Creffield Road, Colchester
- PROPERTY TYPE
Apartment
- BEDROOMS
4
- BATHROOMS
2
- SIZE
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Key features
- Ground Floor Duplex Apartment
- Accommodation 1717 sq ft
- Three Double Bedrooms
- Fourth Bedroom / Study
- Victorian Period Features
- Recent Extensive Refurbishment
- Within Walking Distance to Renowned Schools
- Close to City Centre
- Within Easy Reach of Mainline Train Station
- Landmark Building
Description
Accommodation includes a long hallway, lounge, dining room that exhibit classic Victorian high ceilings, a recently fitted high quality kitchen/breakfast room with marble worktops and a Fisher & Paykel range cooker and a ground floor walk-in shower room. The basement level leads to three double bedrooms, one with an en-suite, and a single bedroom that is currently fitted out as a study. The apartment benefits a south facing courtyard garden. On street permit parking
This home has gone through extensive refurbishment, ensuring to keep the original character and features. Some of the refurbishments include new heating system, new flooring throughout, updated bathrooms, a new high end kitchen, new external doors to the lounge with bespoke Italian internal doors fitted.
Built in 1886 by stonemason and architect L J Watts who acquired materiasl generated by the demolition of St Runwald’s church, re-cycled what he could to build at least three different buildings (which he also designed), including these properties on Creffield Road.
This apartment forms part of the very distinctive and large prominent building on corner of Creffield Road and Oxford Road. Distinctive with its turret and originally built as a terrace of four houses. In 1950s and 1960s, in part, becoming a primary school. The properties are now all privately owned and is now split into stylish apartments. Steeped in history and one of the older buildings in Lexden
This property is leasehold with no service charge or ground rent. There is a monthly maintenance and insurance cost. Each owner has a 1/3 of the freehold.
What's Nearby
Trains from Colchester take approximately 50 minutes to London Liverpool Street Station. The City also boasts two nationally acclaimed Grammar schools - Colchester Royal Grammar School and Colchester Girls High. There are a range of independent schools including St Mary’s for Girls, Colchester High School, Oxford House, and Holmwood House and highly regarded state schools such as Philip Morant, St Benedicts, Hamilton Road Primary and Home Farm Primary Schools, all within walking distance.
For leisure and fitness you're a short distance to David Lloyd Centre and Bannatyne Health Club & Spa Kingsford Park both offering superb swimming pools and a variety of fitness activities and facilities
INFORMATION
Tenure - Leasehold and 1/3 ownership of freehold
Lease term - 167 years
No service charge or ground rent
Maintenance and insurance - £75 per month.
Local Authority - Colchester
Services - Main gas, electric, water and drainage
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Brochure 1- COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
- Band: D
- PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
- Yes
- GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
- Yes
- ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
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Creffield Road, Colchester
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Are you keen to move out of London and get more house for your money? Moving to the Colchester area is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a more relaxed lifestyle while still being an easy journey from the capital. Colchester is just over 50 minutes into London Liverpool Street and a 45 minute drive to Stansted.
There are some excellent schools in the area, and plenty to occupy all the family in your free time. Head to Mersea Island for its beaches and watersports, to the zoo for some animal spotting. Colchester also has some great shopping and excellent restaurants and bars. The ever-popular coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold are only an hour away.
Whether you are looking for a period Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian home, a cottage or barn conversion or ultra-modern eco-friendly house, there's something to delight and surprise you in this historic and friendly area.
Let Chewton Rose help you find your ideal property in Colchester. Our branch is open Monday to Saturday at 158 High Street.
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