For Sale3 Bedroom House in Chapel Street, Bildeston, Ipswich, IP7£435,000

AN IDYLLIC DETACHED COTTAGE, OFFERING IMMACULATE ACCOMMODATION THROUGHOUT, SOUTH FACING GARDENS WITH RIVER FRONTAGE AND DISCREETLY LOCATED WITHIN THIS POPULAR VILLAGE. GROUND FLOOR - Entrance Hall - Sitting Room - Kitchen/Breakfast Room - Living/Dining Room - Cloakroom FIRST FLOOR - Three Bedrooms - Family Bathroom OUTSIDE - Brick Paved Hardstanding - Gardens - Shed - Stream Frontage THE PROPERTY Tucked down a cobbled drive, Wisteria Cottage, No.55 Chapel Street offers a private location, whilst being in the heart of this well-regarded village. The property boasts a timber clad original red brick faade under a tiled roof. A stable door leads into the entrance hall which feature stairs leading to the first floor and access into the sitting room and kitchen/breakfast room. The sitting room has a high ceiling with exposed timbers, double glazed windows to the front and rear and an exposed brick chimney breast with inset log burning stove. The kitchen/breakfast room has a high ceiling with exposed timbers, double glazed windows to the front and rear with a stable door out to the garden. There is space for an electric range cooker to be set into the former high mantle fireplace and there are base units with hardwood work surfaces above, an underset ceramic butler sink, central island unit, space and plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher, a built-in fridge freezer and a wall mounted Worcester oil fired boiler. A utility/cloakroom leads off the kitchen. Steps lead down to a recent extension creating a large semi-vaulted living room/dining room with double glazed windows, French doors and timber bi-fold doors leading out to the garden. On the first floor there are three good bedrooms and a stylishly fitted family bathroom. OUTSIDE A delightful cottage garden surrounds the house, mainly laid to lawn with shrub and flower beds and borders and brick terrace abutting the house on both sides. Steps lead down to the rear boundary stream with a small, gravelled stream beach to the bottom of the steps. The gardens mainly face south. There is a raised vegetable bed, garden shed and log store. LOCATION Bildeston is a charming Suffolk village with a historic market square and a delightful mix of period architecture. There is a thriving local community and a good range of local facilities including an excellent village store, The Bildeston Crown hotel and restaurant, two public houses, primary school, fine parish church and a doctor's surgery. The village is easily accessible to the nearby towns and villages of Hadleigh (5 miles) Lavenham (6 miles) and Stowmarket (8 miles), all of which provide further local commercial and shopping facilities. There is a mainline rail service from Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes or alternatively Colchester and Manningtree to the south offer links to London. More comprehensive facilities can be found in the nearby cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds which offers a further range of schooling both in the public and private sectors, recreational and shopping facilities including the Arc shopping centre. Cultural amenities include the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and the Abbey Gardens. DIRECTIONS From the Stowmarket direction follow the B1115 south westerly and continue through the village of Hitcham and onto the village of Bildeston. Continue along the High Street, passing the square on the right and take the right turn into Chapel Street. Proceed down Chapel Street and just before the junction with Duke Street, the driveway to Wisteria Cottage will be found on the left. What 3 Words ///salmon.friday.slowness