Farmbridge End, Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex

Moores Garden is a charming timber-framed thatched country home offering more than 5,675 sq. ft. of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors, combined with a number of useful outbuildings, nestled within the most idyllic gardens and grounds.

Believed to date in part from 18th Century or earlier, with modern additions, the property is surprisingly not listed and has been designed to provide an ideal family and entertaining space. Featuring a wealth of exposed light coloured beams, the accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful cloakroom and gives access to the rest of the accommodation. The ground floor comprises three principal reception rooms; the family room with log burner and French doors to the garden, a dining room, and the impressive vaulted sitting room with large bow window with built-in seating, feature fireplace and French doors to the gardens. The heart of the house is the open plan kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units including a breakfast bar, an Aga, modern integrated appliances, space for a large table, French doors to the garden and a door to a side hall with useful second cloakroom; from here is a fitted utility room and a study.

On the first floor the property offers five bedrooms, three with en suites, and a modern family bathroom. Of particular note is the principal bedroom with French doors to a Juliet balcony to enjoy the far reaching views across the beautiful grounds and countryside beyond.

Hosting an abundance of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a gravelled driveway providing private parking for a number of vehicles and giving access to a barn/outbuilding with carport, garage, wine cellar, and a garden studio with open-sided store. Should a buyer require secondary accommodation, and subject to consent, the outbuildings offer a great opportunity to be converted. The gardens only enhance this fine home, with areas of low level lawns bordered by mature flowerbeds and specimen hedges and trees. Within the grounds are a number of useful spaces for entertaining the whole family, from the gazebo-covered dining area, all-weather tennis court, swimming pool with pizza oven and pool house; inside, is a kitchenette and shower room. There is also a well-established vegetable and parterre garden, numerous seating areas and a large paved terrace, whilst surrounding the formal areas are expanses of wildflower meadows and orchards that have endless mowed pathways to explore, and all bordered by well maintained hedging. The whole ideal for entertaining and enjoying far-reaching views over the 8.6 acre plot and undulating countrywide beyond.

The property is well positioned just outside the Village of Good Easter; a small rural agricultural village with an historic church located at the heart of Essex, surrounded by glorious countryside walks and cycle routes. Nearby Great Waltham is a small Essex village with a church, village hall, traditional public house and wide range of village clubs and groups contributing to an active community spirit. The nearby city of Chelmsford offers a comprehensive selection of independent and High Street stores, two shopping centres, six retail parks, numerous bars, restaurants and cafés and excellent sporting facilities including a sports and athletic centre, ice rink and leisure centre. Ideal for the commuter, the property’s proximity to the A12 gives excellent links to the motorway network via the M11 and M25 and Chelmsford station offers excellent direct rail links to London Liverpool Street in around half an hour.

The area offers a good range of state primary and secondary schooling including three superb private preparatory schools, two outstanding grammar schools and New Hall, a well-known independent school, in Chelmsford; the wider area also hosts several independent schools including Felsted, St. Anne’s and St. Cedd’s.