3 bedroom house
Lindsey, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 6PW
Guide Price
£445,000
Residential Tags: N/A
Property Tags: Holiday Cottage
Land Tags: Paddock, Pasture Land
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Sep 2021
- Removed: Sep 2021
- Residential Tags: N/A
- Property Tags: Holiday Cottage
- Land Tags: Paddock, Pasture Land
THE LOCATION
Lindsey is a small pretty village midway between the market town of Hadleigh and the historic village of Lavenham, near the River Brett valley. This is very attractive countryside and contains many other delightful villages. Hadleigh and Sudbury are good market towns, which provide an excellent range of shops, schooling and recreational facilities and there is a wonderful selection of local shops, galleries and pubs in Lavenham. The nearby village of Kersey is one of the most photographed in Suffolk and has a very famous gastro pub, The Bell., and Lindsey has the famous gastro pub The Red Rose. There are good connections on to Ipswich and Colchester and train services in to London's Liverpool Street and connections to the A12.Canada Cottages are a row of 19th century former workers cottages outside the village, back from the road with wonderful country views to the front and rear. Number 5 has an unusual amount of land with a large drive and parking forecourt and sweeping gardens to the rear - around 0.51acres in all. There is a large modern garage/workshop to the front and to the rear a useful second garage/workshop with separate vehicular access to the road.
INTRODUCTION
The cottage is a traditional 19th century period cottage built with Suffolk white bricks and pantiled roof. It has been extended to the rear and modernised and is beautifully presented inside with an excellent fitted kitchen, modern shower room and two bedrooms. It has garden behind which opens into further gardens where there is a completely separate modern brick built Lodge/Bungalow. This building has its own independent central heating and ideal as a holiday let or as a completely independent annexe for a family member. The gardens are a particular feature of the property and have sweeping lawns, two large vegetable gardens an abundance of plants, shrubs, specimen trees and larger trees. To the side and rear are paddocks with lovely views beyond.
THE COTTAGE
The Cottage is a 19th century property built with traditional Suffolk white bricks under a pantiled roof. It has uPVC double glazed replacement windows and front door, and is in excellent condition throughout.
ON THE GROUND FLOOR
Sitting Room 12' x 12' (3.65m x 3.65m) With a traditional panelled front door with inset semi-circular double glazed fanlight opening from beneath a canopy porch plus a window to the front looking down the garden towards the garden, drive and garage. Large fireplace with inset Woodwarm cast iron multi-fuel burning stove (providing central heating and hot water) two pine ceiling beams, display shelf by chimney breast, stripped pine ledge and braced door leading to:
Inner Hall 14' x 5'6" (4.3m x 1.7m) At the centre of the house with staircase up to the first floor, radiator, airing cupboard with double pine doors and hot water tank, and doors to various rooms.
Utility Room 14'6" x 4' (4.7m x 1.2m) Multi-glazed door from the inner hall, window from the breakfast area, two Velux windows, built-in dresser style base unit with space for larder fridge or freezer and solid pine work top with matching shelf above, two built-in cupboards with double pine doors and spaces for stacked washing machine and tumble dryer. Radiator, two twin spotlights.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room 19'6" x 8'9" (5.95m reducing to 2.7m x 2.05m) At the back of the house with fully glazed uPVC door plus a window to one side, both looking on to the patio and right down the garden. Extra light from a window in the breakfast area opening into the utility room and a further window beside the sink doing the same. Kitchen area beautifully fitted with a range of light green woodgrain wall and base cupboards with pewter knot style handles, and all with charcoal slate effect working surfaces and matching tiled splashbacks on all four sides. Well equipped with stainless steel sink with mixer tap, space for slot in cooker with retractable filter hood above (Stoves induction hob electric cooker included by negotiation) integral fridge, integral freezer, breakfast area with radiator, and a further base unit to match the kitchen with pine work top and shelf over. The whole room with grey oak woodgrain effect laminate flooring. Particularly high ceiling with LED spotlights in the kitchen area and pendant light in the breakfast room.
Shower/Cloakroom 6' x 6' (1.85m x 1.85m) Superbly fitted with 1½ size fully tiled shower cubicle with sliding glass door and Mira shower assembly, vanity surface with granite style top and inset Armitage Shanks hand basin with column mixer tap and matching low flush WC. white cupboard with three mirrored doors, chromium heated towel rail, double glazed window (to the utility room) LED downlights, extractor fan.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR
Landing 3' x 3' (0.9m x 0.9m) With stairs leading up, stripped pine ledged and braced doors to both bedrooms.
Bedroom 1 12' x 12' (3.65m x 3.65m) With a window to the front overlooking the front garden, drive and lovely views over fields beyond. Machined oak flooring, radiator, loft hatch.
Bedroom 2 8'9" x 8'9" (2.7m x 2.7m) With a dormer window to the rear, radiator, built-in wardrobe with two double and one single doors.
THE LODGE BUNGALOW
This is a purpose built single storey building built with traditional cavity red brick walls under a pitched tiled roof with some black weatherboarding. There are naturally wood stained double glazed windows and front door and the building has its own independent electricity meter, drainage system, and oil fired central heating.
Entrance Hall 5' x 4' (1.5m x 1.2m) Solid mahogany hardwood front door, wall to wall matting, coat hooks and pine panelled doors to the bedroom and sitting room/kitchen.
Sitting Room/Dining Room and Kitchen 21'3" x 10' (6.5m x 3m) A four aspect room with sitting area, having the windows to the front side, and a pair of French doors to the rear, and the kitchen area having window and half glazed door to the other side. Sitting area with carpeting, radiator, shelf unit, Kitchen/Dining Area fitted with a good range of cream shaker style wall and base units with pewter handles, real oak wood block working surfaces with multi-coloured tiled splash backs. Equipped with circular stainless steel sink, matching drainer and mixer tap, four ring stainless steel electric hob with matching filter hood above with fan oven below, integral fridge. Microwave shelf, triple LED spotlight and a two/three seater breakfast bar in oak woodblock to match the work tops. Oak woodgrain laminate flooring.
Bedroom 12'x 8'3" (3.65m x 2.5m) A double aspect room with windows to the front and side, radiator, loft hatch, high level cupboard with electricity trip switch panel and door to :
En Suite Bathroom 5' x 4'3" (2.5m x 1.3m plus shower) Beautifully fitted with fully tiled 1½ size shower cubicle with glass shower door and Mira shower assembly, vanity surface with inset Ideal Standard hand basin with mixer tap and low flush WC with concealed cistern. All walls fully tiled with chromium heated towel rail, patterned glazed window and white ceramic floor tiles, LED downlights, air exchanger.
Loft A large loft space, floorboarded, with plasterboard ceiling, power sockets, lighting, radiator, and small window.
Outside Flagstone paved area to the front and paths all around the outside with flagstone patio at the rear looking down the main lawn. Outside lights, outside double power point, satellite dish.
THE GROUNDS
The Drive and Forecourt 43' x 28' (13m x 8.5m) Coming in off the access drive with a five bar gate, picket fence plus hedge to the front and side, providing a really good parking area and access to the front garage. Partly paved and shingled surface with flower border on the right and storage space with gate to the right of the garage, containing IBC rainwater harvesting tank.
Front Garden 50' long x 30' wide (15.2m x 9.1m tapering down towards the cottage) Beautifully landscaped with two flagstone paths leading down, one from the pedestrian gate at the road and the other from the drive and parking. Mature hedges on either side with many good shaped shrubs, flower borders well stocked with a range of plants and shrubs. Flagstone small paved seating area at the front of the cottage with traditional style standard lamp.
Back Garden First part 110' x 65' (33m x 20m) Main part 135' x 100' (41m x 33m) Immediately behind the cottage is a full width flagstone patio, with low brick retaining walls and fenced boundaries with well trained climbing shrubs. This leads up to a flagstone path with a pedestrian gate on the right giving a right of way round to the front for this cottage (not carrying on to any other properties) and to the space in the shared cart lodge. The garden opens out to a large lawn with well stocked flower borders on either side and a number of trees. To the right is a large well stocked vegetable garden and a second log store and to the left is a long lawn leading down from the lodge patio to the far end. Outside the lodge is a patio with trellis screen with a useful shingled storage area behind. Chicken proof gate opens through to the far part of the grounds with the rear garage and bottom part of the garden which has a sweeping lawn, another large vegetable garden and orchard area with a number of productive fruit trees. Then a group of Silver Birch trees and two mature oaks with branches trimmed high to enjoy the views, and the whole garden is bordered by mature hawthorn hedging with spectacular views over open meadow with trees in the distance, in the far right hand corner is a five bar gate giving vehicle access out via another gate to the road, aluminium greenhouse and timber compost bins.in all around 0.5acres, subject to survey.
OUTBUILDINGS
Front Garage/Workshop 19'6" x 12' (6m x 3.65m) 8' roof height. A modern purpose built garage/workshop of timber frame and weather boarded construction under a high new epdm rubber flat roof. Fully lined inside with painted level concrete floor, uPVC double glazed window and door to the side, and up and over door to the front, power and light connected.
Rear Garage/Workshop 19' x 10' (5.8m x 3m) A modern purpose built garage/workshop with a high flat roof, built of timber frame with black boarded elevations, up and over door at one end uPVC double glazed window and door to the side. Lined inside with painted level concrete floor, power connected.
Studio/Workshop 33' x 8' (10m x 5.5m) A purpose built building of timber frame with black cedar clad elevations under a pitched roof. The first part is a workshop with double glazed door and two windows to the front plus one to the side. The second part provides storage with double doors and further windows. The building would lend itself to conversion to being insulated and being used as a home office or studio, power and light connected.
Shared Cartlodge Beside the private drive for this cottage is a shared drive containing a cartlodge with one bay owned by this cottage.
MISCELLANEOUS
SERVICES We are advised there is mains water (joint supply to Cottage and Lodge). Mains electricity (separate supplies). Cottage central heating and hot water powered by multi-fuel burner. Lodge with oil fired central heating with external boiler and uPVC oil storage tank. Cottage drainage to a private treatment plant shared by the five cottages. Lodge drainage to independent modern treatment plant. Please note we have not carried out a survey, nor tested the plumbing, heating, electrical and drainage system. House purchasers are always advised to have a survey.
COUNCIL TAX Babergh District Council (Tel: ) advised Charge Band C, amount payable 2021/2022 £1654.47.
TENURE, SOFT FURNISHINGS AND FIXTURES Freehold, Vacant possession of the whole property on completion. Front drive opens on to the Public Highway and the garden rear gate the vehicular right of way out to the Public Highway. We have not inspected the Title Deeds. Other fixtures by negotiation. Full list provided with formal contracts.
VIEWING AND DIRECTIONS Viewing via the vendors agents as above.
Marketed by: Sworders, Sudbury
Lindsey is a small pretty village midway between the market town of Hadleigh and the historic village of Lavenham, near the River Brett valley. This is very attractive countryside and contains many other delightful villages. Hadleigh and Sudbury are good market towns, which provide an excellent range of shops, schooling and recreational facilities and there is a wonderful selection of local shops, galleries and pubs in Lavenham. The nearby village of Kersey is one of the most photographed in Suffolk and has a very famous gastro pub, The Bell., and Lindsey has the famous gastro pub The Red Rose. There are good connections on to Ipswich and Colchester and train services in to London's Liverpool Street and connections to the A12.Canada Cottages are a row of 19th century former workers cottages outside the village, back from the road with wonderful country views to the front and rear. Number 5 has an unusual amount of land with a large drive and parking forecourt and sweeping gardens to the rear - around 0.51acres in all. There is a large modern garage/workshop to the front and to the rear a useful second garage/workshop with separate vehicular access to the road.
INTRODUCTION
The cottage is a traditional 19th century period cottage built with Suffolk white bricks and pantiled roof. It has been extended to the rear and modernised and is beautifully presented inside with an excellent fitted kitchen, modern shower room and two bedrooms. It has garden behind which opens into further gardens where there is a completely separate modern brick built Lodge/Bungalow. This building has its own independent central heating and ideal as a holiday let or as a completely independent annexe for a family member. The gardens are a particular feature of the property and have sweeping lawns, two large vegetable gardens an abundance of plants, shrubs, specimen trees and larger trees. To the side and rear are paddocks with lovely views beyond.
THE COTTAGE
The Cottage is a 19th century property built with traditional Suffolk white bricks under a pantiled roof. It has uPVC double glazed replacement windows and front door, and is in excellent condition throughout.
ON THE GROUND FLOOR
Sitting Room 12' x 12' (3.65m x 3.65m) With a traditional panelled front door with inset semi-circular double glazed fanlight opening from beneath a canopy porch plus a window to the front looking down the garden towards the garden, drive and garage. Large fireplace with inset Woodwarm cast iron multi-fuel burning stove (providing central heating and hot water) two pine ceiling beams, display shelf by chimney breast, stripped pine ledge and braced door leading to:
Inner Hall 14' x 5'6" (4.3m x 1.7m) At the centre of the house with staircase up to the first floor, radiator, airing cupboard with double pine doors and hot water tank, and doors to various rooms.
Utility Room 14'6" x 4' (4.7m x 1.2m) Multi-glazed door from the inner hall, window from the breakfast area, two Velux windows, built-in dresser style base unit with space for larder fridge or freezer and solid pine work top with matching shelf above, two built-in cupboards with double pine doors and spaces for stacked washing machine and tumble dryer. Radiator, two twin spotlights.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room 19'6" x 8'9" (5.95m reducing to 2.7m x 2.05m) At the back of the house with fully glazed uPVC door plus a window to one side, both looking on to the patio and right down the garden. Extra light from a window in the breakfast area opening into the utility room and a further window beside the sink doing the same. Kitchen area beautifully fitted with a range of light green woodgrain wall and base cupboards with pewter knot style handles, and all with charcoal slate effect working surfaces and matching tiled splashbacks on all four sides. Well equipped with stainless steel sink with mixer tap, space for slot in cooker with retractable filter hood above (Stoves induction hob electric cooker included by negotiation) integral fridge, integral freezer, breakfast area with radiator, and a further base unit to match the kitchen with pine work top and shelf over. The whole room with grey oak woodgrain effect laminate flooring. Particularly high ceiling with LED spotlights in the kitchen area and pendant light in the breakfast room.
Shower/Cloakroom 6' x 6' (1.85m x 1.85m) Superbly fitted with 1½ size fully tiled shower cubicle with sliding glass door and Mira shower assembly, vanity surface with granite style top and inset Armitage Shanks hand basin with column mixer tap and matching low flush WC. white cupboard with three mirrored doors, chromium heated towel rail, double glazed window (to the utility room) LED downlights, extractor fan.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR
Landing 3' x 3' (0.9m x 0.9m) With stairs leading up, stripped pine ledged and braced doors to both bedrooms.
Bedroom 1 12' x 12' (3.65m x 3.65m) With a window to the front overlooking the front garden, drive and lovely views over fields beyond. Machined oak flooring, radiator, loft hatch.
Bedroom 2 8'9" x 8'9" (2.7m x 2.7m) With a dormer window to the rear, radiator, built-in wardrobe with two double and one single doors.
THE LODGE BUNGALOW
This is a purpose built single storey building built with traditional cavity red brick walls under a pitched tiled roof with some black weatherboarding. There are naturally wood stained double glazed windows and front door and the building has its own independent electricity meter, drainage system, and oil fired central heating.
Entrance Hall 5' x 4' (1.5m x 1.2m) Solid mahogany hardwood front door, wall to wall matting, coat hooks and pine panelled doors to the bedroom and sitting room/kitchen.
Sitting Room/Dining Room and Kitchen 21'3" x 10' (6.5m x 3m) A four aspect room with sitting area, having the windows to the front side, and a pair of French doors to the rear, and the kitchen area having window and half glazed door to the other side. Sitting area with carpeting, radiator, shelf unit, Kitchen/Dining Area fitted with a good range of cream shaker style wall and base units with pewter handles, real oak wood block working surfaces with multi-coloured tiled splash backs. Equipped with circular stainless steel sink, matching drainer and mixer tap, four ring stainless steel electric hob with matching filter hood above with fan oven below, integral fridge. Microwave shelf, triple LED spotlight and a two/three seater breakfast bar in oak woodblock to match the work tops. Oak woodgrain laminate flooring.
Bedroom 12'x 8'3" (3.65m x 2.5m) A double aspect room with windows to the front and side, radiator, loft hatch, high level cupboard with electricity trip switch panel and door to :
En Suite Bathroom 5' x 4'3" (2.5m x 1.3m plus shower) Beautifully fitted with fully tiled 1½ size shower cubicle with glass shower door and Mira shower assembly, vanity surface with inset Ideal Standard hand basin with mixer tap and low flush WC with concealed cistern. All walls fully tiled with chromium heated towel rail, patterned glazed window and white ceramic floor tiles, LED downlights, air exchanger.
Loft A large loft space, floorboarded, with plasterboard ceiling, power sockets, lighting, radiator, and small window.
Outside Flagstone paved area to the front and paths all around the outside with flagstone patio at the rear looking down the main lawn. Outside lights, outside double power point, satellite dish.
THE GROUNDS
The Drive and Forecourt 43' x 28' (13m x 8.5m) Coming in off the access drive with a five bar gate, picket fence plus hedge to the front and side, providing a really good parking area and access to the front garage. Partly paved and shingled surface with flower border on the right and storage space with gate to the right of the garage, containing IBC rainwater harvesting tank.
Front Garden 50' long x 30' wide (15.2m x 9.1m tapering down towards the cottage) Beautifully landscaped with two flagstone paths leading down, one from the pedestrian gate at the road and the other from the drive and parking. Mature hedges on either side with many good shaped shrubs, flower borders well stocked with a range of plants and shrubs. Flagstone small paved seating area at the front of the cottage with traditional style standard lamp.
Back Garden First part 110' x 65' (33m x 20m) Main part 135' x 100' (41m x 33m) Immediately behind the cottage is a full width flagstone patio, with low brick retaining walls and fenced boundaries with well trained climbing shrubs. This leads up to a flagstone path with a pedestrian gate on the right giving a right of way round to the front for this cottage (not carrying on to any other properties) and to the space in the shared cart lodge. The garden opens out to a large lawn with well stocked flower borders on either side and a number of trees. To the right is a large well stocked vegetable garden and a second log store and to the left is a long lawn leading down from the lodge patio to the far end. Outside the lodge is a patio with trellis screen with a useful shingled storage area behind. Chicken proof gate opens through to the far part of the grounds with the rear garage and bottom part of the garden which has a sweeping lawn, another large vegetable garden and orchard area with a number of productive fruit trees. Then a group of Silver Birch trees and two mature oaks with branches trimmed high to enjoy the views, and the whole garden is bordered by mature hawthorn hedging with spectacular views over open meadow with trees in the distance, in the far right hand corner is a five bar gate giving vehicle access out via another gate to the road, aluminium greenhouse and timber compost bins.in all around 0.5acres, subject to survey.
OUTBUILDINGS
Front Garage/Workshop 19'6" x 12' (6m x 3.65m) 8' roof height. A modern purpose built garage/workshop of timber frame and weather boarded construction under a high new epdm rubber flat roof. Fully lined inside with painted level concrete floor, uPVC double glazed window and door to the side, and up and over door to the front, power and light connected.
Rear Garage/Workshop 19' x 10' (5.8m x 3m) A modern purpose built garage/workshop with a high flat roof, built of timber frame with black boarded elevations, up and over door at one end uPVC double glazed window and door to the side. Lined inside with painted level concrete floor, power connected.
Studio/Workshop 33' x 8' (10m x 5.5m) A purpose built building of timber frame with black cedar clad elevations under a pitched roof. The first part is a workshop with double glazed door and two windows to the front plus one to the side. The second part provides storage with double doors and further windows. The building would lend itself to conversion to being insulated and being used as a home office or studio, power and light connected.
Shared Cartlodge Beside the private drive for this cottage is a shared drive containing a cartlodge with one bay owned by this cottage.
MISCELLANEOUS
SERVICES We are advised there is mains water (joint supply to Cottage and Lodge). Mains electricity (separate supplies). Cottage central heating and hot water powered by multi-fuel burner. Lodge with oil fired central heating with external boiler and uPVC oil storage tank. Cottage drainage to a private treatment plant shared by the five cottages. Lodge drainage to independent modern treatment plant. Please note we have not carried out a survey, nor tested the plumbing, heating, electrical and drainage system. House purchasers are always advised to have a survey.
COUNCIL TAX Babergh District Council (Tel: ) advised Charge Band C, amount payable 2021/2022 £1654.47.
TENURE, SOFT FURNISHINGS AND FIXTURES Freehold, Vacant possession of the whole property on completion. Front drive opens on to the Public Highway and the garden rear gate the vehicular right of way out to the Public Highway. We have not inspected the Title Deeds. Other fixtures by negotiation. Full list provided with formal contracts.
VIEWING AND DIRECTIONS Viewing via the vendors agents as above.
Marketed by: Sworders, Sudbury
Land Registry Data
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