A three bedroom thatched cottage in Framsden has come up for sale for £440,000 – meaning it is now exempt from stamp duty.

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

Mill Cottage, just off the A1120 near Debenham, is a detached period cottage set in grounds of approximately a quarter of an acre.

Outside the property has several outbuildings including a two-storey play house with mains electricity.

MORE: Londoners leaving the capital after lockdown driving East Anglian property boom, experts sayThe house has a brick paved patio under a veranda which is described as “ideal for alfresco dining and drinks”, by Clarke & Simpson estate agents who are marketing the property. There is also an area of decking over a pond.

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

Inside the property has two reception rooms and bespoke hand crafted cottage kitchen including a Range cooker with gas hobs.

Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a family bathroom with a roll top bath.

There are exposed beams throughout the property.

As the property is available for under £500,000 the buyer does not have to pay stamp duty on it under new measures recently announced by the chancellor.

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for £440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)

East Anglian Daily Times: Mill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWENMill Cottage is on the market for �440,000 with Clarke & Simpson. Picture: RUFUS OWEN (Image: RUFUS OWEN)