An immaculately presented family home with Annex set in 5.27 acres with equestrian facilities.

What We Say At The Zoe Napier Group

A rare opportunity to acquire a superb family home with multigenerational living options in the stunning rolling hills of the Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire borders with equestrian facilities set in 5.27 acres of land.

What The owners Say

We have had a lovely 12 years here with our horses, it is a great family home and we will be very sad to move on. This property was perfect for our needs as it enabled us to work in London during the week and enjoy the peaceful countryside life at the weekends. However, it’s now time for us to retire and downsize and for this property to make somebody else as happy as we’ve been here. The village community is welcoming and engaging, and stage many events throughout the year. This truly is stunning country living, not too far from city life.

History & Background

The property started as a farmworkers accommodation for Stonebridge Farm and has been improved over the years and extra land has been added to create this impressive equestrian property. The current vendors moved here 12 years ago to pursue their equestrian sport and within the last four years updated the kitchen, added the annexe, replaced the windows, updated and replaced the kitchen and added the floodlit Manège.

Setting and location

Set in an elevated position approached by a block paved driveway on the edge of the pretty village of Kedington, within the village is a convenience store, a recreation/sports/football ground, a traditional local pub, a doctor’s surgery, a butcher, barbers, takeaway, a busy community centre and an Ofsted rated Good Primary school and popular fish and chip van visiting once a week.  The A143 is just over a mile away which takes you to the market town of Haverhill where there is a good high street and range of supermarkets, the world-renowned university city of Cambridge is 20.5 miles, Newmarket is 13.4 miles, Bury St Edmunds is 18.4 miles, Long Melford is 11.7 miles, Clare is 4.6 miles away. Good commuter access to the A11, M11, A14 and London Stansted Airport is just 22.2 miles. Audley End train station has trains into London Liverpool Street, journey time 52 mins.

Accommodation

The property has been updated and is nicely decorated throughout, all internal doors are solid oak, the ceilings are high and finished with coving, all windows are double glazed with wood effect and benefits from gas central heating. From the front door we enter the hall which has engineered oak flooring, this continues into the kitchen which had a good range of both wall and base units and a central island with Gemini quartz worktops, there is a built in dishwasher, a Stoves range cooker with double oven, property for and separate grill with extractor hood above, space for a double with fridge freezer and room at the front of the property  for a large table and chairs.  Leading from the kitchen toward the back of the property hallway leading to a well-equipped utility room with large butler sink and space for laundry machines, beside here is a bathroom with vanity sink and unit and built in shower. At the rear of the property with views of the garden and stables is a good-sized double bedroom. Back from the front hallway is another good-sized double bedroom with fitted wardrobes, looking out to the front of the property with views to the open countryside. Around the corner is a very nicely finished fully tiled family shower room with walk in shower, vanity sink, fitted cupboards and toilet, next to this is a separate W/C. At the end of the hall is a living area currently used as a study but would equally lend itself to being a playroom or snug with window to the rear overlooking the garden.  Next is the impressive living room with feature brick fireplace with an oak mantle over a multifuel stove, patio doors lead to the outside on to a tiled patio which leads to all three external doors. Also from the living room is another double bedroom similarly sized as the others with again with fitted wardrobes and bay window overlooking the views to the front of the property. At the far side of the property is a studio annex, with separate bathroom with bath handbasin and toilet, tiled floors and “aquaboard” covered walls and an open plan kitchen area, with hob, sink and fitted units through to a large open studio area with French doors onto the patio, recessed ceiling spotlights and roof lantern making this a nice bright living area.

The Grounds & Equestrian Facilities

On from the block driveway is a large gravel parking area and an oak framed carport with integral shed, the back garden is mainly laid to lawn with a selection of fruit trees and summer house. Between the garden and the stables is an area which is used as a paddock, the drive continues through here with hard standing underneath to a gate where the 6 stables, tack and feed rooms, workshop and attached cart lodges (both with roller shutter doors). Beyond the stable area are two large paddocks with natural fenced boundaries, within one of the paddocks is a purpose-built concrete block muck heap and the professionally built fenced floodlit manège with 6 floodlights and topped with a sand and fibre surface.  From this same paddock there is a 5-bar gate opening onto an “equestrian” right of way leading you to the road. For competition there is Finchingfield E.C (9.6 miles), Horseheath (8.7 miles), Codham Park (16.5 miles) and The Suffolk E.C (19 miles).

Services

Mains electricity, Mains gas and Mains water. 

Agents Notes

The sale of the property consists of two title deeds SK133482 and SK120739

A public footpath runs one edge of the far paddock which could be easily fenced off.

Council West Suffolk

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