Colchester, Essex · CO5
Harborough Hall Lane, Messing
Harborough Hall Lane, Messing, Colchester, Essex, CO5
Asking price
Bell House is a charming Georgian home situated in the heart of the highly regarded village of Messing. The property offers well-proportioned, light-filled accommodation that combines character features with modern comforts, creating a warm and inviting living environment.
The home, in the agent’s words
- Six bedroom village house
- Grade II
- Drawing room
- Sitting room
- Dining room
- Office
- Cellar
- Three bathrooms
- Two garages and gated parking
- West facing garden - total plot approx 0.25 acres
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Bell House
This a rare opportunity to acquire a distinctive village home in one a most desirable rural locations, perfectly suited to those seeking charm, space, and lifestyle in equal measure.
The house provides approximately 4,500 sq ft of well-proportioned accommodation, including formal and informal reception rooms, and up to six bedrooms with two en-suite bathrooms. The charming interior has kept most of its original details, including fireplaces, tall sash windows and exposed wooden beams along with very impressive ceiling heights adding to the feeling of space and grandeur.
Accommodation
Ground floor
The house is grand in scale and character, providing balanced accommodation arranged over three levels plus a very useful cellar. There are three east-facing reception rooms with ornate fireplaces and some remarkable timbers. To the rear of the house, and enjoying views over the garden, is the kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom and office. The kitchen provides a contemporary feel with light-coloured units and a range of integrated appliances. Off the kitchen is an octagonal garden room with glazed elevations providing views and access onto the garden.
First floor
The first floor is equally as charming with three large double bedrooms, two providing en suite bathrooms and dressing rooms. There is a family bathroom with three further bedrooms located to the upper level. One of the rooms is accessed through, another making for an ideal teenage level.
Outside
The property enjoys a private West facing rear garden with total plot in all about 0.25 acres.
There is an attached double garage of pitched roof design with off-road parking to the immediate front of the garage.
A second, gated drive leads to a further area of parking and a prefabricated garage/storage building. There is a small front garden with a retaining red-brick wall and a scattering of shrubs. The gardens extend from the side and rear of the property, predominantly laid to lawn with a collection of specimen trees, providing a large amount of natural privacy. A terrace extends from the rear of the house providing a wonderful area for outside dining and entertaining.
What’s Nearby
The property is situated in the heart of the charming historic village of Messing, surrounded by open countryside, around 14 miles north-east of Chelmsford and 2.7 miles from Kelvedon train station with its frequent links to London Liverpool Street.
All in about 0.25 of an acre.
A feel for the area
Connected for everyday life
42%of homes in the postcode can access 100+ Mbps broadband.
Available speed bands
- 30+ Mbps
- 100%
- 100+ Mbps
- 42%
- 300+ Mbps
- 42%
- 1,000+ Mbps
- 42%
Getting about
2.2 milesto Kelvedon Rail Station
Approximate straight-line distance · DfT NaPTAN · 13 Sept 2026Background air quality
- Fine particles · PM₂.₅
- 6.9 µg/m³ · Above the WHO guideline · well within the UK legal limit
- Nitrogen dioxide · NO₂
- 6.9 µg/m³ · Meets the WHO guideline
Annual background levels. For scale: the WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ for PM₂.₅ and 10 for NO₂; the UK legal limit is 20 and 40. Lower is better; this is a 1 km model, not a reading at the door.
Defra · 2024 annual model · 1 km areaLocal information is approximate. Distances are straight-line estimates from the available location. Broadband describes postcode coverage, not the speed or service available at this home; check the address with a provider. Air quality is a modelled annual background estimate.
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