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Silver End occupies a unique spot in the Essex landscape, sitting roughly midway between Witham and Braintree. It isn't an ancient village that grew organically around a church; instead, it was built in the 1920s as a model village by the industrialist Francis Henry Crittall to house workers for his window factory. This heritage is immediately visible in the architecture, which features a striking mix of traditional gabled cottages and some of the UK’s finest examples of early Modernist, Art Deco-style white houses with flat roofs and, naturally, Crittall steel windows. Geographically, it’s a self-contained community surrounded by open farmland, offering a quieter, more spaced-out feel than the nearby market towns. While the original factory has since closed, the village retains a strong sense of its own identity, supported by a large village hall (one of the biggest in the county), a local primary school, and a handful of essential shops around the central green. It works well for those who need access to the London-bound trains at Witham station - about a ten-minute drive away - but who prefer to come home to a place that feels distinct from the typical suburban sprawl.