Inside the bright blue Essex home with a huge secret garden
The property was once an Ale House and has a history dating back to the 17th century
A historic former ale house with a surprisingly large garden despite its central Maldon location has appeared on the market giving a rare opportunity to explore inside. The desirable six-bedroom house has an exquisite blend of 17th-century character with contemporary energy.
The home on Market Hill in Maldon is up for sale through William H Brown but would set the prospective owner back a fair bit given its £875k asking price. It is in an ideal location just a few yards from the town's historic High Street.
It's believed the property was once an Ale House with a history dating back to the 17th century. Since then it has been much loved, improved and extended.
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Inside the property are six bedrooms of varying sizes, a sitting room, lounge, dining room and spacious kitchen with views over the garden. There is also ample parking with space for four vehicles, a cloakroom, a utility room and a semi-detached coach house for use as an annex or occasional use accommodation.
A spokesperson for William H Brown says: "The accommodation is a perfect mix of period character and features, with modern style and practicality. The perfect example of this is the heart of the home, an impressive kitchen and breakfast room, flooded with light and enjoying panoramic views over the garden, it marries a contemporary fitted kitchen and sharp architectural lines with the period character of an original stone fireplace housing a range cooker which serves several radiators within the property".
The property is available for people to visit as part of the UK's largest open house event taking place this weekend. A total of 550 homes in Essex will have their doors opened to eager buyers across the weekend.
Terry Buy, Area Manager for William H Brown, said: "The reason Open Houses are so effective is because they enable estate agents to show a property to more people in a short amount of time and create a buzz around the property, and this is something we have always had great success with. By opening up the properties to multiple viewers we are often helping sellers to achieve a higher price for their property.
"The Essex property market is incredibly buoyant right now and we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of applicants registering with us so far this year compared with the beginning of last year. This is therefore a great opportunity for homeowners to get their property seen by more viewers."
Scroll down to see photos from inside the 17th Century former Ale House
The master bedroom is spacious and has a traditional centrepiece cast iron fireplace set in marble surround
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Entering the property visitors are met with wooden flooring, an ornate staircase rising to the first floor and a large walk-in coat cupboard
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The kitchen is of an impressive size and has a skylight window filling the space with natural light. It's a contemporary area comprising double sink set in work surfaces with base level units, built in double oven, separate induction hob with extractor over and space for American style fridge freezer
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