Welcome to The Windmill Mill Lane, Chelmsford, a cozy and compact detached type home with 4 bed in the CM3 2QG area. This lovely residence, which comes with the freedom and stability of a freehold ownership, and sits comfortably in tax band .
This classic property was built
The neighbourhood is known for having good properties at a reasonable price -
with a market valuation of £399,750 and a rental potential of £2,598 per month,
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it represents not just a residence but a worthwhile investment in a sought-after area.
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If your life is a bit of a mystery, perhaps you should follow in
the steps of TV crime solver Jonathan Creek and live in a windmill!
The one we have to offer is an absolute dream for anyone who is
seeking a home with a unique and individual character. This one has
the enormous advantage of having been lovingly and lavishly
restored by its current owner. No expense has been spared in
detail, finish or materials, with extensive use of oak in doors,
frame and even in the hand carved handles. The kitchen has a
similarly bespoke appearance with granite topped custom built oak
units arranged around the large AGA range. Apart from 3 fairly
conventional bedrooms on the two storey house section there is a
further bedroom in the five floor windmill and although we have
given them names to denote function, in truth their versatility
extends as far as your imagination! This could be your once in a
lifetime opportunity to live not only in a house that quite
literally, stands head and shoulders above all its neighbours but
also happens to be in one of the best villages in Essex. Still
quintessentially a village centred on its manor house and estate
but with mainline rail station only five minutes drive away.
ENTRANCE HALL:
A simple porch way shelters the redbrick step where the old oak
nail studded door leads into the entrance hallway; this is
essentially the joining section between the windmill and the house.
There is a half glazed stable door which leads directly off this
hallway to small sheltered rear garden. In the middle of the hall,
inset into the floor is an old mill stone.
CLOAKROOM:
The first room we come to is the cloakroom, this has a very stylish
cistern to the W.C. and a matching 1930?s style pedestal wash basin
distinctively edged in black. As with most of the sanitary ware in
this property these are all antique wares that have been introduced
in to this superb home.
THE WINDMILL:
Turning to the right through an open frame door-way we enter the
windmill itself. There are five floors to the windmill, each
reached via an oak staircase to successive levels. The windmill is
broadly octagonal in shape. The great advantage of this is that
there are windows to almost every aspect in many of the rooms. It
also means that you?ve got eight corners and the arrangement of
furniture easily varied. Again in the refurbishment attention to
detail has meant that reclaimed cast iron radiators have been used
throughout in keeping with the property. This room is the main
lounge with windows to four aspects and is a very special room.
2nd LEVEL FAMILY ROOM / STUDY
Rising from the main lounge we come up to the second floor which is
set out for use as a family room or study. There are four windows
at this level. Exposed beams which still carry traces of
ironmongery, levers and handles that were used to operate the
machinery at this level. The floor is formed from very broad planks
of reclaimed American pitch pine. This is reclaimed American pitch
pine. There is a doorway from this room which leads onto the first
floor corridor of the main house, but for now we will continue up
to the third level of the windmill.
3rd LEVEL GUEST BEDROOM:
A major aspect of this room is the massive cross support beams in
the ceiling holding a wooden pinion wheel of some eight foot in
diameter. A vivid reminder of the origins of this property and the
functionality enjoyed until not so long ago. There are four windows
on this floor with louvered shutters and the views from this level
are already far reaching across the Essex countryside.
4th LEVEL PLAYROOM:
Up the next set of stairs, a little steeper this time, to the next
room which is laid out as a play room. This is broadly 14? across
in width in each direction and there are three windows at this
level. In the centre of the room is the octagonal cast steel
central shaft that would have come down from the bevel and pinioned
gear in the engine room above, dropping down to the wheels below to
power the windmill.
TOP LEVEL:
The steps up from this floor can be shut off completely by a
horizontal pine door. This is now the top level of the windmill and
it is here that the full beautiful carved bevel and pinioned wheel
of the main machinery is fully exposed. The domed top of the
windmill which would have carried the sails at one stage would have
rotated and the bearings and track way is still very much in
evidence, this of course is now fixed. There is limited head room
at some points due to the massive gear wheels, but as a study,
place for quite retreat or contemplation, with stupendous views way
above the other housetops of the village it certainly is not the
least of the rooms. Concealed spotlights can be switched on to
illuminate the full depth of the cupola and the glory of the early
engineering. Not for everyone but many will find it
fascinating.
Working our way back down the floors we are going to return to the
second floor, which is the family room and pass through the doorway
into the first floor corridor into the main house. All the doors,
doorframes, lintels are of carved oak with carved handles to the
ledge and brace doors. The matching double doors of the airing
cupboard with pressurised water cylinder
FAMILY BATHROOM:
The first room we come to on the left is the bathroom. The owners
have refurbished this room with antique porcelain from the 1930?s
with hexagonal taps in chrome and matching moulded ceramic bath
with wall mounted taps and ??? Faucet. Octagonal theme is reflected
in the design of the heated towel rail. A low level W.C. is a fully
matching part of the suite. The only modern part is the walk-in wet
room shower which is about 3?x5?, with body showers and ceiling
jets. Reclaimed American pine broad planking brings this room into
keeping with the rest of the mill.
BEDROOM THREE:
This is the first bedroom we come to on this floor is a comfortable
sized room with dual aspect sash windows to the front and side and
is a bright and cheerful room.
BEDROOM TWO:
The door takes us through to the first floor landing and off this
is the second bedroom. This is a square room and is a good sized
single or guest double this has a window overlooking the rear
garden.
MASTER BEDROOM:
The master suite has windows to two sides, cast iron radiator and a
very decorative pediment cornice to the ceiling. This rich style is
carried through to the two double door built-in wardrobes with
heavily fielded hand-carved panel doors and a galleried mantle
over. There are three items of matching furniture with carved doors
or drawers.
UTILITY ROOM:
On the landing we take the stairs down which leads us into the
utility room. An L shaped room with windows to the small garden at
the side of the mill and the main garden to the rear. Hand made oak
units with black iron hinges and oak drainer with an inset butler
sink form the furniture in this room with a matching wall cupboard.
There is a radiator and there are broad oak panel planks to the
floor.
RECORDING STUDIO:
A discreet door in the corner leads down two steps into a rear
lobby the outside door takes you onto the patio and two rather
business-like doors lead to the non-residential section of this
property. Opening the first door presents you with a second door
barely six inches away and this is your first clue as to what the
nature of these rooms may be. A fully and comprehensively
sound-proofed studio which has a floating wall arrangement and
triple glazing to completely reduce any noise reaching the outside
of this room. It is currently fully equipped as a recording studio
but the electronic equipment will be removed. A glass window gives
a view into the vocal studio which is adjoining.
KITCHEN:
Back in the main house now from the utility room we come into the
kitchen. This is one of the most unique kitchens we have seen. It
has been hand crafted out of oak, every piece individual and made
to fit this kitchen in a unique style. Polished granite worktops
are twice as thick as you would normally find in any home. The oil
fired four oven AGA with two hotplates sits in between the worktops
and has a tiled splash-back. A very extravagantly carved
over-mantle shields the extractor unit. A range of base and wall
units, one housing an American style fridge and freezer, provide
storage. The flooring is very broad pine planks. Additional heating
is provided by a cast iron radiator. Pine louvre shutters to the
windows. Hidden in another corner of the kitchen are another pair
of oak doors behind which is situated the oil fired boiler.
LEISURE BARN:
The leisure barn built in the style of an Essex barn is a modern
construction and the mid-stray has glazed doors. This room has been
used as a band practice room and is some 20? wide plus the
mid-stray section and approximately 60? long. It has a high vaulted
ceiling with full power and light. It is carpeted and would be
suitable for use as a games room, leisure room, party or home
cinema or a myriad of other uses. To
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2,253 sqm plot
