Holton St Mary Escape to the Country home on market

Cedarwood, on Raydon Road in Holton St Mary near Colchester, is a freehold detached house dating from the 1940s.

The property has been comprehensively renovated in recent years and now offers around 3,090 sq ft of accommodation, including four double bedrooms, two bathrooms and two reception rooms.

Set back from the road and surrounded by open farmland on the edge of the South Suffolk village, the house has an open-plan kitchen, dining and family room with French doors opening onto the garden.

The kitchen includes a Neff induction hob, two Miele ovens and a built-in Kenwood dishwasher, while a bespoke mural by artist Lucy Tiffney also features in the room.

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

A triple-aspect garden room overlooks the grounds, while the principal bedroom has an en-suite shower room and French doors leading directly outside.

The gardens and grounds extend to about 1.5 acres and include a range of established food-producing plants, including apple, pear and walnut trees, grapes, kiwi, pomegranate, asparagus, rhubarb, raspberries, gooseberries and globe artichokes.

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

Holton St. Mary, Colchester, CO7 6NJ (Image: Savills)

An original Second World War air raid shelter remains in the grounds, while there are also two large outbuildings.

The selling agent said the outbuildings could offer potential for extending the property or use as business premises, subject to any necessary consents.

The land is also being marketed as having scope for a smallholding or livestock.

The home is described as an eco-home with estimated running costs of around £200 per month.

It has mains water and electricity, private drainage via a septic tank and underground rainwater-harvesting tanks with capacity for about 10,000 litres of water for irrigation.

The property has an EPC rating of C and is in council tax band D.

According to the listing, Cedarwood has previously featured on Channel 5’s Build Your Dream Home With Mark Millar, BBC One programmes Escape to the Country and Gardeners’ World, BBC Look East and the East Anglian Daily Times.

Cedarwood is being marketed by Savills with a guide price of £750,000.