A fabulous, exceptionally versatile and spacious family home, presented to a high standard throughout and superbly positioned in the centre of this sought-after historic village.

Hallway, stunning open-plan kitchen/living/dining room, sitting room/snug, utility/boot room, cloakroom and former ‘public house’ cellar. First floor master bedroom with walk-in wardrobe space, two further double bedrooms, family bathroom, family shower room and landing room. Second floor landing study space, bedroom four, occasional 5th bedroom open-plan to the 4th bedroom and a loft store room.

Shared access through archway to rear, private gravelled parking for several vehicles, gate and fence enclosed garden with low maintenance gravel surface and a studio/gym outbuilding and workshop/store.

THE PROPERTY
Swan House is a spacious, stylish, Grade II listed family home having been comprehensively renovated, improved and converted from one of the three village pubs, in recent years by the current owners. This timber-framed property, encased in 18th century red brick, has origins believed to date back to the 16th century core with remodelling as dated, 1759.

The superb accommodation leads in from the street down a charming arched passageway to the rear reception hall, which gives access to the stairs, utility/boot room, sitting room and to the excellent open plan kitchen/living/dining room, which presents the recently fitted kitchen, breakfast area, dining area and drawing room area, which is currently arranged around a characterful open fireplace with ornate carved overmantel, to one end of the room, with panelling to some of the walls, painted ceiling beams, windows to the front and rear and two doors opening to the rear garden. There is trap door access from the kitchen area to steps down to the cellar below, which has shelved alcoves and the original barrel roll access from the front ground level pavement. The modern and stylish kitchen is fitted with Quartz worktops over a range of base units and a built-in island unit, with an inset 5 ring electric hob with 2 Neff ovens below and integrated Neff dishwasher, larder fridge and bin store cupboard. The sitting room, which has a blocked (now cupboarded) door from the front door hall, has a wide archway opening to the rear reception hall, charming half panelled walls, a sash window to the front and a good high ceiling with exposed painted beams. The utility room opposite has been fitted with the same stylish units and worksurface as the kitchen, with a stainless-steel sink unit and provides space and plumbing for a washing machine and an upright fridge/freezer. The former fireplace houses the wall mounted gas fired boiler and there are doors to the rear garden and the cloakroom.

A period staircase leads to the first-floor landing which has windows to the rear, a shelved wall and opens to a landing room ideal for use as a communal family study/play space or reading area. There are three very well-proportioned double bedrooms to the front with a charming mix of character features, such as original fireplaces, a walk-in alcove wardrobe and leaded lite windows. The spacious family bathroom luxuriously presents a designed back to the wall bath, a separate corner shower cubicle, pedestal wash basin and concealed cistern wc. There is also a radiator towel rail and airing cupboard with linen storage shelving. The family shower room, opening from the landing is also fitted to a high modern standard. A narrow period staircase leads up to the open plan top floor with areas comprising a study/playroom area to the top of the stairs with high level window to the rear, a bedroom with window to the front and an open arch leading through to the occasional 5th double sized bedroom to the side. There is stooped access down the side of the chimney breast to the bedroom sized loft store room which also benefits from a window to the front.

OUTSIDE
The property is approached over the pavement to the front and to the side through the shared arched access over a gravelled drive that leads to the ample private parking to the rear of the property, demarcated by cobble stones in the gravelled area.

The west facing garden is gate and fence enclosed and whilst it could be lawned and terraced, it is currently gravelled for ease of maintenance. Beyond the garden there are two outbuildings, ideal for use as a studio/gym and a workshop/store, with double doors opening to Swan Yard.

LOCATION
Swan House stands in a superb central position overlooking the market square in Woolpit, within short walking distance of the sought after village amenities, just south of the A14. It has easy access to nearby Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and beyond to Cambridge. The village is a thriving and well-appointed community, which benefits from a primary school, village stores and post office, a doctors’ surgery, two village pubs/restaurants and lies just 8 miles to the east of Bury St Edmunds and 6 miles to the west of Stowmarket. Appealing and comprehensive facilities can be found in the fine cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, which offers an excellent range of shopping and amenity facilities, including the Arc shopping centre, a diverse range of restaurants and the acclaimed Georgian Theatre Royal. There is excellent schooling in both the private and public sectors and a range of swimming pools, health clubs and golf clubs.