Laindon Common Road, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, CM12

This charming 4 Bedroom Detached Victorian Cottage enjoys a pleasant setting in the pretty and historic village of Little Burstead, itself just a 3 minute (1.3 mile drive) from the adjacent and very popular commuter town of Billericay.

Just a 7 minute stroll up the road is the local village country pub and restaurant which has a high Google & Trip Advisor rating and literally 20 seconds away on foot is the classic parkland landscape of the golf course of 'The Burstead' Golf Club. The local network of public footpaths including the Little Burstead circular footpath.


The property sits on an established plot of approx 1/4 Acre with the house to one side, a 46ft long black weatherboarded Garage/workshop to the other, a large side garden between the two and a wide rear Garden behind.

Inside the well proportioned ground floor accommodation includes a huge main Living Room, a Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, large Conservatory, big Utility room and a surprisingly large ground floor WC.

Upstairs is a spacious Master Bedroom with a very generous Ensuite Bathroom (the Ensuite also accessed from the Landing). Three further double bedrooms, two of them with built-in wardrobes and a huge Family Bathroom with both a bath and a separate shower too.

In front of the almost 50ft Garage is a double width Drive and there's also a large front Garden too.


Little Burstead is a small village on the outskirts of Billericay, just a 3-minute drive from the High Street.

Predominantly it is a conservation area, established in 1983 to preserve its traditional appearance, with 11 Listed Buildings from medieval to Victorian plus the village's red telephone box!

Grand houses like the privately owned Clock House and the surrounding farms once employed most of the villagers, many skilled tradespeople, now the village is home to the more well-heeled with the average property here worth circa £1m.

Features include the 14th century St Mary's Church and 28 acres of common grazing land, and the village even had a secret early warning nuclear bunker installed in the 1960's.

Overall, a delightful period home on a large plot, within an idyllic English village near London.


The Accommodation


Solid wood front door through to:

PORCH

Doorway through to:

HALL

With the wide staircase straight ahead and doors on the left and right opening to the Drawing Room and Sitting Room respectively.


LIVING ROOM 24ft x 13ft 2" narrowing slightly to 12ft ( 7.3m x 4m > 3.65m)


SITTING ROOM 13ft 2" narrowing to 11ft 2" x 10ft 8" (4m > 3.4m x 3.25m)


DINING ROOM 13ft x 9ft (4m x 2.7m)


CONSERVATORY 18ft 4" x 10ft 1" (5.6m x 3.5m)


KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 25ft 4" x 7ft 8" (7.7m x 2.3m)


A door off the kitchen leads out to:


REAR LOBBY 6ft 5" x 3ft 6" (2m x 1.1m)


UTILITY ROOM 8ft 5" x 7ft (2.6m x 2.1m)

Upon the wall is the Vaillant eco-TEC plus 430 Gas fired combination boiler serving the gas central heating and hot water.


WC ROOM 6ft 7" x 4ft 7" (2m x 1.4m)


1st FLOOR LANDING

An L-shaped landing with the first 'wing' accessing Bedroom 2, the main Bathroom and one of the two doors to the 'Jack and Jill' Bathroom off the Master Bedroom

The left 'wing' of the Landing leads off to the other three bedrooms.


MASTER BEDROOM 13ft 3" x 12ft 1" (4m x 3.7m)

JACK AND JILL ENSUITE BATHROOM 10ft 7" x 7ft 7" (3.2m x 2.3m).


BEDROOM TWO 13ft 2" x 10ft 7" (4m x 3.2m)


BEDROOM THREE 13ft x 7ft (4m x 2.1m)


BEDROOM FOUR 10ft 6" x 8ft 5" (3.2m x 2.6m)


BATHROOM 10ft 9" x 7ft 5" (3.3m x 2.3m)


EXTERIOR - FRONT

Set back behind a low brick wall, the front garden has a path up to the front door and around to the side gate and the main garden. A tall hedge secludes the side garden from the road.


TRIPLE LENGTH GARAGE 46ft 3" x 10ft 2" (14.1m x 3.1m)

With a front up and over door, several windows, power and lighting, this huge, long Outbuilding offers a multitude of possibilities!

Another gate to the left of the Garage provides pedestrian access up along the garage flank and out to the rear garden.


SIDE GARDEN 15.3m x 9.1m

Laurels and a high hedge provide seclusion from the road.


REAR GARDEN

Secluded, very established and with a sunny westerly aspect.

A 14ft x 8ft shed provides additional storage.




LITTLE BURSTEAD

As previously mentioned, Little Burstead Is a small, pretty, historic village which lies on the fringes of Billericay, just a 3-minute (1.3 mile) drive from the High Street.

It retains many period properties of architectural and historical interest - there are 11 Listed Buildings in the village including a red telephone box! which helped give reason to implementation in 1983 of the villages Conservation area, which encompasses much of the present-day village.

Because of the conservation area, there has been very little new building, and the appearance of the main part of the village has not altered much since the 1920's.

It has a typical village mix of properties including several grand houses, a farm with its' associated agricultural buildings, a 'Wealden' (medieval) house, several cottages, a Victorian school building (closed in 1947 - now used by the church), Village Hall, a few Victorian Villas like this one and some more modern postwar houses.

The local parish church of St. Mary the Virgin (a lovely church dating back to the 14th century), is on the outskirts of the village, overlooking the Thames Valley.

Although a Rural area, the village is just a three-minute drive from Billericay High Street, 4.5 miles from Basildon and 5.5 miles from Brentwood.

Central London is roughly 30 miles distant, with Billericay town itself benefiting from a mainline railway station accessing London Liverpool Street in just 35 minutes Monday to Friday.

Little Burstead is about 70m above sea level, set in gently rolling countryside with the River Crouch running across the north eastern boundary of the conservation area.

The village also boasts its own Common - 'Laindon Common', an area of approximately 28 acres set aside by the original 'Lord of the Manor' as grazing land for commoners. Now a mixture of ancient grassland and woodland.

As mentioned, the village has an eclectic mix of housing with several large old Elizabethan houses in the village including the Old Rectory, which are all now privately owned. The most prominent one is Stockwell Hall, the Dour house of the Mexborough family who owned a lot of the properties in the village, farms and cottages etc. The property is now more commonly known as the Clock House, because of the large clock on the end of the house.

Up until the first half of the 20th century, these larger houses, along with the farms, provided employment for most of the villagers, as did the Wheelwright, Blacksmiths, Bakers and a General store.

In summary, Little Burstead is a delightful place to live, surprisingly close to Billericay and the A127 giving quick access on to the M25 and ideal for the commuter seeking more peaceful, rural weekends.