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" A MODERN GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT offered for sale within the DELIGHTFUL VILLAGE of GREAT TOTHAM. Accommodation features TWO BEDROOMS plus BATHROOM, KITCHEN & DUAL ASPECT LOUNGE/DINER. Externally the block benefits from COMMUNAL GARDENS and ALLOCATED PARKING! WITHIN REACH of the highly regarded GREAT TOTHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL! Energy Efficiency Rating: D.

Communal Entrance Entrance to block via communal door with telephone entry system, Entrance door to: Entrance Hall Secure entry telephone, access to airing cupboard, doors to further accommodation including: Bedroom 1 11'0 x 10'5 (3.35m x 3.18m) PVCu double glazed window to rear, wall mounted heater. Bedroom 2 10'5 x 6'8 (3.18m x 2.03m) PVCu double glazed window to rear, wall mounted electric heater. Bathroom 6'9 x 6'2 (2.06m x 1.88m) Obscure double glazed window to front, pedestal wash hand basin, low level WC, heated towel rail, bath with shower above and shower screen, extractor fan, part tiled to walls and tiled floor. Kitchen 10'1 x 6'5 (3.07m x 1.96m) PVCu double glazed window to front, stainless steel sink drainer unit set into work surface with mixer tap, space for fridge freezer, space and plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher, low level oven with four ring electric hob, extractor fan, range units, electric heater, part tiled walls and tiled floor. Lounge/Diner 20'6 x 10'2 (6.25m x 3.10m) Double glazed windows to front and rear, two wall mounted electric heaters, television point, telephone point. Exterior Communal Gardens, allocated parking. Great Totham South of the village of Great Totham has St Peter's church which dates back to the Norman times. There is also the Barn Chapel, with its thatched roof. This became a chapel back in 1822 when Mr Isaac Foster donated the barn to be a place of worship for non-conformists.

Great Totham village school celebrated its centenary in 1977, but by that time the Victorian building, though still in existence, had been replaced by a larger modern school situated on a different site (with a fantastic reputation). There is also a Grade II listed building known as the Hollywood School, this is a church school which was founded by the Hollywood family of Marks Hall, Coggeshall in the mid 19th century, who had inherited the manor of Great Totham. This is still in use as the church hall.

In the North of Great Totham there is a United Reformed church dating back from 1871, This has been recently refurbished and used not only for services but for many other activities such as the pre-school playgroup. Just around the corner adjoining the small village green, is the Compasses public house which dates back to the late 17th century.

According to the old maps, before the time of the enclosures, the outskirts of Great Totham North were part of Tiptree Heath, which was then well known as a haunt of smugglers, this being celebrated in the name of a house in Mountains Road called Spirits Hall. The 'mountain' in question is Beacon Hill which at 83 metres is one of the highest points in the county and probably the original place of settlement, giving the name Totham. This possibly derived from the Saxon, meaning look out or hill top dwelling.

The Prince of Wales Pub in Totham South was completely gutted by fire in 1990, so many historic features have been lost for ever, but it has been rebuilt and reopened, the first pint pulled by Ted Newton, who was born over 80 years ago.

Great Totham has changed a great deal over the centuries, some of the crafts and trades having died out or been brought up to date. "