Broomwood Lane, Nr Stock, Essex Guide price £1,700,000

• 5 BEDROOMS   • RECEPTION ROOM   • DINING ROOM   • DRAWING ROOM   • KITCHEN   • UTILITY ROOM   • FAMILY BATHROOM   • STABLES   • CAR PORT   • GARAGE   • WOODLAND   • ORNAMENTAL POND   • GARDENS   • LIVING ROOM   • KITCHEN   • DINING ROOM

Approached by a long sweeping driveway through woodland, The Old Manor is a handsome family home offering well presented family accommodation over 2 storeys with the useful addition of an integral single storey cottage.

On the ground floor the accommodation radiates on a traditional basis from a substantial reception hall providing access to well proportioned entertaining rooms and the kitchen/breakfast room. The first floor offers 4 bedrooms (2 with en-suite) and a family bathroom with the master bedroom comprising of a dressing room and en-suite bathroom.

Integral to the main house, accessible via the drawing room, is an excellent single storey 3 bedroom cottage. Offering comfortable accommodation of character, it could be used either as ancillary accommodation or be integrated to provide additional accommodation to the principal house.

Extending to just over 6 acres, the grounds are approached via a private drive culminating in a gravelled expanse of hard standing giving access to the outbuildings, cottage and principal house. The house stands within mature grounds mainly laid to lawn incorporating an ornamental pond with a large expanse of woodland as a backdrop. Also within the grounds are a range of traditional outbuildings providing various stores, stabling and a garage together with an area of hard standing useful for additional parking.


The Old Manor occupies a delightful rural position just to the east of the well regarded village of Stock, a traditional English village arranged around the 15th Century church of All Saints, displaying a wide range of traditional, contemporary buildings and architectural styles.
Stock itself offers a village hall, post office and a number of public houses and restaurants; whilst the town of Billericay, within 3 miles, offers a broader range of everyday and weekly amenities. A little further afield, 5 miles to the north, is the county town of Chelmsford offering a range of commercial, entertainment and shopping amenities together with Bluewater and Lakeside Thurrock just off the M25.
Belying its picturesque setting, The Old Manor is well placed for transport amenities including the railway station at Billericay providing a regular service to London Liverpool Street station with an approximate journey time of 32 minutes. The A12 is about 3 miles away at Junction 16 opening on to the M25 and the extensive motorway network of south east Anglia. Stansted Airport, catering for domestic flights and international destinations, is about 26 miles to the north west.
The county of Essex is distinguished by its open undulating farm land and provides a broad range of leisure pursuits, including a number of local golf clubs and the Essex coast offering extensive walks, bird watching and sailing.