Delvyns Lane, Gestingthorpe, Halstead, Essex, CO9

A unique opportunity to acquire this late 19th Century cottage which is coming to the market for the very first time.

Standing in a beautiful rural setting on a quiet no-through road on a good size plot of 0.24 acre. The property is in need of updating and modernisation but offers endless scope for improvement.


Canopy entrance over front door into sitting room with feature fireplace and fitted wood-burning stove and an understairs storage cupboard. Doorway through to the kitchen/dining room with a range of matching base and eye-level units, work surfaces, tiled splashbacks, cooker with extractor over, plumbing for dishwasher, windows to front and rear and a red brick open fireplace (working).

From the sitting room there is a door to a rear lobby and to the outside. It also provides access to a ground floor bathroom comprising underfloor heating, panelled bath with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin, low level WC and linen cupboard with central heating control. There is tiling to walls and floor and access to the loft space.

Stairs rise from the sitting room to the landing with a window to the rear and a storage cupboard with fitted shelf and hanging rail.

Bedroom one has a Victorian fireplace, wardrobe, part-wood panelled walling and window to the front. Bedrooms two and three also have Victorian cast-iron fireplaces.

Outside
The property stands on 0.24 of an acre and the front boundary is retained by a natural hedge. The majority of the garden is laid to lawn.

To the rear of the property there is new double bunded oil tank, an external Grant combi boiler, a good size garden shed along with two brick-built storage sheds, one has plumbing for a washing machine.


Location

The location is within idyllic open countryside of Gestingthorpe with nearby villages offering local shops, amenities and schools. Halstead is just 4.7 miles and Sudbury town centre is approx. 6 miles distant.

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Directions

Please use a Sat Nav with the postcode CO9 3AE

Important Information

Council Tax Band - D
Services – Private drainage system; the mains fed water is privately metered by landowner and there is oil-fired central heating.
Tenure - Freehold
EPC – E

AGENTS NOTES:

We understand the nearby complex of barns has planning permission to be converted into 5 dwellings.