4 bedroom detached house

A well-presented detached timber framed barn conversion conveniently located just south of Bury St Edmunds with excellent grounds of about 3.23 acres (sts), long gated driveway and outbuildings.

Entrance reception hall, dining room, sitting room, library/snug, study, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom and games room. First floor master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, three further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Gated driveway and two parking areas, double garage/cartlodge, outbuilding/store room, detached two storey barn and gardens and meadow. In all about 3.23 acres (sts).

THE PROPERTY
Cottage Farm Barn is a stylishly presented and comfortably proportioned period property that is believed to have been converted in the 1990’s and which retains much of its original character with exposed timbers and a fully vaulted central cell.
The property benefits from double glazed windows throughout and oil fired radiator central heating. A storm porch entrance with exposed herringbone style brick floor gives access through a panelled front door with full height side screen windows to the open plan reception hall and dining area in the centre of the building, with stairs leading up to a galleried first floor landing and French doors and windows opening to the rear garden affording a view across the garden and up the meadow beyond. Off the side of this, the sitting room opens which also benefits from windows to the front and rear and has an impressive exposed brick chimney with bressumer beam and inset log burning stove fire. An ante room to the rear of this has a wall of shelves, window to the rear and has been used as a music room/library. A door also leads off the sitting room to the study which has another shelf unit and window to the front. To the other side of the hall is the kitchen/breakfast room which is well fitted with bespoke timber framed kitchen units with a mix of polished granite and hardwood worksurfaces, an underset double bowl ceramic butlers sink, Belling range style electric cooker, integrated Zanussi fridge/freezer and cupboard space for a dishwasher. There is space at the end for a family breakfast table, a stable door to the rear garden and windows to the side and rear. A door opens from the kitchen to the utility/boot room which affords further storage units, a stainless steel sink with space and plumbing for washing machine, tumble dryer and an upright fridge/freezer. There is a new (installed October 2020) Grant floor mounted oil fired boiler and doors to both driveways to the front of the property. Doors also lead off to the ground floor cloakroom and the spacious games room which has a wall of fitted display shelving and cupboards and another wall of windows and doors opening to a rear terrace. Upstairs off the spacious galleried landing there is a well-proportioned master bedroom with en-suite bathroom featuring a panel enclosed bath with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin and wc. There are three further double sized bedrooms all of which, like the master bedroom have vaulted ceilings, and exposed timbers as does the family bathroom, with a high level Velux window to the front.

OUTSIDE
Set back from Bury Road with good front gated access down the tree lined gravelled driveway, Cottage Farm Barn is superbly positioned with lawn to the side of the drive, a detached 2 storey barn/outbuilding with power and light (superb scope for a variety of uses) and two gravelled parking areas to the front of the house. There is also five bar gated access to the side and a detached double garage/carport to the front. Attached to the front of the barn there is a store room/outbuilding which also offers further scope for improvement To the rear of the house is a paved terrace with pergola seating area, which opens to the lawned rear garden and affords superb alfresco dining space. The fence and gate enclose rear garden is well maintained and landscaped with lawn, tree, shrub and flower borders. Vehicular and pedestrian gates to the rear lead to the landscaped meadow which is mainly grass with tree planting and which sides onto the surrounding fruit farm.

LOCATION
Bradfield Combust is an attractive and popular small village lying approximately 5.7 miles south of Bury St Edmunds. The village features a well-regarded public house ‘The Manger’ and a wider range of facilities can be found in the adjoining villages or in the historic cathedral 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 32 miles away and offers unrivalled education 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, the market town of Sudbury lies just 11 miles south and has a link line railway station offering a regular service into London Liverpool Street via Marks Tey, taking approximately 80 minutes.