This terrific four-bedroom house forms part of Ardleigh Court, an astonishing vision of mid-century aesthetics built using the Swedish Stex system. Lovingly maintained, it sits mid-terrace and amid extensive mature communal gardens. The single-storey home’s open-plan living spaces retain an abundance of original features, including five-finger teak parquet flooring and flush plywood doors. There is a garage, a garden to the front, a terrace to the rear and a south-facing internal courtyard. The beautiful Dedham Vale is nearby and Colchester and Manningtree stations, from which services run to London Liverpool Street in around an hour, are both within five miles.