Brook Road, Tillingham, Southminster, Essex, CM0

Woodhouse Farm is a compact smallholding situated on the Dengie Peninsula, and extending to about 5.7 acres.

Description

This property presents an excellent opportunity to acquire an established four bedroom family home, alongside a range of adaptable farm buildings offering diverse planning potential. The buildings include three former poultry sheds, one of which received planning permission from Maldon District Council in January 2009 for a change of use to part-storage and part-workshop. Additionally, the site benefits from two modern holiday lets - one comprising two bedrooms and the other offering four bedrooms. The main house lies on the boundary of Brick House Farm, a working farm, with the remainder of the land and buildings positioned to the west and north.

The principal house, Woodhouse Farm, is believed to date back to the 1920s, if not earlier. This charming property features a timber frame with weatherboard elevations, set beneath a slate-tiled roof. The house offers comfortable and well-proportioned accommodation, including four first-floor bedrooms. The principal bedroom benefits from an en suite and dressing room, with a family bathroom serving the remaining bedrooms. On the ground floor, a welcoming entrance hall leads to two spacious reception rooms (one with an open fire), a kitchen, and a utility room, which in turn provides access to a cloakroom. Both reception rooms open out onto a private enclosed garden.

Planning permission was granted in October 2011 (Ref: 11/00621/FUL) for the use of two buildings on the site as holiday lets. These buildings lie to west of the main house, divided by a drive serving Brick House Farm. The two properties, known as Sycamore Lodge and Oak Lodge, each offer a modern feel while remaining in keeping with the external appearance of the principal house. This consent allows for holiday use only and does not permit occupation as independent dwellings.

Sycamore Lodge, the smaller of the two, features an open-plan kitchen/reception area, two bedrooms, a shower room and a separate WC.

Oak Lodge offers more generous accommodation, comprising four bedrooms, an en suite to the principal bedroom, two reception rooms, a sitting room and a kitchen/dining area.

At the western end of the site are three former poultry sheds. In January 2009, planning permission (Ref: 08/01262/FUL) was approved for a change of use of the southernmost shed to part storage and part workshop. Additionally, an area of open storage is located adjacent to the northernmost shed.

Woodhouse Farm is set apart from the remainder of its title, enjoying a private position within its own garden. The garden is predominantly laid to lawn, with a raised terrace and mature borders that offer a good degree of privacy.

There is ample parking and a detached four-bay garage, constructed around 2014. The majority of the grounds lie to the north-western section of the site and include a former agricultural storage barn. In total, the property extends to approximately 5.7 acres.

Services
The property is connected to mains water and drainage, with electric boilers. The holiday lets are fully electric and heated via storage heaters. Additionally, the site benefits from solar panels, generating an annual income through a feed-in tariff scheme.

Agent's note
Registered small holding number 13/88/63.

Local authority
Maldon District Council. Council tax bands = D (house), B (lodges).

Location

The property is situated in a stretch of open countryside on the Dengie Peninsula on the edge of the village of Tillingham. Tillingham offers a range of basic local amenities including a shop/post office, two public houses, a primary school and a doctors' surgery. The larger village of Southminster (5 miles away) has a number of local shops, restaurants, public houses, another surgery and a station on the branch line into London Liverpool Street. Bradwell and Southminster each have their own primary schools and the local secondary school (Ormiston Rivers Academy) is only around 6 miles away in the town of Burnham on Crouch. Both Burnham and the larger town of Maldon (13 miles) have a wider range of shops and other facilities and are hubs for sailing enthusiasts, while the city of Chelmsford is home to two outstanding grammar schools, a number of excellent private schools, a bustling shopping centre and a station on the main line to Liverpool Street.

Square Footage: 1,692 sq ft



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