3 bedroom detached house

A charming detached Grade II listed ‘chocolate box’ cottage with a fabulous kitchen/dining room situated in a popular south Suffolk village.

Entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, pantry, snug/bedroom, inner hall, utility and shower/cloakroom. Three first floor bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Driveway with parking area, garage with room above and gardens.

THE PROPERTY
A beautifully presented Grade II Listed cottage, which is understood to date from the 18th Century with later additions, has undergone a meticulous renovation over the years and now provides a fantastic living and entertaining space. The property benefits from a wealth of period features including exposed timbers, lattice leaded light windows, latch doors, large inglenook fireplace and secondary glazing.
Presenting colour washed rendered elevations under thatched (re-thatched in 2020) and plain tiled roofs, this charming cottage has a beautiful period pillared porch with front door leading to the entrance hall with wooden floor and steps to the snug/bedroom 4, which has a large bay window to the front aspect and fireplace with multi-fuel stove. Door through to the sitting room with a large inglenook fireplace housing a multi-fuel stove and bressummer beam over with shelved alcoves either side, period lattice lead window to the front aspect and door through to the inner hall, which has an easy rising staircase leading to the first floor. There is a shower/cloakroom and excellent utility room with base and eye level units giving space for washing machine and dryer and door to outside. The large kitchen/dining room is a wonderfully light room with the later addition of a conservatory giving excellent entertaining space. The kitchen benefits from a range of base and eye level units, large understairs pantry cupboard, double oven, four ring hob, Villeroy & Boch ceramic double sink and stable door to the outside as well as double doors from the dining area. On the first floor the landing leads to two double bedrooms, recently re-modelled family bathroom and a further bedroom with a second staircase leading down to the kitchen/dining room.

OUTSIDE
The property is approached via a shingle driveway with parking for two cars leading to a garage with electric car charging point and office/studio space above. The remainder of the front gardens are predominately laid to lawn with various flower/shrub beds. The rear garden is partly laid to lawn and has several flower and shrub beds, garden shed, greenhouse and courtesy door to the garage. There is also a large terraced area, ideal for alfresco dining with further flower beds.

LOCATION
Court Cottage is situated in the heart of the village of Shimpling, which is a highly regarded village south of Bury St Edmunds and features a number of charming period houses and a popular public house. More comprehensive facilities can be found in the medieval market town of Bury St Edmunds, which offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the public and private sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities, including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. The university city of Cambridge is approximately 30 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling opportunities and excellent shopping and amenity facilities. There is good access to the A14, A11 (M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross. Alternatively there is a regular train service from both Stowmarket or Sudbury to London Liverpool Street, each taking approximately 80 minutes. Stansted International Airport is approximately 60 minutes’ drive by car.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage
Local Authority Babergh District Council
Council Tax Band E
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ultra-fast 100 Mbps +
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
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