3 bedroom detached house

A charming detached period cottage believed to date back to the early 16th century displaying a wealth of period detail with beautiful gardens in a picturesque setting.

Entrance porch, dining room, sitting room, kitchen and utility room. Ground floor bedroom and bathroom.
Two first floor bedrooms, a walk through bedroom and a family shower room.

Driveway, parking, double garage, gardens, workshop and storage. In all about 0.45 of an acre.

THE PROPERTY
The Cottage is a delightful detached period house standing in a picturesque, yet accessible location on the outskirts of this well served village. Presenting colour washed rendered elevations under a pantile roof, this Grade II listed cottage has been sympathetically extended and modernised over the years but retains a wealth of period detail. Believed to date back to the early 16th century, The Cottage is thought to have originally been an open hall house and was once an orphanage run by the Reverend Falconer of the adjoining church. The front entrance porch leads into the central dining room, which has a front aspect, a door leading to the stairs to the first floor and doors leading off to further accommodation including the sitting room, which features an attractive inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam housing a wood burning stove, a door and window to the front aspect and open studwork leads into the library area, which has sliding doors to the rear garden. The kitchen on the east side of the house is fitted with a range of oak base and eye level units and display cupboards and has plumbing for appliances, original fireplace area with space for a Rangemaster oven with adjoining cupboards, front and rear aspects and a door leading to the garden. The side hall has access to the rear garden and also leads to the utility room, ground floor bedroom with a rear aspect and a bathroom. On the first floor a large landing/study area with a front aspect leads to three bedrooms all with low height doorways with the master bedroom enjoying a front aspect and exposed chimney breast and the central bedroom two and bedroom three both enjoy a front aspect. There is also a shower room with a rear aspect.

OUTSIDE
The setting and gardens are of particular note being beautifully cared for and well stocked with an abundance of mature shrubs and trees including walnut and cherry. To the front the garden is predominantly laid to lawn with shrub and flower borders and a side driveway leads to the rear double garage and parking. The fabulous rear garden is also predominantly laid to lawn with many shrub and flower beds and borders and mature trees. Immediately abutting the property is a terrace, ideal for alfresco dining and there is a further block paved terrace and a covered terrace, again making pleasant outside dining areas. Towards the rear is a well laid out vegetable garden, a workshop and further storage with abutting log store. The double garage has parking in front and a vehicular gate leads to a private driveway. Beyond the garage and parking area is a wildlife conservation garden with many mature trees and hedging. In all the gardens and grounds extend to around 0.45 of an acre and enjoy an extremely pleasant mature setting with attractive views of the fine parish church.

LOCATION
The Cottage stands in an elevated position next to the church on the southern outskirts of the village opposite the local primary school and enjoys pleasant views over farmland. Although it enjoys a picturesque semi-rural position, it is, however, conveniently located for easy access into the village and lies just 10 minutes from the town of Stowmarket, which has a mainline railway station leading to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes. Old Newton itself enjoys a thriving local community with a primary school, football club, village shop, Chinese takeaway and a fine parish church. In the neighbouring village of Haughley there is a Co-op convenience store, public house, bakery and Indian restaurant. The village of Stowupland, which lies just 3 miles to the south, offers further supermarket shopping, a butcher’s shop, pub/restaurant, fuel station and a fish & chip shop. Stowmarket offers a good range of everyday local shopping and for more comprehensive facilities the towns of Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds offer an extensive range of shopping, leisure facilities and schooling in both the public and private sectors.