4 bedroom detached house for sale

A charming, Grade II listed detached thatched family home, superbly set in about 0.5 of an acre, in this much sought-after rural village, just west of Bury St Edmunds.

Entrance hall, study/family room, reception hall/boot room, kitchen/breakfast/living room, sitting room and music room, dining room/bedroom, utility/cloakroom, boiler room, staircase hall & rear hall and shower room. Four/five first floor bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Private driveway and parking, double garage, front & rear gardens, greenhouse & fruit cage. In all about ½ an acre.

THE PROPERTY
Understood to date from the early 1700s, Pilgrim Cottage is a substantial detached Grade II listed village house. Originally three cottages, the property offers accommodation around a “U” shaped plan and although predominantly rendered elevations under a thatched roof it has, in relatively recent years, been extended by the addition of a rear wing, which sits under a pantile roof. The property is well set in extensive gardens that extend to around 0.5 of an acre and offers good family accommodation. Of particular note is the possible annexe opportunity that the flexible accommodation could easily offer, which could be useful for a dependant relative or alternatively let out to provide additional income.

A delightful corner post porch with vaulted ceiling gives access to the entrance hall with brick floor, as with most of the ground floor accommodation and leads into the vaulted family room/study which features an ornate multi framed window and has stairs leading up to a first-floor landing room. The boot room features work surfaces with cupboards below, a sink and a door leading out to the rear garden. The sitting room/music room with exposed ceiling and wall timbers, is divided by open studwork and features an inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam over and inset multifuel stove set on a tiled hearth with windows to the front and rear. There is a second entrance door and hall which gives access to a boiler room which houses the Grant oil fired boiler, hot water tank and water softener. The adjacent utility room has plumbing for a washing machine and features a washbasin and WC. A further reception room/snug has stairs leading up to a first-floor galleried landing and features a disused brick fireplace with bressummer beam and gives access to a further bedroom/dining room. An inner hallway with hessian flooring has a vaulted ceiling with Velux rooflight, bookshelves to one wall, stairs leading up to a first-floor bedroom, a door and window to the rear garden and a door to a shower room. The kitchen/breakfast/living room is comprehensively fitted with a range of base units with Quartz worksurfaces, a Heritage electric range cooker with two hotplates, Neff electric induction hob and four ovens below, underset ceramic butlers sink, integrated Neff dishwasher, integrated freezer and a full height fridge. There is also a breakfast bar with oak worktop, bi-fold doors lead out to the terrace, windows to the side and rear and a contemporary wall set log burning stove with log store alcove below and a granite hearth. The first-floor accommodation is accessed via three different staircases. There is a guest bedroom with Dorma windows to the side overlooking the garden and a window to the rear. The galleried landing features built-in cupboard storage and gives access to two double bedrooms and the family bathroom with access through to a further bedroom and onto a landing room/further bedroom. There are potentially five first floor bedrooms.

OUTSIDE
The driveway leads up to the side of the house and onto the double garage to the rear. A gravel path runs across the front of the house which is set back from the village lane behind a Laurel hedge with lawn area and flower bed. To the side of the house there is an orchard area with a collection of fruit trees, a concealed oil storage tank and two raised vegetable planters. A picket fence and gate give access to the rear garden which is predominantly laid to lawn with a south facing terrace area with low retaining walls, a Cherry tree, Apple tree and two Pear trees. The garden also benefits from a log store, fruit cage, green house and garden shed. In all the gardens and grounds extend to about 0.5 of an acre (sts).

LOCATION
Pilgrim Cottage is situated in the village of Great Saxham, a small but attractive village lying some 5 miles west of Bury St Edmunds. The nearby village of Barrow offers an excellent range of local facilities including two convenience stores, a Post Office, two public houses, two garages, a primary school, doctors’ surgery and pharmacy. Alternatively Bury St Edmunds offers a comprehensive 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 28 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling opportunities, excellent shopping and amenity facilities. There is good access to the A14 leading to the east coast ports, or west to the A11/M11 which offers a road link to Stansted Airport and the capital. The railway station in Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services into London Liverpool Street or King’s Cross. Alternatively, there is a direct line from Cambridge to either of these stations.