A cottage with five bedrooms has come up on the market for a guide price of £1.45m, with far-reaching views over farm, wood and parkland near Bury St Edmunds.
Briar Cottage is located at the end of a private track, with no neighbours.
The cottage adjoins the Ickworth Estate and has been extensively renovated and extended with the area in mind, so it does not look out of place. The extension is a traditional and contemporary green oak addition, and the two-storey accommodation has many fine period and architectural features.
Selling agent Bedfords describes the property as “an incredibly rare opportunity to purchase a detached and freehold listed cottage in an enviable location”.
The entrance hall welcomes you into the cottage, with the staircase to the first floor, an understairs storage cupboard and French doors that lead to the terrace and garden. You will also find a cloakroom, featuring a tiled shower cubicle, low-level WC, hand basin and heated towel rail.
The large sitting room features exposed oak beams, pamment flooring and more French doors leading to the garden and terrace. This room is open plan with the dining room, which also features exposed beams, and is ideal for entertaining guests.
The kitchen is the perfect place to cook, complete with a range of base kitchen units with oak worksurface and drainer. There’s also an inset butler’s sink, tongue-and-groove panelled splashbacks, a stainless-steel De Longhi range cooker, built-in pantry cupboard and a dishwasher. Another set of stairs to the first floor are located here.
The ground floor also has a family room and breakfast room, both feature open fireplaces for those cold nights, and the breakfast room even has a fitted Stanley range cooker.
On the first floor you will find the five bedrooms and a family bathroom, big enough for the whole family.
The master bedroom is partially open plan, with views overlooking the garden and Ickworth Estate, and has its own ensuite, complete with free-standing roll-top ball-and-claw-foot bath and built-in vanity unit with hand basin, mirror and cupboards.
The four other bedrooms feature various amenities, such as ample storage space and wardrobe cupboards.
The family bathroom includes a panelled bath and overhead shower, hand basin and a heated towel rail.
It is the outside that really makes this property pop, with a generous third of an acre of landscaped grounds surrounding the cottage with farm, park and woodland. You will also find a two-car garage and a garden store, perfect for those with green fingers as Briar Cottage also features well-stocked flower and herbaceous beds with a variety of flowering shrubs and plants.
There is also opportunity to build further onto the cottage, as planning permission has been granted for an annexe and home office, which expires in May 2024.
The cottage is located in Horringer, an attractive village that hosts a number of clubs, mostly held at the community centre, and features schools, a couple of pubs and St Leonard’s Church.
The village is just 2.5 miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, which has plenty of facilities like schools, leisure activities and good transport links.
For more information, please contact Bedfords
Property facts:
Briar Cottage, Horringer
Guide Price: £1,450,000
Bedfords, 01284 769999
bedfords.co.uk
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