Dawes Lane, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5

Weathercock House is an elegant early to mid-Victorian five bedroom family home nestled within open farmland occupying private wrap around grounds approx 3rd acre. The property comes with an attached former bakery which would lend itself to conversion subject to planning consent.

Accommodation

Ground floor

Entrance door leads to entrance hall with medium Oak flooring. From here doors access the sitting room and drawing room. Both rooms come with dual aspect framing farmland views and are complemented with fireplaces. Moving back through the hall you will note a handy under stairs cupboard before moving into the kitchen/breakfast room which comes with walk in pantry. An inner hallway gives way to a good size utility room with w/c and the study. From the hall access is granted to the former bakery which has multiple uses. As previously mentioned this room would lend itself to conversion subject to planning consent.

First floor

There are two stairwells – one from the kitchen and the other from the entrance hall. All first floor rooms have views over farmland. Taking the main stairwell to the first floor a landing gives way to bedrooms one and two with bedroom one having a dual aspect and fitted wardrobes. A further spacious landing which can be accessed from the second stairwell gives way to three bedrooms, family bathroom and shower room.

Outside

The property is set back from the road and accessed by a long track which leads to a private driveway providing ample parking. There is also a detached double garage. The wrap around gardens are partly walled and mainly laid to well-tended lawn interspersed with a variety shrubs and trees including apricot, plum and pear as well as fig. Access can be gained to the former bakery which has an attached log store and garden shed.

What's nearby

Mersea Island is an affluent thriving coastal settlement at the mouth of the Blackwater Estuary. The island has a well-regarded primary school, as well as excellent public transport links to the City of Colchester, with its outstanding choice of both highly sought after grammar and private secondary schooling options.

The Island is renowned for its wide varity of seafood establishments, as well as the broad range of sailing facilities including the yacht club. The picturesque beaches at both West and East Mersea, as well as the idyllic sea wall that surrounds the majority of the island offer a beautiful vista of the Black Water Estuary.


The historic town of Colchester is approximately nine miles away and offers town amenities and mainline railway trains to London Liverpool Street.

Colchester 9 miles* Tiptree 11 miles* Maldon 17 miles* Ipswich 25 miles* Stansted Airport 38miles* Colchester to London average train journey time 59 minutes*