A characterful listed cottage with beautiful views and a swimming pool is up for sale in Stanstead, near Sudbury.
Brambles is a Grade II listed detached house dating back to the 1600s which is currently on the market with David Burr estate agents at a guide price of £895,000. It boasts spacious living accommodation and a large, enclosed garden perfect for family life.
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The dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room is a wonderfully light and open space that’s great for gatherings. Fitted to “an exceptionally high standard” according to David Burr, it comes with a range of bespoke fitted solid wood cabinets with polished quartz worktops and marble effect splashbacks, and a large central island with a double butler sink with brushed brass mixer tap, breakfast seating and an integrated NEFF dishwasher.
There is also an integrated full-height fridge and separate freezer, pantry cupboards and bespoke fitted slatted shutters over the windows. Open studwork guides you through to the inner hall with engineered oak flooring, exposed timbers and brickwork.
The separate dining room has ample space for a large dining table and seating, and features herringbone engineered wood flooring, a heavily wood-timbered ceiling and exposed beams across the walls.
Next to this, the utility/cloakroom has exposed floorboards, roof timbers, space and plumbing for a washing machine and space for a tumble dryer. There is also an adjoining WC with a vanity suite.
The extensive sitting room acts as a great focal point for the home, with a heavily timbered ceiling and exposed beams across the walls as well as excellent views over neighbouring farmland. This room is also home to a large inglenook fireplace with inset multi-fuel burning stove on a brick hearth.
Floor-to-ceiling glass panel doors open into the garden room, which is currently used as a home gym. A glass wall overlooks the gardens and opens out onto the terraced swimming pool area.
Another reception room currently used as a family room with a stylish bar area lies next door. It features a vaulted ceiling, high-quality engineered oak flooring and bi-fold doors opening onto the pool area.
Adjoining this room is a useful changing area with fitted seating, a shower room, cloakroom with WC and wash hand basin and a high-quality sauna with pine clad walls and fitted benches.
The first floor’s impressive vaulted landing with exposed timbers, the remains of a crown post and a large window overlooking neighbouring farmland offers enough space to act as an additional reception room or study area. It benefits from an adjacent storeroom.
Bedroom one has a triple aspect and exposed floorboards in addition to its own en suite with double-width tiled shower cubicle, WC, pedestal wash hand basin, heated chrome towel rail and underfloor heating.
The remaining two bedrooms are also doubles with vaulted ceilings and exposed timbers. A bathroom containing a free-standing bath with mixer tap and shower over, WC, vanity suite and skylight serves the first-floor bedrooms.
Outside, to the side of Brambles is a large shingle driveway that provides plenty of off-road parking for several vehicles in addition to a double garage with power and light connected.
A separate studio also has power and lighting, presenting the potential to create further accommodation or an office.
The spacious rear garden includes an area of lawn enclosed by mature specimen trees and herbaceous borders and overlooked by a brick paved terrace which adjoins the property, as well as an elevated terrace containing the heated swimming pool. David Burr notes that this is in need of some modernisation, for details contact the agent.
Adjacent to the swimming pool through a pedestrian gate is another enclosed area of lawn surrounded by a red brick wall with a woodshed at the rear.
The village of Stanstead boasts a charming village green to the front of its parish church, St James, and there are many local clubs, societies and a village hall.
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Long Melford has a range of amenities and is just two miles away, while Sudbury is about five miles and Bury St Edmunds around 12 miles.
For more information, please contact David Burr.
PROPERTY FACTS
Brambles, Lower Street
Guide price: £895,000
David Burr, 01787 322344
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