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School Hill

4 bedroom Cottage

£450,000
Guide Price
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***GUIDE PRICE OF £450,000 TO £475,000***

Positioned in the popular village of Birch, is this beautifully presented, Grade II listed, four bedroom home. The village of Birch is located to the south/west of Colchester and offers local village amenities such as a village hall, public house, Birch Church Of England Primary School and bus routes heading into Colchester.

Linden House was formally known as the head masters quarters dating back to the early 1840’s and has been updated over the years to offer versatile accommodation comprising of; entrance porch leading to the sitting room with feature electric wood burner and surround, the dining room is a spacious, light and airy room and overlooking the rear garden, the kitchen offers a range of ‘shaker style’ eye and base level units, solid oak work surfaces, range cooker and double butler sink and an integrated dishwasher. A further door leads to the sun room overlooking the garden and further village views, there is also a utility room with an original ‘bakers oven’, further butler sink and kitchen units, a door leads to a storage cupboard housing the washing machine and dryer and cloakroom.

The master bedroom again overlooks the rear garden and benefits from a feature fireplace, there are three further good size bedrooms and a modern fitted five-piece family bathroom suite.

Externally, a driveway provides parking for numerous vehicles and a large laid to lawn front garden. The wooden gates give access to the unoverlooked rear garden which faces south-west and in total the property measures approximately 0.2 of an acre.

The rear garden commences with a paved terrace with steps leading up to a further patio area where a gazeebo provides the perfect spot for outside dining in the warmer months with views of the church and surrounding village. The garden is mainly laid to lawn, enclosed by wooden panelled fencing and to the rear, there are two storage sheds and steps lead up to a vegetable/fruit garden which offer elevated views.

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