Former Jamie Oliver restaurant that featured in Lovejoy hits the market

The four-bedroom home is set in the peaceful and semi-rural setting of Beazley End, around five miles north of the market town of Braintree.

The property has an interesting history having famously appeared in the 1992 TV series of Lovejoy, and again in 2006 when it was bought by the Fifteen Foundation - a charity run by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

The property was once the restaurant owned by Jamie Oliver (Image: Savills)

One of the four reception rooms in the property (Image: Savills)

The restaurant owned by Oliver was called The Cock and closed down in 2008 and was converted into a private home in 2013 and renamed Lime Tree Cottage.

On the ground floor of the property there are four reception rooms as well as a large kitchen/breakfast room, a spacious utility room and a cellar.

The principal reception room is located to the side of the property and is a very large room with a further exposed chimney.

The property, near Braintree, has four bedrooms (Image: Savills)

One of the four bedrooms within the property (Image: Savills)

All four bedrooms are located on the first floor of the home with the master bedroom benefiting from a luxury white ensuite and dressing facilities.

Outside the property there is a garden which spans the width of the house.

Karl Manning, head of residential sales at Savills Essex, said: “Lime Tree Cottage is an absolutely gorgeous house which is beautifully presented in a peaceful, semi-rural setting.

The principal reception room is a very large room with an exposed chimney (Image: Savills)

"Thought to be more than 400 years old, the property has been thoughtfully converted from its former use as a public house – sympathetically combining contemporary finishes and stylish new additions such as exposed chrome pipework and solid oak doors with a wealth of period features to give it a traditional feel and plenty of character.”

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The Cock was run by Jamie Oliver until 2008 when the restaurant shut down (Image: Savills)

The property also featured in the television programme Lovejoy (Image: Savills)