5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- A handsome ‘new England’ style detached house
- Substantial accommodation of over 5000 sq ft
- Standing in picturesque grounds of around 1.5 acres
- 4-5 Reception rooms
- 5 Bedrooms
- Driveway & parking with integral double carport
- Large gardens with pond
- Studio/office & machinery store
- Summer house/boat house
- Extensive decking areas
Lower ground floor cinema/games room, study, laundry room and shower room. Ground floor entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, family room, boot room and garden room. First floor master bedroom with en-suite, bedroom two with en-suite, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Driveway & parking, integral double carport, large gardens, studio/office & machinery store, summer house/boat house and extensive decking areas. In all about 1.5 acres (sts).
THE PROPERTY
A charming ‘New England’ style detached house presenting painted weather boarded elevations under a pantiled roof. Boasting substantial accommodation of around 5,000 sq ft, this well-appointed and individual family house is further complemented by having adjoining raised decking completely surrounding the house, providing wonderful seating and alfresco dining areas with raised views over the picturesque gardens. Of particular note is the most spacious open plan living areas and the generous and useful lower ground floor. The entrance hall has exposed floor boards and leads into the dual aspect sitting room, which features a wood burning stove and exposed floor boards. The family room with exposed floor boards has a dual aspect with French doors leading to the decked area and a large opening leads through into the kitchen, which is fitted with a range of units and solid wood work surfaces and boasts an Aga, large pantry cupboard and a rear aspect. Double doors lead into the boot room and a large utility/storage area, beyond which, is the triple aspect garden room with a wood burning stove, enjoying a heavily glazed aspect to all sides overlooking the gardens. On the lower ground floor there is a superb open plan cinema room and games area with wooden floorboards and a wood burning stove. Continuing on the lower ground floor there is a study, laundry room, shower room and sauna, a large store and a dark room. On the first floor there are five bedrooms with an en-suite to the master bedroom and bedroom two. There is also a family bathroom.
OUTSIDE
Iceni Lodge is approached via a shingle driveway leading to a large parking area and an integral open fronted double garage. The picturesque mature gardens extend to around 1.5 acres with areas of lawn interspersed with many mature trees and there is also a pond with a summer house/boat house with a decked seating area. There are several outbuildings including a studio/office, further summerhouse/store and a machinery store accessed from the double garage. As previously mentioned, raised decking completely surrounds the house providing several fabulous alfresco dining areas.
LOCATION
Iceni Lodge stands on the outskirts of the small village of Culford, which is a village renowned for its independent school and lies just north of the historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, which offers schooling in the public and private sectors, an excellent range of amenities and an extensive range of shopping and leisure facilities including gyms, swimming pools and golf clubs. The location offers easy access to the A14, A11(M11) and the railway station in Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross.
DIRECTIONS
From Bury St Edmunds proceed northwest through the villages of Fornham St Martin and Fornham St Genevieve. Continue through the village of Culford on the B1106 and after approximately a further mile, Iceni Lodge will be found on the right just before Blewets Timber.
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PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains electricity, private water & drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band E
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 77 Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
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