For Sale4 Bedroom House in Freewood Street, Bradfield St George, Bury St Edmunds, IP30£995,000

A tastefully presented modern family home, wonderfully set in grounds of around 1.5 acres(sts), with garaging, studio workshop outbuilding and outstanding countryside views. Entrance hall, drawing room, sitting room/snug, kitchen/dining room, study, utility/boot room, cloakroom and boiler room. Five first floor bedrooms and two bath/shower rooms. Gated driveway with parking, detached double cartlodge garage with garden kitchen/gym & shower room and hobby room/studio above, large outbuilding/workshop (scope as annexe accommodation) with separate access, gardens. In all about 1.5 acres (sts). THE PROPERTY Oakage is a stylishly presented spacious family home, affording over 2,600 sqft in the house, that has been completed to a high standard benefiting from excellent bespoke character with features such as the Georgian proportioned 9 pain glazed and panelled front door, bressummer beamed fireplace with log burning stove, the reclaimed haberdashery unit kitchen island, verandas to the front and rear, well-proportioned rooms and attention to detail throughout. The accommodation flows well with the front door opening from the front veranda porch to the spacious part vaulted hallway that opens to all the principal rooms in the house. The excellent drawing room presents the inglenook fireplace with Tudor brick surround, pamment tiled hearth, a reclaimed oak bressummer beam and a high-quality Resolute cast iron log burning stove with hot plate stand. This room also benefits from a stylishly fitted bookshelf and cupboard unit, exposed floorboards and two sets of French doors opening to the south facing gardens. The sitting room/snug gives good views across the farmhand through the sash window bay to the front and has a charming feature fireplace with a pine overmantel and shelved surround with candle sconces. The study benefits from a full wall of cupboard storage space and here is a moder cloakroom/wc. The kitchen/dining room provides a wonderful space for everyday living and entertaining, with ample space for dining room table and chairs and further armchairs/sofa if that is the choice. The kitchen is fitted to a high standard with oak worksurfaces, an underset ceramic butlers sink, built in dishwasher, a bespoke concertina fronted shelved unit, an electric ''range' cooker and the kitchen island. Two sets of French doors open to the south facing veranda to the rear, and a half-glazed door to the pamment tiled utility boot room that in turn opens to the garden. Upstairs the galleried landing gives space for a ''reading area' and access to the 4 double bedrooms and the spacious family bathroom which has both a panel enclosed bath and separate shower cubicle. The master bedroom also benefits from an ensuite shower room, dressing area and outstanding easterly views across the rolling Suffolk countryside. OUTSIDE To the front, the property is approached through a gated entrance over a gravelled driveway with spacious turning and parking area for several vehicles, which also gives access to the detached double cart lodge garage, which has an internal door leading to the garden kitchen/gym room which has double doors opening to the garden to it's rear. Within this building and accessed from the garden there is also a shower room/wc and steps are being fitted to lead up to the hobby/studio room above. Of particular note there is also the detached timber clad outbuilding, which is currently utilised as a craft/workshop space with store room/office to the side but could afford (subject to the relevant consents) the opportunity for further annexe accommodation as it also has independent road access from the front via a second gated and gravelled drive and parking area. The gardens extend in all to around 1.5 acres, being principally laid to lawns with a gravelled area leading out from the drawing room, and the raised veranda from the kitchen/dining room. There is also a detached garden shed/machinery store, with log store. The grounds are hedge and fence enclosed and are essentially considered to be dog proof, with gated access to both the driveways. The modern private drainage system is located conveniently to the corner of the front garden lawned area. LOCATION The property is superbly positioned in this rural location, with excellent access to a network of rural countryside footpaths, within this active local community which is centred around the thriving village hall; with neighbouring villages offering a good range of everyday facilities including a post office shop and primary school in Rougham, post office shops in Felsham and Sicklesmere and popular public houses in many of the surrounding villages. For more comprehensive facilities the historic town of Bury St Edmunds is approximately 5 miles to the northwest which offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the private and public 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 33 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling 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. DIRECTIONS From Bury St Edmunds head south on the A134 along Sicklesmere Road. Shortly after passing the Rushbrooke Arms public house on your left, turn left sign posted Bradfield St George and follow this road through Little Whelnetham and into Bradfield St George. Turn left just after the village sign into Church Lane and follow this road, past the village Green and allotments. The road will turn into Freewood Street, past the Rougham Road left turn, so continue around the right-hand bend (and the footpath into the woods) and down Freewood Street. The house will be found on the left at the end of the road, before Holybush Corner T junction in the village, and can be identified by a Jackson-Stops ''For Sale' board. PROPERTY INFORMATION Services Mains water and electricity. Modern private drainage. Oil fired radiator central heating. Local Authority West Suffolk Council Council Tax Band Tenure Freehold Broadband Superfast Predicted speeds of Mbps Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes Viewing Only by appointment with Jackson-Stops Tel: 01284 700535