosed by a brick retaining wall to the front and with pillars, the gated frontage includes an entryphone system for added security.
A wide driveway offers generous off-street parking and is complimented by lawn and mature planting.
Steps lead up to the front entrance, with a useful store area to one side and gated access to the rear garden on the other.
GARAGE 5.17m x 2.42m (16'11 x 7'11)
A part integral attached garage with an electric up-and-over double door, power, and lighting, offering additional secure parking or workshop space.
REAR GARDEN
Extending approximately 160 feet, the rear garden is a real highlight.
It begins with a paved patio area enclosed by a raised shrub bed, this patio then has a few steps leading upto the central lawn framed by established boundaries and planting.
Within this main garden area are also five storage sheds, one of which has power and lighting.
At the far end of the garden lies a retired vegetable plot, while to one side, an old zip line remains though buyers are advised to assess its condition before use!
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
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.
