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White House Farm is accessed via electric gates which open into the long private drive. The drive sweeps round to the main entrance which overlooks the extensive grounds and the landscaped garden.
An all-consuming magnificent period six bedroom home in Wickham Bishops, Essex that will not disappoint with its tasteful interiors and extensive 66 acres. Wickham Bishops is recognised as an area of natural beauty and special interest. The period features of the property reflect its age with parts of the house being approximately 600 years old, while among the spacious rooms you can count a large kitchen/breakfast room and home cinema. Amid the 66 acres there is a floodlit menage, beautiful trout and carp lake, 12 acres of woodland and a heated outdoor swimming pool.   
ACCOMMODATION
GROUND FLOOR
A heavy oak door leads into an impressive galleried reception hall with solid oak flooring, oak piers and French doors leading out onto the south terrace and with a central oak staircase rising to a spacious galleried landing at first floor level. Off the hall is a cloakroom, side hall and a particularly well-proportioned drawing room with an open red brick fireplace and with views across the garden and orchards. Across from the drawing room is the library with an atrium creating natural light and with doors off to the remaining reception rooms. The formal dining room with French doors faces out onto the southwest facing terrace, a cinema room with a brick fireplace and multi-fuel burner has a secondary staircase to the first floor and finally the sitting room with a brick chimney recess housing a multi-fuel burner and with French doors onto a garden terrace.
The library, cinema room and sitting room are located in older part of the house with exposed timbers to ceilings and walls. Off the library is a further door to the farmhouse kitchen and breakfast room fitted out in antique pine and incorporating 2 sinks, dishwasher, a built-in electric oven with a four ring ceramic hob, concealed extractor and a 4 oven Aga to one side. There is a walk-in larder with chest freezer and shelving. Set off the kitchen is the wing with 2 external doors and an L-shaped side hall creating a cloaks area with fitted bench seating providing storage for shoes etc, a utility room with a fitted sink with washing machine/dryer with terracotta tiled floor matching that in the kitchen and a further cloakroom.
  
FIRST FLOOR
Stairs rise to a large galleried landing above the reception hall with a bay window, storage cupboard and an airing cupboard. The landing continues around the central open roof terrace accessible from the main galleried landing and which incorporates the atrium above the library. Steps lead down to the older part of the property to the inner landing with a secondary staircase down to the cinema room.
The inner landing interconnects back to the main galleried landing. The main bedroom has a dressing area with an en-suite bathroom with a matching white suite incorporating a bath, pedestal wash hand basin and corner shower cubicle and WC. There are 5 further bedrooms, 3 en-suites and a family bathroom.
White House Farm Offers:
- 6 Large Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms ( 3 ensuite) plus 2 additional ground floor cloakrooms
- Large country kitchen and breakfast room with AGA range
- Cinema Room with Sky Channels (sports and films)
- 2 separate lounges and library
- Formal dining room for 12 people
- Log burners
- Heated swimming pool with extensive patio areas with range of BBQs and table tennis table
- 66 acres of including fishing lake, wood and paddocks
- International size ménage and extensive riding trails
SETTING THE SCENE
 With its green paddocks, attractive 2 acre lake and 12 acres of woodland, White House Farm offers scenery that is second to none.
A former fruit farm, the property still has an orchard that yields generous amounts of apples, pears and plums every year.
White House Farm is very private and is approached through electric gates. To the right hand side of the gravel drive, gates give access to the stable yard with 12 stables and large storage barn. The driveway continues round to the parking area on the eastern side of the house with a 3 bay cart lodge (with internal access to the house) and parking for a number of cars.
The garden area lies principally to the south and west of the house, comprising a mixture of lawn with a variety of trees and shrubs. To the southwest of the house is the heated swimming pool with a paved surround, a timber clad building housing the pool filtration and heating plants and a timber clad part glazed pool house.
To the north are four post and rail paddocks with a railed and floodlit ménage (40m x 20m approximately) and with a natural pond to the northeast. Vehicular access is possible around the
perimeter of the grounds which include productive orchards including 19 varieties of apples, pears and plums.
There is also a 2 acre reservoir located in the south eastern corner of the grounds, ideal for the fishing enthusiast and well stocked with carp and trout. Adjacent to the reservoir is a large established woodland know as Likely Wood, carpeted with bluebells in the spring, in all about 66 acres.
PLACES OF INTEREST / DISTANCES TO KEY LOCATIONS
Wickham Bishops Village is 0.7 miles and is a very pleasant walk if you want to sample the two local village pubs. The Mitre and The Chequers, are situated in the village, both of which serve fine real ale and food is served throughout the day and evening.
The nearest mainline station is Witham which is 2.4 miles away and which has public parking adjacent to the station. The service is efficient and runs a full timetable throughout the day and late into the night with Stratford station being a 20 minute journey. Witham also provides an excellent range of shops. There is also a mainline station in the nearby village of Hatfield Peverel (2.9) miles but the service is less frequent. Public parking also available.
  
The historic quayside town of Maldon is 3.8 miles away and is still very much an unspoilt Essex village. Maldon still has many privately owned unique shops, tea rooms and 2 ancient churches. If you wish to sample British fish and chips then Maldon is the place to visit. There are a number of highly regarded golf courses within the area including Benton Hall Golf and Country Club which is no more than 5 minutes drive from White House Farm. For the sailing enthusiast there are marinas to be found in the aforementioned Maldon and River Blackwater area. Local stables are also to be found in the village of Wickham Bishops.
Stansted International Airport is only 25 miles away and is the most convenient airport for White House Farm however Gatwick and Heathrow are also convenient with Gatwick being the slightly nearer of the two and can be reached in about 1 hour.
Polite Notice: Celebrations of special occasions for booked guests only. No Marquees, mobile discos, loud music or firework displays permitted. Outside caterers permitted with prior permission. No stag or hen parties allowed.
White House Farm is available to rent for a minimum of 1 night and is also available for longer term rentals. You can check availability and prices using the search facility on the top left hand side of this page. Alternatively please contact us via email or telephone: 01621 890094 to check availability and prices for your required dates.
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