Higham, Colchester, CO7 6JY
- PROPERTY TYPE
Character Property
- BEDROOMS
3
- BATHROOMS
2
- SIZE
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Key features
- Grade II listed sixteenth-century house, timber-framed and thatched
- Three bedrooms, en-suite shower room and family bathroom
- Sitting room with an electric living flame stove and double French doors onto the terrace
- Dining room with exposed timber framing and a brick central stack
- Farmhouse kitchen and breakfast room with an oil-fired Aga
- Exposed beams, jowled posts and wall studding throughout
- Seventeenth-century rear wing, giving a T-shaped plan
- Established formal gardens overlooking neighbouring parkland (not included)
- Set beside the Higham Place estate in the Stour valley
- Established holiday let, rated 4.92 out of 5 on Airbnb
Description
This Grade II listed house dates from the later sixteenth century, with rendered elevations beneath a thatched roof and an off-centre ridge stack. A seventeenth-century single-storey cross wing to the rear, under a plain tiled roof, gives the house its T-shaped plan.
The front door opens into an entrance hall with a cloakroom/WC. The dining room and sitting room lie either side of the central stack, and the sitting room has an electric living flame stove and double French doors onto a paved terrace. The farmhouse kitchen and breakfast room has an oil-fired Aga. Exposed timbers run throughout, with jowled posts, deep chamfered beams and traces of early shutter grooves and diamond mullion mortices.
A winding staircase behind the stack rises to three bedrooms beneath a clasped purlin roof. The principal bedroom has fitted wardrobes, and there is an en-suite shower room and a family bathroom.
Outside, established formal gardens with lawns, clipped hedges and a paved terrace surround the house and look out over neighbouring parkland, which is privately owned and not included in the sale. There is driveway parking for three cars.
The thatch on the front elevation will need renewing, and we would be happy to discuss this in more detail.
Higham is a small village in the Stour valley, in the heart of Constable Country, within easy reach of Colchester and Ipswich, with mainline stations at Manningtree and Colchester. The house would suit a main home or a country retreat equally well.
It has also been let successfully as a holiday cottage through a specialist agency and is very well reviewed, currently rated 4.92 out of 5 on Airbnb with Guest Favourite status. The property is assessed for business rates as a self-catering unit rather than council tax, with a rateable value of £3,500, so a buyer continuing to let it may qualify for small business rate relief. Letting figures are available to seriously interested parties on request. A buyer intending to occupy the house as a home would need to apply for it to be assessed for council tax.
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- LISTED PROPERTYA property designated as being of architectural or historical interest, with additional obligations imposed upon the owner.Read more about listed properties in our glossary page.
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- PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
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- GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
- Private garden
- 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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