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Welcome to Captains Field House, a gorgeous family home situated in the picturesque and historic village of Abberton. Positioned to the south of Colchester, a city where you will find an excellent range of shopping facilities including both High Street and independent stores, as well as leisure facilities including the mercury theatre, an arts centre, cafés, bars, restaurants and a sports centre. Mersea Island is also nearby and offers sailing, watersports and well renowned pubs/restaurants. Abberton Reservoir is also a popular spot for the family.There is a wide range of state schools nearby, including Langenhoe Community Primary School and Pre-School together with two local grammar schools, Colchester County High School for Girls and Colchester Royal Grammar School (both rated Outstanding by Ofsted).Surrounded by extensive gardens to both front, side and rear lending privacy to the setting, the property is accessed via a five bar gate and private driveway, with the recent addition of a three car coach house with two electrice charging points and gym with the benefit of living accommodation above in the form of a double bedroom, shower room and open plan lounge and kitchen area. The landscaped gardens are laid mainly to level lawn, with mature shrubs and trees. There is a rear decked terrace ideal for entertaining and alfresco dining space, enjoying far reaching views over neighbouring countryside.The original house is believed to date back to circa 1910, since then the property has undergone renovation works and updating including an extension, finished with stylish décor throughout and is presented to a high standard. This outstanding family home offers an abundance of living space throughout and is truly an aesthetically pleasing property.Enter the property via a large entrance hallway, with staircase rising to the first floor and doors giving access to the ground floor accommodation. Starting with the lounge, this room is finished with stylish décor, open fireplace and boxed bay window offering plenty of natural light in making this the perfect place to sit and relax after a long day at work. The home office is fitted with shelving and makes for the ideal place to work from home, again with ample natural light filling the room.Continue through the hallway to the cloakroom with W.C., the utility room is a good size, in many ways this is a second kitchen area as it offers cooking facilities and wash basin along with plenty of work space and storage cupboards. There is also a laundry room at the rear of the property with windows and door to the rear garden.The dining room has a large floor to ceiling window affording views to the rear garden. From here walk through to the extended part of the property which is the wonderful, modern, light and spacious kitchen/diner/family room. The kitchen has a porcelain floor finish with underfloor heating, the handmade kitchen has a vast array of soft close eye and base units, a large island with storage and a quartz worktop finish, there is further quartz worktops incorporating ‘Quooker’ hot/cold tap, ‘Rangemaster’ oven, space and plumbing for ‘American’ style fridge/freezer. The two sets of bi-fold doors lead on to the decking area to the rear and coupled with the various windows allow for ample natural light to flood through this room.Up to the first floor which again offers ample space and starts with the luxurious principal bedroom, a large room with the benefit of bi-fold doors and ‘Juliet’ balcony offering far reaching views over the rear garden and beyond. This room also has access to the dressing room and stunning en-suite shower room, all designed with space in mind.Bedrooms two and three are of a good double size and both have the benefit of modern en-suite shower rooms. Bedroom four is a good size and with its dual aspect windows over the driveway at the front and to side make this a bright and airy room. The family bathroom is again finished to an exquisite standard, with its scroll edge bath and contemporary finish, light the candles, sit back and relax.