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Property type: 5-bedroom
House, Detached for sale
Number of bedrooms: 5
The cottage stands at the very end of Church Lane, the last property before the road becomes a bridleway and footpath leading off into open fields. Church Lane, as the name suggests, adjoins the Church in the High Road in Trimley, it has a local convenience store a short walk away and the village has convenient access to the A14.
Although the postal address is Ipswich, Trimley St Mary is very much a suburb of Felixstowe, an important East coast port and resort, and the centre of the town is only about 2Ѕ miles away. Felixstowe offers a wide range of shopping, leisure and other facilities and there are opportunities for sailing on the Orwell with the Levington marina only a short drive away and Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club at the mouth of the River Deben. There are golf courses at Felixstowe, Waldringfield and Ipswich. Ipswich, the county town, is some 11 miles to the North West and the A14 links with the A12 London-Yarmouth road to the South of Ipswich giving speedy access to the West of the county, through Essex and towards the M25 and London and with the A14 contuing to the Midlands and junctions with the M1 and M6. London Stansted airport is about 70 miles away.
The property is believed to date from the mid 19th Century but the cottage and the adjoining stables have been linked and improved, extended and modernised in recent years to create a home of great character with interesting but flexible accommodation. The property could easily be divided to provide self-contained independently accessed accommodation for a dependent relative if required. The property has replacement double glazed windows throughout and the present layout is arranged as follows.
From the drive and parking area a canopy porch with part glazed and part panelled door opens into
THE HALL with twin panel radiator with thermostatic valve and a glazed screen with matching sliding double doors opening into
THE DINING ROOM 11ft 7ins by 10ft 1ins with windows on two aspects, radiator with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet and dimmer light control.
THE STUDY 12ft by 12ft with two windows looking out over the lane, twin panel radiator with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet and halogen lighting. Stone fireplace with recesses each side with shelving, currently sealed door to the Dining Room, interesting recesses and a telephone point.
THE INNER HALL surrounds the staircase and has a half glazed door to a Rear Lobby with window and door to the garden and cork tile flooring. A passage continues to a Lobby area with window looking out into the garden with radiator below with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet and part glazed screen to the drive. A door opens into
THE DRAWING ROOM initially 15ft 2ins by 12ft with bowed window looking out into the rear garden with radiator below with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet, coved ceiling surround and tv aerial lead-in. A wide opening leads into a further area 12ft by 10ft 11ins with side door and window to the garden and matching window with magnificent view over the field behind the property. Twin panel radiator with thermostatic valve, telephone point and fitted carpet .
THE BREAKFAST ROOM 11ft 8ins by 10ft 7ins maximum and somewhat 'L' shaped is approached from the Hall, with pine panelling to dado height to part of the room and with a window looking into the rear garden. Vinyl tile pattern flooring, radiator with thermostatic valve and a built-in range of units with shelving, drawers, cupboards and wall cupboards on one wall. Downlighters and telephone point and a door to
THE KITCHEN 10ft 4ins by 9ft, extensively fitted with inset sink with a single pillar mixer tap, cupboard below and dishwasher with decor panel front adjoining and drawers at the end beneath the worktop. Matching wall cupboards above with pelmet lighting. On the opposite wall are base units beside the space for a slot-in cooker with integrated fridge, draw out tall cupboard, tiling behind the worktop and a range of wall cupboards with pelmet lighting and with a filter light hood above the cooker. Vinyl tile pattern flooring, stable type door to the rear garden with matching windows and a door to
THE SEWING ROOM 11ft 4ins by 9ft 1ins with windows on two aspects, radiator, laminate flooring and a worktop along one wall with drawer, cupboards and space under and shallow matching wall cupboards above.
THE CLOAK-UTILITY ROOM has a worktop across one wall with inset stainless steel sink with drinking water spigot, tiling behind and cupboard under, space and plumbing connections for an automatic washing machine, space for tumble dryer with external ventwater softener, fitted carpet, radiator with thermostatic valve and replacement window. Wall mounted Vaillant gas condensing boiler and a WC.
The main staircase rises from the Breakfast Room to a landing with fitted carpet, trap door to the roof space, timeclock and programmer for the heating and hot water and airing cupboard housing the pre-insulated cylinder with electric immersion heater, shelving and pump for the shower. Doors lead to
BEDROOM 1 11ft 9ins by 10ft 3ins, well lit with windows on two aspects, radiator with thermostatic valve, telephone point and fitted carpet. Built-in furniture including double doored wardrobe, dressing table area with drawers and a shelf. A door opens into
THE EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM with white suite of low cistern WC, pedestal basin and tiled shower cubicle with power shower and cupboard adjoining. Radiator with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet and an electrically heated tubular towel rail.
BEDROOM 2 18ft 3ins by 9ft with wide dormer replacement window looking out into the rear garden and a further small replacement window looking towards the lane with twin panel radiator below with thermostatic valve and fitted carpet.
BEDROOM 3 8ft 11ins by 8ft 8ins excluding the built-in wardrobe and storage cupboard and with dormer window looking into the rear garden, twin panel radiator with thermostatic valve and fitted carpet.
THE DRESSING ROOM OR BEDROOM 4 9ft 3ins minimum excluding the recess with basin and a built-in wardrobe by 8ft with window looking over the lane, radiator with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet and vanity basin with tiled splashback and cupboard under.
THE FAMILY BATHROOM has a white suite of pedestal basin with tiled sill over, panelled bath with tiled surround, twin handgrips and independent power shower over and a low cistern WC. Fitted carpet, twin panel radiator with thermostatic valve, electric shaver socket and trap door to an area of roof space.
A door in the Drawing Room opens into a hallway with door to the drive, twin panel radiator with thermostatic valve, fitted carpet and a walk-in coat cupboard with hanging rail, shelving and electric water heater for the Shower Room in this part of the house.
THE STORE ROOM 12ft 6ins by 7ft with replacement window looking out towards the drive with worktop below, fitted carpet, radiator and ample storage.
The carpeted staircase rises from the hallway to a spacious Landing 12ft 7ins maximum by 12ft 4ins including the head of the stairs and with windows on two aspects, fine country view, radiator with thermostatic valve, telephone point and fitted carpet. Doors lead to
ANNEXE BEDROOM 5 14ft 8ins by 12ft 8ins, well lit with windows on three aspects, two with radiators below with thermostatic valves, fitted carpet.
THE SHOWER ROOM on the opposite side of the landing has white low cistern WC with wooden seat and lid, pedestal basin and a shower cubicle with mixer valve and cupboard adjoining. Radiator with themostatic valve, fitted carpet and an electric shaver socket.
THE SERVICES Mains electricity, gas and metered water. Domestic hot water and heating from the gas boiler with independent electric water heating to Bathroom 2. Drainage to septic tank. Telephone points installed.
THE GARAGE is part of the Barn Annexe with wide automatic up and over door. Behind it is a lean-to building, the initial part with double doors and a corrugated fibreglass roof which lets in light and creates an ideal mower/implement/bicycle store. This leads into a substantial Workshop area with two windows looking out over the field and with light and power connected.
THE GARDEN The cottage stands at the very end of the lane and has two brick paved parking areas in front of and beside the garage which create room for boat or caravan storage if required. There is a shallow brick edged bed in front of the property with a wrought iron gate that opens onto a path which leads around the side of the house to the rear garden. This is delightfully sunny and well laid out with a flank wall on one side and slatted timber fencing on the other. There are two paved areas, rose beds and climbers at the rear, lawn, rockery and trellis with climbing rose. A further larger lawn behind and with a colourful shrub and flower bed by the flank wall with fig, magnolia and cherry at the rear. There is also a timber and felt roofed Summer House, a small productive vegetable area, a timber and felt roofed Store and a good size timber framed span roof Greenhouse with staging. In all a very pleasant setting for the property which really shows its character at the rear.
IMPORTANT NOTE The services, equipment, apparatus and appliances have not been tested. Prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves either by inspection or preferably by seeking advice from suitably qualified people as to the efficiency, condition, fitness for purpose of the equipment, fixed apparatus, appliances or services.
COUNCIL TAX Band F POSTCODE IP11 0SW
TENURE Freehold with VACANT POSSESSION by arrangement with the vendors.
VIEWING Strictly by prior appointment with the Agents please.
REFERENCE S/11562 060808
Joint Sole Agents. Bannister & Co, Felixstowe 01394-282828
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