Property description
Set within an award-winning development of only twelve individually designed properties, Dacres Hall is a beautiful three-storey luxury family home. Built in the Georgian style it has all the elegance and grace of the era, with gorgeous sash windows, high ceilings and well-proportioned rooms, and yet being only eleven years old benefits from having all the conveniences of a modern house, such as under-floor heating, a shower / steam room, and the highest quality fixtures and fittings. Established gardens surround the house on three sides, and to the rear a sunny terrace affords magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.
Summer Entertaining
Curved brick walls define the entrance to the gravel driveway that sweeps up to the front of this imposing property and in keeping with its striking symmetry, there is a garage to either side. Framed by topiary the central front door opens into a magnificent reception hall where a beautiful bespoke staircase leads you up to the upper floors, and off which the main reception rooms can be found. “As soon as we walked in and saw the fabulous sweeping staircase we knew we were going to love the rest of the house.” Immediately to the left you have the sitting room; a delightful room decorated in soft natural colours with a large Portland stone fireplace at its centre, around which deep comfortable sofas entice you to stop and take a rest. From the sitting room folding doors open out into the dining room, which in turn has French doors out to the terrace. “These rooms are brilliant for entertaining, especially in the summer when we open up all the doors allowing everyone to mingle between rooms and then wander out into the garden with a glass of wine.” It is a wonderfully versatile space that can just as easily be closed off during the winter to keep the rooms feeling warm and cosy.
A Room with a View
The elegant dining room also has a door through to the kitchen/breakfast room. This is a stunning room, flooded with natural light from the large sash window that looks out over the garden, and to one end there is a family sized kitchen table and chairs which are perfect for everyday meals, and to the other is the beautiful cream handmade fully fitted kitchen from renowned designer Mark Wilkinson. Stylish granite surfaces offer plenty of work space, and a central island is the perfect place to pull up a bar stool and read the papers over coffee. Opening out from the kitchen is the garden room, a wonderfully light and airy room that has windows to three sides offering panoramic views of the countryside, as well as French doors to the terrace. “We love this room. It feels so calm and relaxing and has a real colonial feel. It is lovely to just sit in here with the doors open to the garden and let the world go by, especially after a day at work. It always makes me think I am on holiday.”
Perfect on Every Level
Off the entrance hall you also find a downstairs cloakroom and a large study, which the current owners have had fitted with book shelves to make it more of a library. It is a well-proportioned room and could easily be converted into a second sitting room or playroom if required. Taking the stairs you come to the first floor, where there are three double bedrooms, two en-suite and one that has sole use of a large family bathroom. The expansive master suite, which enjoys uninterrupted views of the rolling countryside to the rear, also has a walk-in dressing room that is lined with fitted wardrobes. “This is a huge room; we love the space in here and the fact that it is not cluttered. It makes it very peaceful, and sometimes when we look out in the morning we see deer wandering across the fields in the early sunlight.” Up on the third floor are two more double bedrooms and a bathroom. One of the rooms has its own en-suite shower room and dressing room, so would be ideal for a nanny or as a guest suite, and the second room up here is currently used as a games/TV room by the family. All of the bedrooms and bathrooms are decorated in soft neural colours, some with stylish feature walls, and all of the bathrooms have been fitted out to a very high specification.
House for all Seasons
The gardens of Dacres Hall enclose it on three sides. Immediately to the rear is the sunny terrace that both the garden room and dining room open out on to, and where a table and chairs make the perfect spot for summer dining. “We often eat out here in the summer. It tends to get the sun most of the day, but we love the autumn evenings most, when the trees cast fabulous shadows across the fields.” To the left of the terrace the lawns extend out across to the established herbaceous borders that provide colour all year round, and to the right there is a slightly more formal garden that is surrounded by a mix of mature trees. “It is a great spot. It feels very quiet and peaceful, and on a clear night we can stand out in the garden and watch the stars as they come out.” The house is situated in the pretty village of Fyfield, which has a Post Office, small village store, primary school and two popular inns, plus, within easy driving distance you also have the choice of the larger towns of Ongar, Chelmsford or Epping. All in all this is a stunning family home that has all the style and elegance of a Georgian property, yet the convenience and high standard of living of a contemporary modern build.
Property Features :
- Stunning Georgian Style Family Home
- Magnificent Entrance Hall
- Kitchen / Breakfast / Garden Room
- Sitting Room
- Dining Room & Study