3 bedroom house

A stunning, stylishly presented and characterful home, within this impressive Grade II listed Georgian country house, situated in a gated parkland setting.

Hallway, drawing room, kitchen/dining room and cloakroom. First floor master bedroom suite with en-suite shower room, two further bedrooms, study/dressing room and a family bathroom.

Electric gated driveway, communal grounds of about 4.47 acres, cartlodge garage, additional parking for 2 cars and a private enclosed terraced garden.

CHAIN FREE SALE

THE PROPERTY
This superb, well-presented home, peacefully located in the stunning Ashfield Grange grounds in the Suffolk countryside, incorporates the original impressive gentleman’s library of this Georgian country house, with an appealing mix of contemporary style and historic character. There are original features such as wood panelling, ornate plasterwork, large sash windows and stone fireplaces, that contrast well with the contemporary style and finish of the kitchen and bathrooms. The property is been finished to a high standard and the accommodation retains a light and spacious feel throughout benefiting, as it does, from large sash windows and high Georgian ceilings and room proportions. The front door, which opens from the rear elevation of the house, gives access to the hallway, with stairs to the first floor, storage cupboards, cloakroom and the reception rooms. A spacious contemporary bespoke kitchen/dining room has views of the grounds to the front of the house, with beautiful limestone flooring, solid stone worksurface, stylish state of the art appliances and a wonderful traditional marble fireplace with Georgian grate. The impressive, well-proportioned drawing room features beautiful half panelling to the walls, an original fireplace, a wonderfully ornate plastered ceiling, decorative cornicing, walk in drinks/store cupboards and deep sash windows that look out onto the private garden and grounds beyond. The study and family bathroom lead off the vaulted main landing area, with a half-flight of stairs up to the master bedroom suite, which benefits from a walk-through dressing area and bespoke fitted en-suite shower room with double basin, double shower cubicle, Villeroy and Boch sanitary ware, marble tiled walls and floor and underfloor heating. Another half flight of stairs off the main landing gives access to the front landing off which are the second and third double-sized bedrooms with good views down the drive side of the grounds.

OUTSIDE
The property is impressively approached through elegant cast iron, electrically operated, gates which lead via a sweeping drive to the front of this country house with a turning circle and an allocated parking bay for this property. To the side, through a gate posted entrance, stands the cartlodge garaging for the properties with an allocated bay for the house and parking for a second car in front. A signposted paved walkway leads to 2 The Grange from this area around to the rear of the building through an archway into the garden at the back, where 2 The Grange has its own private gated courtyard garden and front door. Ashfield Grange enjoys communal parkland grounds of over 4 acres.

LOCATION
Ashfield Grange is an exclusive development on the northern outskirts of the village of Great Ashfield. The centre of Norton lies just 1 mile to the west, where there is a useful village store and fuel station, a popular restaurant/public house and a primary school. The cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds lies just 12 miles away and 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. There is good access to the A14, A11(M11) and the mainline railway station at Stowmarket offers a regular service to London’s Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage. LPG gas.
Local Authority: Mid Suffolk District Council
Council Tax: Band F
Tenure: Leasehold with a share of the freehold - The property is subject to a 999 year lease, with the freehold owned by the management company, of which each property in the development owns an equal share. The current service charge is believed to be £2,429.21 per annum and covers ‘buildings insurance, maintenance of the grounds and certain periodic external repairs and redecoration.