Little Yeldham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 4QT Offers in the region of £525,000

Situation

The Old Hyde is situated between the village of Great Yeldham and Little Yeldham. Shopping facilities are provided in Great Yeldham and Castle Hedingham with more extensive facilities in Halstead and Sudbury. For the commuter there is a train service from Sudbury via Marks Tey or Witham to London’s Liverpool Street with access onto the A12 at Witham and onto the A120 at Braintree which is now dual carriageway to the M11 and Stansted Airport.

Description

The Old Hyde is listed as being of Architectural or Historical Interest Grade II. An extract from the listing states: “House, C.1600, altered in C18. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with slate and handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned NE-SW, aspect SE, with central chimney stack. 2 rear wings, original and C18, forming a rectangular plan. 2 storeys with attics. Central 4-panel door, the upper panels glazed, in simple C18 surround with C20 tiled gabled porch, 2-windo range of C20 double-hung sashes – the front pitch of the roof slated; the remainder is tiled – The interior has chamfered beams with lamb’s tongue stops, joists of horizontal section, original rebated boards on upper floors”.
Retaining many of its original features with its exposed timber frame and sloping floors on the first floor, The Old Hyde is in need of some modernisation. On the ground floor access through a gabled porch leads into a small lobby. Doors lead into the living room with a brick fireplace and a door into the inner hall, and into the dining room which has French doors onto the side terrace. A further door leads to the kitchen/breakfast room with a door into the inner hall off which is a bathroom and utility room. Set off the kitchen is a “studio” leading through to an office off which is a workshop housing gas fired and wood burning boilers. A staircase from the inner hall leads up to the landing on the first floor with five bedrooms, a second bathroom and a linen room. A ladder up from the first floor leads to the three attic rooms. Outside on one side of the drive is an approx. 5,175 sq ft workshop/barn/shop used for light manufacturing and some retail sales. Adjoining the house to the west is a terrace which opens out into the main garden laid mainly to lawn with a variety of trees and shrubs. In one corner is a dilapidated swimming pool in need of renovation. In all:
ABOUT 0.6 ACRES
NOTE:
If the house is sold separately from the workshop the purchaser of the house will be responsible for erecting and maintaining the boundary fencing adjacent to the workshop, to a specification to be approved of by the vendor.

Accommodation

Directions

(From Braintree)
Take the A131 towards Halstead and at High Garratt bear left onto the A1017 and proceed through Gosfield and Sible Hedingham and onto Great Yeldham. At Great Yeldham turn right by a large oak tree and first right again signposted to Little Yeldham. Proceed along this road for about 1 mile and The Old Hyde will be seen on the left hand side.