2 Bedrooms Terraced house for sale in Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury Village RM18 | £ 275,000

Property Description

Property Ref: 2262

2 bedroom Victorian period character cottage in the sought after location of East Tilbury Village, Essex. This freehold period property benefits from 2 receptions, 1 bathroom, and a large garden with outbuilding.

This Victorian character cottage has a wealth of period features including sash windows (with secondary glazing panels), real wood floors, tongue and groove wooden ceilings, feature fireplaces and original beams throughout.

Built in 1837,2 Tyas Cottages is one of four cottages which until 1903 previously formed the village pub 'The Queen's Head'.

Situated in the picturesque semi-rural area of East Tilbury Village the cottage is on a quiet no through road at the end of which is Coalhouse Fort Museum and Country Park. The village is surrounded by farmland and the Thames River runs adjacent to this land and is a short walk away.

The cottage is exactly one mile (15-minute walk) from East Tilbury mainline station which runs directly into London Fenchurch Street taking approximately 40 minutes. There is also a regular local bus service (374). East Tilbury Primary School and Nursery are a short walk away, and the cottage is within St Clere's School catchment area, which provides a school bus. Lakeside Shopping Centre is a short drive away, as are the A13 and M25 road links.

Excellent for walkers, nature lovers and those who simply enjoy peace and quiet, there are many riverside and countryside walks including the Two Forts walk within a few minutes walk of the property. The Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, situated on the Thames Estuary, currently comprised of 120 acres, but which will eventually comprise of 845 acres, is also a short drive (or slightly longer walk) away. There is a traditional pub one minute's walk away from the cottage which serves a range of food, along with a Co-op, pharmacy, post office, school, gp surgeries and various takeaways within 10 minutes walk in the nearby town of East Tilbury.

The property comprises:

Entrance:

Stable entrance door, part glazed opens to living room.

Ground Floor:

Living room (12' x 13' 11") with real wood floor and tongue and groove wooden ceiling. Feature fireplace in red brickwork with Esse Dragon multifuel burner to remain. Shelving and TV unit to the right of the fireplace to remain. Sash window to front aspect. Telephone point. Radiator, the doorway to the dining room. Original beams separate this room from the dining room.

The doorway leads to;

Dining room (12' x 8' 7") red quarry tiled floor. Tongue and groove wooden ceiling. Radiator. Understair cupboard with tongue and groove door.

Tongue and groove doors lead off to:

Bathroom (9' x 5') New bathroom suite fitted June 2018. With vanity unit sink area leading to bath, shower and toilet area. Mosaic natural slate tiled splashbacks. Black quarry tile floor. Radiator. Large stained glass feature window. Thermostatic shower over bath.

Kitchen (9' x 7' 2") with beamed ceiling, half glazed stable door leading to garden, Farrow and Ball cream painted oak cabinets, solid walnut butcher block worktops, handmade iridescent tiled splashbacks, double range gas oven, butler sink, and natural slate tile floor.

First Floor:

From the living room, an original tongue and groove door leads to stairs to the first floor and landing with the real wood floor and original beams.

Door left to:

Master bedroom (13' 11" x 12') Two sash windows to front aspect, views over nearby farmland, real wood floor, tongue, and groove wooden ceiling. Feature fireplace with shelving to left and space for large wardrobe to right.

Door right to:

Second bedroom (13' 11" x 5' 5") (currently used as a second sitting room). Sash window to rear aspect. Real wood floor, tongue, and groove wooden ceiling. Loft hatch. Airing cupboard housing combination boiler (fully serviced annually by British Gas) can be found on the left in this bedroom behind the door.

Outside:

Half glazed stable door in the kitchen leads on to;

Garden "" kitchen stable door opens out to the large decked area with pergola over (14' 6" x 10'3"), from here steps lead down into the main garden paved with red brick with large feature terracotta vase in the centre and four flowerbeds surround. To the left, circular lawn with railway sleeper steps up to 'beach' area. Pebbled beach area with railway sleeper windbreakers, and large natural York stone feature waterfall with pond beneath. Adjacent to the beach area are two large trees with arbour and stumpery (traditional Victorian shady fern/wildlife area) beneath as the current owner is a lepidopterist, and breeds butterflies. The back gate behind trees leads to side road giving useful rear access to the property.

To the right is a large red bricked area with flowerbeds and raised planters covered with vegetable cages, along with a large Outbuilding (14'10 x 8'5) with light and electric, French doors and sash window, previously used as an artist's studio, but currently houses surround shelving forming a useful and large storage area.

The remaining back flowerbed running the length of the garden is currently used for fruit/vegetable growing with newly erected (4m x 2m) polytunnel to remain. The garden was landscaped in 2007 to a traditional Victorian 'potager' Kitchen Garden design and includes well established and productive apple, pear, cobnut and persimmon trees, along with rhubarb, kiwi berry, raspberries, and blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes.

EPC Rating - D
(Please note EPC undertaken July 2018 before secondary glazing panels were installed).

Property Ref: 2262

Property Ref: 2262
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