Laindon Common Road, Little Burstead, Billericay

This charming 4 Bedroom Detached Victorian Cottage enjoys a pleasant setting in the pretty and historic village of Little Burstead, itself just a 3 minute (1.3 mile drive) from the adjacent and very popular commuter town of Billericay.

Just a 7 minute stroll up the road is the local village country pub and restaurant which has a high Google & Trip Advisor rating and literally 20 seconds away on foot is the classic parkland landscape of the golf course of 'The Burstead' Golf Club. The local network of public footpaths including the Little Burstead circular footpath.


The property sits on an established plot of approx 1/4 Acre with the house to one side, a 46ft long black weatherboarded Garage/workshop to the other, a large side garden between the two and a wide rear Garden behind.

Inside the dated but well proportioned accommodation comprises: A quaint exposed beamed Porch into Hall. Huge Drawing Room/Lounge with a full height brick Fireplace. Cosy front Sitting Room, also with a brick Fireplace. A very good size Dining Room. 25ft long Kitchen/Breakfast Room with a surprisingly large walk-in Larder (the full depth cupboard under the stairs). Very large Conservatory enjoying a pleasant outlook over the secluded Garden. Rear Lobby of the Kitchen accessing the big Utility room and also surprisingly large ground floor WC. L-shaped Landing creating almost two 'wings' to the house. Spacious, dual aspect Master Bedroom which has a nice outlook and a very generous Ensuite Bathroom (the Ensuite also accessed from the Landing). Three further double bedrooms, two of them with built-in wardrobes. Huge Family Bathroom with both a bath and a separate shower too.

In front of the almost 50ft Garage is a double width Drive and there's also a large front Garden too.

Up for sale for the first time in approaching 40 years, the property was also a much loved home of a famous previous owner - Richard Johnson, the actor who in fact was the first choice for the role of James Bond in the films!

Little Burstead is a small village on the outskirts of Billericay, just a 3-minute drive from the High Street. Predominantly it is a conservation area, established in 1983 to preserve its traditional appearance, with 11 Listed Buildings from medieval to Victorian plus the village's red telephone box! Grand houses like the privately owned Clock House and the surrounding farms once employed most of the villagers, many skilled tradespeople, now the village is home to the more well-heeled with the average property here worth circa £1m.

Features include the 14th century St Mary's Church and 28 acres of common grazing land, and the village even had a secret early warning nuclear bunker installed in the 1960's.

Overall, a delightful period home on a large plot, within an idyllic English village near London.


The Accommodation


Solid wood front door through to:

PORCH 8ft 6" x 4ft 9" (2.6m x 1.45m)

Oozing with character, this endearing entrance makes a charming first impression of this delightful character home.

A confection of ornate beamwork, rustic plaster, exposed brickwork and a quaint little window.


Doorway through to:

LOBBY

With the wide staircase straight ahead and doors on the left and right opening to the Drawing Room and Sitting Room respectively.


DRAWING ROOM 24ft x 13ft 2" narrowing slightly to 12ft ( 7.3m x 4m > 3.65m)

The first thing you notice about this lovely size main living room is the amount of glazing, with two front facing sash windows, a further side facing window and part glazed French Doors flooding in lots of natural light.

The full height brick Fireplace appears to be in working order and two fitted cupboards either side provide useful storage.


SITTING ROOM 13ft 2" narrowing to 11ft 2" x 10ft 8" (4m > 3.4m x 3.25m)

The focal point of this room is the (presumed) open brick Fireplace, with to the right, a full height original fitted cupboards, the top one housing the electrics.

Timberwork runs along the far wall and across part of the ceiling, which along with the Fireplace, makes this a particularly cosy feeling room.


DINING ROOM 13ft x 9ft (4m x 2.7m)

A good size Dining Room with the wide bay window overlooking the side garden.


CONSERVATORY 18ft 4" x 10ft 1" (5.6m x 3.5m)

A very large Conservatory enjoying a very private outlook over the secluded garden.

Certainly a place to happily while away the hours relaxing or dining during the summer months.


KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 25ft 4" x 7ft 8" (7.7m x 2.3m)

The kitchen area occupies the first 15ft (4.6m), fitted with a range of dated but functional and in good condition, 'Antique Oak; kitchen units.

There is a built-in Neff Electric Hob with matching built-in Oven and Grill, Integrated Dishwasher and an Integrated undercounter Fridge.

The far end has plenty of room for a large breakfast table and chairs, and here we also have a set of glazed double doors opening out to the Conservatory and another internal door leading through to the adjoining Dining Room.

Further internal door opens to reveal the huge walk-in under stairs cupboard - the Pantry, measuring 7ft 3" x 3ft 10" (2.2m x 1.2m), and ‘3' X 3‘10', shelved on both sides and with a fitted wine rack at the far end - a super storage facility.

A door off the kitchen leads out to:


REAR LOBBY 6ft 5" x 3ft 6" (2m x 1.1m)

The quarry tiled floor extends on into the utility room to the left, a half glazed 'back door' to the right leads out to the garden and the door ahead opens to the WC Room.


UTILITY ROOM 8ft 5" x 7ft (2.6m x 2.1m)

A good size utility room with a double cupboard below a fitted worktop with an inset sink sitting below the rear window and with recesses either side of the cupboard for a washing machine and tumble dryer.

Upon the wall is the Vaillant eco-TEC plus 430 Gas fired combination boiler serving the gas central heating and hot water.


WC ROOM 6ft 7" x 4ft 7" (2m x 1.4m)

A surprisingly spacious and bright ground floor loo with the obscure glass rear facing window bringing in plenty of daylight.

Fitted with a 'Pampas' coloured suite, the basin sitting within a Vanity unit with storage below.


Notably wide (3 feet/0.9m), the wide staircase rises from the Hall/Lobby to:


1st FLOOR LANDING

An L-shaped landing with the first 'wing' ahead accessing bedroom Two, the main Family Bathroom and one of the two doors to the 'Jack and Jill' Bathroom off the Master Bedroom - a window at the end enjoying a pleasant outlook over the garden.

The left 'wing' of the Landing leads off to the other three bedrooms and a storage cupboard.


MASTER BEDROOM 13ft 3" x 12ft 1" (4m x 3.7m)

A generous size, dual aspect bedroom, the rear facing window in particular enjoying a superb outlook over the ever-changing established rear garden, and with glimpses through the bare winter trees yonder, over the golf course behind.

With a wide (4‘8') built in double wardrobe.


JACK AND JILL ENSUITE BATHROOM 10ft 7" x 7ft 7" (3.2m x 2.3m).

With internally lockable doors from both the Master Bedroom and Landing (Note, there is the Main Family Bathroom across the Landing in addition).

A spacious Bathroom with a rear facing window enjoying the pleasant rear outlook and a 'Pampas' coloured suite in need of updating, but in perfectly good condition and exceedingly clean.

A built-in cupboard with louvred double doors opens to reveal the airing cupboard, with shelving built around the hot water cylinder to provide lots of storage for towels and linen.

A small loft hatch provides one of the three access points to the attic.


BEDROOM TWO 13ft 2" x 10ft 7" (4m x 3.2m)

This large front facing double bedroom enjoys an equally pleasant outlook, the tall hedgerow at the other side of the road backed by a row of Silver Birch trees hiding a row of large executive houses beyond, provides a pleasant backdrop.

There appears to be an original fireplace in situ, with to the right, a built-in shelved covered.

In the opposite corner is a huge walk-in wardrobe measuring 4ft 2" x 3ft 3" (1.3m x 1m).


BEDROOM THREE 13ft x 7ft (4m x 2.1m)

Measurements exclude the door recess and a built-in wardrobe measuring 4ft 7"/1.4m wide.

This room has another of the three loft access hatches - this is the biggest one.

The bedroom itself has a front facing bay window, and like Bedroom two, also enjoying the pleasant front street view.


BEDROOM FOUR 10ft 6" x 8ft 5" (3.2m x 2.6m)

Another front facing double bedroom enjoying the Silver Birch backed street view.


BATHROOM 10ft 9" x 7ft 5" (3.3m x 2.3m)

A large bathroom with a rear facing window and enough room for both the full size bath and a separate shower too.

This room has the smallest of the trio of loft access hatches.


EXTERIOR - FRONT

Set back behind a low brick wall, the front garden has a path up to the front door and around to the side gate and the main garden. A tall hedge secludes the side garden from the road.


TRIPLE LENGTH GARAGE 46ft 3" x 10ft 2" (14.1m x 3.1m)

With a front up and over door, several windows, power and lighting, this huge, long Outbuilding offers a multitude of possibilities!

Another gate to the left of the Garage provides pedestrian access up along the garage flank and out to the rear garden.


SIDE GARDEN 15.3m x 9.1m

Laurels and a high hedge provide seclusion from the road.


REAR GARDEN

Secluded, very established and with a sunny westerly aspect.

A 14ft x 8ft shed provides additional storage.




LITTLE BURSTEAD

As previously mentioned, Little Burstead Is a small, pretty, historic village which lies on the fringes of Billericay, just a 3-minute (1.3 mile) drive from the High Street.

It retains many period properties of architectural and historical interest - there are 11 Listed Buildings in the village including a red telephone box! which helped give reason to implementation in 1983 of the villages Conservation area, which encompasses much of the present-day village.

Because of the conservation area, there has been very little new building, and the appearance of the main part of the village has not altered much since the 1920's.

It has a typical village mix of properties including several grand houses, a farm with its' associated agricultural buildings, a 'Wealden' (medieval) house, several cottages, a Victorian school building (closed in 1947 - now used by the church), Village Hall, a few Victorian Villas like this one and some more modern postwar houses.

The local parish church of St. Mary the Virgin (a lovely church dating back to the 14th century), is on the outskirts of the village, overlooking the Thames Valley.

Although a Rural area, the village is just a three-minute drive from Billericay High Street, 4.5 miles from Basildon and 5.5 miles from Brentwood.

Central London is roughly 30 miles distant, with Billericay town itself benefiting from a mainline railway station accessing London Liverpool Street in just 35 minutes Monday to Friday.

Little Burstead is about 70m above sea level, set in gently rolling countryside with the River Crouch running across the north eastern boundary of the conservation area.

The village also boasts its own Common - 'Laindon Common', an area of approximately 28 acres set aside by the original 'Lord of the Manor' as grazing land for commoners. Now a mixture of ancient grassland and woodland.

As mentioned, the village has an eclectic mix of housing with several large old Elizabethan houses in the village including the Old Rectory, which are all now privately owned. The most prominent one is Stockwell Hall, the Dour house of the Mexborough family who owned a lot of the properties in the village, farms and cottages etc. The property is now more commonly known as the Clock House, because of the large clock on the end of the house.

Up until the first half of the 20th century, these larger houses, along with the farms, provided employment for most of the villagers, as did the Wheelwright, Blacksmiths, Bakers and a General store.

In summary, Little Burstead is a delightful place to live, surprisingly close to Billericay and the A127 giving quick access on to the M25 and ideal for the commuter seeking more peaceful, rural weekends.

Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band G

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