A Grade II listed home with a great mix of character features and modern touches is for sale in Bures, on the Suffolk-Essex border, at an asking price of £995,000.
Located on Station Hill, in the centre of the village, the detached property is within walking distance of all local amenities.
The house has been extensively renovated throughout and offers flexibility in its layout.
A glass-framed porch leads straight into the handmade kitchen, which overlooks the garden and extends into an orangery-style breakfast room, providing lots of natural light. French doors open from this area to a courtyard and the garden beyond.
The kitchen includes ample work surfaces and storage areas, a solid wood central island, butler-style sink with mixer tap, freestanding range-style cooker, integrated appliances and underfloor heating throughout.
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A staircase leads up from the kitchen to a generous space that’s currently used as a cinema room. It features a vaulted apex ceiling with skylight and a balcony to the rear overlooking the walled gardens and surrounding countryside.
Continuing through the ground floor, a dining room with exposed timbers and adjacent wine room provides the perfect space for entertaining.
Adjoining this is a family room featuring an exposed brick inglenook fireplace with woodburner – and a dual-aspect outlook to both the side and front.
A further reception room at the front of the property has alternative use as a bedroom. It features an exposed brick fireplace with woodburner, as well as the optional benefit of its own entrance via the original front door.
Further accommodation downstairs includes a study with adjoining WC along with a boot room, utility and shower room – the latter comprising a three-piece suite and underfloor heating.
From the study, a staircase with overhead Velux window ascends to the first first-floor landing, which features beautiful structural oaks.
The master bedroom has a front aspect, original solid elm floors, a cast iron fireplace and a small vestibule which could be turned into a dressing room.
Bedroom two is also at the front of the property, with bedrooms three and four set to the rear. A playroom/dressing room adjoins bedroom four.
Completing this floor is a family bathroom with four-piece suite including a cast iron bath.
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Outside, the rear garden is predominantly laid to lawn with shrub borders, mature flower beds and exposed original brick walls. The shingled courtyard area can be accessed via the kitchen or boot room.
There is also a timber-framed storage shed and woodshed to the rear left boundaries of the garden.
A side gate leads to the front of the property, where there is a shingle driveway with ample off-road parking, surrounded by an attractive retaining wall.
Bures is an attractive border village which lies between Sudbury and Colchester. It offers a range of shops and pubs, as well as a primary school, doctors' surgery and branch line station that connects to the main line at Marks Tey.
The village is surrounded by beautiful countryside famously painted by both Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable, with good access to local villages such as Lavenham and Long Melford.
For more information, contact Fenn Wright.
PROPERTY FACTS
Station Hill, Bures
Asking price: £995,000
Fenn Wright, 01787 327000
fennwright.co.uk
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