A “historically important” Grade II listed period property with a beautiful cottage garden has come up for sale in Kersey, near Hadleigh, at a guide price of £650,000.
Sitting proudly alongside the other charming period homes on The Street in Kersey, Waterwell House dates back to the mid-14th century, harkening back to the village’s history as a centre for the wool trade. It still boasts a number of period features today, including exposed timbers, herringbone brick flooring and a grand 10ft inglenook fireplace.
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Carter Jonas, selling the property, said that Waterwell House “has an intriguing history, initially being an open hall house, and boasts one of the best dais beams (a decorated beam which sits at the top of a partition at the end of a hall) in the country, with two ovolo mouldings (a type of convex moulding)”.
The property’s entrance opens into the lounge/dining room, where the impressive fireplace sits along with the aforementioned dias beam. This cosy room also benefits from original flooring, with light travelling all the way from the front through to the rear through this room and into the kitchen/breakfast room.
The kitchen itself is fitted with shaker-style cabinets offering ample storage and worktop space, as well as an inset cooker with exposed brick surround, and a Butler sink.
In the dining area, double doors open out to the patio terrace and beautiful rear garden.
There is an additional spacious lounge with dual-aspect windows allowing in lots of natural light, and a modern shower room and convenient utility room complete the ground floor.
Upstairs, there are three double bedrooms, all with exposed floorboards and storage space. Adjoining the principal bedroom is a family bathroom with a freestanding bath and a quirky corbeled chimney stack adding to the room’s charming rustic feel.
Outside, Waterwell House’s stunning gardens are another highlight. Meticulously maintained with established flowerbeds divided by areas of lawn, it provides church views while still being secluded and private. A large al fresco dining terrace abutting the house is the perfect spot from which to take in this quintessential cottage-style garden.
The house’s old stable block is also found to the rear, offering space for storage, and to the side there is parking for two cars, as well as a wood store.
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Kersey is a picturesque Suffolk village surrounded by country vistas and with a ford running through its centre. As well as being home to a collection of Medieval buildings, it also features a school, church, village hall and public house. The market town of Hadleigh is just under three miles away and Ipswich is 12 miles.
For more information, please contact Carter Jonas.
PROPERTY FACTS
Waterwell House, Kersey
Guide price: £650,000
Carter Jonas, 01787 882881, carterjonas.co.uk
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