3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale

A beautifully renovated and extended period cottage, situated in a rural setting yet convenient for Eye and Stradbroke.

Situated in a delightful rural location yet convenient for Stradbroke and Eye, Frances Cottage is a beautifully restored and extended cottage, believed to date back to the 15th-century, and built of traditional timber-framed construction with plain and pan-tiled roofline.

The cottage has been subject to a beautifully crafted renovation programme over the last 8 years, being both a much-loved home and project by the present owner, who has skillfully blended the original fabric, beautiful frame and character with authentic improvements whilst allowing modern comforts to become part of the arrangement of well-proportioned accommodation.

Extending to around 1,150ft2 over three floors, the property comprises entrance lobby with brick floors and cloakroom. The kitchen has been fitted with handmade timber units with matching worktops, traditional shallow sink, shelving and freestanding range cooker with tiled splashback.

The dining room enjoys a double aspect, with attractive exposed frame and pamment floors, with opening to the sitting room, which is an elegant double-aspect reception room with timber floors and large inglenook fireplace with wood-burning stove.

From the sitting room is a study, with window to the front aspect and brick floors. On the first-floor landing is a window to the rea, overlooking the garden and fields beyond.

The principal bedroom is a large, elegant room with window to the rear aspect, storage cupboards and exposed chimney breast and adjoining the principal bathroom which has been refitted with a traditional style suite, with panelled bath with mixer/shower tap, freestanding wash basin and low level WC. Bedroom 2 has a window to the rear aspect, and its own recently installed en suite shower room. On the second floor is a further bedroom/office with window overlooking the rear garden.

Outside
Frances Cottage is approached via a large parking area, with the front cottage gardens being well-stocked, brick-laid pathway and open porch. There is a recently built traditional-style cart-lodge, beautifully crafted and a work of art, with red-brick elevations and peg-tiled roofline.

There is a side gate leading to the rear south-east facing garden, with large terrace, boiler house and red-brick garden store (attached to the neighbours own storeroom). The rear garden provides an opportunity for the new owners to create their own country landscape – the perfect, peaceful ‘blank canvas’.

Services
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage via new treatment plant. Oil-fired central heating. Council Tax Band ‘C’.

Location
Frances Cottage is situated in a lovely rural position adjacent to open countryside. Although officially in the Parish of Horham, Frances Cottage is located in a hamlet adjoining the small rural village of Athelington. St Peters Church, Athelington is just 200 metres from the property.

Horham itself benefits from a well-respected store and post office, community centre, St Mary's church and Horham Baptist Chapel, which offers a variety of community activities such as Sunday School, Brownies, toddler group, youth club, holiday club, and so on. During World War Two Horham was home to an American air base, the 95th Bomb Group, and the original social club has been faithfully restored and now offers an informative museum (the Red Feather Club) which opens during the last weekend of every month.

Close by is the larger village of Stradbroke, which offers local amenities including a bakery, butchers, two public houses, a medical centre, village hall, children's play area, hairdressing salon, library, Church of England VC Primary School and High School. There is also a sports centre with a swimming pool, gym and tennis courts, as well as numerous clubs including a popular cricket club, football clubs, tennis club and bowls club.

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