An un-listed elegant period family home with a superb single storey 2nd dwelling, office, studio and further range of outbuildings, well positioned close to the centre this popular and well served village, with over 6 acres of charming gardens and grounds.

Entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, sitting room/snug, study, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and cloakroom.

Spacious first floor multi-level landing, five bedrooms, en-suite bathroom and a family bath/shower room.

Two second floor bedrooms, a store room and a bath/shower room.

Gated driveway, 4-bay car port, double garage, workshop and store, formal and informal gardens and grounds and an extensive range of further accommodation.

Dilapidated two-bedroom cottage.

In all about 6.4 acres (sts)

THE PROPERTY
A gracious edge of village spacious family home, believed to date back to the 16th century with significant Georgian and Victorian alterations improving the property to what it is now. The property, with mainly rendered elevations under a slate tiled roof, is now an extremely spacious and comfortable house with the significant benefit of a large and highly versatile range of outbuildings that currently comprise; office, annexe, games room/family room, studio and gym space, dilapidated two-bedroom detached cottage, garaging and carport. This superb period property is not constrained by a period grade listing.

A Georgian panelled front door with storm porch gives access into the central reception hall, which features a window overlooking the garden, deep skirting boards, traditional staircase with original turned spindle balustrade leading to the first floor and doors leading into the ground floor accommodation. The drawing room features double glazed casement windows to the side and rear, French doors to the garden and an impressive fireplace with wide marble mantel and surround over a brick hearth with log burning stove. The dining room is extremely well proportioned with a large double glazed bay window with window seat, impressive fireplace with dark marble styled mantel and surround over a brick hearth with a log burning stove, exposed floorboards and built in alcove cupboards and display units. The sitting room/snug has two casement windows to the front, an open fireplace with moulded mantle and surround, exposed floorboards and built in alcove shelving and cupboards. There is also a cloakroom with two casement windows to the side, a tiled floor, pedestal hand wash basin, low flush wc and a charming working fireplace.
A half-glazed door leads into a rear hall with tiled floor, a door out to the garden, second staircase to the first floor and access into further ground floor accommodation. A study/playroom features an arched casement window to the rear, three leaded internal windows, exposed brick flooring, exposed ceiling beam and a high-level window light. The utility/boot room with original pamment tiled floor features a door to the garden, a sash window to the rear, an arched casement window to the side, base and eye level units under a worksurface, tiled splashbacks, stainless steel sink unit, space and plumbing for appliances and an oil-fired boiler. The kitchen/breakfast room with two casement windows to the front and a double-glazed bay window to the side, features a range of base and eye level units under hard wood worksurfaces with Adelphi underset double bowl ceramic butlers sink with coloured granite drainers to either side, an oil fired Aga range cooker, built in alcove shelving and cupboards, space and plumbing for an electric cooker and a dishwasher and an integrated larder fridge.

On the first floor, a spacious stepped landing gives access to five double bedrooms, all with feature fireplaces, the master of which enjoys bespoke wardrobes and drawers and a second bedroom enjoys an en-suite bath/shower room. There is also a large family bath/shower room with exposed floorboards, a free-standing claw foot enamelled bath, high flush traditional wc, double cubicle shower enclosure, feature fireplace with alcove cupboard and shelving and a traditional marble topped sink unit.

On the second floor there are two further double bedrooms both with Velux rooflights and built in wardrobe cupboards and shelving and a family bath/shower room with jacuzzi corner bath, low flush wc, shower cubicle and wash hand basin vanity unit. There is also a store room with low level store cupboards.

OUTSIDE
The property is approached over a small lane leading off the High Street, which leads to the gated entrance and driveway of The Brooks.

The drive leads up to the front of the house and the annexe/offices and spurs off to the left to a parking area in front of the four bay cart lodge garaging attached to the annexe and up to the dilapidated detached two-bedroom cottage, yard, double garage, workshop building and the stables/store building with the meadow beyond this. There is secondary vehicular access to the side/rear via the kitchen garden.

The property benefits from private formal, informal, kitchen and orchard gardens set around the house with terrace areas, ideal for alfresco dining and there are landscaped pathways with flower and shrub beds and borders.

The annexe/office building has two courtyard areas to the front, one landscaped with terrace and box hedge topiary and the other affording versatile scope being hard standing within a low wall enclosure with gated access to the drive.

The meadows, which extend to the rear and up a charming valley have been used to support and graze horses and livestock, but more recently have been left to grow and managed only with cut grass pathways, ideal for wildlife and affords the owner the liberty of charming walks around the property’s own grounds with a seasonal stream adding to the appeal of the setting.

A public footpath from the village crosses the grounds halfway up the valley through a fenced strip of land and hence the loss of privacy from this is minimal, but affords the benefit of access to the wider network of paths around the village directly from the grounds.

OFFICE/ANNEXE
Accessed from the driveway, a door leads into the kitchen which features double glazed windows to the front and side, a quarry tiled floor, a range of base and eye level units with 1¼ bowl sink unit, oil fired boiler and double-glazed doors into the office/living room and a door into the shower room. The shower room has part tiled walls, a quarry tiled floor, corner shower cubicle and a wash hand basin and low flush wc. The office/living room has double glazed sliding patio doors to the garden and a door into the rear reception lobby/store, which gives access through to the carport garage and the games room/office, which has double glazed windows to the front, velux roof lights and a door through to the bedroom/store. Doors lead though to the studio and games room/playroom, which has double glazed windows and French doors to the front, Velux roof lights, a centrally fitted log burning fire and a doorway opening into an uncompleted kitchen area. This is wired and plumbed for water and has a door leading outside and an opening into a lobby, with an uncompleted bathroom area off it and leads into a gym/studio or potential bedroom with double glazed windows, Velux roof lights and double doors to the garden.

Studio off the central bedroom – currently arranged as a music studio with performance room and control room, with window and door divide and separate access to the garden.

Detached dilapidated cottage with entrance hall, kitchen, sitting/dining room, sun room and two first floor bedrooms and a bathroom.

LOCATION
The Brooks stands in an exceptional setting, within walking distance of the village centre. Bildeston is a charming Suffolk village with a historic market square and a delightful mix of period architecture.

There is a thriving local community and a good range of local facilities including an excellent village store, The Bildeston Crown hotel and restaurant, two public houses, primary school, fine parish church and a doctor’s surgery.

The village is easily accessible to the nearby towns and villages of Hadleigh (5 miles) Lavenham (6 miles) and Stowmarket (8 miles), all of which provide further local commercial and shopping facilities. There is a mainline rail service from Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes or alternatively Colchester and Manningtree to the south offer links to London.

More comprehensive facilities can be found in the nearby cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds which offers a further range of schooling both in the public and private sectors, recreational and shopping facilities including the Arc shopping centre. Cultural amenities include the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and the Abbey Gardens.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating
Local Authority Babergh District Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Predicted superfast speeds of 56Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
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