Lexden, CO3 3NG

Built in the late 19th century and thoughtfully restored in recent years, the property combines elegant period features with distinctive diapering brickwork and decorative barge boards whilst inside is high-quality modern finishes to create a characterful home. Accommodation The accommodation extends to approximately 2041 sq ft and includes beautifully proportioned rooms, ideal for both family living and entertaining. The ground floor comprises a welcoming entrance hall, a formal sitting room and an elegant drawing room that opens into a bright kitchen/breakfast room overlooking the rear garden. There is also a pantry and cloaks w/c. The lower ground floor forms a comfortable family room. Additional rooms include a utility/laundry room, and converted cellar which could be used as a bedroom or study. There is also a wet room. Upstairs the first floor gives way to two double bedrooms both coming with en-suite. The second floor comprises two further double bedrooms and family bathroom. Outside No. 6 Beverley Road is retained from the pavement by a wall with railing and matching gate providing a block paved brick edged pathway leading to the house. The remainder of the front gardens are laid to lawn with attractive shrubbed borders. At the rear of the property, beyond the garden, lies a shingled drive area suitable for parking of a single vehicle, together with a garage/store. This can be accessed via the neighbour's driveway, over which the property has access rights. The rear garden has been beautifully landscaped, enclosed along one boundary with an old red brick wall with raised shrub borders and extensive paving. This in turn leads through to a rose covered pergola to further paving with shrub borders with fencing and gate leading out to the rear parking area. The garden is predominately westerly facing in direction. What’s Nearby Colchester is a thriving ‘new’ city set in North Essex, bordering Suffolk which is only a few miles away. The town boasts nationally acclaimed Grammar schools, fast and speedy links to London in less than an hour, and a thriving town centre, as well as first class out of town retail centres. The lovely Colne valley is within 15 minutes’ drive of the centre, and the pink towns of Suffolk are a mere twenty minutes’ drive from the town. Mersea Island, Brightlingsea, and Frinton, all stunning coastal destinations are within half an hour’s drive of the town, and Suffolk’s resorts of Aldeburgh and Southwold within an hour. Colchester Town Centre with shops and restaurants – walking distance Schools - Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester Girls High, St Mary’s, Philip Morant, St Benedicts, Oxford House, Colchester High School, Hamilton Road Primary, Prettygate Primary – all walking distance. - Holmwood House - 0.5 miles - Bus stop to Ipswich school, Gosfield, Royal Hospital, St Joseph’s College and Ipswich School - all leave from within 0.5 of a mile from the house Colchester North and Town Stations – 1.2 miles (London Liverpool Street 50 mins) Mercury Theatre and cinemas – walking distance Hilly Fields Nature Reserve – walking distance Lexden Park Nature Reserve – walking distance