For Sale2 Bedroom House in Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33£485,000

A good sized and well-proportioned period townhouse standing on a prominent street within the medieval grid, a short distance from the town centre. Entrance lobby, sitting room, dining room, study/library area, kitchen, shower room/cloakroom and a cellar. First floor landing bedroom, two further bedrooms and a Jack & Jill bathroom. Rear garden. THE PROPERTY 44 Guildhall Street is a double fronted period townhouse presenting colour washed brick & rendered elevations under a slate roof. The property, which is not listed, was the home of the renowned 19th century Bury St Edmunds Clock Maker John Vale, who had a shop in Abbeygate Street, and is now coming to the market with no onward chain. The well-proportioned accommodation of over 1500 sq ft is arranged over three floors and of particular note is the large sitting room measuring 25' with open stud work leading into the dining room. From the entrance lobby access is gained to the cellar, which is dry lined and has a radiator. The large, double fronted sitting room features an ornamental fireplace area, stairs to the first floor, steps up to the study/library, which is fitted with wall to wall bookshelves, a window to the side aspect and French doors to the rear garden and open studwork leads into the dining room, which also has an ornamental fireplace area, French doors leading to the rear garden and a door leads into the galley kitchen, which is fitted with a range of base and eye level units, work surfaces, integrated Neff oven and Neff four ring gas hob with Neff extractor over, plumbing for automatic appliances, cupboard housing the gas boiler, window and door to the rear garden and door to the ground floor shower/cloakroom. On the first floor a large landing bedroom measuring over 15' x 13' has a front aspect and doors lead to bedroom one, which has a rear aspect and access to a Jack & Jill bathroom and bedroom two has a front aspect, fitted double wardrobes and accesses the Jack & Jill bathroom. OUTSIDE To the rear there are mature well stocked and walled cottage gardens with an abundance of trees and shrubs and a rear block paved seating area, ideal for alfresco dining. LOCATION Enjoying a setting along Guildhall Street, the property is within a short distance of Bury St Edmunds town centre, 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. There are numerous high-quality restaurants and cultural amenities including the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal and The Abbey Gardens. The University City of Cambridge is approximately 28 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's Liverpool Street and King's Cross. Alternatively, there is a regular train service from Stowmarket (14 miles) to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes. Stansted International Airport is approximately 50 minutes by car. DIRECTIONS From our office on Guildhall Street head in a southerly direction and at the junction with Churchgate Street, proceed straight over staying on Guildhall Street. No.44 will be found after a short distance on the left. PROPERTY INFORMATION Services Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Local Authority West Suffolk Council Council Tax Band E Tenure Freehold Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1000Mbps Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops. Tel. 01284 700535