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Hospytts

The Causeway, Great Horkesley, Colchester CO6
Guide £1,150,000 – £1,250,000 · Freehold

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A Grade II Listed thatched country house of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, standing in approximately 1.2 acres behind a gated drive.

Hospytts dates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and extends to almost 3,900 square feet across two interconnected sections. The wing connects fully to the main house, so it can be lived in as one generous whole or closed off and used through its own entrance.

Reception rooms

The principal reception rooms each centre on a substantial inglenook fireplace. Mullioned windows, aged beams and original fireplaces run through the whole of this side of the house, with further living space for studies, reading rooms or guests.

Aerial view of Hospytts, a Grade II Listed thatched house at Great Horkesley
Two centuries of building, one house
The brick inglenook fireplace at Hospytts
Four hundred years of fireplaces

The kitchen

The vaulted kitchen and breakfast room is one of the defining spaces of the house, a double-height ceiling rising above the original timber framework. Beyond it, a conservatory looks out over the gardens.

The vaulted kitchen ceiling and island at Hospytts
A ceiling that goes up, not across
The principal suite at Hospytts
Its own half of the first floor

Principal suite

The principal suite occupies a private section of the first floor, with a dressing room and an adjoining study looking out over the grounds. Every room in the house takes a view across the gardens and the countryside beyond.

The grounds

Approximately 1.2 acres of mature grounds sit behind the gated drive, with walled walks, established planting and open countryside beyond. Colchester North station is roughly ten minutes away, with London Liverpool Street approximately 47 minutes from there.

The gardens at Hospytts
An acre and a fifth of it
Aerial view of the grounds at Hospytts
Behind a gated drive
Worth knowing
  • Grade II Listed, fifteenth and sixteenth century
  • A substantial inglenook fireplace in the principal reception room
  • A vaulted, double-height kitchen ceiling over the original timber framework
  • Principal suite with its own dressing room and study
  • Approximately 1.2 acres of mature, walled grounds
  • Five bedrooms, four bathrooms, nine reception rooms
  • Roughly 47 minutes to London Liverpool Street from Colchester North
  • Freehold · Council tax band G

See it move

A scroll-driven walkthrough of the whole house, room by room, in real photographs from the listing.

Photographs

Eight, in order

Room summary

Approx. 3,900 sq ft

Accommodation

Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
4
Reception rooms
9
Total floor area
Approx. 3,900 sq ft

Grounds

Gardens
Approx. 1.2 acres
Access
Gated drive

The essentials

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax
Band G
Listing
Grade II

Connections

Colchester North
Approx. 10 minutes
London Liverpool Street
Approx. 47 minutes

Figures are approximate, taken from the agent's own particulars.

Great Horkesley

Hospytts sits on The Causeway at Great Horkesley, a village on the edge of Colchester with open countryside on its doorstep and the town itself close by.

Colchester North station runs regular services into London Liverpool Street in around 47 minutes — a real commute, not a stretch, alongside a genuinely rural setting.

The grounds at Hospytts, Great Horkesley

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Viewings of Hospytts are by appointment, through Harlow & Vane Estates.

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