- C18th Waterfront family home +
- Grand reception hall +
- Three reception rooms +
- Comprehensive kitchen/breakfast room +
- Butlers pantry and utility +
- Dry cellar +
- Six bedrooms +
- Four bedrooms +
- Short walk to station +
- Close to all amenities +
Mistley House offers a rare blend of Georgian heritage, flexible living spaces, attractive outdoor areas, and an enviable High Street location in the heart of Mistley. It’s a premium property for those seeking elegance, history, and ease of life by the river. 5208 sqft.
Accommodation
Ground floor
The impressive reception hall with Victorian tiling and magnificent split staircase, provides access to a Kitchen and Dining room. To the front is an informal dining room and Sitting room with a bank of sash windows and lovely views. The Kitchen is fitted with a 5 ring Ranger cooker, kitchen island and breakfast bar, with additional boot room, utility room and a butler’s pantry.
There is an inner hall which provides access to a sitting room to the west of the property, as well as a study, cloakroom and large dry cellar.
First floor
The first floor offers flexible accommodation, to include a double aspect drawing room with bay window, principal bedroom with walkthrough dressing room and ensuite, with 3 further bedrooms, one with an ensuite and a large family bathroom.
Second floor
On the second floor are two further bedrooms, one of which has a walk-in dressing room and a family' bathroom.
Outside
To the side of the property, is off street gravelled parking for several cars and good sized garaging, with access to the outside cellar. To the rear are the south/west facing secluded walled gardens, with a stone paved terrace, box hedging and laid lawn. The combination of high walls and mature borders provide a remarkable degree of privacy despite the property's central location.
Underneath the gardens is a detached cellar, allegedly a brandy vault constructed in the smuggling era. In today's world it could provide a variety of options, to include a gym/studio or games/cinema room. As well as this, there is a series of brick built outbuildings, which provide ample storage, currently used as a Gin bar and workshop with outside WC.
What's Nearby
Mistley is an attractive village and has a well-known quay overlooking the Stour Estuary. Within easy walking distance in the High Street is the award winning Mistley Thorn, a restaurant with rooms and the Mistley cookery school. Mistley is steeped in history and the Mistley Thorn is the site of a historic coaching inn.