What: Butlers is an imposing and elegantly designed country residence set within a beautifully landscaped plot of about 2.75 acres, surrounded by open countryside.
Inside: Butlers offers almost 7,00 sq. ft of living space. There are five spacious reception rooms including a 23ft drawing room with bespoke oak panelling with book shelving and access into a wine store. The bespoke Mark Wilkinson kitchen/breakfast room has a central island, high ceilings and large windows.
The boot room and reception hall/entrance provides access into the ground floor of the Coach House. This includes a large utility/working kitchen with stairs up to the first floor Annex. Beyond is the loose boxes/stable areas, ample storage and a wood store. There's a separate purpose-designed gym with a vaulted ceiling, wood floor and a covered original well.
Outside: Approached by an electric gated entrance into a sweeping driveway with parking. Butlers is set within beautifully landscaped gardens. There's an ornamental pond with central fountain. A wisteria-covered arbour and a kitchen garden. A rose clad archway leads through to the swimming pool area with ample seating and a pool house ideal for relaxing and entertaining with a kitchen area. There are also two beach hut style changing rooms to one side of the pool.
Why we love it: The semi-rural location offers lots of open countryside as well as access to nearby Hatfield Peverel village, historic Maldon on the river Blackwater and Chelmsford city centre.
Beresfords Country & Village 01245 397475
LOCAL AREA
Located 30 miles northeast of London, Chelmsford as a settlement has been around since the Neolithic period and was also an important Roman town from the first to the fifth centuries AD. Also a Saxon settlement, which is when Chelmsford got is name, it comes from a river crossing, named after a Saxon man known as Ceolmaer. It became the “birthplace of radio” in 1899, thanks to Guglielmo Marconi opening the world’s first wireless radio factory here…signage around the city provides a gentle reminder to the accolade! Notable buildings are dotted around including The Shire Hall. Opened in 1791, it was built by local architect and county surveyor, John Johnson, while the cathedral, one of the youngest in the UK, is noted for its beautiful architecture. As the county town of Essex, it was made a city on the Queen’s diamond jubilee in 2012.
